INSM vs. HCM, AXSM, CRNX, PBH, PRGO, ALKS, RARE, BHVN, SMMT, and NUVL
Should you be buying Insmed stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Insmed include HUTCHMED (HCM), Axsome Therapeutics (AXSM), Crinetics Pharmaceuticals (CRNX), Prestige Consumer Healthcare (PBH), Perrigo (PRGO), Alkermes (ALKS), Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical (RARE), Biohaven (BHVN), Summit Therapeutics (SMMT), and Nuvalent (NUVL). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
Insmed (NASDAQ:INSM) and HUTCHMED (NASDAQ:HCM) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, dividends, community ranking and earnings.
8.8% of HUTCHMED shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.6% of Insmed shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of HUTCHMED shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Insmed currently has a consensus price target of $44.71, indicating a potential upside of 80.52%. HUTCHMED has a consensus price target of $29.70, indicating a potential upside of 47.25%. Given Insmed's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Insmed is more favorable than HUTCHMED.
Insmed has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HUTCHMED has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Insmed had 24 more articles in the media than HUTCHMED. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Insmed and 8 mentions for HUTCHMED. HUTCHMED's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Insmed's score of 0.40 indicating that HUTCHMED is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Insmed received 193 more outperform votes than HUTCHMED when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.60% of users gave HUTCHMED an outperform vote while only 64.79% of users gave Insmed an outperform vote.
HUTCHMED has higher revenue and earnings than Insmed.
HUTCHMED has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Insmed's net margin of -236.74%.
Summary
Insmed beats HUTCHMED on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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