INSM vs. PBH, AXSM, RARE, CBAY, BHVN, HCM, FOLD, BHC, XENE, and CRNX
Should you be buying Insmed stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Insmed include Prestige Consumer Healthcare (PBH), Axsome Therapeutics (AXSM), Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical (RARE), CymaBay Therapeutics (CBAY), Biohaven (BHVN), HUTCHMED (HCM), Amicus Therapeutics (FOLD), Bausch Health Companies (BHC), Xenon Pharmaceuticals (XENE), and Crinetics Pharmaceuticals (CRNX). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
Insmed (NASDAQ:INSM) and Prestige Consumer Healthcare (NYSE:PBH) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and profitability.
In the previous week, Insmed had 1 more articles in the media than Prestige Consumer Healthcare. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Insmed and 8 mentions for Prestige Consumer Healthcare. Prestige Consumer Healthcare's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Insmed's score of 0.62 indicating that Prestige Consumer Healthcare is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
100.0% of Prestige Consumer Healthcare shares are held by institutional investors. 4.6% of Insmed shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Prestige Consumer Healthcare shares are held by 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.
Prestige Consumer Healthcare has higher revenue and earnings than Insmed. Prestige Consumer Healthcare is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Insmed, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Prestige Consumer Healthcare has a net margin of -7.11% compared to Insmed's net margin of -245.59%. Prestige Consumer Healthcare's return on equity of 14.09% beat Insmed's return on equity.
Insmed has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Prestige Consumer Healthcare has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Insmed presently has a consensus price target of $44.92, suggesting a potential upside of 79.67%. Prestige Consumer Healthcare has a consensus price target of $110.00, suggesting a potential upside of 53.33%. Given Insmed's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Insmed is more favorable than Prestige Consumer Healthcare.
Insmed received 19 more outperform votes than Prestige Consumer Healthcare when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.67% of users gave Prestige Consumer Healthcare an outperform vote while only 64.73% of users gave Insmed an outperform vote.
Summary
Insmed and Prestige Consumer Healthcare tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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