HCM vs. ITH, SOPH, INDV, GRI, SLS, ERGO, SLN, AMYT, OGN, and BMY
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), Origin Enterprises (OGN), and Bloomsbury Publishing (BMY). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.
HUTCHMED vs. Its Competitors
Ithaca Energy (LON:ITH) and HUTCHMED (LON:HCM) are both mid-cap pharmaceutical products companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment and dividends.
3.7% of Ithaca Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.5% of HUTCHMED shares are held by institutional investors. 89.6% of Ithaca Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 39.0% of HUTCHMED 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.
In the previous week, Ithaca Energy had 1 more articles in the media than HUTCHMED. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Ithaca Energy and 1 mentions for HUTCHMED. Ithaca Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat HUTCHMED's score of 0.00 indicating that Ithaca Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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. HUTCHMED is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ithaca Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Ithaca Energy beats HUTCHMED on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:HCM) was last updated on 8/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff