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$62.55 +3.00 (+5.04%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

IRON vs. ARDX, LSEA, QSI, PBYI, DBTX, LEGN, ELAN, BPMC, NUVL, and CYTK

Should you be buying Disc Medicine stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Disc Medicine include Ardelyx (ARDX), Landsea Homes (LSEA), Quantum-Si (QSI), Puma Biotechnology (PBYI), Decibel Therapeutics (DBTX), Legend Biotech (LEGN), Elanco Animal Health (ELAN), Blueprint Medicines (BPMC), Nuvalent (NUVL), and Cytokinetics (CYTK).

Disc Medicine vs.

Disc Medicine (NASDAQ:IRON) and Ardelyx (NASDAQ:ARDX) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and risk.

In the previous week, Disc Medicine had 25 more articles in the media than Ardelyx. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Disc Medicine and 10 mentions for Ardelyx. Disc Medicine's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Ardelyx's score of 0.20 indicating that Disc Medicine is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Disc Medicine
9 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Ardelyx
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Ardelyx received 484 more outperform votes than Disc Medicine when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 83.64% of users gave Disc Medicine an outperform vote while only 67.52% of users gave Ardelyx an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Disc MedicineOutperform Votes
46
83.64%
Underperform Votes
9
16.36%
ArdelyxOutperform Votes
530
67.52%
Underperform Votes
255
32.48%

Disc Medicine has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Ardelyx's net margin of -28.82%. Disc Medicine's return on equity of -25.24% beat Ardelyx's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Disc MedicineN/A -25.24% -23.96%
Ardelyx -28.82%-46.60%-21.49%

83.7% of Disc Medicine shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.9% of Ardelyx shares are held by institutional investors. 4.2% of Disc Medicine shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of Ardelyx shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Ardelyx has higher revenue and earnings than Disc Medicine. Ardelyx is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Disc Medicine, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Disc MedicineN/AN/A-$76.43M-$3.98-15.72
Ardelyx$124.46M9.36-$66.07M-$0.30-16.40

Disc Medicine has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ardelyx has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Disc Medicine presently has a consensus price target of $85.80, indicating a potential upside of 37.17%. Ardelyx has a consensus price target of $10.42, indicating a potential upside of 111.72%. Given Ardelyx's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ardelyx is more favorable than Disc Medicine.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Disc Medicine
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.10
Ardelyx
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.88

Summary

Disc Medicine beats Ardelyx on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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IRON vs. The Competition

MetricDisc MedicinePharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.77B$6.48B$5.05B$8.87B
Dividend YieldN/A8.12%4.97%4.06%
P/E Ratio-15.725.5697.3414.18
Price / SalesN/A348.141,218.4289.42
Price / CashN/A22.1533.5132.79
Price / Book3.977.885.805.12
Net Income-$76.43M$153.61M$119.07M$225.99M
7 Day Performance3.10%-2.00%-1.83%-1.32%
1 Month Performance23.20%-7.47%-3.64%0.60%
1 Year Performance20.87%31.80%31.62%26.23%

Disc Medicine Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IRON
Disc Medicine
3.1622 of 5 stars
$62.55
+5.0%
$85.80
+37.2%
+22.4%$1.77BN/A-15.7278Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
ARDX
Ardelyx
4.0014 of 5 stars
$4.92
+2.7%
$10.42
+111.7%
+12.3%$1.17B$124.46M-16.40267Short Interest ↑
LSEA
Landsea Homes
4.1885 of 5 stars
$10.55
-1.9%
$15.50
+46.9%
+7.5%$390.04M$1.21B14.65380
QSI
Quantum-Si
2.5603 of 5 stars
$1.39
+120.6%
$2.50
+79.9%
-12.0%$197.88M$2.27M-2.17150Options Volume
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
PBYI
Puma Biotechnology
4.4141 of 5 stars
$2.84
+3.6%
$7.00
+146.5%
-27.0%$134.50M$235.60M5.92185Analyst Forecast
Positive News
DBTX
Decibel Therapeutics
N/A$4.91
-0.8%
N/A+0.0%$123.39MN/A-1.9468High Trading Volume
LEGN
Legend Biotech
1.7588 of 5 stars
$40.14
+4.5%
$81.46
+102.9%
-33.7%$7.00B$285.14M0.001,800Analyst Revision
ELAN
Elanco Animal Health
4.1102 of 5 stars
$13.44
+1.0%
$17.14
+27.6%
+13.1%$6.58B$4.42B33.609,300
BPMC
Blueprint Medicines
2.713 of 5 stars
$94.81
+0.2%
$122.11
+28.8%
+43.9%$6.02B$249.38M-44.93640Analyst Forecast
NUVL
Nuvalent
2.1677 of 5 stars
$91.17
+0.1%
$112.60
+23.5%
+51.1%$5.90BN/A0.0040
CYTK
Cytokinetics
3.8052 of 5 stars
$49.86
-2.4%
$83.67
+67.8%
+54.3%$5.88B$3.22M-9.27250Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Options Volume
News Coverage

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