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NewLink Genetics (NLNK) Competitors

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NLNK vs. EBS, RIGL, SGMO, XOMA, CDXS, VNDA, LXRX, VSTM, ACHV, and RGLS

Should you be buying NewLink Genetics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NewLink Genetics include Emergent BioSolutions (EBS), Rigel Pharmaceuticals (RIGL), Sangamo Therapeutics (SGMO), XOMA (XOMA), Codexis (CDXS), Vanda Pharmaceuticals (VNDA), Lexicon Pharmaceuticals (LXRX), Verastem (VSTM), Achieve Life Sciences (ACHV), and Regulus Therapeutics (RGLS). These companies are all part of the "biotechnology" industry.

NewLink Genetics vs.

Emergent BioSolutions (NYSE:EBS) and NewLink Genetics (NASDAQ:NLNK) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, profitability and community ranking.

Emergent BioSolutions has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NewLink Genetics has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Emergent BioSolutions had 2 more articles in the media than NewLink Genetics. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Emergent BioSolutions and 0 mentions for NewLink Genetics. Emergent BioSolutions' average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat NewLink Genetics' score of 0.00 indicating that Emergent BioSolutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Emergent BioSolutions Neutral
NewLink Genetics Neutral

NewLink Genetics has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Emergent BioSolutions. NewLink Genetics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Emergent BioSolutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Emergent BioSolutions$1.05B0.40-$760.50M-$4.10-1.88
NewLink Genetics$940K171.95-$42.99M-$1.03-4.20

Emergent BioSolutions currently has a consensus target price of $14.00, indicating a potential upside of 81.35%. Given Emergent BioSolutions' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Emergent BioSolutions is more favorable than NewLink Genetics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Emergent BioSolutions
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
NewLink Genetics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Emergent BioSolutions has a net margin of -18.55% compared to NewLink Genetics' net margin of -4,592.84%. Emergent BioSolutions' return on equity of -9.91% beat NewLink Genetics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Emergent BioSolutions-18.55% -9.91% -3.31%
NewLink Genetics -4,592.84%-41.50%-33.95%

Emergent BioSolutions received 35 more outperform votes than NewLink Genetics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.56% of users gave NewLink Genetics an outperform vote while only 66.88% of users gave Emergent BioSolutions an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Emergent BioSolutionsOutperform Votes
420
66.88%
Underperform Votes
208
33.12%
NewLink GeneticsOutperform Votes
385
71.56%
Underperform Votes
153
28.44%

78.4% of Emergent BioSolutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.3% of NewLink Genetics shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Emergent BioSolutions shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.7% of NewLink Genetics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Emergent BioSolutions beats NewLink Genetics on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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NLNK vs. The Competition

MetricNewLink GeneticsPharmaceutical Preparations IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$161.63M$6.53B$5.15B$8.74B
Dividend YieldN/A8.16%5.18%4.08%
P/E Ratio-3.774.9166.6713.57
Price / Sales171.95376.691,276.8487.67
Price / CashN/A51.2039.7035.24
Price / Book2.059.686.475.93
Net Income-$42.99M$154.43M$119.73M$225.73M

NewLink Genetics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NLNK
NewLink Genetics
N/A$4.33
flat
N/A+40.6%$161.63M$940,000.00-3.7755
EBS
Emergent BioSolutions
4.4128 of 5 stars
$9.27
-7.0%
N/A+264.2%$502.25M$1.05B-2.261,600Analyst Upgrade
Gap Down
RIGL
Rigel Pharmaceuticals
4.0008 of 5 stars
$27.46
+0.2%
N/A+197.5%$483.71M$130.30M196.16147Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
SGMO
Sangamo Therapeutics
2.4765 of 5 stars
$2.15
-11.9%
N/A+484.5%$447.68M$12.28M-2.87480Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
XOMA
XOMA
4.4451 of 5 stars
$29.88
+0.6%
N/A+104.1%$351.99M$4.76M-8.5910Insider Selling
Short Interest ↓
CDXS
Codexis
4.2615 of 5 stars
$3.74
-7.4%
N/A+88.3%$304.36M$70.14M-4.30250Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
VNDA
Vanda Pharmaceuticals
4.3127 of 5 stars
$5.10
-6.6%
N/A+47.9%$297.38M$192.64M-18.21203Analyst Forecast
Positive News
LXRX
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals
2.0112 of 5 stars
$1.06
-2.8%
N/A-8.0%$261.01M$1.20M-1.41285Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
VSTM
Verastem
2.9685 of 5 stars
$4.13
+0.7%
N/A-34.0%$183.83M$2.60M-1.2950
ACHV
Achieve Life Sciences
1.5646 of 5 stars
$4.39
-3.1%
N/A-17.3%$150.97MN/A-3.8820Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Gap Up
RGLS
Regulus Therapeutics
2.7539 of 5 stars
$1.50
flat
N/A+5.1%$98.25MN/A-1.4030Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
News Coverage

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