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Aclaris Therapeutics (ACRS) Competitors

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$1.13 +0.01 (+0.89%)
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ACRS vs. VECT, KALV, AVBP, TRVI, RCKT, PHAR, ANAB, LENZ, OPT, and COGT

Should you be buying Aclaris Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aclaris Therapeutics include VectivBio (VECT), KalVista Pharmaceuticals (KALV), ArriVent BioPharma (AVBP), Trevi Therapeutics (TRVI), Rocket Pharmaceuticals (RCKT), Pharming Group (PHAR), AnaptysBio (ANAB), LENZ Therapeutics (LENZ), Opthea (OPT), and Cogent Biosciences (COGT). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Aclaris Therapeutics vs.

Aclaris Therapeutics (NASDAQ:ACRS) and VectivBio (NASDAQ:VECT) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and community ranking.

98.3% of Aclaris Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. 6.4% of Aclaris Therapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.7% of VectivBio shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Aclaris Therapeutics has higher earnings, but lower revenue than VectivBio.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Aclaris Therapeutics$18.72M6.46-$88.48M-$1.51-0.74
VectivBio$27.34M20.97-$93.74MN/AN/A

Aclaris Therapeutics currently has a consensus price target of $11.67, indicating a potential upside of 941.67%. Given Aclaris Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Aclaris Therapeutics is more favorable than VectivBio.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Aclaris Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.13
VectivBio
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

In the previous week, Aclaris Therapeutics and Aclaris Therapeutics both had 1 articles in the media. Aclaris Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat VectivBio's score of 0.59 indicating that Aclaris Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Aclaris Therapeutics Very Positive
VectivBio Positive

Aclaris Therapeutics has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VectivBio has a beta of 0.11, indicating that its stock price is 89% less volatile than the S&P 500.

VectivBio has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Aclaris Therapeutics' net margin of -136.65%. VectivBio's return on equity of 0.00% beat Aclaris Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Aclaris Therapeutics-136.65% -40.26% -31.71%
VectivBio N/A N/A N/A

Aclaris Therapeutics received 378 more outperform votes than VectivBio when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.67% of users gave Aclaris Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 43.48% of users gave VectivBio an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Aclaris TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
388
66.67%
Underperform Votes
194
33.33%
VectivBioOutperform Votes
10
43.48%
Underperform Votes
13
56.52%

Summary

Aclaris Therapeutics beats VectivBio on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ACRS vs. The Competition

MetricAclaris TherapeuticsPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$120.87M$6.33B$5.33B$7.57B
Dividend YieldN/A3.24%5.11%4.32%
P/E Ratio-2.156.8121.7017.82
Price / Sales6.46225.96377.7294.61
Price / CashN/A65.6738.1534.64
Price / Book0.505.866.464.00
Net Income-$88.48M$141.86M$3.20B$247.23M
7 Day Performance-7.44%4.38%2.77%1.44%
1 Month Performance-28.21%-12.76%-8.60%-6.26%
1 Year Performance-8.20%-11.13%10.40%0.59%

Aclaris Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ACRS
Aclaris Therapeutics
2.3647 of 5 stars
$1.13
+0.9%
$11.67
+932.4%
-7.4%$121.95M$18.72M-2.17100Gap Down
VECT
VectivBio
N/A$16.85
flat
N/AN/A$573.24M$27.34M0.0030News Coverage
High Trading Volume
KALV
KalVista Pharmaceuticals
4.1872 of 5 stars
$11.50
+7.4%
$24.83
+115.9%
+2.4%$571.73MN/A-3.16100High Trading Volume
AVBP
ArriVent BioPharma
1.1503 of 5 stars
$16.61
+1.2%
$39.00
+134.8%
+9.6%$565.01MN/A-6.4640News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
TRVI
Trevi Therapeutics
3.3953 of 5 stars
$5.78
-4.5%
$17.56
+203.8%
+120.6%$558.82MN/A-13.1420
RCKT
Rocket Pharmaceuticals
4.611 of 5 stars
$5.19
+1.4%
$43.00
+728.5%
-72.8%$553.41MN/A-1.89240Insider Trade
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
PHAR
Pharming Group
2.4523 of 5 stars
$8.11
+5.5%
$30.00
+269.9%
-21.2%$551.73M$297.20M-31.19280Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
ANAB
AnaptysBio
2.5164 of 5 stars
$17.78
-3.9%
$35.11
+97.5%
-14.9%$545.26M$91.28M-2.92100Gap Down
LENZ
LENZ Therapeutics
1.7564 of 5 stars
$19.50
-7.9%
$41.67
+113.7%
+16.9%$537.09MN/A-4.09110Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
OPT
Opthea
0.6782 of 5 stars
$3.41
+7.2%
$1.33
-60.9%
-4.2%$524.84M$87,666.000.008Gap Up
COGT
Cogent Biosciences
2.0741 of 5 stars
$4.58
-4.0%
$14.43
+215.0%
-25.1%$521.43MN/A-1.8580News Coverage
High Trading Volume
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This page (NASDAQ:ACRS) was last updated on 4/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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