GTXI vs. MACK, RIGL, VSTM, RGLS, VNDA, XOMA, EBS, LXRX, ACRV, and TRVI
Should you be buying GTX stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GTX include Merrimack Pharmaceuticals (MACK), Rigel Pharmaceuticals (RIGL), Verastem (VSTM), Regulus Therapeutics (RGLS), Vanda Pharmaceuticals (VNDA), XOMA (XOMA), Emergent BioSolutions (EBS), Lexicon Pharmaceuticals (LXRX), Acrivon Therapeutics (ACRV), and Trevi Therapeutics (TRVI). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Merrimack Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:MACK) and GTX (NASDAQ:GTXI) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, valuation, community ranking and earnings.
In the previous week, GTX had 6 more articles in the media than Merrimack Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for GTX and 1 mentions for Merrimack Pharmaceuticals. GTX's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Merrimack Pharmaceuticals'average media sentiment score.
GTX's return on equity of -6.24% beat Merrimack Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.
64.0% of Merrimack Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.5% of GTX shares are held by institutional investors. 30.6% of Merrimack Pharmaceuticals shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 40.9% of GTX shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Merrimack Pharmaceuticals received 85 more outperform votes than GTX when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.60% of users gave GTX an outperform vote while only 67.00% of users gave Merrimack Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote.
Merrimack Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GTX has a beta of 2.22, suggesting that its stock price is 122% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Merrimack Pharmaceuticals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GTX, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Merrimack Pharmaceuticals beats GTX on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
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