EOLS vs. ADMS, IDYA, XENE, PTCT, GERN, MOR, DYN, AGIO, MLTX, and RNA
Should you be buying Evolus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Evolus include Adamas Pharmaceuticals (ADMS), IDEAYA Biosciences (IDYA), Xenon Pharmaceuticals (XENE), PTC Therapeutics (PTCT), Geron (GERN), MorphoSys (MOR), Dyne Therapeutics (DYN), Agios Pharmaceuticals (AGIO), MoonLake Immunotherapeutics (MLTX), and Avidity Biosciences (RNA). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Evolus (NASDAQ:EOLS) and Adamas Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ADMS) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.
Evolus presently has a consensus price target of $21.67, indicating a potential upside of 89.06%. Given Evolus' higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Evolus is more favorable than Adamas Pharmaceuticals.
Adamas Pharmaceuticals received 60 more outperform votes than Evolus when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.00% of users gave Evolus an outperform vote while only 59.03% of users gave Adamas Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Evolus had 11 more articles in the media than Adamas Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Evolus and 0 mentions for Adamas Pharmaceuticals. Evolus' average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Adamas Pharmaceuticals' score of 0.00 indicating that Evolus is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Evolus has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Adamas Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 2.82, indicating that its share price is 182% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Evolus has a net margin of -27.31% compared to Adamas Pharmaceuticals' net margin of -71.11%.
Adamas Pharmaceuticals has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Evolus. Evolus is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Adamas Pharmaceuticals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
90.7% of Evolus shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.0% of Adamas Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. 6.1% of Evolus shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 18.9% of Adamas Pharmaceuticals shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Evolus beats Adamas Pharmaceuticals on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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