AVDL vs. RNA, SRRK, MLTX, MTSR, VKTX, MOR, KYMR, ALVO, IMVT, and CRNX
Should you be buying Avadel Pharmaceuticals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Avadel Pharmaceuticals include Avidity Biosciences (RNA), Scholar Rock (SRRK), MoonLake Immunotherapeutics (MLTX), Metsera (MTSR), Viking Therapeutics (VKTX), MorphoSys (MOR), Kymera Therapeutics (KYMR), Alvotech (ALVO), Immunovant (IMVT), and Crinetics Pharmaceuticals (CRNX). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.
Avadel Pharmaceuticals vs. Its Competitors
Avadel Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:AVDL) and Avidity Biosciences (NASDAQ:RNA) are both medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Avadel Pharmaceuticals presently has a consensus target price of $18.17, indicating a potential upside of 104.35%. Avidity Biosciences has a consensus target price of $65.59, indicating a potential upside of 127.74%. Given Avidity Biosciences' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Avidity Biosciences is more favorable than Avadel Pharmaceuticals.
Avadel Pharmaceuticals has higher revenue and earnings than Avidity Biosciences. Avadel Pharmaceuticals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Avidity Biosciences, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
69.2% of Avadel Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. 5.2% of Avadel Pharmaceuticals shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Avidity Biosciences shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Avadel Pharmaceuticals had 2 more articles in the media than Avidity Biosciences. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Avadel Pharmaceuticals and 2 mentions for Avidity Biosciences. Avidity Biosciences' average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Avadel Pharmaceuticals' score of 0.19 indicating that Avidity Biosciences is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Avadel Pharmaceuticals has a net margin of -13.58% compared to Avidity Biosciences' net margin of -4,136.00%. Avidity Biosciences' return on equity of -26.96% beat Avadel Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.
Avadel Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avidity Biosciences has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Avadel Pharmaceuticals beats Avidity Biosciences on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:AVDL) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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