AUTL vs. BCRX, SRRK, CGEM, IMTX, PROK, RLAY, MESO, FDMT, PRME, and RGNX
Should you be buying Autolus Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Autolus Therapeutics include BioCryst Pharmaceuticals (BCRX), Scholar Rock (SRRK), Cullinan Oncology (CGEM), Immatics (IMTX), ProKidney (PROK), Relay Therapeutics (RLAY), Mesoblast (MESO), 4D Molecular Therapeutics (FDMT), Prime Medicine (PRME), and REGENXBIO (RGNX). These companies are all part of the "biological products, except diagnostic" industry.
Autolus Therapeutics (NASDAQ:AUTL) and BioCryst Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:BCRX) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Autolus Therapeutics has higher earnings, but lower revenue than BioCryst Pharmaceuticals. BioCryst Pharmaceuticals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Autolus Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Autolus Therapeutics has a net margin of 0.00% compared to BioCryst Pharmaceuticals' net margin of -58.69%. BioCryst Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of 0.00% beat Autolus Therapeutics' return on equity.
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals received 258 more outperform votes than Autolus Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.18% of users gave Autolus Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 66.43% of users gave BioCryst Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Autolus Therapeutics had 2 more articles in the media than BioCryst Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Autolus Therapeutics and 15 mentions for BioCryst Pharmaceuticals. BioCryst Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Autolus Therapeutics' score of 0.13 indicating that BioCryst Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Autolus Therapeutics currently has a consensus target price of $8.70, suggesting a potential upside of 98.18%. BioCryst Pharmaceuticals has a consensus target price of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 121.17%. Given BioCryst Pharmaceuticals' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe BioCryst Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than Autolus Therapeutics.
72.8% of Autolus Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.9% of BioCryst Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. 25.7% of Autolus Therapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of BioCryst Pharmaceuticals shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Autolus Therapeutics has a beta of 2.03, suggesting that its stock price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BioCryst Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 1.96, suggesting that its stock price is 96% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals beats Autolus Therapeutics on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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