AMLX vs. OPTN, CNTX, KPTI, PDSB, NVCT, VTGN, RNAC, DMAC, COYA, and MCRB
Should you be buying Amylyx Pharmaceuticals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Amylyx Pharmaceuticals include OptiNose (OPTN), Context Therapeutics (CNTX), Karyopharm Therapeutics (KPTI), PDS Biotechnology (PDSB), Nuvectis Pharma (NVCT), Vistagen Therapeutics (VTGN), Cartesian Therapeutics (RNAC), DiaMedica Therapeutics (DMAC), Coya Therapeutics (COYA), and Seres Therapeutics (MCRB). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
OptiNose (NASDAQ:OPTN) and Amylyx Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:AMLX) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.
OptiNose presently has a consensus price target of $3.67, suggesting a potential upside of 191.01%. Amylyx Pharmaceuticals has a consensus price target of $28.67, suggesting a potential upside of 1,466.48%. Given OptiNose's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Amylyx Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than OptiNose.
In the previous week, OptiNose had 12 more articles in the media than Amylyx Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for OptiNose and 8 mentions for Amylyx Pharmaceuticals. Amylyx Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 0.21 beat OptiNose's score of 0.14 indicating that OptiNose is being referred to more favorably in the media.
OptiNose received 220 more outperform votes than Amylyx Pharmaceuticals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.31% of users gave OptiNose an outperform vote while only 62.50% of users gave Amylyx Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote.
Amylyx Pharmaceuticals has a net margin of -17.86% compared to Amylyx Pharmaceuticals' net margin of -41.55%. OptiNose's return on equity of 4.14% beat Amylyx Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.
OptiNose has a beta of -0.1, indicating that its stock price is 110% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amylyx Pharmaceuticals has a beta of -0.68, indicating that its stock price is 168% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Amylyx Pharmaceuticals has higher revenue and earnings than OptiNose. OptiNose is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amylyx Pharmaceuticals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
85.6% of OptiNose shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.8% of Amylyx Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of OptiNose shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.7% of Amylyx Pharmaceuticals shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
OptiNose and Amylyx Pharmaceuticals tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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