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OMER vs. NKTR, ASMB, CPIX, LLY, JNJ, ABBV, MRK, PFE, BMY, and ZTS

Should you be buying Omeros stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Omeros include Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR), Assembly Biosciences (ASMB), Cumberland Pharmaceuticals (CPIX), Eli Lilly and Company (LLY), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), AbbVie (ABBV), Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK), Pfizer (PFE), Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY), and Zoetis (ZTS). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceuticals" industry.

Omeros vs. Its Competitors

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

Omeros presently has a consensus target price of $18.00, suggesting a potential upside of 484.42%. Nektar Therapeutics has a consensus target price of $84.17, suggesting a potential upside of 258.61%. Given Omeros' higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Omeros is more favorable than Nektar Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Omeros
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83
Nektar Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
OmerosN/AN/A-$156.82M-$2.65-1.16
Nektar Therapeutics$98.43M2.96-$118.96M-$9.60-2.44

Omeros has a beta of 2.16, suggesting that its share price is 116% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nektar Therapeutics has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

48.8% of Omeros shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.9% of Nektar Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. 12.9% of Omeros shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Nektar Therapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Omeros has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Nektar Therapeutics' net margin of -152.49%. Omeros' return on equity of 0.00% beat Nektar Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
OmerosN/A N/A -59.68%
Nektar Therapeutics -152.49%-329.54%-55.24%

In the previous week, Nektar Therapeutics had 15 more articles in the media than Omeros. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Nektar Therapeutics and 0 mentions for Omeros. Omeros' average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Nektar Therapeutics' score of 0.40 indicating that Omeros is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Omeros Positive
Nektar Therapeutics Neutral

Summary

Omeros beats Nektar Therapeutics on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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OMER vs. The Competition

MetricOmerosMED PRODUCTS IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$187.50M$10.52B$5.52B$9.02B
Dividend YieldN/A2.07%5.24%4.08%
P/E Ratio-1.1616.9127.1920.04
Price / SalesN/A28.87395.22100.83
Price / CashN/A23.9726.2128.59
Price / Book-0.983.637.925.55
Net Income-$156.82M$235.43M$3.17B$248.49M
7 Day Performance3.70%-0.32%1.79%4.87%
1 Month Performance-18.30%-0.33%1.28%6.63%
1 Year Performance-20.82%-10.48%33.32%20.38%

Omeros Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
OMER
Omeros
3.5492 of 5 stars
$3.08
-3.8%
$18.00
+484.4%
-20.3%$187.50MN/A-1.16210
NKTR
Nektar Therapeutics
4.562 of 5 stars
$25.84
+0.3%
$84.17
+225.7%
+21.3%$320.67M$98.43M-2.69220Gap Up
High Trading Volume
ASMB
Assembly Biosciences
3.7423 of 5 stars
$18.12
+4.7%
$33.00
+82.1%
+40.5%$138.44M$28.52M-2.91100High Trading Volume
CPIX
Cumberland Pharmaceuticals
0.5503 of 5 stars
$3.35
+28.8%
N/A+107.5%$50.12M$37.87M-13.4080
LLY
Eli Lilly and Company
4.9869 of 5 stars
$779.35
+0.5%
$1,011.61
+29.8%
-15.5%$738.62B$45.04B63.4147,000Trending News
Options Volume
JNJ
Johnson & Johnson
4.9545 of 5 stars
$152.58
+0.1%
$170.88
+12.0%
+6.0%$367.12B$88.82B16.97138,100Positive News
ABBV
AbbVie
4.9205 of 5 stars
$185.80
+1.9%
$211.29
+13.7%
+12.1%$328.20B$56.33B79.0655,000Trending News
MRK
Merck & Co., Inc.
4.9969 of 5 stars
$79.19
+0.1%
$109.19
+37.9%
-36.0%$198.85B$63.92B11.5375,000Positive News
PFE
Pfizer
4.9745 of 5 stars
$24.27
+0.3%
$29.17
+20.2%
-10.1%$137.98B$63.63B17.5981,000Positive News
BMY
Bristol Myers Squibb
4.8983 of 5 stars
$46.35
flat
$58.00
+25.1%
+17.2%$94.33B$48.30B17.3634,300Positive News
ZTS
Zoetis
4.8248 of 5 stars
$155.86
-0.2%
$212.13
+36.1%
-10.3%$69.39B$9.26B27.9813,800Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:OMER) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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