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Aclaris Therapeutics (ACRS) Competitors

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$2.09
+0.28 (+15.47%)
(As of 11/1/2024 ET)

ACRS vs. SIGA, PRTC, ALT, XERS, RGNX, ALEC, AVXL, BMEA, TERN, and CMPS

Should you be buying Aclaris Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aclaris Therapeutics include SIGA Technologies (SIGA), PureTech Health (PRTC), Altimmune (ALT), Xeris Biopharma (XERS), REGENXBIO (RGNX), Alector (ALEC), Anavex Life Sciences (AVXL), Biomea Fusion (BMEA), Terns Pharmaceuticals (TERN), and COMPASS Pathways (CMPS). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Aclaris Therapeutics vs.

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

55.4% of SIGA Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.3% of Aclaris Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of SIGA Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of Aclaris Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

SIGA Technologies has a net margin of 48.55% compared to Aclaris Therapeutics' net margin of -183.28%. SIGA Technologies' return on equity of 51.40% beat Aclaris Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
SIGA Technologies48.55% 51.40% 39.58%
Aclaris Therapeutics -183.28%-53.18%-41.74%

Aclaris Therapeutics received 372 more outperform votes than SIGA Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.49% of users gave Aclaris Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 23.81% of users gave SIGA Technologies an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
SIGA TechnologiesOutperform Votes
5
23.81%
Underperform Votes
16
76.19%
Aclaris TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
377
66.49%
Underperform Votes
190
33.51%

Aclaris Therapeutics has a consensus price target of $9.00, indicating a potential upside of 330.62%. Given Aclaris Therapeutics' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Aclaris Therapeutics is more favorable than SIGA Technologies.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
SIGA Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A
Aclaris Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

SIGA Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Aclaris Therapeutics. Aclaris Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SIGA Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
SIGA Technologies$139.92M3.68$68.07M$1.176.16
Aclaris Therapeutics$32.02M4.66-$88.48M-$0.82-2.55

SIGA Technologies has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aclaris Therapeutics has a beta of 0.2, indicating that its share price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, SIGA Technologies had 2 more articles in the media than Aclaris Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for SIGA Technologies and 3 mentions for Aclaris Therapeutics. Aclaris Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat SIGA Technologies' score of 0.39 indicating that Aclaris Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
SIGA Technologies
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Aclaris Therapeutics
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

SIGA Technologies beats Aclaris Therapeutics on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ACRS vs. The Competition

MetricAclaris TherapeuticsPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$149.11M$7.42B$5.54B$8.53B
Dividend YieldN/A7.96%5.13%4.14%
P/E Ratio-2.559.93114.8115.14
Price / Sales4.66396.631,495.55100.10
Price / CashN/A47.3939.6734.08
Price / Book0.945.324.665.02
Net Income-$88.48M$153.56M$119.06M$225.46M
7 Day Performance23.67%0.13%0.80%0.37%
1 Month Performance78.63%15.23%5.65%3.57%
1 Year Performance-58.78%41.14%36.75%29.43%

Aclaris Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ACRS
Aclaris Therapeutics
3.3165 of 5 stars
$2.09
+15.5%
$9.00
+330.6%
-58.9%$149.11M$32.02M-2.5586Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
SIGA
SIGA Technologies
3.0701 of 5 stars
$6.77
+2.7%
N/A+42.5%$481.50M$172.96M5.7940Upcoming Earnings
Options Volume
PRTC
PureTech Health
2.9111 of 5 stars
$19.99
-2.9%
$45.00
+125.1%
+15.0%$478.36M$3.33M0.00100Positive News
ALT
Altimmune
1.8361 of 5 stars
$6.69
-1.0%
$18.80
+181.0%
+175.1%$475.46M$430,000.00-4.1350Upcoming Earnings
XERS
Xeris Biopharma
3.8147 of 5 stars
$3.20
-1.2%
$4.67
+45.8%
+72.7%$474.42M$181.41M-7.44290News Coverage
Positive News
RGNX
REGENXBIO
4.5128 of 5 stars
$9.35
-2.4%
$35.45
+279.2%
-38.1%$460.54M$89.04M-1.77344Upcoming Earnings
ALEC
Alector
4.1844 of 5 stars
$4.76
+3.5%
$17.75
+272.9%
-8.1%$458.79M$55.28M-2.64270Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
AVXL
Anavex Life Sciences
3.4984 of 5 stars
$5.24
-1.7%
$40.00
+663.4%
+21.6%$443.52MN/A-10.4840News Coverage
BMEA
Biomea Fusion
3.8084 of 5 stars
$12.15
+5.1%
$29.40
+142.0%
-13.5%$436.73MN/A-3.1250Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
TERN
Terns Pharmaceuticals
4.6125 of 5 stars
$6.67
-1.2%
$15.90
+138.4%
+32.2%$431.40M$1M-5.0540Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
CMPS
COMPASS Pathways
2.2856 of 5 stars
$6.28
-2.3%
$47.40
+654.8%
-17.8%$429.43MN/A-2.72120Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:ACRS) was last updated on 11/2/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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