PCRX vs. AGIO, OPK, ALXO, AVIR, ADCT, PRGO, CORT, SUPN, NKTR, and OMER
Should you be buying Pacira BioSciences stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pacira BioSciences include Agios Pharmaceuticals (AGIO), OPKO Health (OPK), ALX Oncology (ALXO), Atea Pharmaceuticals (AVIR), ADC Therapeutics (ADCT), Perrigo (PRGO), Corcept Therapeutics (CORT), Supernus Pharmaceuticals (SUPN), Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR), and Omeros (OMER). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
Agios Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:AGIO) and Pacira BioSciences (NASDAQ:PCRX) are both medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings and institutional ownership.
99.7% of Pacira BioSciences shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.9% of Agios Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of Pacira BioSciences shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Agios Pharmaceuticals had 15 more articles in the media than Pacira BioSciences. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Agios Pharmaceuticals and 8 mentions for Pacira BioSciences. Pacira BioSciences' average media sentiment score of 0.24 beat Agios Pharmaceuticals' score of 0.03 indicating that Agios Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Pacira BioSciences has higher revenue and earnings than Agios Pharmaceuticals. Agios Pharmaceuticals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pacira BioSciences, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Agios Pharmaceuticals currently has a consensus price target of $35.00, suggesting a potential downside of 3.69%. Pacira BioSciences has a consensus price target of $47.40, suggesting a potential upside of 56.28%. Given Agios Pharmaceuticals' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Pacira BioSciences is more favorable than Agios Pharmaceuticals.
Agios Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pacira BioSciences has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Pacira BioSciences received 332 more outperform votes than Agios Pharmaceuticals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.81% of users gave Pacira BioSciences an outperform vote while only 67.51% of users gave Agios Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote.
Pacira BioSciences has a net margin of 10.34% compared to Pacira BioSciences' net margin of -1,199.26%. Agios Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of 12.98% beat Pacira BioSciences' return on equity.
Summary
Pacira BioSciences beats Agios Pharmaceuticals on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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