APLT vs. CDMO, PBYI, GTHX, RIGL, PRTA, CPRX, RCKT, ZLAB, GLPG, and KROS
Should you be buying Applied Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Applied Therapeutics include Avid Bioservices (CDMO), Puma Biotechnology (PBYI), G1 Therapeutics (GTHX), Rigel Pharmaceuticals (RIGL), Prothena (PRTA), Catalyst Pharmaceuticals (CPRX), Rocket Pharmaceuticals (RCKT), Zai Lab (ZLAB), Galapagos (GLPG), and Keros Therapeutics (KROS). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
Applied Therapeutics (NASDAQ:APLT) and Avid Bioservices (NASDAQ:CDMO) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, dividends and profitability.
Applied Therapeutics has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Avid Bioservices' net margin of -13.10%. Avid Bioservices' return on equity of -8.78% beat Applied Therapeutics' return on equity.
Applied Therapeutics currently has a consensus price target of $11.00, suggesting a potential upside of 163.79%. Avid Bioservices has a consensus price target of $14.50, suggesting a potential upside of 81.93%. Given Applied Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Applied Therapeutics is more favorable than Avid Bioservices.
Applied Therapeutics has a beta of 1.91, meaning that its stock price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avid Bioservices has a beta of 1.55, meaning that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.
98.3% of Applied Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.2% of Avid Bioservices shares are held by institutional investors. 8.6% of Applied Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Avid Bioservices shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Avid Bioservices received 296 more outperform votes than Applied Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.49% of users gave Avid Bioservices an outperform vote while only 56.35% of users gave Applied Therapeutics an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Avid Bioservices had 3 more articles in the media than Applied Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Avid Bioservices and 5 mentions for Applied Therapeutics. Applied Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Avid Bioservices' score of 1.19 indicating that Applied Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Avid Bioservices has higher revenue and earnings than Applied Therapeutics. Avid Bioservices is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Applied Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Applied Therapeutics and Avid Bioservices tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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