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Celldex Therapeutics (CLDX) Competitors

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$22.76 +0.14 (+0.62%)
As of 01/16/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

CLDX vs. IONS, ALKS, FOLD, LGND, GERN, MNKD, BCRX, DVAX, NVAX, and MYGN

Should you be buying Celldex Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Celldex Therapeutics include Ionis Pharmaceuticals (IONS), Alkermes (ALKS), Amicus Therapeutics (FOLD), Ligand Pharmaceuticals (LGND), Geron (GERN), MannKind (MNKD), BioCryst Pharmaceuticals (BCRX), Dynavax Technologies (DVAX), Novavax (NVAX), and Myriad Genetics (MYGN). These companies are all part of the "biotechnology" industry.

Celldex Therapeutics vs.

Ionis Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:IONS) and Celldex Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CLDX) are both medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends and community ranking.

Ionis Pharmaceuticals received 77 more outperform votes than Celldex Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.21% of users gave Celldex Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 60.31% of users gave Ionis Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Ionis PharmaceuticalsOutperform Votes
696
60.31%
Underperform Votes
458
39.69%
Celldex TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
619
75.21%
Underperform Votes
204
24.79%

Ionis Pharmaceuticals has a net margin of -44.58% compared to Celldex Therapeutics' net margin of -1,544.32%. Celldex Therapeutics' return on equity of -19.75% beat Ionis Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ionis Pharmaceuticals-44.58% -88.98% -12.42%
Celldex Therapeutics -1,544.32%-19.75%-18.86%

93.9% of Ionis Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Ionis Pharmaceuticals shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Celldex Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Ionis Pharmaceuticals presently has a consensus target price of $60.65, indicating a potential upside of 87.88%. Celldex Therapeutics has a consensus target price of $62.25, indicating a potential upside of 173.51%. Given Celldex Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Celldex Therapeutics is more favorable than Ionis Pharmaceuticals.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ionis Pharmaceuticals
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.68
Celldex Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.88

In the previous week, Ionis Pharmaceuticals had 13 more articles in the media than Celldex Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Ionis Pharmaceuticals and 3 mentions for Celldex Therapeutics. Ionis Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Celldex Therapeutics' score of 0.08 indicating that Ionis Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ionis Pharmaceuticals
2 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Celldex Therapeutics
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ionis Pharmaceuticals$788M6.47-$366.29M-$2.44-13.23
Celldex Therapeutics$6.88M219.46-$141.43M-$2.57-8.86

Ionis Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.35, suggesting that its share price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Celldex Therapeutics has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Ionis Pharmaceuticals and Celldex Therapeutics tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CLDX vs. The Competition

MetricCelldex TherapeuticsDiagnostic substances IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.51B$2.46B$5.20B$9.00B
Dividend YieldN/A0.68%5.13%4.04%
P/E Ratio-8.866.2988.7617.21
Price / Sales219.4692.461,272.6276.95
Price / CashN/A16.6543.8336.01
Price / Book2.513.395.344.79
Net Income-$141.43M$31.95M$122.56M$224.98M
7 Day Performance-6.53%-2.12%0.34%1.43%
1 Month Performance-12.60%-1.82%1.12%2.02%
1 Year Performance-42.68%-17.49%27.06%20.32%

Celldex Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CLDX
Celldex Therapeutics
1.4016 of 5 stars
$22.76
+0.6%
$62.25
+173.5%
-45.3%$1.51B$6.88M-8.86150Short Interest ↑
IONS
Ionis Pharmaceuticals
4.2227 of 5 stars
$34.72
+3.8%
$60.65
+74.7%
-36.7%$5.48B$803.07M-14.23800Analyst Forecast
ALKS
Alkermes
4.4496 of 5 stars
$28.25
+0.6%
$36.00
+27.4%
+7.2%$4.57B$1.51B14.492,100Short Interest ↓
FOLD
Amicus Therapeutics
4.3337 of 5 stars
$9.06
+0.4%
$16.88
+86.3%
-26.4%$2.71B$493.67M-26.65480Analyst Forecast
LGND
Ligand Pharmaceuticals
4.9455 of 5 stars
$105.27
-1.0%
$147.00
+39.6%
+56.3%$1.99B$152.42M41.9480Positive News
GERN
Geron
3.5371 of 5 stars
$2.94
-7.3%
$7.25
+146.6%
+48.2%$1.78B$29.48M-9.1970Analyst Forecast
MNKD
MannKind
3.9076 of 5 stars
$6.11
+0.3%
$9.07
+48.5%
+80.5%$1.69B$267.20M87.29400Short Interest ↓
BCRX
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals
4.3303 of 5 stars
$7.97
+3.9%
$15.17
+90.3%
+15.9%$1.65B$412.58M-13.07530Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
DVAX
Dynavax Technologies
4.5428 of 5 stars
$12.55
-0.6%
$22.00
+75.3%
-12.6%$1.65B$260.81M96.55350Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
NVAX
Novavax
3.9743 of 5 stars
$8.55
-8.2%
$17.83
+108.6%
+96.5%$1.37B$847.25M-3.781,990Gap Down
MYGN
Myriad Genetics
4.058 of 5 stars
$14.11
-4.9%
$24.27
+72.0%
-39.1%$1.28B$823.60M-10.852,700Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑

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This page (NASDAQ:CLDX) was last updated on 1/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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