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Aquinox Pharmaceuticals (AQXP) Competitors

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AQXP vs. ALKS, AXSM, TGTX, PBH, BHC, PRGO, APLS, MRUS, FOLD, and EWTX

Should you be buying Aquinox Pharmaceuticals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aquinox Pharmaceuticals include Alkermes (ALKS), Axsome Therapeutics (AXSM), TG Therapeutics (TGTX), Prestige Consumer Healthcare (PBH), Bausch Health Companies (BHC), Perrigo (PRGO), Apellis Pharmaceuticals (APLS), Merus (MRUS), Amicus Therapeutics (FOLD), and Edgewise Therapeutics (EWTX). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Aquinox Pharmaceuticals vs.

Aquinox Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:AQXP) and Alkermes (NASDAQ:ALKS) are both medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and risk.

71.7% of Aquinox Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.2% of Alkermes shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.0% of Aquinox Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.9% of Alkermes shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Alkermes had 7 more articles in the media than Aquinox Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Alkermes and 0 mentions for Aquinox Pharmaceuticals. Alkermes' average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Aquinox Pharmaceuticals' score of 0.00 indicating that Alkermes is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Aquinox Pharmaceuticals Neutral
Alkermes Positive

Alkermes received 398 more outperform votes than Aquinox Pharmaceuticals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.88% of users gave Aquinox Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote while only 70.48% of users gave Alkermes an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Aquinox PharmaceuticalsOutperform Votes
299
71.88%
Underperform Votes
117
28.13%
AlkermesOutperform Votes
697
70.48%
Underperform Votes
292
29.52%

Alkermes has a consensus target price of $34.90, indicating a potential upside of 31.25%. Given Alkermes' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Alkermes is more favorable than Aquinox Pharmaceuticals.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Aquinox Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A
Alkermes
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Aquinox Pharmaceuticals has a beta of -7.37, indicating that its stock price is 837% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alkermes has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Alkermes has higher revenue and earnings than Aquinox Pharmaceuticals.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Aquinox Pharmaceuticals$25M62.15-$31.58MN/AN/A
Alkermes$1.51B2.86$355.76M$1.9513.64

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

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Aquinox PharmaceuticalsN/A -30.13% -28.08%
Alkermes 22.15%24.92%14.55%

Summary

Alkermes beats Aquinox Pharmaceuticals on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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AQXP vs. The Competition

MetricAquinox PharmaceuticalsPharmaceutical Preparations IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.55B$6.96B$5.22B$8.51B
Dividend YieldN/A7.94%5.06%4.17%
P/E RatioN/A5.8992.8912.89
Price / Sales62.15400.341,681.9389.91
Price / CashN/A22.5833.8331.25
Price / Book21.365.654.734.56
Net Income-$31.58M$152.32M$116.42M$224.58M

Aquinox Pharmaceuticals Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AQXP
Aquinox Pharmaceuticals
N/A$66.00
+43.3%
N/A+1,247.1%$1.55B$25M0.008Gap Up
High Trading Volume
ALKS
Alkermes
4.8975 of 5 stars
$26.47
+3.0%
$34.90
+31.8%
+7.3%$4.28B$1.66B13.572,100Analyst Upgrade
AXSM
Axsome Therapeutics
4.7921 of 5 stars
$88.84
-0.2%
$124.64
+40.3%
+33.9%$4.22B$291.49M-13.65589Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
TGTX
TG Therapeutics
4.7793 of 5 stars
$26.90
+7.3%
$36.33
+35.1%
+120.3%$4.16B$346.72M44.10290News Coverage
PBH
Prestige Consumer Healthcare
4.6379 of 5 stars
$74.05
+0.4%
$94.20
+27.2%
+23.9%$3.65B$1.13B18.11540Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
BHC
Bausch Health Companies
3.8928 of 5 stars
$9.78
+6.3%
$7.75
-20.8%
+22.3%$3.59B$9.20B-20.3720,270Earnings Report
PRGO
Perrigo
4.8598 of 5 stars
$26.09
+1.8%
$37.00
+41.8%
-11.6%$3.50B$4.66B-28.369,140Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
APLS
Apellis Pharmaceuticals
4.51 of 5 stars
$27.98
+2.6%
$65.41
+133.8%
-39.0%$3.41B$628.79M-10.21702Analyst Forecast
MRUS
Merus
1.9875 of 5 stars
$50.30
+0.7%
$86.70
+72.4%
+105.9%$3.41B$43.95M-12.7337News Coverage
FOLD
Amicus Therapeutics
4.3439 of 5 stars
$11.47
+0.4%
$17.13
+49.3%
-2.2%$3.40B$399.36M-29.41480Upcoming Earnings
EWTX
Edgewise Therapeutics
1.9899 of 5 stars
$34.00
+1.3%
$35.60
+4.7%
+411.6%$3.19BN/A-21.9460Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:AQXP) was last updated on 11/5/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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