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Edge Therapeutics (EDGE) Competitors

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EDGE vs. ACRS, NLTX, CYBN, ACRV, LXRX, SCPH, SLN, LYEL, NKTR, and ADCT

Should you be buying Edge Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Edge Therapeutics include Aclaris Therapeutics (ACRS), Neoleukin Therapeutics (NLTX), Cybin (CYBN), Acrivon Therapeutics (ACRV), Lexicon Pharmaceuticals (LXRX), scPharmaceuticals (SCPH), Silence Therapeutics (SLN), Lyell Immunopharma (LYEL), Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR), and ADC Therapeutics (ADCT). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Edge Therapeutics vs.

Aclaris Therapeutics (NASDAQ:ACRS) and Edge Therapeutics (NASDAQ:EDGE) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and valuation.

Edge Therapeutics has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Aclaris Therapeutics' net margin of -136.65%. Aclaris Therapeutics' return on equity of -40.26% beat Edge Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Aclaris Therapeutics-136.65% -40.26% -31.71%
Edge Therapeutics N/A -81.29%-56.92%

Aclaris Therapeutics received 207 more outperform votes than Edge Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.79% of users gave Edge Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave Aclaris Therapeutics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Aclaris TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
384
66.67%
Underperform Votes
192
33.33%
Edge TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
177
66.79%
Underperform Votes
88
33.21%

Aclaris Therapeutics has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Edge Therapeutics has a beta of 3.65, indicating that its stock price is 265% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Aclaris Therapeutics currently has a consensus target price of $11.00, suggesting a potential upside of 328.02%. Given Aclaris Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Aclaris Therapeutics is more favorable than Edge Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Aclaris Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.14
Edge Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Edge Therapeutics has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Aclaris Therapeutics.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Aclaris Therapeutics$27.08M6.78-$88.48M-$0.52-4.94
Edge TherapeuticsN/AN/A-$40.86MN/AN/A

98.3% of Aclaris Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.0% of Edge Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. 6.4% of Aclaris Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 37.1% of Edge Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Aclaris Therapeutics had 2 more articles in the media than Edge Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Aclaris Therapeutics and 0 mentions for Edge Therapeutics. Aclaris Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Edge Therapeutics' score of 0.00 indicating that Aclaris Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Aclaris Therapeutics Positive
Edge Therapeutics Neutral

Summary

Aclaris Therapeutics beats Edge Therapeutics on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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EDGE vs. The Competition

MetricEdge TherapeuticsPharmaceutical Preparations IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$43.80M$6.21B$5.20B$9.14B
Dividend YieldN/A2.94%5.13%4.02%
P/E RatioN/A9.2687.2517.09
Price / SalesN/A309.921,263.9177.22
Price / CashN/A61.4443.7736.04
Price / BookN/A6.055.314.79
Net Income-$40.86M$154.90M$122.54M$224.99M

Edge Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EDGE
Edge Therapeutics
N/AN/AN/AN/A$43.80MN/A0.00N/AGap Up
ACRS
Aclaris Therapeutics
4.0912 of 5 stars
$2.50
+0.8%
$11.00
+340.0%
+125.4%$178.58M$27.08M-4.81100Short Interest ↑
High Trading Volume
NLTX
Neoleukin Therapeutics
N/A$18.81
-3.9%
N/A-44.8%$176.78MN/A-6.0590High Trading Volume
CYBN
Cybin
2.9361 of 5 stars
$8.83
-0.8%
$138.00
+1,462.9%
N/A$176.53MN/A-1.3350Positive News
ACRV
Acrivon Therapeutics
1.7697 of 5 stars
$5.56
+0.9%
$23.67
+325.7%
+32.9%$173.12MN/A-2.0658Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
LXRX
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals
1.782 of 5 stars
$0.69
-2.0%
$6.00
+767.2%
-46.9%$170.37M$5.23M-0.92140
SCPH
scPharmaceuticals
3.3354 of 5 stars
$3.38
-3.7%
$15.00
+343.8%
-38.6%$169.14M$30.28M-1.7830
SLN
Silence Therapeutics
2.1074 of 5 stars
$5.61
-4.9%
$57.20
+919.6%
-72.2%$167.90M$16.25M-3.57100
LYEL
Lyell Immunopharma
2.2103 of 5 stars
$0.57
-3.2%
$1.00
+74.1%
-69.7%$167.85M$63,000.00-0.73270High Trading Volume
NKTR
Nektar Therapeutics
4.312 of 5 stars
$0.90
-6.4%
$4.08
+353.7%
+66.8%$166.01M$93.14M-1.07220
ADCT
ADC Therapeutics
2.189 of 5 stars
$1.72
-0.3%
$8.00
+366.5%
-0.3%$165.82M$70.72M-0.72310Negative News

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