HIK vs. HCM, INDV, AMYT, AGY, APH, ANCR, BXP, DNL, EAH, and STX
Should you be buying Hikma Pharmaceuticals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hikma Pharmaceuticals include HUTCHMED (HCM), Indivior (INDV), Amryt Pharma (AMYT), Allergy Therapeutics (AGY), Alliance Pharma (APH), Animalcare Group (ANCR), Beximco Pharmaceuticals (BXP), Diurnal Group (DNL), ECO Animal Health Group (EAH), and Shield Therapeutics (STX). These companies are all part of the "drug manufacturers - specialty & generic" industry.
Hikma Pharmaceuticals vs.
Hikma Pharmaceuticals (LON:HIK) and HUTCHMED (LON:HCM) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, earnings, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.
Hikma Pharmaceuticals has higher revenue and earnings than HUTCHMED. HUTCHMED is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hikma Pharmaceuticals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Hikma Pharmaceuticals and Hikma Pharmaceuticals both had 1 articles in the media. Hikma Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat HUTCHMED's score of 0.00 indicating that Hikma Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Hikma Pharmaceuticals received 604 more outperform votes than HUTCHMED when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 78.40% of users gave HUTCHMED an outperform vote while only 70.55% of users gave Hikma Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote.
Hikma Pharmaceuticals has a net margin of 9.45% compared to HUTCHMED's net margin of -6.87%. Hikma Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of 12.88% beat HUTCHMED's return on equity.
42.1% of Hikma Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.5% of HUTCHMED shares are held by institutional investors. 30.5% of Hikma Pharmaceuticals shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 39.0% of HUTCHMED shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Hikma Pharmaceuticals currently has a consensus price target of GBX 2,325, indicating a potential upside of 25.20%. Given Hikma Pharmaceuticals' higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Hikma Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than HUTCHMED.
Hikma Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.41, meaning that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HUTCHMED has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Hikma Pharmaceuticals beats HUTCHMED on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:HIK) was last updated on 10/31/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff