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$3.37 -0.03 (-0.88%)
(As of 10/25/2024)

ACST vs. ADVM, RPTX, CRDL, PLX, PYXS, OTLK, IFRX, VTYX, CNTX, and RANI

Should you be buying Acasti Pharma stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Acasti Pharma include Adverum Biotechnologies (ADVM), Repare Therapeutics (RPTX), Cardiol Therapeutics (CRDL), Protalix BioTherapeutics (PLX), Pyxis Oncology (PYXS), Outlook Therapeutics (OTLK), InflaRx (IFRX), Ventyx Biosciences (VTYX), Context Therapeutics (CNTX), and Rani Therapeutics (RANI). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Acasti Pharma vs.

Adverum Biotechnologies (NASDAQ:ADVM) and Acasti Pharma (NASDAQ:ACST) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment and risk.

In the previous week, Adverum Biotechnologies had 10 more articles in the media than Acasti Pharma. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Adverum Biotechnologies and 1 mentions for Acasti Pharma. Adverum Biotechnologies' average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Acasti Pharma's score of -0.71 indicating that Adverum Biotechnologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Adverum Biotechnologies
3 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Acasti Pharma
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Negative

Acasti Pharma's return on equity of -13.61% beat Adverum Biotechnologies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Adverum BiotechnologiesN/A -65.14% -40.52%
Acasti Pharma N/A -13.61%-11.56%

Adverum Biotechnologies presently has a consensus price target of $27.83, indicating a potential upside of 357.79%. Acasti Pharma has a consensus price target of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 196.74%. Given Adverum Biotechnologies' higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Adverum Biotechnologies is more favorable than Acasti Pharma.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Adverum Biotechnologies
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83
Acasti Pharma
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

48.2% of Adverum Biotechnologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.1% of Acasti Pharma shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.2% of Adverum Biotechnologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.5% of Acasti Pharma shares are owned by 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.

Acasti Pharma has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Adverum Biotechnologies. Acasti Pharma is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Adverum Biotechnologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Adverum Biotechnologies$3.60M35.13-$117.17M-$5.99-1.02
Acasti PharmaN/AN/A-$12.85M-$1.44-2.34

Adverum Biotechnologies has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Acasti Pharma has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Adverum Biotechnologies received 56 more outperform votes than Acasti Pharma when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.65% of users gave Acasti Pharma an outperform vote while only 60.39% of users gave Adverum Biotechnologies an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Adverum BiotechnologiesOutperform Votes
369
60.39%
Underperform Votes
242
39.61%
Acasti PharmaOutperform Votes
313
70.65%
Underperform Votes
130
29.35%

Summary

Adverum Biotechnologies and Acasti Pharma tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ACST vs. The Competition

MetricAcasti PharmaPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$31.68M$6.45B$5.06B$8.82B
Dividend YieldN/A8.11%5.18%4.07%
P/E Ratio-2.9610.78126.3117.81
Price / SalesN/A243.711,178.7474.57
Price / CashN/A22.1633.8632.53
Price / Book0.515.474.684.68
Net Income-$12.85M$153.61M$119.54M$226.08M
7 Day PerformanceN/A-2.00%-1.83%-1.04%
1 Month Performance5.64%-7.46%-3.60%1.04%
1 Year Performance60.48%31.82%31.91%26.28%

Acasti Pharma Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ACST
Acasti Pharma
2.3584 of 5 stars
$3.37
-0.9%
$10.00
+196.7%
+59.0%$31.68MN/A-2.9632
ADVM
Adverum Biotechnologies
4.1779 of 5 stars
$6.08
-1.5%
$27.83
+357.8%
-32.5%$126.46M$3.60M0.00190Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
RPTX
Repare Therapeutics
2.672 of 5 stars
$2.88
+1.4%
$10.00
+247.2%
-44.7%$122.43M$51.13M0.00180
CRDL
Cardiol Therapeutics
2.7497 of 5 stars
$1.50
-3.8%
$8.75
+483.3%
+81.1%$122.40M$60,000.00-4.0020Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
PLX
Protalix BioTherapeutics
N/A$1.65
-2.2%
N/A+22.0%$121.75M$65.49M-13.00200Analyst Upgrade
PYXS
Pyxis Oncology
1.0178 of 5 stars
$2.04
-46.6%
$10.00
+390.2%
+165.3%$121.32MN/A-1.9660Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
OTLK
Outlook Therapeutics
1.2029 of 5 stars
$5.11
-3.2%
$48.20
+843.2%
-40.0%$120.90MN/A-0.4920
IFRX
InflaRx
3.0863 of 5 stars
$2.03
-0.5%
$8.00
+294.1%
+34.2%$119.53M$70,000.000.0060Gap Up
VTYX
Ventyx Biosciences
2.4892 of 5 stars
$1.68
-2.6%
$10.00
+497.0%
-27.1%$118.44MN/A-0.7373
CNTX
Context Therapeutics
2.0835 of 5 stars
$1.53
-6.1%
$6.25
+308.5%
+81.1%$114.75MN/A-1.797Gap Down
RANI
Rani Therapeutics
3.1632 of 5 stars
$2.04
-0.5%
$11.71
+474.2%
+2.5%$108.96M$2.72M0.00110Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:ACST) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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