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Anavex Life Sciences (AVXL) Competitors

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$8.52 +0.04 (+0.47%)
(As of 11:15 AM ET)

AVXL vs. BASI, VCEL, MOR, KYMR, SWTX, GMTX, ACAD, AMRX, ZLAB, and IOVA

Should you be buying Anavex Life Sciences stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Anavex Life Sciences include Bioanalytical Systems (BASI), Vericel (VCEL), MorphoSys (MOR), Kymera Therapeutics (KYMR), SpringWorks Therapeutics (SWTX), Gemini Therapeutics (GMTX), ACADIA Pharmaceuticals (ACAD), Amneal Pharmaceuticals (AMRX), Zai Lab (ZLAB), and Iovance Biotherapeutics (IOVA). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Anavex Life Sciences vs.

Bioanalytical Systems (NASDAQ:BASI) and Anavex Life Sciences (NASDAQ:AVXL) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, valuation and community ranking.

Bioanalytical Systems has higher revenue and earnings than Anavex Life Sciences. Anavex Life Sciences is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bioanalytical Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Bioanalytical Systems$60.47M0.51-$4.68M-$0.35-7.97
Anavex Life SciencesN/AN/A-$47.51M-$0.50-16.95

Anavex Life Sciences has a consensus target price of $40.00, indicating a potential upside of 371.98%. Given Anavex Life Sciences' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Anavex Life Sciences is more favorable than Bioanalytical Systems.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Bioanalytical Systems
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Anavex Life Sciences
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.50

Anavex Life Sciences has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Bioanalytical Systems' net margin of -7.75%. Anavex Life Sciences' return on equity of -30.64% beat Bioanalytical Systems' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Bioanalytical Systems-7.75% -42.74% -6.38%
Anavex Life Sciences N/A -30.64%-28.23%

Anavex Life Sciences received 301 more outperform votes than Bioanalytical Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.35% of users gave Anavex Life Sciences an outperform vote while only 38.55% of users gave Bioanalytical Systems an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Bioanalytical SystemsOutperform Votes
128
38.55%
Underperform Votes
204
61.45%
Anavex Life SciencesOutperform Votes
429
74.35%
Underperform Votes
148
25.65%

10.6% of Bioanalytical Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.6% of Anavex Life Sciences shares are held by institutional investors. 11.5% of Bioanalytical Systems shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.0% of Anavex Life Sciences shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Anavex Life Sciences had 2 more articles in the media than Bioanalytical Systems. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Anavex Life Sciences and 0 mentions for Bioanalytical Systems. Anavex Life Sciences' average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Bioanalytical Systems' score of 0.00 indicating that Anavex Life Sciences is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Bioanalytical Systems Neutral
Anavex Life Sciences Positive

Bioanalytical Systems has a beta of 1.92, suggesting that its share price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Anavex Life Sciences has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Anavex Life Sciences beats Bioanalytical Systems on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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AVXL vs. The Competition

MetricAnavex Life SciencesBiological Products IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$718.68M$2.93B$5.01B$8.81B
Dividend YieldN/A1.89%5.16%4.06%
P/E Ratio-16.9545.25134.3717.77
Price / SalesN/A360.241,158.6875.18
Price / CashN/A160.0933.5332.53
Price / Book4.903.734.674.68
Net Income-$47.51M-$41.63M$119.07M$226.08M
7 Day Performance5.54%-4.73%-1.83%-1.04%
1 Month Performance55.50%-6.53%-3.62%1.04%
1 Year Performance26.12%25.63%31.63%26.28%

Anavex Life Sciences Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AVXL
Anavex Life Sciences
3.7059 of 5 stars
$8.52
+0.5%
$40.00
+369.5%
+21.1%$722.50MN/A-17.0440Upcoming Earnings
BASI
Bioanalytical Systems
N/A$3.21
+15.1%
N/A+22.9%$35.73M$60.47M-7.77397Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
VCEL
Vericel
1.0997 of 5 stars
$58.16
+1.6%
$58.14
0.0%
+56.1%$2.87B$197.52M954.49300Analyst Forecast
MOR
MorphoSys
0.1344 of 5 stars
$18.96
flat
$10.48
-44.8%
N/A$2.86B$238.28M-5.45730
KYMR
Kymera Therapeutics
1.4142 of 5 stars
$43.56
-1.1%
$52.13
+19.7%
+110.9%$2.82B$78.59M0.00170Analyst Forecast
SWTX
SpringWorks Therapeutics
2.0472 of 5 stars
$36.55
-2.4%
$67.00
+83.3%
+68.5%$2.72B$5.45M0.00305Analyst Forecast
GMTX
Gemini Therapeutics
N/A$62.55
+5.0%
N/A+14.7%$2.71BN/A-62.5530
ACAD
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals
3.9104 of 5 stars
$15.81
-2.8%
$25.56
+61.7%
-29.0%$2.63B$726.44M20.86510Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
AMRX
Amneal Pharmaceuticals
3.211 of 5 stars
$8.34
-0.8%
$10.00
+19.9%
+86.9%$2.58B$2.39B0.007,700Insider Trade
ZLAB
Zai Lab
2.9675 of 5 stars
$25.79
-1.7%
$52.50
+103.6%
-7.2%$2.57B$266.72M-9.472,175Analyst Revision
IOVA
Iovance Biotherapeutics
4.0592 of 5 stars
$8.29
+1.8%
$22.33
+169.4%
+48.3%$2.53B$1.19M0.00500Options Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:AVXL) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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