Scilex (SCLX) Competitors

MarketWise (NASDAQ:MKTW) and Scilex (NASDAQ:SCLX) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking and earnings.

Which has better earnings and valuation, MKTW or SCLX?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
MarketWise	$448.18M	0.42	$1.78M	$0.08	7.41
Scilex	$46.74M	3.99	-$114.33M	-$1.43	-0.68

Which has more risk and volatility, MKTW or SCLX?

MarketWise has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Scilex has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate MKTW or SCLX?

MarketWise currently has a consensus target price of $2.50, suggesting a potential upside of 321.51%. Scilex has a consensus target price of $11.33, suggesting a potential upside of 1,066.70%. Given Scilex's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Scilex is more favorable than MarketWise.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MarketWise	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Scilex	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media favor MKTW or SCLX?

In the previous week, Scilex had 6 more articles in the media than MarketWise. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Scilex and 4 mentions for MarketWise. Scilex's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat MarketWise's score of 0.47 indicating that Scilex is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
MarketWise	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Scilex	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in MKTW or SCLX?

23.0% of MarketWise shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.7% of Scilex shares are held by institutional investors. 28.6% of MarketWise shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.7% of Scilex shares are held by company 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.

Is MKTW or SCLX more profitable?

MarketWise has a net margin of 0.80% compared to Scilex's net margin of -233.88%. Scilex's return on equity of 0.00% beat MarketWise's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MarketWise	0.80%	-1.30%	0.91%
Scilex	-233.88%	N/A	-111.82%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MKTW or SCLX?

MarketWise received 16 more outperform votes than Scilex when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Scilex an outperform vote while only 65.00% of users gave MarketWise an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
MarketWise	Outperform Votes 26 65.00%	Underperform Votes 14 35.00%
Scilex	Outperform Votes 10 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Summary

Scilex beats MarketWise on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.