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Axsome Therapeutics (AXSM) Competitors

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$86.70 -1.27 (-1.44%)
(As of 12/27/2024 05:30 PM ET)

AXSM vs. UTHR, RPRX, VTRS, SMMT, GMAB, RDY, BMRN, INSM, CTLT, and SRPT

Should you be buying Axsome Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Axsome Therapeutics include United Therapeutics (UTHR), Royalty Pharma (RPRX), Viatris (VTRS), Summit Therapeutics (SMMT), Genmab A/S (GMAB), Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (RDY), BioMarin Pharmaceutical (BMRN), Insmed (INSM), Catalent (CTLT), and Sarepta Therapeutics (SRPT). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.

Axsome Therapeutics vs.

Axsome Therapeutics (NASDAQ:AXSM) and United Therapeutics (NASDAQ:UTHR) are both medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.

Axsome Therapeutics has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United Therapeutics has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Axsome Therapeutics and Axsome Therapeutics both had 9 articles in the media. Axsome Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat United Therapeutics' score of 0.94 indicating that Axsome Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Axsome Therapeutics
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
United Therapeutics
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Axsome Therapeutics$338.46M12.41-$239.24M-$6.53-13.28
United Therapeutics$2.76B5.83$984.80M$22.7715.81

United Therapeutics has a net margin of 40.31% compared to Axsome Therapeutics' net margin of -91.87%. United Therapeutics' return on equity of 19.22% beat Axsome Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Axsome Therapeutics-91.87% -158.36% -37.46%
United Therapeutics 40.31%19.22%16.15%

81.5% of Axsome Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.1% of United Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. 22.4% of Axsome Therapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.9% of United Therapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Axsome Therapeutics currently has a consensus target price of $125.93, indicating a potential upside of 45.25%. United Therapeutics has a consensus target price of $370.86, indicating a potential upside of 3.03%. Given Axsome Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Axsome Therapeutics is more favorable than United Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Axsome Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
United Therapeutics
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.73

United Therapeutics received 146 more outperform votes than Axsome Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.10% of users gave Axsome Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 62.34% of users gave United Therapeutics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Axsome TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
445
69.10%
Underperform Votes
199
30.90%
United TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
591
62.34%
Underperform Votes
357
37.66%

Summary

United Therapeutics beats Axsome Therapeutics on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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AXSM vs. The Competition

MetricAxsome TherapeuticsPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$4.20B$6.64B$5.20B$9.13B
Dividend YieldN/A2.97%5.11%4.29%
P/E Ratio-13.2810.6587.1517.18
Price / Sales12.41204.681,117.35125.21
Price / CashN/A57.1543.2337.87
Price / Book21.465.184.855.01
Net Income-$239.24M$150.75M$119.99M$225.06M
7 Day Performance-4.44%3.64%2.76%5.06%
1 Month Performance-13.00%-4.52%16.08%3.33%
1 Year Performance8.89%6.13%29.53%17.72%

Axsome Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AXSM
Axsome Therapeutics
4.8168 of 5 stars
$86.70
-1.4%
$125.93
+45.2%
+3.7%$4.20B$338.46M-13.28589Short Interest ↓
Positive News
UTHR
United Therapeutics
4.4391 of 5 stars
$362.31
+0.8%
$370.86
+2.4%
+67.5%$16.18B$2.76B15.911,168Insider Trade
RPRX
Royalty Pharma
4.8536 of 5 stars
$25.22
+1.2%
$41.67
+65.2%
-8.8%$14.86B$2.27B13.0780Analyst Upgrade
VTRS
Viatris
1.3221 of 5 stars
$12.44
-0.6%
$13.67
+9.9%
+15.9%$14.85B$15.05B-16.8138,000
SMMT
Summit Therapeutics
2.2896 of 5 stars
$18.57
+3.9%
$33.33
+79.5%
+559.8%$13.69B$700,000.00-66.32105
GMAB
Genmab A/S
4.1459 of 5 stars
$20.59
+1.4%
$45.20
+119.5%
-33.8%$13.63B$19.84B19.992,204Positive News
RDY
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
1.0469 of 5 stars
$15.43
+0.4%
$17.00
+10.2%
+16.3%$12.88B$299.87B24.6527,048
BMRN
BioMarin Pharmaceutical
4.9986 of 5 stars
$66.26
+0.9%
$94.20
+42.2%
-31.7%$12.63B$2.75B39.683,401Short Interest ↓
Positive News
INSM
Insmed
3.1249 of 5 stars
$69.92
-0.7%
$83.67
+19.7%
+120.0%$12.51B$342.96M-12.60373
CTLT
Catalent
2.2429 of 5 stars
$63.48
flat
$63.40
-0.1%
N/A$11.52B$4.42B-28.0916,900Analyst Forecast
SRPT
Sarepta Therapeutics
4.8564 of 5 stars
$119.41
+0.4%
$178.71
+49.7%
+25.5%$11.41B$1.64B95.531,314

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This page (NASDAQ:AXSM) was last updated on 12/28/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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