ACTU vs. ITOS, MREO, YMAB, ALEC, TERN, ELYM, SIGA, APLT, SLN, and ARCT
Should you be buying Actuate Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Actuate Therapeutics include iTeos Therapeutics (ITOS), Mereo BioPharma Group (MREO), Y-mAbs Therapeutics (YMAB), Alector (ALEC), Terns Pharmaceuticals (TERN), Eliem Therapeutics (ELYM), SIGA Technologies (SIGA), Applied Therapeutics (APLT), Silence Therapeutics (SLN), and Arcturus Therapeutics (ARCT). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.
iTeos Therapeutics (NASDAQ:ITOS) and Actuate Therapeutics (NASDAQ:ACTU) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.
97.2% of iTeos Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.3% of Actuate Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.5% of iTeos Therapeutics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 19.9% of Actuate Therapeutics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Actuate Therapeutics' return on equity of 0.00% beat iTeos Therapeutics' return on equity.
iTeos Therapeutics presently has a consensus price target of $30.50, indicating a potential upside of 122.47%. Given iTeos Therapeutics' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe iTeos Therapeutics is more favorable than Actuate Therapeutics.
Actuate Therapeutics has lower revenue, but higher earnings than iTeos Therapeutics. iTeos Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Actuate Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
iTeos Therapeutics received 35 more outperform votes than Actuate Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users.
In the previous week, iTeos Therapeutics had 3 more articles in the media than Actuate Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for iTeos Therapeutics and 6 mentions for Actuate Therapeutics. iTeos Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Actuate Therapeutics' score of 0.31 indicating that iTeos Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
iTeos Therapeutics beats Actuate Therapeutics on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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