AMRX vs. AMPH, COLL, SVA, STML, PRGO, ASND, LEGN, CERE, ITCI, and BPMC
Should you be buying Amneal Pharmaceuticals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Amneal Pharmaceuticals include Amphastar Pharmaceuticals (AMPH), Collegium Pharmaceutical (COLL), Sinovac Biotech (SVA), Stemline Therapeutics (STML), Perrigo (PRGO), Ascendis Pharma A/S (ASND), Legend Biotech (LEGN), Cerevel Therapeutics (CERE), Intra-Cellular Therapies (ITCI), and Blueprint Medicines (BPMC). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Amneal Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:AMRX) and Amphastar Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:AMPH) are both medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and risk.
In the previous week, Amphastar Pharmaceuticals had 6 more articles in the media than Amneal Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Amphastar Pharmaceuticals and 1 mentions for Amneal Pharmaceuticals. Amphastar Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Amneal Pharmaceuticals' score of 0.00 indicating that Amphastar Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Amphastar Pharmaceuticals has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Amneal Pharmaceuticals. Amneal Pharmaceuticals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Amphastar Pharmaceuticals has a net margin of 22.88% compared to Amneal Pharmaceuticals' net margin of -6.76%. Amneal Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of 234.06% beat Amphastar Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.
Amneal Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amphastar Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
31.8% of Amneal Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.1% of Amphastar Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. 26.6% of Amneal Pharmaceuticals shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 27.1% of Amphastar Pharmaceuticals shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Amphastar Pharmaceuticals received 377 more outperform votes than Amneal Pharmaceuticals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Amneal Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave Amphastar Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote.
Amneal Pharmaceuticals currently has a consensus price target of $8.25, indicating a potential upside of 22.22%. Amphastar Pharmaceuticals has a consensus price target of $66.00, indicating a potential upside of 62.12%. Given Amphastar Pharmaceuticals' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Amphastar Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than Amneal Pharmaceuticals.
Summary
Amphastar Pharmaceuticals beats Amneal Pharmaceuticals on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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