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Anika Therapeutics (ANIK) Competitors

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$14.38 +0.29 (+2.06%)
As of 04/24/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

ANIK vs. CERS, OSUR, UTMD, COO, WST, ALGN, MMSI, ICUI, HAE, and XRAY

Should you be buying Anika Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Anika Therapeutics include Cerus (CERS), OraSure Technologies (OSUR), Utah Medical Products (UTMD), Cooper Companies (COO), West Pharmaceutical Services (WST), Align Technology (ALGN), Merit Medical Systems (MMSI), ICU Medical (ICUI), Haemonetics (HAE), and DENTSPLY SIRONA (XRAY). These companies are all part of the "health care supplies" industry.

Anika Therapeutics vs.

Cerus (NASDAQ:CERS) and Anika Therapeutics (NASDAQ:ANIK) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, risk and dividends.

Cerus has a net margin of -11.60% compared to Anika Therapeutics' net margin of -59.40%. Anika Therapeutics' return on equity of -2.22% beat Cerus' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cerus-11.60% -40.55% -11.12%
Anika Therapeutics -59.40%-2.22%-1.75%

Cerus currently has a consensus price target of $3.50, suggesting a potential upside of 157.35%. Anika Therapeutics has a consensus price target of $21.67, suggesting a potential upside of 50.67%. Given Cerus' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cerus is more favorable than Anika Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cerus
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Anika Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Cerus has a beta of 1.7, meaning that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Anika Therapeutics has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

78.4% of Cerus shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.5% of Anika Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. 3.4% of Cerus shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.9% of Anika Therapeutics shares are held by company 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.

Cerus received 263 more outperform votes than Anika Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.34% of users gave Cerus an outperform vote while only 64.63% of users gave Anika Therapeutics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
CerusOutperform Votes
570
72.34%
Underperform Votes
218
27.66%
Anika TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
307
64.63%
Underperform Votes
168
35.37%

In the previous week, Anika Therapeutics had 5 more articles in the media than Cerus. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Anika Therapeutics and 2 mentions for Cerus. Anika Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Cerus' score of 0.66 indicating that Anika Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cerus
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Anika Therapeutics
2 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cerus$180.27M1.40-$37.49M-$0.11-12.36
Anika Therapeutics$119.91M1.70-$82.67M-$3.85-3.74

Summary

Cerus and Anika Therapeutics tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ANIK vs. The Competition

MetricAnika TherapeuticsSurgical & medical instruments IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$203.85M$4.25B$5.41B$7.70B
Dividend YieldN/A46.48%5.44%4.33%
P/E Ratio-2.1629.7422.1818.31
Price / Sales1.7051.38397.31107.09
Price / Cash3.5351.0838.2034.62
Price / Book0.996.076.834.25
Net Income-$82.67M$67.09M$3.20B$247.51M
7 Day Performance2.57%4.11%5.79%6.08%
1 Month Performance-7.17%-9.37%-5.53%-3.77%
1 Year Performance-44.48%24.52%16.85%4.60%

Anika Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ANIK
Anika Therapeutics
4.1669 of 5 stars
$14.38
+2.1%
$21.67
+50.7%
-44.5%$203.85M$119.91M-2.16300
CERS
Cerus
2.3904 of 5 stars
$1.36
-1.4%
$3.50
+157.4%
-18.1%$252.67M$180.27M-12.36290Upcoming Earnings
OSUR
OraSure Technologies
4.6752 of 5 stars
$3.00
+2.4%
$5.50
+83.3%
-44.9%$224.40M$185.83M20.00840Positive News
UTMD
Utah Medical Products
3.0297 of 5 stars
$53.32
+0.5%
N/A-21.3%$175.00M$40.90M13.50180
COO
Cooper Companies
3.13 of 5 stars
$78.76
+1.7%
$110.25
+40.0%
-8.4%$15.75B$3.93B40.3916,000
WST
West Pharmaceutical Services
4.7006 of 5 stars
$212.74
+1.0%
$332.50
+56.3%
-45.4%$15.38B$2.89B31.8010,700Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
ALGN
Align Technology
4.5571 of 5 stars
$165.62
+0.9%
$262.64
+58.6%
-41.3%$12.13B$4.00B29.5221,610Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
MMSI
Merit Medical Systems
4.528 of 5 stars
$93.25
+1.3%
$114.33
+22.6%
+27.9%$5.51B$1.36B45.716,850Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
ICUI
ICU Medical
3.7636 of 5 stars
$140.54
-1.5%
$168.67
+20.0%
+41.8%$3.45B$2.38B-30.7514,500Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
HAE
Haemonetics
4.6229 of 5 stars
$59.29
-1.2%
$101.22
+70.7%
-28.2%$2.98B$1.37B23.342,820News Coverage
Positive News
XRAY
DENTSPLY SIRONA
4.8522 of 5 stars
$13.08
+2.4%
$23.33
+78.4%
-55.7%$2.60B$3.79B-6.3215,000Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:ANIK) was last updated on 4/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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