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$4.18 +0.02 (+0.48%)
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ACHV vs. SGMO, EBS, CDXS, RIGL, XOMA, VNDA, VSTM, LXRX, RGLS, and AGEN

Should you be buying Achieve Life Sciences stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Achieve Life Sciences include Sangamo Therapeutics (SGMO), Emergent BioSolutions (EBS), Codexis (CDXS), Rigel Pharmaceuticals (RIGL), XOMA (XOMA), Vanda Pharmaceuticals (VNDA), Verastem (VSTM), Lexicon Pharmaceuticals (LXRX), Regulus Therapeutics (RGLS), and Agenus (AGEN). These companies are all part of the "biotechnology" industry.

Achieve Life Sciences vs.

Sangamo Therapeutics (NASDAQ:SGMO) and Achieve Life Sciences (NASDAQ:ACHV) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, community ranking and institutional ownership.

Sangamo Therapeutics currently has a consensus price target of $7.00, indicating a potential upside of 148.23%. Achieve Life Sciences has a consensus price target of $14.80, indicating a potential upside of 255.77%. Given Achieve Life Sciences' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Achieve Life Sciences is more favorable than Sangamo Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Sangamo Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Achieve Life Sciences
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.33

Sangamo Therapeutics has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Achieve Life Sciences has a beta of 1.58, meaning that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Achieve Life Sciences has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Sangamo Therapeutics. Sangamo Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Achieve Life Sciences, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Sangamo Therapeutics$52.29M11.25-$257.83M-$0.75-3.76
Achieve Life SciencesN/AN/A-$29.82M-$1.13-3.68

Sangamo Therapeutics received 116 more outperform votes than Achieve Life Sciences when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.46% of users gave Achieve Life Sciences an outperform vote while only 62.67% of users gave Sangamo Therapeutics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Sangamo TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
450
62.67%
Underperform Votes
268
37.33%
Achieve Life SciencesOutperform Votes
334
70.46%
Underperform Votes
140
29.54%

Achieve Life Sciences has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Sangamo Therapeutics' net margin of -257.87%. Achieve Life Sciences' return on equity of -108.30% beat Sangamo Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Sangamo Therapeutics-257.87% -264.16% -107.24%
Achieve Life Sciences N/A -108.30%-65.20%

56.9% of Sangamo Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.5% of Achieve Life Sciences shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of Sangamo Therapeutics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Achieve Life Sciences shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Sangamo Therapeutics had 12 more articles in the media than Achieve Life Sciences. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Sangamo Therapeutics and 0 mentions for Achieve Life Sciences. Achieve Life Sciences' average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Sangamo Therapeutics' score of 0.36 indicating that Achieve Life Sciences is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Sangamo Therapeutics Neutral
Achieve Life Sciences Positive

Summary

Achieve Life Sciences beats Sangamo Therapeutics on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ACHV vs. The Competition

MetricAchieve Life SciencesDiagnostic substances IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$143.06M$2.71B$5.18B$9.31B
Dividend YieldN/A0.74%4.78%4.06%
P/E Ratio-3.686.29130.2217.53
Price / SalesN/A72.271,246.14139.51
Price / CashN/A15.1641.2337.95
Price / Book-59.433.344.884.92
Net Income-$29.82M$31.95M$119.65M$225.78M
7 Day Performance-1.89%-3.95%16.62%-1.56%
1 Month PerformanceN/A12.11%16.34%6.68%
1 Year Performance25.68%-19.68%35.38%22.48%

Achieve Life Sciences Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ACHV
Achieve Life Sciences
1.6965 of 5 stars
$4.18
+0.5%
$14.80
+254.1%
+30.8%$143.75MN/A-3.7020
SGMO
Sangamo Therapeutics
1.9033 of 5 stars
$2.49
+21.5%
$7.00
+181.1%
+579.4%$519.54M$176.23M-3.11480Analyst Upgrade
High Trading Volume
EBS
Emergent BioSolutions
4.1689 of 5 stars
$8.84
+4.2%
$14.00
+58.4%
+268.9%$478.99M$1.09B-2.071,600
CDXS
Codexis
4.2441 of 5 stars
$5.65
+2.2%
$8.33
+47.5%
+95.5%$459.79M$64.45M-6.36250Positive News
RIGL
Rigel Pharmaceuticals
4.2964 of 5 stars
$19.17
+1.4%
$36.20
+88.8%
+43.0%$337.58M$116.88M135.08147
XOMA
XOMA
4.4241 of 5 stars
$27.40
+0.9%
$81.50
+197.4%
+72.3%$322.77M$4.76M-7.8010
VNDA
Vanda Pharmaceuticals
4.3318 of 5 stars
$4.66
+1.1%
$15.50
+232.6%
+21.9%$271.72M$190.86M-16.54203
VSTM
Verastem
3.6237 of 5 stars
$4.71
+5.1%
$12.50
+165.4%
-39.6%$209.63M$10M-1.4050News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
LXRX
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals
2.0881 of 5 stars
$0.83
+2.0%
$6.00
+625.8%
-42.2%$203.56M$5.23M-1.08285
RGLS
Regulus Therapeutics
2.9405 of 5 stars
$1.67
+5.4%
$10.80
+548.6%
+18.2%$109.06MN/A-1.4830Positive News
AGEN
Agenus
3.9358 of 5 stars
$2.88
-5.6%
$10.00
+247.2%
-78.6%$67.56M$160.43M-0.27389Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:ACHV) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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