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ARCT vs. TARS, JANX, AGIO, NAMS, IDYA, SDGR, TVTX, BLTE, VERA, and IOVA

Should you be buying Arcturus Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Arcturus Therapeutics include Tarsus Pharmaceuticals (TARS), Janux Therapeutics (JANX), Agios Pharmaceuticals (AGIO), NewAmsterdam Pharma (NAMS), IDEAYA Biosciences (IDYA), Schrödinger (SDGR), Travere Therapeutics (TVTX), Belite Bio (BLTE), Vera Therapeutics (VERA), and Iovance Biotherapeutics (IOVA). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Arcturus Therapeutics vs.

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

94.5% of Arcturus Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of Tarsus Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. 15.3% of Arcturus Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.3% of Tarsus Pharmaceuticals shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Arcturus Therapeutics had 1 more articles in the media than Tarsus Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Arcturus Therapeutics and 4 mentions for Tarsus Pharmaceuticals. Tarsus Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Arcturus Therapeutics' score of 0.55 indicating that Tarsus Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Arcturus Therapeutics$169.93M2.83-$29.73M-$2.22-8.00
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals$129.62M14.11-$135.89M-$3.81-12.56

Arcturus Therapeutics has a beta of 2.62, meaning that its stock price is 162% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tarsus Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Arcturus Therapeutics presently has a consensus price target of $65.00, indicating a potential upside of 265.79%. Tarsus Pharmaceuticals has a consensus price target of $56.00, indicating a potential upside of 17.06%. Given Arcturus Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Arcturus Therapeutics is more favorable than Tarsus Pharmaceuticals.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Arcturus Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.14
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Arcturus Therapeutics has a net margin of -36.39% compared to Tarsus Pharmaceuticals' net margin of -103.64%. Arcturus Therapeutics' return on equity of -22.39% beat Tarsus Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Arcturus Therapeutics-36.39% -22.39% -14.81%
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals -103.64%-55.86%-39.28%

Arcturus Therapeutics received 394 more outperform votes than Tarsus Pharmaceuticals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Tarsus Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote while only 66.17% of users gave Arcturus Therapeutics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Arcturus TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
442
66.17%
Underperform Votes
226
33.83%
Tarsus PharmaceuticalsOutperform Votes
48
66.67%
Underperform Votes
24
33.33%

Summary

Arcturus Therapeutics beats Tarsus Pharmaceuticals on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ARCT vs. The Competition

MetricArcturus TherapeuticsPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$481.39M$7.04B$5.77B$8.99B
Dividend YieldN/A2.87%4.78%3.85%
P/E Ratio-8.006.1326.4618.82
Price / Sales2.83311.22453.6978.73
Price / CashN/A67.8344.0437.47
Price / Book1.716.747.634.64
Net Income-$29.73M$138.11M$3.18B$245.69M
7 Day Performance-1.55%-2.43%-1.91%-2.66%
1 Month Performance6.15%-1.91%-0.19%-2.15%
1 Year Performance-52.54%-5.03%16.70%12.90%

Arcturus Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ARCT
Arcturus Therapeutics
2.6171 of 5 stars
$17.77
+5.0%
$65.00
+265.8%
-49.6%$481.39M$169.93M-8.00180
TARS
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals
1.4247 of 5 stars
$50.22
-3.8%
$56.00
+11.5%
+58.8%$1.92B$17.45M-13.1850Gap Up
JANX
Janux Therapeutics
3.1282 of 5 stars
$36.37
-2.2%
$89.90
+147.2%
+174.0%$1.91B$13.05M-31.0930
AGIO
Agios Pharmaceuticals
4.3439 of 5 stars
$33.22
-0.2%
$56.33
+69.6%
+31.4%$1.89B$26.82M2.92390Earnings Report
Short Interest ↓
NAMS
NewAmsterdam Pharma
3.2893 of 5 stars
$19.91
+2.6%
$41.60
+108.9%
-13.9%$1.84B$14.09M0.004Upcoming Earnings
IDYA
IDEAYA Biosciences
3.8329 of 5 stars
$21.00
+1.2%
$53.58
+155.2%
-50.9%$1.82B$23.39M-9.0180Gap Up
SDGR
Schrödinger
1.816 of 5 stars
$24.85
+1.7%
$32.11
+29.2%
-24.6%$1.81B$216.67M-10.62790Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
TVTX
Travere Therapeutics
2.9598 of 5 stars
$22.91
-3.4%
$27.77
+21.2%
+178.9%$1.79B$145.24M-5.04460Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Down
BLTE
Belite Bio
3.2124 of 5 stars
$56.00
-1.0%
$96.33
+72.0%
+26.3%$1.78BN/A-50.4510Positive News
VERA
Vera Therapeutics
2.2698 of 5 stars
$27.46
-19.7%
$65.44
+138.3%
-35.8%$1.74BN/A-10.5240High Trading Volume
IOVA
Iovance Biotherapeutics
4.0357 of 5 stars
$5.57
+4.3%
$22.69
+307.3%
-63.3%$1.70B$1.19M-3.74500

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This page (NASDAQ:ARCT) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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