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$3.19 -0.36 (-10.14%)
(As of 11/15/2024 ET)

ACIU vs. BCAX, ZYME, CALT, APLT, ARDX, BCYC, AVBP, COGT, MESO, and IMTX

Should you be buying AC Immune stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AC Immune include Bicara Therapeutics (BCAX), Zymeworks (ZYME), Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ) (CALT), Applied Therapeutics (APLT), Ardelyx (ARDX), Bicycle Therapeutics (BCYC), ArriVent BioPharma (AVBP), Cogent Biosciences (COGT), Mesoblast (MESO), and Immatics (IMTX). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

AC Immune vs.

AC Immune (NASDAQ:ACIU) and Bicara Therapeutics (NASDAQ:BCAX) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.

AC Immune currently has a consensus target price of $12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 276.18%. Bicara Therapeutics has a consensus target price of $43.33, suggesting a potential upside of 114.84%. Given AC Immune's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe AC Immune is more favorable than Bicara Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
AC Immune
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Bicara Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.17

AC Immune received 252 more outperform votes than Bicara Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Bicara Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 62.47% of users gave AC Immune an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AC ImmuneOutperform Votes
258
62.47%
Underperform Votes
155
37.53%
Bicara TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
6
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes

Bicara Therapeutics' return on equity of 0.00% beat AC Immune's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
AC ImmuneN/A -28.26% -18.98%
Bicara Therapeutics N/A N/A N/A

Bicara Therapeutics has lower revenue, but higher earnings than AC Immune.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
AC Immune$16.48M19.15-$60.41M-$0.46-6.93
Bicara TherapeuticsN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

51.4% of AC Immune shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.6% of AC Immune shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, AC Immune had 1 more articles in the media than Bicara Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for AC Immune and 10 mentions for Bicara Therapeutics. AC Immune's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Bicara Therapeutics' score of 0.29 indicating that AC Immune is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
AC Immune
3 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Bicara Therapeutics
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

AC Immune beats Bicara Therapeutics on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ACIU vs. The Competition

MetricAC ImmunePharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$315.62M$6.53B$5.15B$8.74B
Dividend YieldN/A8.16%5.18%4.08%
P/E Ratio-6.934.7865.5913.48
Price / Sales19.15377.381,278.7587.67
Price / CashN/A51.2039.7035.24
Price / Book2.109.686.475.93
Net Income-$60.41M$154.43M$119.73M$225.73M
7 Day Performance-0.31%-9.46%-5.13%-1.34%
1 Month Performance-0.62%-7.27%-2.71%1.15%
1 Year Performance3.24%28.13%31.08%24.02%

AC Immune Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ACIU
AC Immune
2.3541 of 5 stars
$3.19
-10.1%
$12.00
+276.2%
+10.0%$315.62M$16.48M-6.93140Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
BCAX
Bicara Therapeutics
3.5886 of 5 stars
$24.11
+1.2%
N/AN/A$1.25BN/A0.0032Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
ZYME
Zymeworks
2.1027 of 5 stars
$17.33
+4.2%
N/A+97.8%$1.19B$76.01M-11.55290
CALT
Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ)
0.1943 of 5 stars
$40.00
flat
N/AN/A$1.19B$1.60B-21.62180News Coverage
APLT
Applied Therapeutics
4.4519 of 5 stars
$10.24
+1.5%
N/A+338.9%$1.18B$9.99M-6.3630Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
ARDX
Ardelyx
4.0429 of 5 stars
$4.90
-3.5%
N/A+23.3%$1.16B$124.46M-16.32267Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
BCYC
Bicycle Therapeutics
2.8616 of 5 stars
$24.32
-2.6%
N/A+55.8%$1.16B$26.98M-7.39240Insider Selling
Short Interest ↑
AVBP
ArriVent BioPharma
1.0349 of 5 stars
$34.33
+0.4%
N/AN/A$1.15BN/A0.0040Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
COGT
Cogent Biosciences
2.7391 of 5 stars
$10.40
+1.9%
N/A+20.6%$1.14BN/A-4.1980Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
MESO
Mesoblast
1.5914 of 5 stars
$9.74
+6.0%
N/A+298.4%$1.11B$5.90M0.0080News Coverage
Gap Down
IMTX
Immatics
2.3332 of 5 stars
$9.04
-2.3%
N/A-3.9%$1.08B$58.44M-10.16260Short Interest ↓

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This page (NASDAQ:ACIU) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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