PCRX vs. OPK, AGIO, ALXO, AVIR, PRGO, CORT, SUPN, NKTR, OMER, and ASMB
Should you be buying Pacira BioSciences stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pacira BioSciences include OPKO Health (OPK), Agios Pharmaceuticals (AGIO), ALX Oncology (ALXO), Atea Pharmaceuticals (AVIR), Perrigo (PRGO), Corcept Therapeutics (CORT), Supernus Pharmaceuticals (SUPN), Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR), Omeros (OMER), and Assembly Biosciences (ASMB). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
OPKO Health (NASDAQ:OPK) and Pacira BioSciences (NASDAQ:PCRX) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations and valuation.
In the previous week, Pacira BioSciences had 3 more articles in the media than OPKO Health. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Pacira BioSciences and 3 mentions for OPKO Health. OPKO Health's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Pacira BioSciences' score of 0.21 indicating that Pacira BioSciences is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Pacira BioSciences has a net margin of 10.34% compared to Pacira BioSciences' net margin of -31.44%. OPKO Health's return on equity of 12.98% beat Pacira BioSciences' return on equity.
Pacira BioSciences has lower revenue, but higher earnings than OPKO Health. OPKO Health is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pacira BioSciences, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Pacira BioSciences received 312 more outperform votes than OPKO Health when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.81% of users gave Pacira BioSciences an outperform vote while only 65.61% of users gave OPKO Health an outperform vote.
OPKO Health currently has a consensus price target of $3.17, indicating a potential upside of 145.48%. Pacira BioSciences has a consensus price target of $47.40, indicating a potential upside of 65.91%. Given Pacira BioSciences' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe OPKO Health is more favorable than Pacira BioSciences.
OPKO Health has a beta of 1.76, indicating that its stock price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pacira BioSciences has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
64.6% of OPKO Health shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.7% of Pacira BioSciences shares are owned by institutional investors. 47.3% of OPKO Health shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of Pacira BioSciences shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Pacira BioSciences beats OPKO Health on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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