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OPKO Health (OPK) Competitors

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$1.51
-0.01 (-0.66%)
(As of 10/31/2024 ET)

OPK vs. PCRX, TARO, AVIR, ADCT, HRMY, FOLD, GERN, LGND, MYGN, and CLDX

Should you be buying OPKO Health stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of OPKO Health include Pacira BioSciences (PCRX), Taro Pharmaceutical Industries (TARO), Atea Pharmaceuticals (AVIR), ADC Therapeutics (ADCT), Harmony Biosciences (HRMY), Amicus Therapeutics (FOLD), Geron (GERN), Ligand Pharmaceuticals (LGND), Myriad Genetics (MYGN), and Celldex Therapeutics (CLDX). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

OPKO Health vs.

Pacira BioSciences (NASDAQ:PCRX) and OPKO Health (NASDAQ:OPK) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment and valuation.

Pacira BioSciences received 318 more outperform votes than OPKO Health when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.67% of users gave Pacira BioSciences an outperform vote while only 65.80% of users gave OPKO Health an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Pacira BioSciencesOutperform Votes
822
71.67%
Underperform Votes
325
28.33%
OPKO HealthOutperform Votes
504
65.80%
Underperform Votes
262
34.20%

99.7% of Pacira BioSciences shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.6% of OPKO Health shares are held by institutional investors. 6.4% of Pacira BioSciences shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 47.3% of OPKO Health 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.

Pacira BioSciences has a net margin of 9.21% compared to OPKO Health's net margin of -33.79%. Pacira BioSciences' return on equity of 13.22% beat OPKO Health's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Pacira BioSciences9.21% 13.22% 7.24%
OPKO Health -33.79%-17.67%-12.07%

Pacira BioSciences currently has a consensus target price of $24.20, suggesting a potential upside of 45.78%. OPKO Health has a consensus target price of $2.75, suggesting a potential upside of 82.12%. Given OPKO Health's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe OPKO Health is more favorable than Pacira BioSciences.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Pacira BioSciences
2 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20
OPKO Health
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, Pacira BioSciences had 2 more articles in the media than OPKO Health. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Pacira BioSciences and 2 mentions for OPKO Health. Pacira BioSciences' average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat OPKO Health's score of 0.70 indicating that Pacira BioSciences is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Pacira BioSciences
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
OPKO Health
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Pacira BioSciences has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OPKO Health has a beta of 1.63, indicating that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Pacira BioSciences has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Pacira BioSciences$690.31M1.12$41.96M$1.4311.61
OPKO Health$716.37M1.47-$188.86M-$0.35-4.31

Summary

Pacira BioSciences beats OPKO Health on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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OPK vs. The Competition

MetricOPKO HealthPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.05B$7.13B$5.37B$8.41B
Dividend YieldN/A8.77%5.23%4.20%
P/E Ratio-4.5816.12131.9117.69
Price / Sales1.47258.821,441.8380.21
Price / CashN/A50.1639.1233.56
Price / Book0.845.674.744.57
Net Income-$188.86M$151.43M$115.66M$225.49M
7 Day Performance7.86%-1.79%-0.88%-0.61%
1 Month Performance1.34%5.94%3.59%1.50%
1 Year Performance20.80%40.10%38.93%32.93%

OPKO Health Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
OPK
OPKO Health
4.5982 of 5 stars
$1.51
-0.7%
$2.75
+82.1%
+23.6%$1.05B$716.37M-4.583,930Upcoming Earnings
PCRX
Pacira BioSciences
4.7616 of 5 stars
$16.83
-1.1%
$24.20
+43.8%
-39.3%$776.37M$674.98M12.85720Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
TARO
Taro Pharmaceutical Industries
0.6089 of 5 stars
$42.97
flat
$43.00
+0.1%
N/A$1.62B$629.18M29.841,554Analyst Forecast
Negative News
AVIR
Atea Pharmaceuticals
3.753 of 5 stars
$3.35
-0.9%
$6.88
+105.4%
+5.8%$284.67M$351.37M-1.6070Short Interest ↓
ADCT
ADC Therapeutics
2.2586 of 5 stars
$2.95
+1.7%
$9.00
+205.6%
+318.1%$239.23M$66.75M-1.15310Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
HRMY
Harmony Biosciences
4.8984 of 5 stars
$34.50
+1.3%
$44.38
+28.6%
+71.5%$1.98B$582.02M17.69200Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Gap Down
FOLD
Amicus Therapeutics
4.4376 of 5 stars
$11.69
-0.6%
$17.13
+46.5%
+6.0%$3.46B$455.66M-29.97480Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Downgrade
GERN
Geron
3.9632 of 5 stars
$4.06
+1.5%
$6.94
+71.0%
+117.3%$2.41B$1.37M-11.28141Upcoming Earnings
LGND
Ligand Pharmaceuticals
4.9234 of 5 stars
$111.82
+0.7%
$134.40
+20.2%
+115.9%$2.04B$131.31M51.7780Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
MYGN
Myriad Genetics
4.4915 of 5 stars
$21.56
-1.1%
$28.91
+34.1%
+57.3%$1.96B$753.20M-11.912,700Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
CLDX
Celldex Therapeutics
2.0253 of 5 stars
$26.95
-4.2%
$62.25
+131.0%
+16.0%$1.85B$8.30M-9.84160Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:OPK) was last updated on 10/31/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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