ARCT vs. NRIX, STOK, RCUS, LGND, STTK, ALKS, PRGO, CRNX, AXSM, and CORT
Should you be buying Arcturus Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Arcturus Therapeutics include Nurix Therapeutics (NRIX), Stoke Therapeutics (STOK), Arcus Biosciences (RCUS), Ligand Pharmaceuticals (LGND), Shattuck Labs (STTK), Alkermes (ALKS), Perrigo (PRGO), Crinetics Pharmaceuticals (CRNX), Axsome Therapeutics (AXSM), and Corcept Therapeutics (CORT). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
Nurix Therapeutics (NASDAQ:NRIX) and Arcturus Therapeutics (NASDAQ:ARCT) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment and risk.
Arcturus Therapeutics received 378 more outperform votes than Nurix Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.43% of users gave Nurix Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 65.44% of users gave Arcturus Therapeutics an outperform vote.
Arcturus Therapeutics has a net margin of -81.59% compared to Arcturus Therapeutics' net margin of -178.93%. Nurix Therapeutics' return on equity of -37.61% beat Arcturus Therapeutics' return on equity.
Arcturus Therapeutics has higher revenue and earnings than Nurix Therapeutics. Arcturus Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nurix Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Nurix Therapeutics has a beta of 2.1, meaning that its share price is 110% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arcturus Therapeutics has a beta of 2.65, meaning that its share price is 165% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Nurix Therapeutics presently has a consensus price target of $21.88, suggesting a potential upside of 38.89%. Arcturus Therapeutics has a consensus price target of $64.86, suggesting a potential upside of 67.11%. Given Nurix Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Arcturus Therapeutics is more favorable than Nurix Therapeutics.
In the previous week, Arcturus Therapeutics had 3 more articles in the media than Nurix Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Arcturus Therapeutics and 6 mentions for Nurix Therapeutics. Nurix Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Arcturus Therapeutics' score of 0.59 indicating that Arcturus Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
94.5% of Arcturus Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. 7.2% of Nurix Therapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.8% of Arcturus Therapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Arcturus Therapeutics beats Nurix Therapeutics on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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