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Amicus Therapeutics (FOLD) Competitors

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$9.80 +0.07 (+0.72%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM ET)

FOLD vs. EXAS, EXEL, RGEN, MDGL, HALO, IONS, ALKS, LGND, GERN, and MNKD

Should you be buying Amicus Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Amicus Therapeutics include Exact Sciences (EXAS), Exelixis (EXEL), Repligen (RGEN), Madrigal Pharmaceuticals (MDGL), Halozyme Therapeutics (HALO), Ionis Pharmaceuticals (IONS), Alkermes (ALKS), Ligand Pharmaceuticals (LGND), Geron (GERN), and MannKind (MNKD). These companies are all part of the "biotechnology" industry.

Amicus Therapeutics vs.

Amicus Therapeutics (NASDAQ:FOLD) and Exact Sciences (NASDAQ:EXAS) are both medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and earnings.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Amicus Therapeutics$493.67M5.93-$151.58M-$0.34-28.82
Exact Sciences$2.69B4.08-$204.15M-$1.17-50.77

Exact Sciences has a net margin of -7.95% compared to Amicus Therapeutics' net margin of -21.21%. Exact Sciences' return on equity of -6.17% beat Amicus Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Amicus Therapeutics-21.21% -15.97% -3.17%
Exact Sciences -7.95%-6.17%-2.98%

Amicus Therapeutics presently has a consensus price target of $16.88, suggesting a potential upside of 72.19%. Exact Sciences has a consensus price target of $72.94, suggesting a potential upside of 22.79%. Given Amicus Therapeutics' higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Amicus Therapeutics is more favorable than Exact Sciences.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Amicus Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.78
Exact Sciences
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.94

88.8% of Exact Sciences shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Amicus Therapeutics 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Amicus Therapeutics has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Exact Sciences has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Amicus Therapeutics had 7 more articles in the media than Exact Sciences. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Amicus Therapeutics and 4 mentions for Exact Sciences. Exact Sciences' average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Amicus Therapeutics' score of 0.42 indicating that Exact Sciences is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Amicus Therapeutics
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Exact Sciences
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Exact Sciences received 450 more outperform votes than Amicus Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.17% of users gave Amicus Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 73.01% of users gave Exact Sciences an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Amicus TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
529
73.17%
Underperform Votes
194
26.83%
Exact SciencesOutperform Votes
979
73.01%
Underperform Votes
362
26.99%

Summary

Exact Sciences beats Amicus Therapeutics on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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FOLD vs. The Competition

MetricAmicus TherapeuticsPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.93B$6.57B$5.01B$9.08B
Dividend YieldN/A3.09%4.87%4.21%
P/E Ratio-28.8210.55135.0717.15
Price / Sales5.93195.041,120.63116.80
Price / CashN/A57.1640.5837.88
Price / Book17.825.104.754.78
Net Income-$151.58M$151.51M$118.50M$225.60M
7 Day Performance4.70%-2.13%-1.85%-1.21%
1 Month Performance3.16%-3.13%11.28%3.09%
1 Year Performance-25.53%11.54%29.92%16.48%

Amicus Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FOLD
Amicus Therapeutics
4.326 of 5 stars
$9.80
+0.7%
$16.88
+72.2%
-23.7%$2.93B$493.67M-28.82480Analyst Downgrade
EXAS
Exact Sciences
4.4854 of 5 stars
$60.76
-0.8%
$72.94
+20.0%
-11.7%$11.25B$2.50B-52.356,600
EXEL
Exelixis
4.5077 of 5 stars
$36.01
+2.8%
$31.47
-12.6%
+43.4%$10.28B$2.08B22.461,310Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
RGEN
Repligen
4.0892 of 5 stars
$160.33
+2.5%
$190.25
+18.7%
-19.7%$8.98B$639.92M-422.731,783Analyst Forecast
Positive News
MDGL
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals
4.2369 of 5 stars
$310.87
+2.1%
$347.33
+11.7%
+39.5%$6.78BN/A-12.1490Positive News
HALO
Halozyme Therapeutics
4.9948 of 5 stars
$48.39
+0.8%
$61.11
+26.3%
+29.1%$6.16B$947.36M15.98390Analyst Forecast
Positive News
IONS
Ionis Pharmaceuticals
4.409 of 5 stars
$38.66
+5.6%
$60.65
+56.9%
-26.3%$6.10B$803.07M-15.00800Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
ALKS
Alkermes
4.6513 of 5 stars
$30.76
+0.8%
$35.42
+15.1%
+9.3%$4.98B$1.51B15.652,100Positive News
LGND
Ligand Pharmaceuticals
4.9816 of 5 stars
$123.60
+5.7%
$147.00
+18.9%
+65.4%$2.34B$152.42M47.4480Analyst Revision
GERN
Geron
3.84 of 5 stars
$3.79
-1.8%
$7.15
+88.7%
+61.6%$2.29B$29.48M-12.06141Short Interest ↓
MNKD
MannKind
3.4926 of 5 stars
$6.38
-2.4%
$8.67
+35.8%
+105.4%$1.76B$198.96M93.43400Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:FOLD) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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