RGLS vs. ALIM, LXRX, AGEN, VNDA, EBS, XOMA, CDXS, ACHV, RIGL, and SGMO
Should you be buying Regulus Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Regulus Therapeutics include Alimera Sciences (ALIM), Lexicon Pharmaceuticals (LXRX), Agenus (AGEN), Vanda Pharmaceuticals (VNDA), Emergent BioSolutions (EBS), XOMA (XOMA), Codexis (CDXS), Achieve Life Sciences (ACHV), Rigel Pharmaceuticals (RIGL), and Sangamo Therapeutics (SGMO). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Regulus Therapeutics (NASDAQ:RGLS) and Alimera Sciences (NASDAQ:ALIM) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability and media sentiment.
Regulus Therapeutics has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alimera Sciences has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
92.4% of Regulus Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.8% of Alimera Sciences shares are held by institutional investors. 4.4% of Regulus Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 31.4% of Alimera Sciences shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Regulus Therapeutics presently has a consensus price target of $7.25, indicating a potential upside of 205.91%. Alimera Sciences has a consensus price target of $8.00, indicating a potential upside of 146.15%. Given Regulus Therapeutics' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Regulus Therapeutics is more favorable than Alimera Sciences.
Regulus Therapeutics has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Alimera Sciences' net margin of -23.74%. Alimera Sciences' return on equity of -53.49% beat Regulus Therapeutics' return on equity.
In the previous week, Alimera Sciences had 3 more articles in the media than Regulus Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Alimera Sciences and 1 mentions for Regulus Therapeutics. Regulus Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Alimera Sciences' score of 0.96 indicating that Regulus Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Alimera Sciences has higher revenue and earnings than Regulus Therapeutics. Alimera Sciences is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Regulus Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Regulus Therapeutics received 125 more outperform votes than Alimera Sciences when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.54% of users gave Regulus Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 57.70% of users gave Alimera Sciences an outperform vote.
Summary
Regulus Therapeutics beats Alimera Sciences on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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