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FS Development (FSDC) Competitors

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FSDC vs. XENE, MLTX, MOR, MRUS, ZLAB, FOLD, BHC, CPRX, GMTX, and HCM

Should you be buying FS Development stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FS Development include Xenon Pharmaceuticals (XENE), MoonLake Immunotherapeutics (MLTX), MorphoSys (MOR), Merus (MRUS), Zai Lab (ZLAB), Amicus Therapeutics (FOLD), Bausch Health Companies (BHC), Catalyst Pharmaceuticals (CPRX), Gemini Therapeutics (GMTX), and HUTCHMED (HCM). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

FS Development vs.

Xenon Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:XENE) and FS Development (NASDAQ:FSDC) are both medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, risk, dividends, media sentiment and earnings.

In the previous week, Xenon Pharmaceuticals had 5 more articles in the media than FS Development. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Xenon Pharmaceuticals and 0 mentions for FS Development. Xenon Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat FS Development's score of 0.00 indicating that Xenon Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Xenon Pharmaceuticals Positive
FS Development Neutral

Xenon Pharmaceuticals currently has a consensus target price of $56.00, indicating a potential upside of 43.66%. Given Xenon Pharmaceuticals' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Xenon Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than FS Development.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Xenon Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.13
FS Development
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

FS Development has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Xenon Pharmaceuticals.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Xenon Pharmaceuticals$9.43M315.15-$182.39M-$2.82-13.82
FS DevelopmentN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

FS Development's return on equity of 0.00% beat Xenon Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Xenon PharmaceuticalsN/A -24.69% -23.68%
FS Development N/A N/A N/A

95.5% of Xenon Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.8% of FS Development shares are held by institutional investors. 5.5% of Xenon Pharmaceuticals shares are held by 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.

Xenon Pharmaceuticals received 419 more outperform votes than FS Development when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Xenon PharmaceuticalsOutperform Votes
419
69.95%
Underperform Votes
180
30.05%
FS DevelopmentN/AN/A

Summary

Xenon Pharmaceuticals beats FS Development on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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FSDC vs. The Competition

MetricFS DevelopmentPharmaceutical Preparations IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$757.47M$6.54B$5.37B$9.12B
Dividend YieldN/A2.96%5.37%4.00%
P/E RatioN/A5.6666.7714.56
Price / SalesN/A357.981,264.1585.80
Price / CashN/A22.3236.0932.90
Price / BookN/A5.074.964.69
Net IncomeN/A$154.90M$117.89M$224.57M

FS Development Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FSDC
FS Development
N/A$60.52
+3.9%
N/A-10.0%$757.47MN/A0.00N/A
XENE
Xenon Pharmaceuticals
2.7646 of 5 stars
$38.25
-0.4%
$56.00
+46.4%
-10.9%$2.92B$9.43M-13.56210Positive News
MLTX
MoonLake Immunotherapeutics
1.9114 of 5 stars
$45.26
-2.3%
$81.43
+79.9%
-14.4%$2.89BN/A-35.092
MOR
MorphoSys
0.212 of 5 stars
$18.96
flat
$14.33
-24.4%
N/A$2.86B$238.28M-5.45730
MRUS
Merus
3.3727 of 5 stars
$40.45
-7.8%
$85.64
+111.7%
+13.6%$2.77B$35.93M-10.2437Positive News
High Trading Volume
ZLAB
Zai Lab
2.4982 of 5 stars
$25.21
-0.4%
$55.00
+118.2%
+10.9%$2.76B$355.75M-9.102,175Analyst Revision
FOLD
Amicus Therapeutics
4.4226 of 5 stars
$9.23
+2.3%
$16.88
+82.8%
-20.9%$2.76B$493.67M-27.15480Analyst Revision
BHC
Bausch Health Companies
3.3021 of 5 stars
$7.40
-6.1%
$7.75
+4.7%
-8.3%$2.68B$9.47B-15.4220,270Analyst Revision
Positive News
High Trading Volume
CPRX
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals
4.7933 of 5 stars
$22.21
+1.3%
$32.86
+47.9%
+57.4%$2.65B$460.48M18.8280News Coverage
GMTX
Gemini Therapeutics
N/A$59.25
-5.3%
N/A-10.0%$2.57BN/A-59.2530High Trading Volume
HCM
HUTCHMED
2.3758 of 5 stars
$14.51
-3.5%
$19.00
+30.9%
-0.4%$2.53B$420.26M0.001,988Positive News
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This page (NASDAQ:FSDC) was last updated on 1/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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