ACAD vs. DYN, RYTM, JANX, INDV, PTCT, MLTX, BHC, MRUS, VERA, and MRVI
Should you be buying ACADIA Pharmaceuticals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ACADIA Pharmaceuticals include Dyne Therapeutics (DYN), Rhythm Pharmaceuticals (RYTM), Janux Therapeutics (JANX), Indivior (INDV), PTC Therapeutics (PTCT), MoonLake Immunotherapeutics (MLTX), Bausch Health Companies (BHC), Merus (MRUS), Vera Therapeutics (VERA), and Maravai LifeSciences (MRVI). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
Dyne Therapeutics (NASDAQ:DYN) and ACADIA Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ACAD) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals received 861 more outperform votes than Dyne Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.96% of users gave ACADIA Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote while only 72.73% of users gave Dyne Therapeutics an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Dyne Therapeutics had 9 more articles in the media than ACADIA Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Dyne Therapeutics and 15 mentions for ACADIA Pharmaceuticals. ACADIA Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 0.17 beat Dyne Therapeutics' score of 0.12 indicating that Dyne Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals has higher revenue and earnings than Dyne Therapeutics. ACADIA Pharmaceuticals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dyne Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
96.7% of Dyne Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.7% of ACADIA Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. 20.8% of Dyne Therapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 28.3% of ACADIA Pharmaceuticals shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Dyne Therapeutics presently has a consensus price target of $39.25, suggesting a potential upside of 13.28%. ACADIA Pharmaceuticals has a consensus price target of $28.94, suggesting a potential upside of 94.87%. Given Dyne Therapeutics' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ACADIA Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than Dyne Therapeutics.
Dyne Therapeutics has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Dyne Therapeutics' net margin of -0.21%. Dyne Therapeutics' return on equity of -0.41% beat ACADIA Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.
Dyne Therapeutics has a beta of 1, meaning that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, ACADIA Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.42, meaning that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals beats Dyne Therapeutics on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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