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Heron Therapeutics (HRTX) Competitors

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$1.19 -0.05 (-4.03%)
(As of 11/15/2024 ET)

HRTX vs. NGM, GBIO, MRSN, RVNC, EOLS, STOK, NUVB, TRDA, ANNX, and TRML

Should you be buying Heron Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Heron Therapeutics include NGM Biopharmaceuticals (NGM), Generation Bio (GBIO), Mersana Therapeutics (MRSN), Revance Therapeutics (RVNC), Evolus (EOLS), Stoke Therapeutics (STOK), Nuvation Bio (NUVB), Entrada Therapeutics (TRDA), Annexon (ANNX), and Tourmaline Bio (TRML). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Heron Therapeutics vs.

Heron Therapeutics (NASDAQ:HRTX) and NGM Biopharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:NGM) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, community ranking, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.

Heron Therapeutics currently has a consensus price target of $5.67, indicating a potential upside of 376.19%. NGM Biopharmaceuticals has a consensus price target of $2.53, indicating a potential upside of 63.96%. Given Heron Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Heron Therapeutics is more favorable than NGM Biopharmaceuticals.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Heron Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
NGM Biopharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

In the previous week, Heron Therapeutics had 20 more articles in the media than NGM Biopharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Heron Therapeutics and 0 mentions for NGM Biopharmaceuticals. Heron Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 0.24 beat NGM Biopharmaceuticals' score of 0.00 indicating that Heron Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Heron Therapeutics Neutral
NGM Biopharmaceuticals Neutral

Heron Therapeutics received 630 more outperform votes than NGM Biopharmaceuticals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.17% of users gave Heron Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 60.38% of users gave NGM Biopharmaceuticals an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Heron TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
662
69.17%
Underperform Votes
295
30.83%
NGM BiopharmaceuticalsOutperform Votes
32
60.38%
Underperform Votes
21
39.62%

Heron Therapeutics has a net margin of -20.31% compared to NGM Biopharmaceuticals' net margin of -3,223.34%. Heron Therapeutics' return on equity of 0.00% beat NGM Biopharmaceuticals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Heron Therapeutics-20.31% N/A -12.72%
NGM Biopharmaceuticals -3,223.34%-77.85%-67.76%

Heron Therapeutics has higher revenue and earnings than NGM Biopharmaceuticals. Heron Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NGM Biopharmaceuticals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Heron Therapeutics$137.74M1.31-$110.56M-$0.18-6.61
NGM Biopharmaceuticals$4.42M29.10-$142.38M-$1.72-0.90

Heron Therapeutics has a beta of 1.81, indicating that its stock price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NGM Biopharmaceuticals has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

80.0% of Heron Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.7% of NGM Biopharmaceuticals shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.8% of Heron Therapeutics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 35.9% of NGM Biopharmaceuticals shares are owned 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.

Summary

Heron Therapeutics beats NGM Biopharmaceuticals on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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HRTX vs. The Competition

MetricHeron TherapeuticsPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$180.99M$6.39B$5.07B$8.66B
Dividend YieldN/A8.08%5.10%4.06%
P/E Ratio-6.6110.92101.9217.45
Price / Sales1.31245.131,198.0869.07
Price / CashN/A53.4940.9736.36
Price / Book-4.589.306.335.87
Net Income-$110.56M$154.14M$119.64M$225.66M
7 Day Performance-32.00%-9.47%-5.13%-1.34%
1 Month Performance-34.62%-7.30%-2.72%1.15%
1 Year Performance9.17%28.21%31.08%24.02%

Heron Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HRTX
Heron Therapeutics
4.0402 of 5 stars
$1.19
-4.0%
$5.67
+376.2%
+29.8%$180.99M$137.74M-6.61300Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
NGM
NGM Biopharmaceuticals
3.5585 of 5 stars
$1.54
-1.3%
N/A+155.2%$128.53M$4.42M-0.90138
GBIO
Generation Bio
3.5351 of 5 stars
$1.68
-8.2%
N/A+37.5%$112.21M$5.90M-0.77150Positive News
MRSN
Mersana Therapeutics
4.3148 of 5 stars
$2.52
-4.2%
N/A+43.5%$309.14M$29.94M-2.90150Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
RVNC
Revance Therapeutics
3.8657 of 5 stars
$4.31
+1.7%
N/A-39.7%$452.12M$234.04M-2.23597
EOLS
Evolus
4.105 of 5 stars
$11.88
-3.0%
N/A+34.3%$752.25M$248.33M-13.05170Short Interest ↑
STOK
Stoke Therapeutics
3.9035 of 5 stars
$13.92
+0.1%
N/A+188.5%$737.30M$16.74M-6.63100News Coverage
NUVB
Nuvation Bio
2.3415 of 5 stars
$2.88
-2.7%
N/A+101.5%$716.57MN/A-1.3260
TRDA
Entrada Therapeutics
2.3061 of 5 stars
$19.04
-4.6%
N/A+16.1%$712.48M$129.01M11.97110Insider Selling
ANNX
Annexon
2.7007 of 5 stars
$6.33
-3.4%
N/A+139.1%$692.03MN/A-5.1560Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
TRML
Tourmaline Bio
1.9857 of 5 stars
$26.88
+2.4%
N/A+53.9%$689.20MN/A-9.5344Analyst Revision
News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:HRTX) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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