URGN vs. VNDA, XOMA, ME, NATR, VTYX, CRMD, RANI, AQST, MRSN, and ATAI
Should you be buying UroGen Pharma stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of UroGen Pharma include Vanda Pharmaceuticals (VNDA), XOMA (XOMA), 23andMe (ME), Nature's Sunshine Products (NATR), Ventyx Biosciences (VTYX), CorMedix (CRMD), Rani Therapeutics (RANI), Aquestive Therapeutics (AQST), Mersana Therapeutics (MRSN), and Atai Life Sciences (ATAI). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
Vanda Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:VNDA) and UroGen Pharma (NASDAQ:URGN) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and community ranking.
Vanda Pharmaceuticals received 180 more outperform votes than UroGen Pharma when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.29% of users gave UroGen Pharma an outperform vote while only 68.55% of users gave Vanda Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote.
Vanda Pharmaceuticals has higher revenue and earnings than UroGen Pharma. Vanda Pharmaceuticals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than UroGen Pharma, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
UroGen Pharma has a consensus price target of $46.00, indicating a potential upside of 247.96%. Given Vanda Pharmaceuticals' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe UroGen Pharma is more favorable than Vanda Pharmaceuticals.
In the previous week, UroGen Pharma had 17 more articles in the media than Vanda Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for UroGen Pharma and 3 mentions for Vanda Pharmaceuticals. UroGen Pharma's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Vanda Pharmaceuticals' score of -0.04 indicating that Vanda Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the media.
88.1% of Vanda Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.3% of UroGen Pharma shares are held by institutional investors. 7.7% of Vanda Pharmaceuticals shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.1% of UroGen Pharma shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Vanda Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UroGen Pharma has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Vanda Pharmaceuticals has a net margin of -2.75% compared to Vanda Pharmaceuticals' net margin of -123.74%. Vanda Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of 0.00% beat UroGen Pharma's return on equity.
Summary
UroGen Pharma beats Vanda Pharmaceuticals on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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