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Arcturus Therapeutics (ARCT) Competitors

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$15.82 +0.09 (+0.57%)
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ARCT vs. GLPG, XNCR, EVO, ARQT, NRIX, RCUS, KNSA, IMCR, OCUL, and MESO

Should you be buying Arcturus Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Arcturus Therapeutics include Galapagos (GLPG), Xencor (XNCR), Evotec (EVO), Arcutis Biotherapeutics (ARQT), Nurix Therapeutics (NRIX), Arcus Biosciences (RCUS), Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals (KNSA), Immunocore (IMCR), Ocular Therapeutix (OCUL), and Mesoblast (MESO). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Arcturus Therapeutics vs.

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

Galapagos currently has a consensus price target of $30.75, suggesting a potential upside of 14.35%. Arcturus Therapeutics has a consensus price target of $66.75, suggesting a potential upside of 321.93%. Given Arcturus Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Arcturus Therapeutics is more favorable than Galapagos.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Galapagos
2 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.71
Arcturus Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.14

In the previous week, Arcturus Therapeutics had 3 more articles in the media than Galapagos. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Arcturus Therapeutics and 6 mentions for Galapagos. Galapagos' average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Arcturus Therapeutics' score of 0.30 indicating that Galapagos is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Galapagos
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Arcturus Therapeutics
1 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Galapagos has higher revenue and earnings than Arcturus Therapeutics.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Galapagos$260.09M6.81$229.12MN/AN/A
Arcturus Therapeutics$142.47M3.01-$29.73M-$2.22-7.13

Galapagos has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Arcturus Therapeutics' net margin of -36.39%. Galapagos' return on equity of 0.00% beat Arcturus Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
GalapagosN/A N/A N/A
Arcturus Therapeutics -36.39%-22.39%-14.81%

32.5% of Galapagos shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.5% of Arcturus Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. 2.9% of Galapagos shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.3% of Arcturus Therapeutics shares are held 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.

Galapagos has a beta of 0.23, indicating that its share price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arcturus Therapeutics has a beta of 2.62, indicating that its share price is 162% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Galapagos received 28 more outperform votes than Arcturus Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.96% of users gave Arcturus Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 64.10% of users gave Galapagos an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
GalapagosOutperform Votes
466
64.10%
Underperform Votes
261
35.90%
Arcturus TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
438
65.96%
Underperform Votes
226
34.04%

Summary

Arcturus Therapeutics beats Galapagos on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ARCT vs. The Competition

MetricArcturus TherapeuticsPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$428.52M$6.85B$5.15B$9.28B
Dividend YieldN/A3.06%4.81%4.06%
P/E Ratio-7.1310.79135.4217.51
Price / Sales3.01286.571,184.62142.21
Price / CashN/A56.6540.4237.95
Price / Book1.525.404.894.94
Net Income-$29.73M$152.04M$118.71M$225.59M
7 Day Performance-11.87%-4.19%15.74%-1.07%
1 Month Performance-2.77%2.70%15.70%7.23%
1 Year Performance-44.82%17.16%34.85%22.97%

Arcturus Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ARCT
Arcturus Therapeutics
2.7024 of 5 stars
$15.82
+0.6%
$66.75
+321.9%
-45.5%$428.52M$142.47M-7.13180Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Up
GLPG
Galapagos
0.7405 of 5 stars
$26.99
+0.6%
$30.75
+13.9%
-31.6%$1.78B$260.09M0.001,123
XNCR
Xencor
4.1787 of 5 stars
$24.84
+3.4%
$36.56
+47.2%
+19.7%$1.74B$168.34M-7.51280
EVO
Evotec
1.4795 of 5 stars
$4.69
+4.5%
$5.93
+26.5%
-56.6%$1.66B$777.05M0.005,061Short Interest ↓
Gap Down
ARQT
Arcutis Biotherapeutics
0.8059 of 5 stars
$13.34
+5.1%
$15.50
+16.2%
+509.0%$1.56B$138.71M-7.58150Options Volume
News Coverage
NRIX
Nurix Therapeutics
2.8431 of 5 stars
$21.19
+4.5%
$30.35
+43.2%
+133.3%$1.50B$56.42M-6.97300
RCUS
Arcus Biosciences
2.7843 of 5 stars
$16.25
+1.1%
$34.00
+109.2%
-11.3%$1.49B$117M-5.11500
KNSA
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals
2.6661 of 5 stars
$20.40
+1.0%
$36.60
+79.4%
+13.9%$1.47B$384.10M-147.36220Positive News
IMCR
Immunocore
2.6347 of 5 stars
$29.05
+0.5%
$65.64
+125.9%
-54.2%$1.45B$296.31M-30.43497Short Interest ↓
OCUL
Ocular Therapeutix
3.797 of 5 stars
$8.98
+3.3%
$16.71
+86.1%
+129.5%$1.41B$58.44M0.00267Positive News
MESO
Mesoblast
1.2998 of 5 stars
$12.18
+3.6%
$11.50
-5.6%
+484.6%$1.39B$5.90M0.0080News Coverage
Gap Up

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This page (NASDAQ:ARCT) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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