ARCT vs. STOK, PRTC, AUPH, LBPH, IMNM, TNGX, ZNTL, NRIX, IRON, and PRAX
Should you be buying Arcturus Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Arcturus Therapeutics include Stoke Therapeutics (STOK), PureTech Health (PRTC), Aurinia Pharmaceuticals (AUPH), Longboard Pharmaceuticals (LBPH), Immunome (IMNM), Tango Therapeutics (TNGX), Zentalis Pharmaceuticals (ZNTL), Nurix Therapeutics (NRIX), Disc Medicine (IRON), and Praxis Precision Medicines (PRAX). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Arcturus Therapeutics (NASDAQ:ARCT) and Stoke Therapeutics (NASDAQ:STOK) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk and profitability.
94.5% of Arcturus Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. 13.8% of Arcturus Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.3% of Stoke Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Arcturus Therapeutics received 328 more outperform votes than Stoke Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.99% of users gave Stoke Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 65.44% of users gave Arcturus Therapeutics an outperform vote.
Arcturus Therapeutics currently has a consensus price target of $64.86, indicating a potential upside of 113.28%. Stoke Therapeutics has a consensus price target of $20.57, indicating a potential upside of 42.76%. Given Arcturus Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Arcturus Therapeutics is more favorable than Stoke Therapeutics.
Arcturus Therapeutics has higher revenue and earnings than Stoke Therapeutics. Arcturus Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stoke Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Arcturus Therapeutics had 2 more articles in the media than Stoke Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Arcturus Therapeutics and 6 mentions for Stoke Therapeutics. Arcturus Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Stoke Therapeutics' score of 0.72 indicating that Arcturus Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Stoke Therapeutics has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Arcturus Therapeutics' net margin of -81.59%. Arcturus Therapeutics' return on equity of -37.61% beat Stoke Therapeutics' return on equity.
Arcturus Therapeutics has a beta of 2.65, suggesting that its stock price is 165% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stoke Therapeutics has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Arcturus Therapeutics beats Stoke Therapeutics on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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