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$52.70 -1.22 (-2.26%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

EXAS vs. MEDP, CRL, PRAH, ALNY, BIIB, UTHR, INCY, NBIX, BMRN, and EXEL

Should you be buying Exact Sciences stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Exact Sciences include Medpace (MEDP), Charles River Laboratories International (CRL), PRA Health Sciences (PRAH), Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY), Biogen (BIIB), United Therapeutics (UTHR), Incyte (INCY), Neurocrine Biosciences (NBIX), BioMarin Pharmaceutical (BMRN), and Exelixis (EXEL). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Exact Sciences vs.

Medpace (NASDAQ:MEDP) and Exact Sciences (NASDAQ:EXAS) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, valuation and profitability.

Exact Sciences received 623 more outperform votes than Medpace when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.92% of users gave Exact Sciences an outperform vote while only 63.77% of users gave Medpace an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
MedpaceOutperform Votes
352
63.77%
Underperform Votes
200
36.23%
Exact SciencesOutperform Votes
975
72.92%
Underperform Votes
362
27.08%

78.0% of Medpace shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.8% of Exact Sciences shares are held by institutional investors. 20.3% of Medpace shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Exact Sciences shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Medpace has a net margin of 17.66% compared to Exact Sciences' net margin of -7.95%. Medpace's return on equity of 50.87% beat Exact Sciences' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Medpace17.66% 50.87% 19.61%
Exact Sciences -7.95%-6.17%-2.98%

Medpace presently has a consensus price target of $380.00, suggesting a potential upside of 16.53%. Exact Sciences has a consensus price target of $74.47, suggesting a potential upside of 41.31%. Given Exact Sciences' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Exact Sciences is more favorable than Medpace.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Medpace
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.45
Exact Sciences
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
18 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.95

Medpace has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Exact Sciences has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Exact Sciences had 3 more articles in the media than Medpace. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Exact Sciences and 9 mentions for Medpace. Exact Sciences' average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Medpace's score of 0.44 indicating that Exact Sciences is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Medpace
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Exact Sciences
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Medpace$1.89B5.37$282.81M$11.4228.55
Exact Sciences$2.50B3.90-$204.15M-$1.17-45.04

Summary

Medpace and Exact Sciences tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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EXAS vs. The Competition

MetricExact SciencesMedical laboratories IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$9.98B$3.06B$5.07B$8.89B
Dividend YieldN/A11.18%4.99%4.07%
P/E Ratio-45.048.5183.5712.93
Price / Sales3.90215.991,220.3088.33
Price / Cash3,166.05406.7839.4636.25
Price / Book3.043.316.936.25
Net Income-$204.15M-$32.86M$119.12M$225.93M
7 Day Performance3.48%0.56%-1.83%-1.32%
1 Month Performance-24.15%-0.22%-3.64%0.60%
1 Year Performance-19.10%26.01%31.64%26.23%

Exact Sciences Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EXAS
Exact Sciences
4.8868 of 5 stars
$52.70
-2.3%
$74.47
+41.3%
-21.7%$9.98B$2.50B-45.046,600Positive News
MEDP
Medpace
4.7711 of 5 stars
$326.09
+3.5%
$380.00
+16.5%
+18.2%$9.79B$1.89B28.555,900
CRL
Charles River Laboratories International
4.8024 of 5 stars
$187.90
+1.0%
$214.38
+14.1%
-1.4%$9.52B$4.13B23.5221,800Analyst Downgrade
PRAH
PRA Health Sciences
N/A$165.21
flat
N/A+0.0%$10.70B$3.18B42.3618,100Analyst Forecast
ALNY
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
4.3868 of 5 stars
$248.79
+6.2%
$298.09
+19.8%
+50.5%$30.22B$1.83B0.002,100Analyst Forecast
BIIB
Biogen
4.8601 of 5 stars
$156.00
+0.4%
$258.96
+66.0%
-32.2%$22.65B$9.84B14.097,570Analyst Downgrade
UTHR
United Therapeutics
4.5219 of 5 stars
$364.33
+1.0%
$370.86
+1.8%
+59.1%$16.10B$2.33B16.001,168Analyst Revision
Positive News
INCY
Incyte
3.9 of 5 stars
$71.05
+0.7%
$77.16
+8.6%
+29.9%$13.59B$3.70B507.542,524Analyst Forecast
NBIX
Neurocrine Biosciences
4.9503 of 5 stars
$123.29
+3.5%
$163.91
+32.9%
+12.7%$12.06B$1.89B33.051,400Positive News
BMRN
BioMarin Pharmaceutical
4.9885 of 5 stars
$62.56
+1.0%
$94.20
+50.6%
-28.5%$11.81B$2.42B37.463,401Analyst Revision
EXEL
Exelixis
4.7763 of 5 stars
$34.65
+0.7%
$31.44
-9.3%
+65.6%$9.83B$1.83B22.211,310Insider Trade

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