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Alkermes (ALKS) Competitors

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$27.91 +0.43 (+1.56%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

ALKS vs. EIDX, AGIO, OPK, PCRX, AVIR, UTHR, INCY, NBIX, BMRN, and EXEL

Should you be buying Alkermes stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alkermes include Eidos Therapeutics (EIDX), Agios Pharmaceuticals (AGIO), OPKO Health (OPK), Pacira BioSciences (PCRX), Atea Pharmaceuticals (AVIR), United Therapeutics (UTHR), Incyte (INCY), Neurocrine Biosciences (NBIX), BioMarin Pharmaceutical (BMRN), and Exelixis (EXEL). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Alkermes vs.

Eidos Therapeutics (NASDAQ:EIDX) and Alkermes (NASDAQ:ALKS) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

In the previous week, Alkermes had 5 more articles in the media than Eidos Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Alkermes and 0 mentions for Eidos Therapeutics. Alkermes' average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Eidos Therapeutics' score of 0.00 indicating that Alkermes is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Eidos Therapeutics Neutral
Alkermes Positive

Alkermes has a consensus price target of $35.42, indicating a potential upside of 26.90%. Given Alkermes' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Alkermes is more favorable than Eidos Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Eidos Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Alkermes
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.58

Alkermes received 552 more outperform votes than Eidos Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.51% of users gave Alkermes an outperform vote while only 63.20% of users gave Eidos Therapeutics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Eidos TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
146
63.20%
Underperform Votes
85
36.80%
AlkermesOutperform Votes
698
70.51%
Underperform Votes
292
29.49%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Eidos Therapeutics$26.69M177.99-$37.83M-$1.03-118.65
Alkermes$1.51B3.00$355.76M$1.9514.31

Alkermes has a net margin of 22.15% compared to Eidos Therapeutics' net margin of 0.00%. Alkermes' return on equity of 24.92% beat Eidos Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Eidos TherapeuticsN/A -65.21% -53.04%
Alkermes 22.15%24.92%14.55%

Eidos Therapeutics has a beta of -0.16, suggesting that its share price is 116% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alkermes has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

31.4% of Eidos Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.2% of Alkermes shares are owned by institutional investors. 70.1% of Eidos Therapeutics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.9% of Alkermes shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Alkermes beats Eidos Therapeutics on 16 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ALKS vs. The Competition

MetricAlkermesPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$4.45B$6.44B$5.06B$8.82B
Dividend YieldN/A8.11%5.18%4.07%
P/E Ratio14.3110.78126.3217.81
Price / Sales3.00243.711,179.2574.56
Price / Cash12.4222.1633.8632.53
Price / Book3.875.474.684.68
Net Income$355.76M$153.61M$119.54M$226.08M
7 Day Performance-1.55%-2.00%-1.83%-1.04%
1 Month Performance0.72%-7.46%-3.60%1.04%
1 Year Performance17.47%31.82%31.91%26.28%

Alkermes Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ALKS
Alkermes
4.7788 of 5 stars
$27.91
+1.6%
$35.42
+26.9%
+15.4%$4.45B$1.51B14.312,100Positive News
EIDX
Eidos Therapeutics
N/A$122.21
flat
N/AN/A$4.75B$26.69M-118.6570
AGIO
Agios Pharmaceuticals
3.3113 of 5 stars
$54.62
+0.4%
$52.33
-4.2%
+154.0%$3.10B$32.87M4.81390
OPK
OPKO Health
4.458 of 5 stars
$1.58
-2.5%
$2.75
+74.1%
+6.8%$1.08B$863.50M-8.323,930
PCRX
Pacira BioSciences
4.1777 of 5 stars
$17.03
+1.8%
$23.50
+38.0%
-38.5%$772.48M$674.98M0.00720Positive News
AVIR
Atea Pharmaceuticals
2.7567 of 5 stars
$3.16
+0.6%
$6.88
+117.7%
+5.0%$266.90M$351.37M-1.5370
UTHR
United Therapeutics
4.5183 of 5 stars
$364.33
+1.0%
$370.86
+1.8%
+59.1%$16.10B$2.33B16.001,168Positive News
INCY
Incyte
3.9 of 5 stars
$71.05
+0.7%
$77.16
+8.6%
+29.9%$13.69B$3.70B507.542,524Analyst Forecast
NBIX
Neurocrine Biosciences
4.9503 of 5 stars
$123.29
+3.5%
$163.91
+32.9%
+12.7%$12.06B$2.24B33.051,400Positive News
BMRN
BioMarin Pharmaceutical
4.9885 of 5 stars
$62.56
+1.0%
$94.20
+50.6%
-28.5%$11.92B$2.42B37.463,401
EXEL
Exelixis
4.7765 of 5 stars
$34.65
+0.7%
$31.44
-9.3%
+65.6%$9.90B$2.08B22.211,310Insider Trade

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