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$20.02 +0.33 (+1.68%)
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KNSA vs. ELAN, LNTH, NUVL, CYTK, VRNA, GRFS, TGTX, KRYS, SWTX, and BHVN

Should you be buying Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals include Elanco Animal Health (ELAN), Lantheus (LNTH), Nuvalent (NUVL), Cytokinetics (CYTK), Verona Pharma (VRNA), Grifols (GRFS), TG Therapeutics (TGTX), Krystal Biotech (KRYS), SpringWorks Therapeutics (SWTX), and Biohaven (BHVN). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals vs.

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

Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals received 32 more outperform votes than Elanco Animal Health when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.02% of users gave Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote while only 54.51% of users gave Elanco Animal Health an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Kiniksa PharmaceuticalsOutperform Votes
171
65.02%
Underperform Votes
92
34.98%
Elanco Animal HealthOutperform Votes
139
54.51%
Underperform Votes
116
45.49%

Elanco Animal Health has a net margin of 4.60% compared to Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals' net margin of -2.36%. Elanco Animal Health's return on equity of 6.78% beat Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals-2.36% -7.31% -5.95%
Elanco Animal Health 4.60%6.78%3.03%

Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals currently has a consensus target price of $36.60, indicating a potential upside of 82.82%. Elanco Animal Health has a consensus target price of $16.00, indicating a potential upside of 45.24%. Given Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than Elanco Animal Health.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Elanco Animal Health
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25

In the previous week, Elanco Animal Health had 8 more articles in the media than Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Elanco Animal Health and 2 mentions for Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals. Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Elanco Animal Health's score of 0.18 indicating that Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Elanco Animal Health
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Elanco Animal Health. Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals$384.10M3.76$14.08M-$0.14-143.00
Elanco Animal Health$4.42B1.23-$1.23B$0.4027.54

54.0% of Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.5% of Elanco Animal Health shares are owned by institutional investors. 54.6% of Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Elanco Animal Health shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.32, meaning that its share price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Elanco Animal Health has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals and Elanco Animal Health tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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KNSA vs. The Competition

MetricKiniksa PharmaceuticalsPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.45B$7.04B$5.77B$8.95B
Dividend YieldN/A2.87%4.78%3.85%
P/E Ratio-142.996.1326.4618.81
Price / Sales3.76314.26449.1576.64
Price / CashN/A67.8344.0437.47
Price / Book3.216.747.634.64
Net Income$14.08M$138.11M$3.18B$245.69M
7 Day Performance1.42%-2.02%-1.82%-2.63%
1 Month Performance7.00%-1.54%0.22%-2.37%
1 Year Performance0.30%-3.14%17.49%13.65%

Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KNSA
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals
3.1746 of 5 stars
$20.02
+1.7%
$36.60
+82.8%
+0.3%$1.45B$384.10M-142.99220Upcoming Earnings
ELAN
Elanco Animal Health
4.0515 of 5 stars
$11.26
-3.4%
$16.29
+44.7%
-31.9%$5.57B$4.42B28.159,300Analyst Forecast
LNTH
Lantheus
4.5798 of 5 stars
$79.94
-2.5%
$131.86
+64.9%
+37.9%$5.56B$1.30B13.30700Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
NUVL
Nuvalent
2.1211 of 5 stars
$77.93
-3.7%
$112.36
+44.2%
-3.7%$5.54BN/A-22.4640Upcoming Earnings
Insider Trade
CYTK
Cytokinetics
4.1875 of 5 stars
$46.16
+10.9%
$82.00
+77.6%
-34.3%$5.45B$7.53M-8.58250High Trading Volume
VRNA
Verona Pharma
1.9349 of 5 stars
$64.21
+4.1%
$57.14
-11.0%
+309.6%$5.13B$460,000.00-33.4430
GRFS
Grifols
1.9016 of 5 stars
$7.32
-2.0%
N/A-14.9%$5.03B$7.13B6.2023,737Upcoming Earnings
TGTX
TG Therapeutics
4.4797 of 5 stars
$30.71
-0.1%
$40.67
+32.4%
+137.2%$4.78B$233.66M-307.07290Positive News
KRYS
Krystal Biotech
4.4745 of 5 stars
$153.24
-1.6%
$206.67
+34.9%
+73.9%$4.41B$50.70M86.58210Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
SWTX
SpringWorks Therapeutics
1.25 of 5 stars
$57.43
-2.0%
$70.83
+23.3%
+18.4%$4.27B$5.45M-14.80230Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
News Coverage
BHVN
Biohaven
3.4075 of 5 stars
$41.45
-0.8%
$63.15
+52.4%
-20.8%$4.19BN/A-4.43239Short Interest ↓
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:KNSA) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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