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Avidity Biosciences (RNA) Competitors

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$31.82 +0.77 (+2.48%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:16 PM ET)

RNA vs. MRNA, VTRS, SMMT, GMAB, RDY, SRPT, CTLT, PCVX, QGEN, and ITCI

Should you be buying Avidity Biosciences stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Avidity Biosciences include Moderna (MRNA), Viatris (VTRS), Summit Therapeutics (SMMT), Genmab A/S (GMAB), Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (RDY), Sarepta Therapeutics (SRPT), Catalent (CTLT), Vaxcyte (PCVX), Qiagen (QGEN), and Intra-Cellular Therapies (ITCI). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Avidity Biosciences vs.

Moderna (NASDAQ:MRNA) and Avidity Biosciences (NASDAQ:RNA) are both medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, risk, media sentiment, earnings and community ranking.

Moderna presently has a consensus target price of $79.50, indicating a potential upside of 101.83%. Avidity Biosciences has a consensus target price of $64.36, indicating a potential upside of 102.27%. Given Avidity Biosciences' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Avidity Biosciences is more favorable than Moderna.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Moderna
4 Sell rating(s)
12 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.14
Avidity Biosciences
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Moderna has a beta of 1.58, meaning that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avidity Biosciences has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Moderna had 1 more articles in the media than Avidity Biosciences. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Moderna and 20 mentions for Avidity Biosciences. Avidity Biosciences' average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Moderna's score of 0.20 indicating that Avidity Biosciences is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Moderna
5 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Avidity Biosciences
9 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Avidity Biosciences has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Moderna. Avidity Biosciences is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Moderna, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Moderna$5.06B3.00-$4.71B-$5.82-6.77
Avidity Biosciences$10.12M375.25-$212.22M-$2.88-11.05

75.3% of Moderna shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.7% of Moderna shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Avidity Biosciences shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Moderna has a net margin of -43.77% compared to Avidity Biosciences' net margin of -2,772.45%. Moderna's return on equity of -17.68% beat Avidity Biosciences' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Moderna-43.77% -17.68% -13.35%
Avidity Biosciences -2,772.45%-27.66%-24.56%

Moderna received 56 more outperform votes than Avidity Biosciences when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.53% of users gave Avidity Biosciences an outperform vote while only 55.21% of users gave Moderna an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ModernaOutperform Votes
212
55.21%
Underperform Votes
172
44.79%
Avidity BiosciencesOutperform Votes
156
67.53%
Underperform Votes
75
32.47%

Summary

Moderna beats Avidity Biosciences on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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RNA vs. The Competition

MetricAvidity BiosciencesPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.80B$6.57B$5.12B$9.07B
Dividend YieldN/A2.98%4.91%4.22%
P/E Ratio-11.0510.5991.3417.19
Price / Sales375.25195.381,117.70116.80
Price / CashN/A57.1642.6437.86
Price / Book4.715.104.794.78
Net Income-$212.22M$151.51M$120.07M$225.60M
7 Day Performance-2.06%-2.15%-1.90%-1.23%
1 Month Performance-25.50%-3.14%11.45%3.37%
1 Year Performance250.44%11.50%30.63%16.58%

Avidity Biosciences Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RNA
Avidity Biosciences
2.1843 of 5 stars
$31.82
+2.5%
$64.36
+102.3%
+278.8%$3.80B$10.12M-11.05190Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
MRNA
Moderna
4.2664 of 5 stars
$41.59
-0.6%
$79.50
+91.2%
-54.3%$16.00B$5.06B-7.195,600Analyst Downgrade
VTRS
Viatris
2.0581 of 5 stars
$12.71
+0.6%
$13.67
+7.5%
+19.8%$15.17B$15.05B-17.0738,000News Coverage
SMMT
Summit Therapeutics
3.2766 of 5 stars
$18.71
+4.9%
$33.33
+78.2%
+636.9%$13.80B$700,000.00-63.68105News Coverage
GMAB
Genmab A/S
4.2355 of 5 stars
$20.14
-0.1%
$45.20
+124.4%
-33.5%$13.33B$19.84B19.582,204Positive News
High Trading Volume
RDY
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
1.8548 of 5 stars
$14.75
+2.0%
$17.00
+15.3%
+15.8%$12.31B$299.87B22.9527,048Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
SRPT
Sarepta Therapeutics
4.8116 of 5 stars
$126.12
+1.9%
$178.71
+41.7%
+31.8%$12.05B$1.64B98.971,314Analyst Forecast
CTLT
Catalent
2.7788 of 5 stars
$63.48
+0.7%
$63.40
-0.1%
N/A$11.52B$4.38B-27.9116,900High Trading Volume
PCVX
Vaxcyte
1.6049 of 5 stars
$90.59
+3.3%
$147.50
+62.8%
+45.4%$11.29BN/A-19.07160Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
QGEN
Qiagen
3.7415 of 5 stars
$45.41
+0.0%
$51.15
+12.6%
+3.1%$10.36B$1.97B117.035,967
ITCI
Intra-Cellular Therapies
4.0406 of 5 stars
$84.54
+1.8%
$97.23
+15.0%
+27.8%$8.96B$612.78M-95.91560

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This page (NASDAQ:RNA) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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