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Edge Therapeutics (EDGE) Competitors

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EDGE vs. ELAN, PBH, RYTM, PTCT, PRGO, RARE, RNA, ZLAB, AKRO, and MRUS

Should you be buying Edge Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Edge Therapeutics include Elanco Animal Health (ELAN), Prestige Consumer Healthcare (PBH), Rhythm Pharmaceuticals (RYTM), PTC Therapeutics (PTCT), Perrigo (PRGO), Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical (RARE), Avidity Biosciences (RNA), Zai Lab (ZLAB), Akero Therapeutics (AKRO), and Merus (MRUS). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Edge Therapeutics vs.

Elanco Animal Health (NYSE:ELAN) and Edge Therapeutics (NASDAQ:EDGE) are both medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and community ranking.

In the previous week, Elanco Animal Health had 13 more articles in the media than Edge Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Elanco Animal Health and 0 mentions for Edge Therapeutics. Elanco Animal Health's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Edge Therapeutics' score of 0.00 indicating that Elanco Animal Health is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Elanco Animal Health Positive
Edge Therapeutics Neutral

97.5% of Elanco Animal Health shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.0% of Edge Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Elanco Animal Health shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 37.1% of Edge Therapeutics shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Elanco Animal Health currently has a consensus price target of $14.67, indicating a potential upside of 73.69%. Given Elanco Animal Health's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Elanco Animal Health is more favorable than Edge Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Elanco Animal Health
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.43
Edge Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Elanco Animal Health has a net margin of 4.60% compared to Edge Therapeutics' net margin of 0.00%. Elanco Animal Health's return on equity of 6.78% beat Edge Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Elanco Animal Health4.60% 6.78% 3.03%
Edge Therapeutics N/A -81.29%-56.92%

Elanco Animal Health has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Edge Therapeutics has a beta of 3.65, meaning that its share price is 265% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Edge Therapeutics has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Elanco Animal Health.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Elanco Animal Health$4.44B0.94-$1.23B$0.6712.60
Edge TherapeuticsN/AN/A-$40.86MN/AN/A

Edge Therapeutics received 35 more outperform votes than Elanco Animal Health when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.79% of users gave Edge Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 54.62% of users gave Elanco Animal Health an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Elanco Animal HealthOutperform Votes
142
54.62%
Underperform Votes
118
45.38%
Edge TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
177
66.79%
Underperform Votes
88
33.21%

Summary

Elanco Animal Health beats Edge Therapeutics on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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EDGE vs. The Competition

MetricEdge TherapeuticsPharmaceutical Preparations IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.10B$6.46B$5.32B$7.35B
Dividend YieldN/A3.21%5.47%4.31%
P/E RatioN/A6.9521.9417.82
Price / SalesN/A231.01380.9497.72
Price / CashN/A65.6738.3134.64
Price / Book36.865.936.453.98
Net Income-$40.86M$143.22M$3.22B$247.81M

Edge Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EDGE
Edge Therapeutics
N/A$35.01
+0.3%
N/A+1,107.3%$1.10BN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
ELAN
Elanco Animal Health
4.3525 of 5 stars
$8.11
+0.2%
$14.67
+80.8%
-34.8%$4.03B$4.44B20.319,800News Coverage
PBH
Prestige Consumer Healthcare
4.1678 of 5 stars
$80.13
+0.4%
$93.33
+16.5%
+15.0%$3.97B$1.12B18.79540Positive News
RYTM
Rhythm Pharmaceuticals
3.963 of 5 stars
$61.10
-0.4%
$74.92
+22.6%
+62.4%$3.86B$130.13M-14.11140Analyst Revision
Positive News
PTCT
PTC Therapeutics
3.865 of 5 stars
$46.41
flat
$63.77
+37.4%
+87.2%$3.66B$806.78M-7.811,410Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
PRGO
Perrigo
4.8523 of 5 stars
$25.16
+0.1%
$33.00
+31.2%
-17.7%$3.43B$4.37B-21.508,900News Coverage
Positive News
RARE
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical
4.5196 of 5 stars
$34.92
-0.2%
$92.79
+165.7%
-15.8%$3.28B$560.23M-5.511,310Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
RNA
Avidity Biosciences
2.1801 of 5 stars
$25.95
+0.7%
$66.69
+157.0%
+17.3%$3.14B$10.90M-9.06190Positive News
ZLAB
Zai Lab
2.8641 of 5 stars
$28.35
-2.0%
$47.37
+67.1%
+105.0%$3.13B$398.99M-10.241,950Gap Up
AKRO
Akero Therapeutics
4.2284 of 5 stars
$36.77
-1.8%
$76.29
+107.5%
+81.3%$2.93BN/A-9.8230Insider Trade
Positive News
MRUS
Merus
2.7271 of 5 stars
$42.44
+1.3%
$85.31
+101.0%
+8.2%$2.93B$36.13M-10.7437News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:EDGE) was last updated on 4/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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