ADXN vs. AEZS, ATHE, CMMB, GRTX, GHSI, MTEM, ERNA, GRAY, ABVC, and MIRA
Should you be buying Addex Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Addex Therapeutics include Aeterna Zentaris (AEZS), Alterity Therapeutics (ATHE), Chemomab Therapeutics (CMMB), Galera Therapeutics (GRTX), Guardion Health Sciences (GHSI), Molecular Templates (MTEM), Eterna Therapeutics (ERNA), Graybug Vision (GRAY), ABVC BioPharma (ABVC), and MIRA Pharmaceuticals (MIRA). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
Addex Therapeutics (NASDAQ:ADXN) and Aeterna Zentaris (NASDAQ:AEZS) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.
Addex Therapeutics has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Aeterna Zentaris. Aeterna Zentaris is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Addex Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Addex Therapeutics has a beta of 1.76, suggesting that its share price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aeterna Zentaris has a beta of 1.6, suggesting that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.
16.1% of Addex Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.7% of Aeterna Zentaris shares are held by institutional investors. 15.0% of Addex Therapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Aeterna Zentaris shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Aeterna Zentaris has a consensus target price of $60.00, indicating a potential upside of 604.23%. Given Aeterna Zentaris' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Aeterna Zentaris is more favorable than Addex Therapeutics.
In the previous week, Aeterna Zentaris had 7 more articles in the media than Addex Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Aeterna Zentaris and 0 mentions for Addex Therapeutics. Aeterna Zentaris' average media sentiment score of 0.09 beat Addex Therapeutics' score of -0.63 indicating that Aeterna Zentaris is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Addex Therapeutics has a net margin of -644.66% compared to Aeterna Zentaris' net margin of -760.32%. Aeterna Zentaris' return on equity of -73.62% beat Addex Therapeutics' return on equity.
Aeterna Zentaris received 407 more outperform votes than Addex Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.26% of users gave Aeterna Zentaris an outperform vote while only 46.15% of users gave Addex Therapeutics an outperform vote.
Summary
Aeterna Zentaris beats Addex Therapeutics on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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