Ardelyx (ARDX) Competitors

Ardelyx (NASDAQ:ARDX) and Elanco Animal Health (NYSE:ELAN) are both medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, risk, media sentiment and community ranking.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of ARDX or ELAN?

58.9% of Ardelyx shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.5% of Elanco Animal Health shares are held by institutional investors. 5.9% of Ardelyx shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Elanco Animal Health shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer ARDX or ELAN?

In the previous week, Elanco Animal Health had 6 more articles in the media than Ardelyx. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Elanco Animal Health and 8 mentions for Ardelyx. Ardelyx's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Elanco Animal Health's score of 0.50 indicating that Ardelyx is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ardelyx	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Elanco Animal Health	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, ARDX or ELAN?

Ardelyx has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Elanco Animal Health has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings & valuation, ARDX or ELAN?

Ardelyx has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Elanco Animal Health. Ardelyx is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Elanco Animal Health, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ardelyx	$333.62M	3.41	-$39.14M	-$0.16	-29.84
Elanco Animal Health	$4.44B	0.93	-$1.23B	$0.67	12.41

Is ARDX or ELAN more profitable?

Elanco Animal Health has a net margin of 4.60% compared to Ardelyx's net margin of -11.73%. Elanco Animal Health's return on equity of 6.78% beat Ardelyx's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ardelyx	-11.73%	-24.87%	-10.51%
Elanco Animal Health	4.60%	6.78%	3.03%

Do analysts prefer ARDX or ELAN?

Ardelyx currently has a consensus target price of $10.61, suggesting a potential upside of 122.22%. Elanco Animal Health has a consensus target price of $14.67, suggesting a potential upside of 76.39%. Given Ardelyx's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Ardelyx is more favorable than Elanco Animal Health.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ardelyx	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Elanco Animal Health	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ARDX or ELAN?

Ardelyx received 395 more outperform votes than Elanco Animal Health when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.46% of users gave Ardelyx an outperform vote while only 54.62% of users gave Elanco Animal Health an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ardelyx	Outperform Votes 537 67.46%	Underperform Votes 259 32.54%
Elanco Animal Health	Outperform Votes 142 54.62%	Underperform Votes 118 45.38%

Summary

Ardelyx beats Elanco Animal Health on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.