AXSM vs. CORT, GBT, RARX, AIMT, HRMY, VTRS, UTHR, RDY, SRPT, and CTLT
Should you be buying Axsome Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Axsome Therapeutics include Corcept Therapeutics (CORT), Global Blood Therapeutics (GBT), Ra Pharmaceuticals (RARX), Aimmune Therapeutics (AIMT), Harmony Biosciences (HRMY), Viatris (VTRS), United Therapeutics (UTHR), Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (RDY), Sarepta Therapeutics (SRPT), and Catalent (CTLT). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Corcept Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CORT) and Axsome Therapeutics (NASDAQ:AXSM) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings and valuation.
Corcept Therapeutics currently has a consensus price target of $44.30, suggesting a potential upside of 38.74%. Axsome Therapeutics has a consensus price target of $122.08, suggesting a potential upside of 70.03%. Given Corcept Therapeutics' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Axsome Therapeutics is more favorable than Corcept Therapeutics.
In the previous week, Corcept Therapeutics had 7 more articles in the media than Axsome Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Corcept Therapeutics and 12 mentions for Axsome Therapeutics. Corcept Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Axsome Therapeutics' score of 0.39 indicating that Axsome Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
93.6% of Corcept Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.5% of Axsome Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. 20.5% of Corcept Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 22.4% of Axsome Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Corcept Therapeutics received 101 more outperform votes than Axsome Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.70% of users gave Corcept Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 68.77% of users gave Axsome Therapeutics an outperform vote.
Corcept Therapeutics has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Axsome Therapeutics has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Corcept Therapeutics has higher revenue and earnings than Axsome Therapeutics. Axsome Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Corcept Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Corcept Therapeutics has a net margin of 22.38% compared to Corcept Therapeutics' net margin of -118.07%. Axsome Therapeutics' return on equity of 24.19% beat Corcept Therapeutics' return on equity.
Summary
Corcept Therapeutics beats Axsome Therapeutics on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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