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Anavex Life Sciences (AVXL) Competitors

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$6.84
+0.21 (+3.17%)
(As of 11/1/2024 ET)

AVXL vs. BASI, ARVN, WVE, TECX, OCUL, NAMS, IMCR, NTLA, SNDX, and CNTA

Should you be buying Anavex Life Sciences stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Anavex Life Sciences include Bioanalytical Systems (BASI), Arvinas (ARVN), Wave Life Sciences (WVE), Tectonic Therapeutic (TECX), Ocular Therapeutix (OCUL), NewAmsterdam Pharma (NAMS), Immunocore (IMCR), Intellia Therapeutics (NTLA), Syndax Pharmaceuticals (SNDX), and Centessa Pharmaceuticals (CNTA). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Anavex Life Sciences vs.

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

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
Anavex Life SciencesN/A -30.64% -28.23%
Bioanalytical Systems -7.75%-42.74%-6.38%

31.5% of Anavex Life Sciences shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.6% of Bioanalytical Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 11.0% of Anavex Life Sciences shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.5% of Bioanalytical Systems shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Anavex Life Sciences has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bioanalytical Systems has a beta of 1.92, suggesting that its share price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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
Anavex Life SciencesN/AN/A-$47.51M-$0.50-13.67
Bioanalytical Systems$60.47M0.33-$4.68M-$0.35-5.09

In the previous week, Anavex Life Sciences had 5 more articles in the media than Bioanalytical Systems. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Anavex Life Sciences and 0 mentions for Bioanalytical Systems. Anavex Life Sciences' average media sentiment score of 0.18 beat Bioanalytical Systems' score of 0.00 indicating that Anavex Life Sciences is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Anavex Life Sciences Neutral
Bioanalytical Systems Neutral

Anavex Life Sciences received 300 more outperform votes than Bioanalytical Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.31% of users gave Anavex Life Sciences an outperform vote while only 38.79% of users gave Bioanalytical Systems an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Anavex Life SciencesOutperform Votes
428
74.31%
Underperform Votes
148
25.69%
Bioanalytical SystemsOutperform Votes
128
38.79%
Underperform Votes
202
61.21%

Anavex Life Sciences presently has a consensus target price of $40.00, indicating a potential upside of 485.22%. Given Anavex Life Sciences' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Anavex Life Sciences is more favorable than Bioanalytical Systems.

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

Summary

Anavex Life Sciences beats Bioanalytical Systems on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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AVXL vs. The Competition

MetricAnavex Life SciencesBiological Products IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$579.58M$3.14B$5.50B$8.53B
Dividend YieldN/A1.77%5.13%4.14%
P/E Ratio-13.6712.03116.1015.23
Price / SalesN/A400.761,496.2597.74
Price / CashN/A149.0039.7434.10
Price / Book3.954.024.775.07
Net Income-$47.51M-$42.25M$119.06M$225.46M
7 Day Performance30.44%8.04%0.80%0.37%
1 Month Performance20.87%8.69%5.65%3.57%
1 Year Performance20.12%32.09%36.75%29.43%

Anavex Life Sciences Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AVXL
Anavex Life Sciences
3.4845 of 5 stars
$6.84
+3.2%
$40.00
+485.2%
+21.6%$579.58MN/A-13.6740News Coverage
Gap Up
BASI
Bioanalytical Systems
N/A$1.71
+1.8%
N/A-4.8%$19.03M$60.47M-4.07397Analyst Forecast
ARVN
Arvinas
2.1178 of 5 stars
$25.92
-3.8%
$57.69
+122.6%
+68.3%$1.77B$93.30M-5.01445Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
WVE
Wave Life Sciences
4.9435 of 5 stars
$14.45
-2.5%
$19.44
+34.6%
+160.9%$1.77B$110.50M-25.35240Analyst Forecast
TECX
Tectonic Therapeutic
3.2954 of 5 stars
$38.74
+6.4%
$60.00
+54.9%
N/A$1.74BN/A-7.49120Positive News
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
OCUL
Ocular Therapeutix
4.1857 of 5 stars
$11.14
+2.3%
$16.57
+48.8%
+225.7%$1.74B$58.44M-8.25267Upcoming Earnings
NAMS
NewAmsterdam Pharma
3.2478 of 5 stars
$19.09
+1.2%
$33.80
+77.1%
+92.4%$1.70B$14.09M0.0057Upcoming Earnings
IMCR
Immunocore
2.2449 of 5 stars
$32.80
+0.9%
$75.17
+129.2%
-30.1%$1.64B$280.91M-30.37320Upcoming Earnings
NTLA
Intellia Therapeutics
4.2672 of 5 stars
$15.95
+0.6%
$59.13
+270.7%
-41.9%$1.62B$36.28M-2.91600High Trading Volume
SNDX
Syndax Pharmaceuticals
4.0313 of 5 stars
$18.75
-1.3%
$35.90
+91.5%
+36.4%$1.59B$3.50M-5.55110Upcoming Earnings
CNTA
Centessa Pharmaceuticals
3.456 of 5 stars
$15.50
flat
$25.17
+62.4%
+128.8%$1.56B$6.85M-9.9472

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This page (NASDAQ:AVXL) was last updated on 11/2/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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