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ACADIA Pharmaceuticals (ACAD) Competitors

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$16.87 +0.14 (+0.84%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:15 PM ET)

ACAD vs. CTLT, PCVX, QGEN, ITCI, ROIV, ASND, RVMD, LNTH, LEGN, and NUVL

Should you be buying ACADIA Pharmaceuticals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ACADIA Pharmaceuticals include Catalent (CTLT), Vaxcyte (PCVX), Qiagen (QGEN), Intra-Cellular Therapies (ITCI), Roivant Sciences (ROIV), Ascendis Pharma A/S (ASND), Revolution Medicines (RVMD), Lantheus (LNTH), Legend Biotech (LEGN), and Nuvalent (NUVL). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals vs.

Catalent (NYSE:CTLT) and ACADIA Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ACAD) are both medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, profitability and community ranking.

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals received 253 more outperform votes than Catalent when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.20% of users gave ACADIA Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote while only 57.71% of users gave Catalent an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
CatalentOutperform Votes
640
57.71%
Underperform Votes
469
42.29%
ACADIA PharmaceuticalsOutperform Votes
893
73.20%
Underperform Votes
327
26.80%

In the previous week, Catalent had 6 more articles in the media than ACADIA Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Catalent and 5 mentions for ACADIA Pharmaceuticals. ACADIA Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Catalent's score of 0.42 indicating that ACADIA Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Catalent
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Catalent has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ACADIA Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.4, suggesting that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Catalent presently has a consensus target price of $63.40, indicating a potential downside of 0.13%. ACADIA Pharmaceuticals has a consensus target price of $25.60, indicating a potential upside of 51.75%. Given ACADIA Pharmaceuticals' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ACADIA Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than Catalent.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Catalent
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals has a net margin of 13.83% compared to Catalent's net margin of -9.28%. ACADIA Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of 25.83% beat Catalent's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Catalent-9.28% -0.66% -0.24%
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals 13.83%25.83%14.71%

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Catalent. Catalent is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Catalent$4.42B2.61-$1.04B-$2.26-28.09
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals$929.24M3.02-$61.29M$0.7821.63

96.7% of ACADIA Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Catalent shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 28.3% of ACADIA Pharmaceuticals shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals beats Catalent on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ACAD vs. The Competition

MetricACADIA PharmaceuticalsPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.81B$6.57B$5.13B$9.07B
Dividend YieldN/A2.99%5.08%4.23%
P/E Ratio21.6310.4289.5817.17
Price / Sales3.02195.801,116.12116.95
Price / CashN/A57.1642.8237.86
Price / Book6.415.094.774.78
Net Income-$61.29M$151.83M$120.15M$225.60M
7 Day Performance-2.26%-2.13%-1.92%-1.23%
1 Month Performance4.26%-3.10%11.47%3.36%
1 Year Performance-42.85%11.54%30.54%16.60%

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ACAD
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals
3.8468 of 5 stars
$16.87
+0.8%
$25.60
+51.7%
-41.9%$2.81B$929.24M21.63510High Trading Volume
CTLT
Catalent
2.7663 of 5 stars
$63.47
+0.6%
$63.40
-0.1%
N/A$11.52B$4.38B-27.9116,900High Trading Volume
PCVX
Vaxcyte
1.6009 of 5 stars
$90.74
+3.4%
$147.50
+62.6%
+45.4%$11.31BN/A-19.07160Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
QGEN
Qiagen
3.512 of 5 stars
$45.42
+0.0%
$51.15
+12.6%
+3.1%$10.36B$1.97B117.035,967
ITCI
Intra-Cellular Therapies
4.0477 of 5 stars
$84.52
+1.8%
$97.23
+15.0%
+27.8%$8.96B$612.78M-95.91560
ROIV
Roivant Sciences
3.0007 of 5 stars
$12.14
+2.5%
$17.93
+47.7%
+16.2%$8.84B$129.13M2.10860Insider Trade
ASND
Ascendis Pharma A/S
3.1363 of 5 stars
$135.74
+4.5%
$191.77
+41.3%
+12.6%$8.23B$327.43M-16.52640
RVMD
Revolution Medicines
4.5486 of 5 stars
$44.89
-0.3%
$63.67
+41.8%
+71.5%$7.55B$11.58M-12.54443Insider Trade
LNTH
Lantheus
4.3807 of 5 stars
$94.27
+1.3%
$130.00
+37.9%
+53.4%$6.55B$1.50B15.42834Analyst Forecast
LEGN
Legend Biotech
1.5523 of 5 stars
$33.83
-3.7%
$81.54
+141.0%
-43.2%$6.18B$520.18M-36.971,800
NUVL
Nuvalent
2.1944 of 5 stars
$86.65
-0.2%
$112.60
+29.9%
+16.9%$6.16BN/A-25.0340Insider Trade
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This page (NASDAQ:ACAD) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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