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Ardelyx (ARDX) Competitors

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$4.97 +0.26 (+5.52%)
(As of 11/15/2024 ET)

ARDX vs. OPK, FLXN, NLTX, MIRM, XBIT, IMVT, OGN, RYTM, IBRX, and APLS

Should you be buying Ardelyx stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ardelyx include OPKO Health (OPK), Flexion Therapeutics (FLXN), Neoleukin Therapeutics (NLTX), Mirum Pharmaceuticals (MIRM), XBiotech (XBIT), Immunovant (IMVT), Organon & Co. (OGN), Rhythm Pharmaceuticals (RYTM), ImmunityBio (IBRX), and Apellis Pharmaceuticals (APLS). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Ardelyx vs.

Ardelyx (NASDAQ:ARDX) and OPKO Health (NASDAQ:OPK) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Ardelyx presently has a consensus price target of $10.42, indicating a potential upside of 109.59%. OPKO Health has a consensus price target of $2.75, indicating a potential upside of 67.68%. Given Ardelyx's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ardelyx is more favorable than OPKO Health.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ardelyx
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.88
OPKO Health
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Ardelyx has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OPKO Health has a beta of 1.65, indicating that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ardelyx$124.46M9.46-$66.07M-$0.30-16.57
OPKO Health$863.50M1.30-$188.86M-$0.19-8.63

Ardelyx received 25 more outperform votes than OPKO Health when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.52% of users gave Ardelyx an outperform vote while only 65.84% of users gave OPKO Health an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ArdelyxOutperform Votes
530
67.52%
Underperform Votes
255
32.48%
OPKO HealthOutperform Votes
505
65.84%
Underperform Votes
262
34.16%

OPKO Health has a net margin of -18.65% compared to Ardelyx's net margin of -28.82%. OPKO Health's return on equity of -9.76% beat Ardelyx's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ardelyx-28.82% -46.60% -21.49%
OPKO Health -18.65%-9.76%-6.46%

In the previous week, Ardelyx had 12 more articles in the media than OPKO Health. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Ardelyx and 8 mentions for OPKO Health. OPKO Health's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Ardelyx's score of 0.03 indicating that OPKO Health is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ardelyx
5 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
OPKO Health
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

58.9% of Ardelyx shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.6% of OPKO Health shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.9% of Ardelyx shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 47.3% of OPKO Health shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

OPKO Health beats Ardelyx on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ARDX vs. The Competition

MetricArdelyxPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.18B$6.49B$5.13B$8.74B
Dividend YieldN/A8.15%5.18%4.07%
P/E Ratio-16.574.8266.7313.27
Price / Sales9.46374.171,265.2981.14
Price / CashN/A51.8140.2135.77
Price / Book7.429.636.455.92
Net Income-$66.07M$154.43M$119.73M$225.73M
7 Day Performance-1.97%-9.46%-5.13%-1.34%
1 Month Performance-14.75%-7.27%-2.71%1.15%
1 Year Performance14.78%28.13%31.08%24.02%

Ardelyx Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ARDX
Ardelyx
4.0429 of 5 stars
$4.97
+5.5%
$10.42
+109.6%
+23.3%$1.18B$124.46M-16.57267Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
OPK
OPKO Health
4.6578 of 5 stars
$1.61
+2.5%
N/A+14.7%$1.07B$863.50M-8.473,930Insider Buying
FLXN
Flexion Therapeutics
N/A$9.12
flat
N/AN/A$458.93M$85.55M-4.54257
NLTX
Neoleukin Therapeutics
N/A$40.00
-44.1%
N/A+162.3%$375.92MN/A-12.8690Gap Down
High Trading Volume
MIRM
Mirum Pharmaceuticals
4.2693 of 5 stars
$42.28
+1.6%
N/A+46.8%$1.99B$186.37M-18.46140Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Insider Selling
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
XBIT
XBiotech
1.0326 of 5 stars
$7.09
-2.9%
N/A+80.0%$222.38M$4.01M-6.11100Positive News
IMVT
Immunovant
1.6355 of 5 stars
$29.27
-6.0%
N/A-21.0%$4.57BN/A-13.18120Positive News
OGN
Organon & Co.
4.7935 of 5 stars
$15.58
-1.5%
N/A+37.3%$4.14B$6.26B3.0910,000Ex-Dividend
News Coverage
Positive News
RYTM
Rhythm Pharmaceuticals
3.7757 of 5 stars
$64.06
-2.3%
N/A+73.2%$4.03B$77.43M-14.79140Insider Selling
IBRX
ImmunityBio
0.7014 of 5 stars
$4.95
-9.2%
N/A+9.8%$3.80B$620,000.00-5.10590
APLS
Apellis Pharmaceuticals
4.501 of 5 stars
$29.26
-1.1%
N/A-45.1%$3.68B$396.59M-14.41702

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This page (NASDAQ:ARDX) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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