BCRX vs. NK, TSHA, ADAP, VXRT, ATHA, MDGL, ALKS, FOLD, CLDX, and NVAX
Should you be buying BioCryst Pharmaceuticals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BioCryst Pharmaceuticals include NantKwest (NK), Taysha Gene Therapies (TSHA), Adaptimmune Therapeutics (ADAP), Vaxart (VXRT), Athira Pharma (ATHA), Madrigal Pharmaceuticals (MDGL), Alkermes (ALKS), Amicus Therapeutics (FOLD), Celldex Therapeutics (CLDX), and Novavax (NVAX). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:BCRX) and NantKwest (NASDAQ:NK) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals presently has a consensus price target of $14.00, indicating a potential upside of 126.17%. Given BioCryst Pharmaceuticals' higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe BioCryst Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than NantKwest.
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 1.96, meaning that its stock price is 96% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NantKwest has a beta of 2.61, meaning that its stock price is 161% more volatile than the S&P 500.
NantKwest has lower revenue, but higher earnings than BioCryst Pharmaceuticals. NantKwest is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals received 204 more outperform votes than NantKwest when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.43% of users gave BioCryst Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote while only 53.32% of users gave NantKwest an outperform vote.
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals has a net margin of -58.69% compared to NantKwest's net margin of -76,658.58%. BioCryst Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of 0.00% beat NantKwest's return on equity.
In the previous week, BioCryst Pharmaceuticals had 10 more articles in the media than NantKwest. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for BioCryst Pharmaceuticals and 0 mentions for NantKwest. BioCryst Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat NantKwest's score of 0.00 indicating that BioCryst Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the media.
85.9% of BioCryst Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.4% of NantKwest shares are held by institutional investors. 4.8% of BioCryst Pharmaceuticals shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 71.7% of NantKwest 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.
Summary
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals beats NantKwest on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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