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Acasti Pharma (ACST) Competitors

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

ACST vs. CRDF, IMUX, ACRS, PDSB, MCRB, RANI, ANRO, IPSC, OPTN, and IVVD

Should you be buying Acasti Pharma stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Acasti Pharma include Cardiff Oncology (CRDF), Immunic (IMUX), Aclaris Therapeutics (ACRS), PDS Biotechnology (PDSB), Seres Therapeutics (MCRB), Rani Therapeutics (RANI), Alto Neuroscience (ANRO), Century Therapeutics (IPSC), OptiNose (OPTN), and Invivyd (IVVD). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Acasti Pharma vs.

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

Acasti Pharma received 274 more outperform votes than Cardiff Oncology when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.65% of users gave Acasti Pharma an outperform vote while only 62.90% of users gave Cardiff Oncology an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Acasti PharmaOutperform Votes
313
70.65%
Underperform Votes
130
29.35%
Cardiff OncologyOutperform Votes
39
62.90%
Underperform Votes
23
37.10%

In the previous week, Acasti Pharma and Acasti Pharma both had 2 articles in the media. Cardiff Oncology's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Acasti Pharma's score of 0.24 indicating that Cardiff Oncology is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Acasti Pharma
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Cardiff Oncology
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

6.1% of Acasti Pharma shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.3% of Cardiff Oncology shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.5% of Acasti Pharma shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of Cardiff Oncology shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Acasti Pharma presently has a consensus target price of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 196.74%. Cardiff Oncology has a consensus target price of $9.67, suggesting a potential upside of 201.61%. Given Cardiff Oncology's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Cardiff Oncology is more favorable than Acasti Pharma.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Acasti Pharma
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Cardiff Oncology
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Acasti PharmaN/AN/A-$12.85M-$1.44-2.34
Cardiff Oncology$665K224.35-$41.44M-$0.91-3.52

Acasti Pharma has a beta of 1.52, indicating that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cardiff Oncology has a beta of 1.93, indicating that its share price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Acasti Pharma has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Cardiff Oncology's net margin of -6,143.91%. Acasti Pharma's return on equity of -13.61% beat Cardiff Oncology's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Acasti PharmaN/A -13.61% -11.56%
Cardiff Oncology -6,143.91%-62.65%-52.69%

Summary

Acasti Pharma beats Cardiff Oncology on 8 of the 15 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$7.03B$5.40B$8.53B
Dividend YieldN/A7.96%5.13%4.14%
P/E Ratio-2.969.93115.5615.18
Price / SalesN/A381.421,484.3492.77
Price / CashN/A47.3439.6634.07
Price / Book0.515.324.665.02
Net Income-$12.85M$153.56M$119.06M$225.46M
7 Day PerformanceN/A0.11%0.80%0.37%
1 Month Performance10.49%15.22%5.65%3.57%
1 Year Performance44.02%41.14%36.76%29.44%

Acasti Pharma Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ACST
Acasti Pharma
2.6154 of 5 stars
$3.37
-0.9%
$10.00
+196.7%
+39.8%$31.68MN/A-2.9632
CRDF
Cardiff Oncology
1.5192 of 5 stars
$2.83
+3.7%
$9.67
+241.6%
+205.2%$126.57M$665,000.00-3.1120Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
IMUX
Immunic
2.5679 of 5 stars
$1.39
+0.7%
$11.20
+705.8%
+14.4%$125.21MN/A-0.9370News Coverage
ACRS
Aclaris Therapeutics
3.3062 of 5 stars
$1.69
+31.0%
$9.00
+432.5%
-58.9%$120.44M$32.02M-2.0686Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
High Trading Volume
PDSB
PDS Biotechnology
0.8486 of 5 stars
$3.12
+0.3%
$14.25
+356.7%
-23.4%$120.03MN/A-2.5620Analyst Upgrade
MCRB
Seres Therapeutics
3.8449 of 5 stars
$0.70
-1.4%
$5.08
+621.1%
-42.9%$119.97M$126.32M-0.60233Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down
RANI
Rani Therapeutics
3.1546 of 5 stars
$2.34
-2.1%
$11.71
+400.6%
+20.9%$117.98M$2.72M-1.98110Gap Up
ANRO
Alto Neuroscience
2.3264 of 5 stars
$4.37
+5.8%
$24.40
+458.4%
N/A$117.48M$210,000.000.00N/AHigh Trading Volume
IPSC
Century Therapeutics
1.768 of 5 stars
$1.39
-4.8%
$12.75
+817.3%
-15.4%$117.46M$2.04M-0.68170Positive News
OPTN
OptiNose
3.411 of 5 stars
$0.77
-2.5%
$4.00
+418.5%
-45.7%$116.31M$70.99M-2.14190Gap Down
IVVD
Invivyd
2.4769 of 5 stars
$0.97
-1.0%
$11.33
+1,063.5%
-37.9%$116.23M$2.26M-0.54100Analyst Forecast
News Coverage

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