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Avadel Pharmaceuticals (AVDL) Competitors

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$10.08 -0.23 (-2.23%)
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AVDL vs. BHVN, APLS, IMVT, SRRK, RNA, OGN, PTCT, VRNA, RYTM, and MLTX

Should you be buying Avadel Pharmaceuticals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Avadel Pharmaceuticals include Biohaven (BHVN), Apellis Pharmaceuticals (APLS), Immunovant (IMVT), Scholar Rock (SRRK), Avidity Biosciences (RNA), Organon & Co. (OGN), PTC Therapeutics (PTCT), Verona Pharma (VRNA), Rhythm Pharmaceuticals (RYTM), and MoonLake Immunotherapeutics (MLTX). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Avadel Pharmaceuticals vs.

Avadel Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:AVDL) and Biohaven (NYSE:BHVN) are both medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership and community ranking.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Avadel Pharmaceuticals$138.16M7.19-$160.28M-$0.79-13.05
Biohaven$462.51M7.93-$408.17M-$9.35-3.88

Avadel Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Biohaven has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Biohaven has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Avadel Pharmaceuticals' net margin of -52.53%. Avadel Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of -93.34% beat Biohaven's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Avadel Pharmaceuticals-52.53% -93.34% -44.77%
Biohaven N/A -225.12%-158.89%

In the previous week, Biohaven had 10 more articles in the media than Avadel Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Biohaven and 7 mentions for Avadel Pharmaceuticals. Avadel Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Biohaven's score of 0.68 indicating that Avadel Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Avadel Pharmaceuticals
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Biohaven
6 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Avadel Pharmaceuticals currently has a consensus target price of $24.43, suggesting a potential upside of 136.94%. Biohaven has a consensus target price of $63.00, suggesting a potential upside of 73.75%. Given Avadel Pharmaceuticals' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Avadel Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than Biohaven.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Avadel Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Biohaven
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.07

Biohaven received 59 more outperform votes than Avadel Pharmaceuticals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.17% of users gave Biohaven an outperform vote while only 66.02% of users gave Avadel Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Avadel PharmaceuticalsOutperform Votes
342
66.02%
Underperform Votes
176
33.98%
BiohavenOutperform Votes
401
67.17%
Underperform Votes
196
32.83%

69.2% of Avadel Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.8% of Biohaven shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.8% of Avadel Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.0% of Biohaven shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Biohaven beats Avadel Pharmaceuticals on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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AVDL vs. The Competition

MetricAvadel PharmaceuticalsPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$993.49M$6.57B$5.15B$9.08B
Dividend YieldN/A2.99%5.12%4.24%
P/E Ratio-13.0510.5987.1117.17
Price / Sales7.19196.061,116.56117.15
Price / CashN/A57.1643.2337.85
Price / Book10.525.094.794.78
Net Income-$160.28M$151.83M$120.55M$225.60M
7 Day Performance-0.77%-2.14%-1.92%-1.23%
1 Month Performance-11.58%-4.56%13.67%0.46%
1 Year Performance-25.29%8.87%28.47%15.24%

Avadel Pharmaceuticals Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AVDL
Avadel Pharmaceuticals
2.6974 of 5 stars
$10.08
-2.2%
$24.43
+142.3%
-25.3%$971.33M$138.16M-12.76154Positive News
BHVN
Biohaven
3.6227 of 5 stars
$40.92
+6.4%
$63.00
+54.0%
-9.5%$4.14B$462.51M-4.11239
APLS
Apellis Pharmaceuticals
4.4999 of 5 stars
$33.25
+0.2%
$49.94
+50.2%
-42.5%$4.14B$396.59M-16.35702Positive News
IMVT
Immunovant
1.4579 of 5 stars
$27.56
+4.9%
$47.89
+73.8%
-37.7%$4.05BN/A-11.84120
SRRK
Scholar Rock
3.9948 of 5 stars
$43.01
+2.5%
$40.43
-6.0%
+138.8%$4.03B$33.19M-18.35140Positive News
RNA
Avidity Biosciences
2.178 of 5 stars
$33.62
+3.5%
$63.60
+89.2%
+245.3%$4.01B$10.12M-11.28190Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
OGN
Organon & Co.
4.8153 of 5 stars
$14.74
-3.7%
$21.33
+44.7%
+4.8%$3.80B$6.26B2.9110,000
PTCT
PTC Therapeutics
3.801 of 5 stars
$47.75
+3.0%
$54.08
+13.3%
+67.5%$3.68B$937.82M-7.811,410Positive News
VRNA
Verona Pharma
0.8532 of 5 stars
$43.28
+4.5%
$43.83
+1.3%
+139.3%$3.52B$460,000.00-21.5730
RYTM
Rhythm Pharmaceuticals
4.1038 of 5 stars
$56.06
+1.5%
$63.70
+13.6%
+21.1%$3.45B$77.43M-12.76140Analyst Forecast
Positive News
MLTX
MoonLake Immunotherapeutics
1.6112 of 5 stars
$52.66
+2.6%
$79.88
+51.7%
-13.3%$3.37BN/A-39.802

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This page (NASDAQ:AVDL) was last updated on 12/23/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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