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Akebia Therapeutics (AKBA) Competitors

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$1.79 -0.07 (-3.76%)
(As of 11/15/2024 ET)

AKBA vs. URGN, PBYI, RAPT, MRNS, PRTA, XNCR, EVO, PRAX, DAWN, and RCUS

Should you be buying Akebia Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Akebia Therapeutics include UroGen Pharma (URGN), Puma Biotechnology (PBYI), RAPT Therapeutics (RAPT), Marinus Pharmaceuticals (MRNS), Prothena (PRTA), Xencor (XNCR), Evotec (EVO), Praxis Precision Medicines (PRAX), Day One Biopharmaceuticals (DAWN), and Arcus Biosciences (RCUS). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Akebia Therapeutics vs.

Akebia Therapeutics (NASDAQ:AKBA) and UroGen Pharma (NASDAQ:URGN) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.

Akebia Therapeutics received 50 more outperform votes than UroGen Pharma when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.83% of users gave UroGen Pharma an outperform vote while only 64.09% of users gave Akebia Therapeutics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Akebia TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
414
64.09%
Underperform Votes
232
35.91%
UroGen PharmaOutperform Votes
364
73.83%
Underperform Votes
129
26.17%

Akebia Therapeutics has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UroGen Pharma has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, UroGen Pharma had 4 more articles in the media than Akebia Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for UroGen Pharma and 5 mentions for Akebia Therapeutics. UroGen Pharma's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Akebia Therapeutics' score of 0.14 indicating that UroGen Pharma is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Akebia Therapeutics
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
UroGen Pharma
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Akebia Therapeutics presently has a consensus price target of $5.75, suggesting a potential upside of 221.23%. UroGen Pharma has a consensus price target of $48.38, suggesting a potential upside of 332.31%. Given UroGen Pharma's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe UroGen Pharma is more favorable than Akebia Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Akebia Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
UroGen Pharma
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.20

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Akebia Therapeutics$194.62M2.01-$51.92M-$0.23-7.78
UroGen Pharma$82.71M3.17-$102.24M-$3.15-3.55

33.9% of Akebia Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.3% of UroGen Pharma shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.1% of Akebia Therapeutics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of UroGen Pharma shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Akebia Therapeutics has a net margin of -27.07% compared to UroGen Pharma's net margin of -129.11%.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Akebia Therapeutics-27.07% N/A -20.57%
UroGen Pharma -129.11%N/A -47.94%

Summary

UroGen Pharma beats Akebia Therapeutics on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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AKBA vs. The Competition

MetricAkebia TherapeuticsPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$390.54M$6.53B$5.15B$8.74B
Dividend YieldN/A8.15%5.18%4.08%
P/E Ratio-7.784.4062.6013.00
Price / Sales2.01377.651,277.9088.72
Price / CashN/A51.2139.7935.27
Price / Book-7.789.636.455.92
Net Income-$51.92M$154.43M$119.73M$225.73M
7 Day Performance-7.73%-9.46%-5.13%-1.34%
1 Month Performance34.59%-7.27%-2.71%1.15%
1 Year Performance79.00%28.13%31.08%24.02%

Akebia Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AKBA
Akebia Therapeutics
4.0582 of 5 stars
$1.79
-3.8%
$5.75
+221.2%
+81.0%$390.54M$194.62M-7.78167
URGN
UroGen Pharma
3.9752 of 5 stars
$12.46
+0.9%
N/A-6.7%$292.19M$82.71M-3.96200
PBYI
Puma Biotechnology
4.3836 of 5 stars
$3.00
-6.5%
N/A-39.3%$147.27M$235.60M6.25185Positive News
RAPT
RAPT Therapeutics
4.5971 of 5 stars
$1.59
-8.6%
N/A-91.6%$55.52M$1.53M-0.5780Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
MRNS
Marinus Pharmaceuticals
4.4479 of 5 stars
$0.33
-5.2%
N/A-95.1%$18.01M$30.99M-0.13110Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
PRTA
Prothena
1.7433 of 5 stars
$17.27
-0.5%
N/A-59.4%$928.78M$91.37M-6.96173Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
XNCR
Xencor
3.604 of 5 stars
$23.75
+0.2%
N/A+24.4%$1.66B$168.34M-7.42280Insider Selling
EVO
Evotec
1.0235 of 5 stars
$4.55
+2.5%
N/A-44.7%$1.61B$845.74M0.005,061Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Gap Up
PRAX
Praxis Precision Medicines
1.7896 of 5 stars
$84.09
+1.3%
N/A+398.0%$1.57B$2.45M-8.16110Insider Selling
News Coverage
DAWN
Day One Biopharmaceuticals
1.7914 of 5 stars
$15.26
-2.4%
N/A+13.6%$1.54BN/A-14.8260Insider Selling
Short Interest ↑
RCUS
Arcus Biosciences
2.9087 of 5 stars
$16.65
-0.7%
N/A+11.7%$1.52B$117M-5.29500

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This page (NASDAQ:AKBA) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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