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BioCryst Pharmaceuticals (BCRX) Competitors

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$7.30 +0.09 (+1.25%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

BCRX vs. NK, TSHA, ADAP, VXRT, ALGS, HALO, IONS, ALKS, FOLD, and GERN

Should you be buying BioCryst Pharmaceuticals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BioCryst Pharmaceuticals include NantKwest (NK), Taysha Gene Therapies (TSHA), Adaptimmune Therapeutics (ADAP), Vaxart (VXRT), Aligos Therapeutics (ALGS), Halozyme Therapeutics (HALO), Ionis Pharmaceuticals (IONS), Alkermes (ALKS), Amicus Therapeutics (FOLD), and Geron (GERN). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals vs.

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:BCRX) and NantKwest (NASDAQ:NK) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability and media sentiment.

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals received 210 more outperform votes than NantKwest when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.53% of users gave BioCryst Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote while only 51.12% of users gave NantKwest an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
BioCryst PharmaceuticalsOutperform Votes
483
66.53%
Underperform Votes
243
33.47%
NantKwestOutperform Votes
273
51.12%
Underperform Votes
261
48.88%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals$331.41M4.56-$226.54M-$0.61-11.97
NantKwest$40K13,326.42-$65.79M-$0.70-6.96

85.9% of BioCryst Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.4% of NantKwest shares are held by institutional investors. 4.8% of BioCryst Pharmaceuticals shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 71.7% of NantKwest shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals has a net margin of -30.01% compared to NantKwest's net margin of -76,658.58%. BioCryst Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of 0.00% beat NantKwest's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals-30.01% N/A -24.06%
NantKwest -76,658.58%-56.06%-46.93%

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 1.89, meaning that its share price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NantKwest has a beta of 2.61, meaning that its share price is 161% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, BioCryst Pharmaceuticals had 6 more articles in the media than NantKwest. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for BioCryst Pharmaceuticals and 0 mentions for NantKwest. BioCryst Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat NantKwest's score of 0.00 indicating that BioCryst Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals Positive
NantKwest Neutral

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals presently has a consensus target price of $15.60, suggesting a potential upside of 113.70%. Given BioCryst Pharmaceuticals' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe BioCryst Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than NantKwest.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
NantKwest
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Summary

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals beats NantKwest on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BCRX vs. The Competition

MetricBioCryst PharmaceuticalsBiological Products IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.51B$2.95B$5.06B$8.89B
Dividend YieldN/A1.90%4.97%4.06%
P/E Ratio-11.9717.8689.0213.30
Price / Sales4.56222.321,207.2881.01
Price / CashN/A160.0839.1736.03
Price / Book-3.294.906.085.74
Net Income-$226.54M-$41.63M$119.07M$225.93M
7 Day Performance-2.01%-4.73%-1.84%-1.32%
1 Month Performance-2.93%-6.53%-3.65%0.60%
1 Year Performance43.14%25.63%31.62%26.23%

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BCRX
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals
4.2315 of 5 stars
$7.30
+1.2%
$15.60
+113.7%
+35.2%$1.51B$331.41M-11.97530Short Interest ↓
NK
NantKwest
N/A$4.88
-8.8%
N/A+20.4%$533.06M$40,000.00-6.41160Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
TSHA
Taysha Gene Therapies
3.9247 of 5 stars
$2.01
-5.2%
$6.63
+229.6%
+11.7%$434.48M$15.45M3.19180
ADAP
Adaptimmune Therapeutics
2.1006 of 5 stars
$0.66
-1.5%
$3.16
+375.8%
+54.9%$170.08M$60.28M-3.02449Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
VXRT
Vaxart
2.1372 of 5 stars
$0.61
-1.6%
$3.00
+393.6%
-22.1%$110M$7.38M-1.48109Analyst Revision
News Coverage
ALGS
Aligos Therapeutics
4.3215 of 5 stars
$18.20
-1.6%
$75.00
+312.1%
+5.5%$65.30M$6.00M-1.3990High Trading Volume
HALO
Halozyme Therapeutics
4.9806 of 5 stars
$45.76
+2.1%
$61.11
+33.5%
+14.4%$5.70B$829.25M15.15390Analyst Forecast
IONS
Ionis Pharmaceuticals
4.2197 of 5 stars
$35.40
+4.9%
$60.65
+71.3%
-28.7%$5.33B$788M0.00800
ALKS
Alkermes
4.7788 of 5 stars
$27.91
+1.6%
$35.42
+26.9%
+15.4%$4.45B$1.51B14.312,100Positive News
FOLD
Amicus Therapeutics
4.6577 of 5 stars
$9.59
+0.7%
$17.63
+83.8%
-13.1%$2.84B$399.36M0.00480
GERN
Geron
3.492 of 5 stars
$3.99
+5.3%
$7.05
+76.7%
+98.5%$2.29B$240,000.000.00141

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