ARDX vs. MIRM, OPK, ETNB, FLXN, XBIT, SMMT, OGN, IONS, BBIO, and CYTK
Should you be buying Ardelyx stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ardelyx include Mirum Pharmaceuticals (MIRM), OPKO Health (OPK), 89bio (ETNB), Flexion Therapeutics (FLXN), XBiotech (XBIT), Summit Therapeutics (SMMT), Organon & Co. (OGN), Ionis Pharmaceuticals (IONS), BridgeBio Pharma (BBIO), and Cytokinetics (CYTK). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Mirum Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:MIRM) and Ardelyx (NASDAQ:ARDX) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, profitability, media sentiment and valuation.
Mirum Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ardelyx has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
58.9% of Ardelyx shares are held by institutional investors. 22.9% of Mirum Pharmaceuticals shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.5% of Ardelyx shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Ardelyx received 411 more outperform votes than Mirum Pharmaceuticals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.37% of users gave Mirum Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote while only 67.57% of users gave Ardelyx an outperform vote.
Ardelyx has a net margin of -41.36% compared to Ardelyx's net margin of -69.67%. Mirum Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of -41.65% beat Ardelyx's return on equity.
In the previous week, Ardelyx had 3 more articles in the media than Mirum Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Ardelyx and 10 mentions for Mirum Pharmaceuticals. Ardelyx's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Mirum Pharmaceuticals' score of 0.69 indicating that Mirum Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Mirum Pharmaceuticals presently has a consensus price target of $49.73, suggesting a potential upside of 106.94%. Ardelyx has a consensus price target of $12.81, suggesting a potential upside of 86.77%. Given Ardelyx's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Mirum Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than Ardelyx.
Ardelyx has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Mirum Pharmaceuticals. Ardelyx is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mirum Pharmaceuticals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Mirum Pharmaceuticals and Ardelyx tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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