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ARS Pharmaceuticals (SPRY) Competitors

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$17.18 -0.50 (-2.83%)
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SPRY vs. GRFS, TGTX, NUVL, CRSP, RYTM, TLX, AXSM, LNTH, PCVX, and CYTK

Should you be buying ARS Pharmaceuticals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ARS Pharmaceuticals include Grifols (GRFS), TG Therapeutics (TGTX), Nuvalent (NUVL), CRISPR Therapeutics (CRSP), Rhythm Pharmaceuticals (RYTM), Telix Pharmaceuticals (TLX), Axsome Therapeutics (AXSM), Lantheus (LNTH), Vaxcyte (PCVX), and Cytokinetics (CYTK). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

ARS Pharmaceuticals vs. Its Competitors

ARS Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:SPRY) and Grifols (NASDAQ:GRFS) are both medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.

68.2% of ARS Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. 33.5% of ARS Pharmaceuticals shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Grifols shares are held 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.

In the previous week, Grifols had 3 more articles in the media than ARS Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Grifols and 5 mentions for ARS Pharmaceuticals. ARS Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Grifols' score of 0.52 indicating that ARS Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
ARS Pharmaceuticals
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Grifols
2 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

ARS Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Grifols has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.

ARS Pharmaceuticals currently has a consensus target price of $31.00, suggesting a potential upside of 80.44%. Grifols has a consensus target price of $10.30, suggesting a potential downside of 4.45%. Given ARS Pharmaceuticals' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe ARS Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than Grifols.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
ARS Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.17
Grifols
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Grifols has a net margin of 0.00% compared to ARS Pharmaceuticals' net margin of -16.11%. Grifols' return on equity of 0.00% beat ARS Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
ARS Pharmaceuticals-16.11% -6.94% -5.60%
Grifols N/A N/A N/A

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
ARS Pharmaceuticals$97.12M17.37$8M-$0.16-107.38
Grifols$7.81B0.95$169.80M$1.179.21

Summary

ARS Pharmaceuticals and Grifols tied by winning 8 of the 16 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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SPRY vs. The Competition

MetricARS PharmaceuticalsMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.74B$2.46B$5.48B$9.52B
Dividend YieldN/A1.81%4.73%4.08%
P/E Ratio-107.378.9728.6723.80
Price / Sales17.37437.63373.5466.64
Price / Cash2,087.79157.7635.4557.96
Price / Book6.514.838.275.55
Net Income$8M$31.62M$3.24B$259.03M
7 Day Performance-3.86%-5.28%-3.69%-4.59%
1 Month Performance2.57%4.38%4.33%4.46%
1 Year Performance73.54%-2.49%25.95%18.03%

ARS Pharmaceuticals Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SPRY
ARS Pharmaceuticals
3.0361 of 5 stars
$17.18
-2.8%
$31.00
+80.4%
+63.8%$1.74B$97.12M-107.3790Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
GRFS
Grifols
3.1017 of 5 stars
$10.00
+0.6%
$10.30
+3.0%
+41.1%$6.88B$7.81B8.5523,822Dividend Announcement
TGTX
TG Therapeutics
4.0843 of 5 stars
$37.42
-1.3%
$43.80
+17.0%
+85.0%$5.94B$329M155.92290Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
NUVL
Nuvalent
3.2027 of 5 stars
$82.46
-1.1%
$119.60
+45.0%
+2.0%$5.92BN/A-18.7840Positive News
CRSP
CRISPR Therapeutics
2.7909 of 5 stars
$65.33
+0.3%
$71.75
+9.8%
+2.3%$5.64B$37.31M-14.45460Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
RYTM
Rhythm Pharmaceuticals
3.4446 of 5 stars
$88.63
-0.6%
$91.93
+3.7%
+88.5%$5.64B$130.13M-31.54140Upcoming Earnings
Insider Trade
TLX
Telix Pharmaceuticals
N/A$16.50
+1.7%
$22.33
+35.4%
N/A$5.58B$516.72M0.00N/AGap Down
High Trading Volume
AXSM
Axsome Therapeutics
4.8236 of 5 stars
$109.68
-1.8%
$172.33
+57.1%
+19.8%$5.40B$385.69M-19.01380Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
LNTH
Lantheus
4.6154 of 5 stars
$71.56
+2.0%
$131.20
+83.3%
-28.4%$4.95B$1.53B20.33700News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
PCVX
Vaxcyte
2.2402 of 5 stars
$35.64
-1.6%
$136.50
+283.0%
-58.0%$4.60BN/A-8.93160News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
CYTK
Cytokinetics
4.0154 of 5 stars
$36.96
-0.7%
$70.92
+91.9%
-36.6%$4.41B$18.47M-6.99250News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade

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