MD vs. RGNX, SAGE, ALXO, RLAY, BLFS, ELVN, CTKB, SPRY, CGC, and PLRX
Should you be buying Pediatrix Medical Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pediatrix Medical Group include REGENXBIO (RGNX), Sage Therapeutics (SAGE), ALX Oncology (ALXO), Relay Therapeutics (RLAY), BioLife Solutions (BLFS), Enliven Therapeutics (ELVN), Cytek Biosciences (CTKB), ARS Pharmaceuticals (SPRY), Canopy Growth (CGC), and Pliant Therapeutics (PLRX). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
REGENXBIO (NASDAQ:RGNX) and Pediatrix Medical Group (NYSE:MD) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings and dividends.
REGENXBIO has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pediatrix Medical Group has a beta of 1.58, indicating that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Pediatrix Medical Group has a net margin of -3.03% compared to Pediatrix Medical Group's net margin of -291.99%. REGENXBIO's return on equity of 10.35% beat Pediatrix Medical Group's return on equity.
88.1% of REGENXBIO shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.7% of Pediatrix Medical Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.1% of REGENXBIO shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Pediatrix Medical Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Pediatrix Medical Group has higher revenue and earnings than REGENXBIO. Pediatrix Medical Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than REGENXBIO, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Pediatrix Medical Group received 77 more outperform votes than REGENXBIO when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.89% of users gave REGENXBIO an outperform vote while only 61.35% of users gave Pediatrix Medical Group an outperform vote.
REGENXBIO presently has a consensus target price of $38.45, suggesting a potential upside of 137.52%. Pediatrix Medical Group has a consensus target price of $10.30, suggesting a potential upside of 13.94%. Given Pediatrix Medical Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe REGENXBIO is more favorable than Pediatrix Medical Group.
In the previous week, REGENXBIO and REGENXBIO both had 2 articles in the media. Pediatrix Medical Group's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat REGENXBIO's score of 0.45 indicating that REGENXBIO is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Pediatrix Medical Group beats REGENXBIO on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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