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$7.75 +0.02 (+0.26%)
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AUPH vs. RYTM, PTCT, OGN, ZLAB, ACLX, RNA, RARE, AKRO, MOR, and SWTX

Should you be buying Aurinia Pharmaceuticals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aurinia Pharmaceuticals include Rhythm Pharmaceuticals (RYTM), PTC Therapeutics (PTCT), Organon & Co. (OGN), Zai Lab (ZLAB), Arcellx (ACLX), Avidity Biosciences (RNA), Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical (RARE), Akero Therapeutics (AKRO), MorphoSys (MOR), and SpringWorks Therapeutics (SWTX). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Aurinia Pharmaceuticals vs.

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

Aurinia Pharmaceuticals has a net margin of -10.23% compared to Rhythm Pharmaceuticals' net margin of -230.07%. Aurinia Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of -4.41% beat Rhythm Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Rhythm Pharmaceuticals-230.07% -367.36% -77.47%
Aurinia Pharmaceuticals -10.23%-4.41%-3.07%

36.8% of Aurinia Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.6% of Rhythm Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Aurinia Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Rhythm Pharmaceuticals$130.13M30.17-$184.68M-$4.35-14.27
Aurinia Pharmaceuticals$235.13M4.53-$78.02M$0.05155.00

Aurinia Pharmaceuticals received 268 more outperform votes than Rhythm Pharmaceuticals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.41% of users gave Aurinia Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote while only 68.06% of users gave Rhythm Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Rhythm PharmaceuticalsOutperform Votes
309
68.06%
Underperform Votes
145
31.94%
Aurinia PharmaceuticalsOutperform Votes
577
73.41%
Underperform Votes
209
26.59%

Rhythm Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 2.32, indicating that its stock price is 132% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aurinia Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Rhythm Pharmaceuticals had 25 more articles in the media than Aurinia Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Rhythm Pharmaceuticals and 4 mentions for Aurinia Pharmaceuticals. Aurinia Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat Rhythm Pharmaceuticals' score of 0.60 indicating that Aurinia Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Rhythm Pharmaceuticals
13 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Aurinia Pharmaceuticals
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Rhythm Pharmaceuticals currently has a consensus price target of $74.92, suggesting a potential upside of 20.67%. Aurinia Pharmaceuticals has a consensus price target of $11.50, suggesting a potential upside of 48.39%. Given Aurinia Pharmaceuticals' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Aurinia Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than Rhythm Pharmaceuticals.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Rhythm Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Aurinia Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Aurinia Pharmaceuticals beats Rhythm Pharmaceuticals on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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AUPH vs. The Competition

MetricAurinia PharmaceuticalsPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.06B$6.32B$5.33B$7.57B
Dividend YieldN/A3.23%5.11%4.32%
P/E Ratio-51.666.7921.7317.81
Price / Sales4.53225.93379.1994.60
Price / CashN/A65.6738.1534.64
Price / Book2.955.866.464.00
Net Income-$78.02M$141.86M$3.20B$247.23M
7 Day Performance7.64%8.98%6.54%7.26%
1 Month Performance-5.02%-12.65%-8.55%-6.26%
1 Year Performance53.77%-11.99%10.33%-0.18%

Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AUPH
Aurinia Pharmaceuticals
2.5745 of 5 stars
$7.75
+0.3%
$11.50
+48.4%
+53.8%$1.06B$235.13M-51.66300News Coverage
Gap Down
RYTM
Rhythm Pharmaceuticals
3.7043 of 5 stars
$54.96
+17.1%
$73.31
+33.4%
+54.9%$3.47B$130.13M-12.69140High Trading Volume
PTCT
PTC Therapeutics
3.884 of 5 stars
$42.82
-1.0%
$63.77
+48.9%
+82.8%$3.38B$806.78M-7.211,410Short Interest ↑
Positive News
OGN
Organon & Co.
4.798 of 5 stars
$12.54
-3.9%
$20.80
+65.9%
-37.5%$3.23B$6.40B3.7610,000Short Interest ↓
ZLAB
Zai Lab
2.4929 of 5 stars
$28.81
-9.3%
$47.37
+64.4%
+113.9%$3.16B$398.99M-10.401,950News Coverage
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
ACLX
Arcellx
1.9881 of 5 stars
$56.65
-3.3%
$110.67
+95.4%
+7.8%$3.11B$107.94M-79.7980Positive News
High Trading Volume
RNA
Avidity Biosciences
2.2721 of 5 stars
$25.48
-4.1%
$66.69
+161.7%
+11.6%$3.06B$10.90M-8.85190
RARE
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical
4.5522 of 5 stars
$32.14
-0.9%
$92.79
+188.7%
-17.6%$3.02B$560.23M-5.071,310Positive News
Gap Down
AKRO
Akero Therapeutics
4.3059 of 5 stars
$35.97
-2.1%
$76.29
+112.1%
+75.3%$2.86BN/A-9.5930Gap Down
MOR
MorphoSys
N/A$18.96
flat
N/AN/A$2.86B$238.28M-5.45730
SWTX
SpringWorks Therapeutics
2.0634 of 5 stars
$36.99
-5.4%
$73.20
+97.9%
-11.6%$2.77B$191.59M-10.63230Positive News
High Trading Volume
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This page (NASDAQ:AUPH) was last updated on 4/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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