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Amylyx Pharmaceuticals (AMLX) Competitors

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AMLX vs. KYMR, AMRX, XENE, ARWR, VKTX, CRNX, RARE, MOR, NAMS, and HCM

Should you be buying Amylyx Pharmaceuticals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Amylyx Pharmaceuticals include Kymera Therapeutics (KYMR), AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS (AMRX), Xenon Pharmaceuticals (XENE), Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals (ARWR), Viking Therapeutics (VKTX), Crinetics Pharmaceuticals (CRNX), Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical (RARE), MorphoSys (MOR), NewAmsterdam Pharma (NAMS), and HUTCHMED (HCM). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Amylyx Pharmaceuticals vs. Its Competitors

Kymera Therapeutics (NASDAQ:KYMR) and Amylyx Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:AMLX) are both medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and dividends.

Amylyx Pharmaceuticals has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Kymera Therapeutics' net margin of -616.03%. Kymera Therapeutics' return on equity of -31.60% beat Amylyx Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Kymera Therapeutics-616.03% -31.60% -27.12%
Amylyx Pharmaceuticals N/A -82.48%-70.15%

95.8% of Amylyx Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. 16.0% of Kymera Therapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.3% of Amylyx Pharmaceuticals shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Kymera Therapeutics has a beta of 2.17, indicating that its stock price is 117% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amylyx Pharmaceuticals has a beta of -0.45, indicating that its stock price is 145% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Kymera Therapeutics currently has a consensus price target of $58.76, indicating a potential upside of 42.63%. Amylyx Pharmaceuticals has a consensus price target of $12.25, indicating a potential upside of 30.60%. Given Kymera Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Kymera Therapeutics is more favorable than Amylyx Pharmaceuticals.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Kymera Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.11
Amylyx Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Kymera Therapeutics has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Amylyx Pharmaceuticals. Kymera Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amylyx Pharmaceuticals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Kymera Therapeutics$47.07M62.58-$223.86M-$3.47-11.87
Amylyx Pharmaceuticals$87.37M9.57-$301.74M-$2.50-3.75

In the previous week, Amylyx Pharmaceuticals had 4 more articles in the media than Kymera Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Amylyx Pharmaceuticals and 7 mentions for Kymera Therapeutics. Kymera Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 1.57 beat Amylyx Pharmaceuticals' score of 0.80 indicating that Kymera Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Kymera Therapeutics
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Amylyx Pharmaceuticals
4 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Kymera Therapeutics beats Amylyx Pharmaceuticals on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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AMLX vs. The Competition

MetricAmylyx PharmaceuticalsMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$836.39M$2.80B$5.75B$9.76B
Dividend YieldN/A1.58%4.08%4.04%
P/E RatioN/A22.8083.2726.60
Price / Sales9.57737.53541.17113.73
Price / CashN/A174.6137.4459.26
Price / Book3.915.9810.556.58
Net Income-$301.74M$32.94M$3.27B$265.95M
7 Day Performance0.86%-1.28%0.40%0.17%
1 Month Performance16.81%5.64%7.31%3.90%
1 Year Performance322.52%-3.15%46.58%19.67%

Amylyx Pharmaceuticals Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AMLX
Amylyx Pharmaceuticals
3.4323 of 5 stars
$9.38
-0.4%
$12.25
+30.6%
+322.5%$836.39M$87.37M0.00200News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
KYMR
Kymera Therapeutics
3.0252 of 5 stars
$41.82
-5.2%
$59.11
+41.3%
-14.8%$3.15B$47.07M0.00170News Coverage
Positive News
AMRX
AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS
3.5865 of 5 stars
$9.28
-3.2%
$11.60
+25.0%
+10.4%$3.01B$2.79B14.318,100Positive News
Insider Trade
XENE
Xenon Pharmaceuticals
2.2807 of 5 stars
$38.14
-1.8%
$53.20
+39.5%
-4.0%$2.99B$9.43M0.00210Positive News
ARWR
Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals
3.6892 of 5 stars
$20.71
-2.9%
$43.14
+108.3%
-7.6%$2.95B$3.55M-16.18400News Coverage
Positive News
VKTX
Viking Therapeutics
3.883 of 5 stars
$25.85
-0.6%
$86.92
+236.3%
-57.8%$2.92BN/A-16.9020Analyst Revision
CRNX
Crinetics Pharmaceuticals
3.7129 of 5 stars
$30.09
-2.7%
$68.86
+128.8%
-41.6%$2.91B$1.04M-7.32210News Coverage
Positive News
Insider Trade
RARE
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical
4.6323 of 5 stars
$29.27
-1.7%
$81.50
+178.4%
-47.2%$2.87B$560.23M-5.291,294
MOR
MorphoSys
N/A$18.96
flat
N/AN/A$2.86B$238.28M-5.45730
NAMS
NewAmsterdam Pharma
3.5759 of 5 stars
$24.70
-1.2%
$41.55
+68.2%
+46.5%$2.82B$45.56M0.004Insider Trade
HCM
HUTCHMED
2.4231 of 5 stars
$15.93
-1.1%
$28.00
+75.8%
-14.0%$2.81B$630.20M0.001,811Analyst Upgrade

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