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Xeris Biopharma (XERS) Competitors

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$3.49 +0.08 (+2.35%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:45 PM ET)

XERS vs. AKRO, TARS, AMPH, IRON, CGON, HRMY, GLPG, XNCR, EVO, and ARQT

Should you be buying Xeris Biopharma stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Xeris Biopharma include Akero Therapeutics (AKRO), Tarsus Pharmaceuticals (TARS), Amphastar Pharmaceuticals (AMPH), Disc Medicine (IRON), CG Oncology (CGON), Harmony Biosciences (HRMY), Galapagos (GLPG), Xencor (XNCR), Evotec (EVO), and Arcutis Biotherapeutics (ARQT). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Xeris Biopharma vs.

Akero Therapeutics (NASDAQ:AKRO) and Xeris Biopharma (NASDAQ:XERS) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.

Akero Therapeutics currently has a consensus target price of $46.83, suggesting a potential upside of 59.62%. Xeris Biopharma has a consensus target price of $4.87, suggesting a potential upside of 39.45%. Given Akero Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Akero Therapeutics is more favorable than Xeris Biopharma.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Akero Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.88
Xeris Biopharma
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Akero TherapeuticsN/AN/A-$151.76M-$3.75-7.82
Xeris Biopharma$187.36M2.78-$62.26M-$0.45-7.76

In the previous week, Akero Therapeutics had 9 more articles in the media than Xeris Biopharma. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Akero Therapeutics and 1 mentions for Xeris Biopharma. Akero Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Xeris Biopharma's score of 0.67 indicating that Akero Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Akero Therapeutics
6 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Xeris Biopharma
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Akero Therapeutics has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Xeris Biopharma's net margin of -33.69%. Akero Therapeutics' return on equity of -32.46% beat Xeris Biopharma's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Akero TherapeuticsN/A -32.46% -29.83%
Xeris Biopharma -33.69%-16,662.63%-17.38%

Akero Therapeutics has a beta of -0.23, indicating that its stock price is 123% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Xeris Biopharma has a beta of 2.65, indicating that its stock price is 165% more volatile than the S&P 500.

42.8% of Xeris Biopharma shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.9% of Akero Therapeutics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of Xeris Biopharma shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Xeris Biopharma received 35 more outperform votes than Akero Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.76% of users gave Xeris Biopharma an outperform vote while only 63.53% of users gave Akero Therapeutics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Akero TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
108
63.53%
Underperform Votes
62
36.47%
Xeris BiopharmaOutperform Votes
143
69.76%
Underperform Votes
62
30.24%

Summary

Xeris Biopharma beats Akero Therapeutics on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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XERS vs. The Competition

MetricXeris BiopharmaPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$508.37M$6.57B$5.14B$9.08B
Dividend YieldN/A2.98%5.09%4.23%
P/E Ratio-7.7610.5089.8217.18
Price / Sales2.78195.801,116.21116.95
Price / CashN/A57.1642.8937.86
Price / Book-69.805.094.784.78
Net Income-$62.26M$151.83M$120.23M$225.60M
7 Day Performance6.40%-2.13%-1.92%-1.23%
1 Month Performance14.80%-3.10%11.49%3.36%
1 Year Performance66.19%11.54%30.57%16.60%

Xeris Biopharma Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
XERS
Xeris Biopharma
3.6033 of 5 stars
$3.49
+2.3%
$4.87
+39.4%
+73.6%$508.37M$187.36M-7.76290News Coverage
Positive News
AKRO
Akero Therapeutics
4.0824 of 5 stars
$29.00
+0.4%
$46.83
+61.5%
+36.1%$2.02BN/A-7.7030Insider Trade
TARS
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals
0.3236 of 5 stars
$51.52
-1.9%
$54.20
+5.2%
+164.4%$1.97B$17.45M-13.7850Positive News
AMPH
Amphastar Pharmaceuticals
4.8626 of 5 stars
$40.91
-3.1%
$60.33
+47.5%
-33.1%$1.97B$644.40M14.081,761
IRON
Disc Medicine
3.4713 of 5 stars
$65.58
+1.1%
$87.50
+33.4%
+13.2%$1.95BN/A-16.3078Insider Trade
CGON
CG Oncology
2.1551 of 5 stars
$28.43
-1.1%
$63.88
+124.7%
N/A$1.92B$684,000.000.0061Insider Trade
HRMY
Harmony Biosciences
4.7827 of 5 stars
$32.81
+1.3%
$47.00
+43.2%
+7.0%$1.87B$681.88M15.35200Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
GLPG
Galapagos
0.6163 of 5 stars
$27.00
+0.7%
$30.75
+13.9%
-31.4%$1.78B$260.09M0.001,123
XNCR
Xencor
4.3204 of 5 stars
$25.17
+4.7%
$36.56
+45.2%
+18.4%$1.76B$168.34M-7.51280
EVO
Evotec
2.387 of 5 stars
$4.68
+4.2%
$5.93
+26.8%
-60.5%$1.66B$777.05M0.005,061Positive News
ARQT
Arcutis Biotherapeutics
0.8599 of 5 stars
$13.31
+4.9%
$15.50
+16.5%
+478.8%$1.56B$138.71M-7.58150Options Volume
Positive News

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