Indivior (INDV) Competitors

Elanco Animal Health (NYSE:ELAN) and Indivior (NASDAQ:INDV) are both medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of ELAN or INDV?

97.5% of Elanco Animal Health shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.3% of Indivior shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Elanco Animal Health 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.

Do analysts prefer ELAN or INDV?

Elanco Animal Health presently has a consensus target price of $15.33, suggesting a potential upside of 4.74%. Indivior has a consensus target price of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.69%. Given Indivior's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Indivior is more favorable than Elanco Animal Health.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Elanco Animal Health	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Indivior	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.25

Is ELAN or INDV more profitable?

Elanco Animal Health has a net margin of 8.43% compared to Indivior's net margin of -4.02%. Elanco Animal Health's return on equity of 7.54% beat Indivior's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Elanco Animal Health	8.43%	7.54%	3.57%
Indivior	-4.02%	-97.29%	15.74%

Does the media prefer ELAN or INDV?

In the previous week, Elanco Animal Health had 1 more articles in the media than Indivior. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Elanco Animal Health and 10 mentions for Indivior. Elanco Animal Health's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Indivior's score of 0.50 indicating that Elanco Animal Health is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Elanco Animal Health	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Indivior	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, ELAN or INDV?

Elanco Animal Health has a beta of 1.67, meaning that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Indivior has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, ELAN or INDV?

Elanco Animal Health has higher revenue and earnings than Indivior. Indivior is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Elanco Animal Health, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Elanco Animal Health	$4.44B	1.64	$338M	$0.74	19.78
Indivior	$1.19B	N/A	$2M	-$0.31	-51.89

Summary

Elanco Animal Health beats Indivior on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.