LNTH vs. RIOT, QDEL, NEOG, CLDX, NTLA, MYGN, ACHV, TKNO, VNRX, and ABIO
Should you be buying Lantheus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lantheus include Riot Platforms (RIOT), QuidelOrtho (QDEL), Neogen (NEOG), Celldex Therapeutics (CLDX), Intellia Therapeutics (NTLA), Myriad Genetics (MYGN), Achieve Life Sciences (ACHV), Alpha Teknova (TKNO), VolitionRx (VNRX), and ARCA biopharma (ABIO).
Riot Platforms (NASDAQ:RIOT) and Lantheus (NASDAQ:LNTH) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, risk and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Riot Platforms had 3 more articles in the media than Lantheus. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Riot Platforms and 9 mentions for Lantheus. Riot Platforms' average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Lantheus' score of -0.49 indicating that Lantheus is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Lantheus has higher revenue and earnings than Riot Platforms. Riot Platforms is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lantheus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Riot Platforms currently has a consensus price target of $18.15, indicating a potential upside of 86.30%. Lantheus has a consensus price target of $99.17, indicating a potential upside of 21.19%. Given Lantheus' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Riot Platforms is more favorable than Lantheus.
Riot Platforms received 171 more outperform votes than Lantheus when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.43% of users gave Riot Platforms an outperform vote while only 65.21% of users gave Lantheus an outperform vote.
40.3% of Riot Platforms shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.1% of Lantheus shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.4% of Riot Platforms shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Lantheus shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Riot Platforms has a net margin of 76.02% compared to Riot Platforms' net margin of 33.72%. Riot Platforms' return on equity of 54.10% beat Lantheus' return on equity.
Riot Platforms has a beta of 4.19, indicating that its stock price is 319% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lantheus has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Riot Platforms beats Lantheus on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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