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OPK vs. FOLD, LGND, DVAX, MNKD, BCRX, INVA, CLDX, NVAX, GERN, and MYGN

Should you be buying OPKO Health stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of OPKO Health include Amicus Therapeutics (FOLD), Ligand Pharmaceuticals (LGND), Dynavax Technologies (DVAX), MannKind (MNKD), BioCryst Pharmaceuticals (BCRX), Innoviva (INVA), Celldex Therapeutics (CLDX), Novavax (NVAX), Geron (GERN), and Myriad Genetics (MYGN). These companies are all part of the "biotechnology" industry.

OPKO Health vs.

OPKO Health (NASDAQ:OPK) and Amicus Therapeutics (NASDAQ:FOLD) are both medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, earnings, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.

In the previous week, OPKO Health had 6 more articles in the media than Amicus Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for OPKO Health and 11 mentions for Amicus Therapeutics. Amicus Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat OPKO Health's score of 0.99 indicating that Amicus Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
OPKO Health
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Amicus Therapeutics
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

64.6% of OPKO Health shares are held by institutional investors. 49.7% of OPKO Health shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Amicus Therapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Amicus Therapeutics has a net margin of -10.62% compared to OPKO Health's net margin of -18.65%. Amicus Therapeutics' return on equity of 12.44% beat OPKO Health's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
OPKO Health-18.65% -9.76% -6.46%
Amicus Therapeutics -10.62%12.44%2.60%

OPKO Health currently has a consensus price target of $2.75, indicating a potential upside of 93.66%. Amicus Therapeutics has a consensus price target of $16.75, indicating a potential upside of 149.26%. Given Amicus Therapeutics' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Amicus Therapeutics is more favorable than OPKO Health.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
OPKO Health
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Amicus Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.78

Amicus Therapeutics received 20 more outperform votes than OPKO Health when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.98% of users gave Amicus Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 65.73% of users gave OPKO Health an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
OPKO HealthOutperform Votes
512
65.73%
Underperform Votes
267
34.27%
Amicus TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
532
72.98%
Underperform Votes
197
27.02%

OPKO Health has a beta of 1.78, meaning that its stock price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amicus Therapeutics has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Amicus Therapeutics has lower revenue, but higher earnings than OPKO Health. Amicus Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than OPKO Health, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
OPKO Health$713.14M1.34-$188.86M-$0.09-15.78
Amicus Therapeutics$528.30M3.91-$151.58M-$0.18-37.33

Summary

Amicus Therapeutics beats OPKO Health on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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OPK vs. The Competition

MetricOPKO HealthPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$953.60M$6.35B$5.35B$7.58B
Dividend YieldN/A3.23%5.11%4.33%
P/E Ratio-7.476.7721.7417.78
Price / Sales1.34228.59376.0494.51
Price / CashN/A65.6738.1534.64
Price / Book0.795.886.443.99
Net Income-$188.86M$141.32M$3.20B$247.24M
7 Day Performance-2.74%8.32%6.19%6.12%
1 Month Performance-18.39%-12.93%-8.79%-7.11%
1 Year Performance15.45%-12.47%9.69%-0.85%

OPKO Health Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
OPK
OPKO Health
4.1223 of 5 stars
$1.44
+1.4%
$2.75
+91.0%
+15.4%$967.03M$713.14M-7.583,930Options Volume
FOLD
Amicus Therapeutics
4.0325 of 5 stars
$7.12
-5.1%
$16.75
+135.4%
-37.1%$2.17B$528.30M-39.31480Positive News
LGND
Ligand Pharmaceuticals
4.3479 of 5 stars
$99.80
+0.2%
$147.00
+47.3%
+31.0%$1.91B$167.13M39.4380Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
Positive News
DVAX
Dynavax Technologies
4.3848 of 5 stars
$12.52
-1.0%
$21.50
+71.7%
-3.4%$1.55B$277.25M69.47350Positive News
Gap Down
MNKD
MannKind
2.2503 of 5 stars
$4.68
-1.4%
$9.21
+97.1%
+11.6%$1.42B$285.50M66.79400Positive News
Gap Down
BCRX
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals
4.1358 of 5 stars
$6.77
-1.0%
$15.57
+130.2%
+47.6%$1.41B$450.71M-11.02530Gap Down
INVA
Innoviva
4.3582 of 5 stars
$17.45
-1.5%
$55.00
+215.2%
+22.9%$1.09B$358.71M25.25100Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
Positive News
CLDX
Celldex Therapeutics
2.3225 of 5 stars
$15.69
-0.6%
$54.33
+246.2%
-54.7%$1.04B$7.02M-6.08150News Coverage
NVAX
Novavax
3.6196 of 5 stars
$6.46
+3.5%
$18.00
+178.7%
+49.8%$1.03B$682.16M-2.851,990
GERN
Geron
3.7688 of 5 stars
$1.41
+1.8%
$5.75
+309.3%
-63.7%$888.48M$76.99M-4.3670Short Interest ↑
MYGN
Myriad Genetics
3.8303 of 5 stars
$8.06
-0.9%
$20.89
+159.2%
-58.7%$736.41M$837.60M-6.202,700
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This page (NASDAQ:OPK) was last updated on 4/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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