HCM vs. ITH, SOPH, INDV, GRI, SLS, ERGO, SLN, AMYT, BMY, and OGN
Should you be buying HUTCHMED stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HUTCHMED include Ithaca Energy (ITH), Sophos Group plc (SOPH.L) (SOPH), Indivior (INDV), Grainger (GRI), Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust (SLS), Ergomed (ERGO), Silence Therapeutics (SLN), Amryt Pharma (AMYT), Bloomsbury Publishing (BMY), and Origin Enterprises (OGN). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.
HUTCHMED vs. Its Competitors
HUTCHMED (LON:HCM) and Ithaca Energy (LON:ITH) are both mid-cap pharmaceutical products companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation and earnings.
2.2% of HUTCHMED shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.8% of Ithaca Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of HUTCHMED shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Ithaca Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Ithaca Energy has a net margin of 6.48% compared to HUTCHMED's net margin of -6.87%. Ithaca Energy's return on equity of 4.55% beat HUTCHMED's return on equity.
Ithaca Energy has higher revenue and earnings than HUTCHMED. Ithaca Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HUTCHMED, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Ithaca Energy had 23 more articles in the media than HUTCHMED. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Ithaca Energy and 1 mentions for HUTCHMED. Ithaca Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat HUTCHMED's score of -0.25 indicating that Ithaca Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Ithaca Energy beats HUTCHMED on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:HCM) was last updated on 9/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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