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ACADIA Pharmaceuticals (ACAD) Competitors

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$20.88 -0.07 (-0.33%)
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ACAD vs. ITCI, GMAB, RDY, QGEN, MRNA, ASND, VTRS, BPMC, BBIO, and VRNA

Should you be buying ACADIA Pharmaceuticals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ACADIA Pharmaceuticals include Intra-Cellular Therapies (ITCI), Genmab A/S (GMAB), Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (RDY), Qiagen (QGEN), Moderna (MRNA), Ascendis Pharma A/S (ASND), Viatris (VTRS), Blueprint Medicines (BPMC), BridgeBio Pharma (BBIO), and Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share (VRNA). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals vs. Its Competitors

Intra-Cellular Therapies (NASDAQ:ITCI) and ACADIA Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ACAD) are both medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, valuation and profitability.

Intra-Cellular Therapies presently has a consensus price target of $109.70, indicating a potential downside of 16.81%. ACADIA Pharmaceuticals has a consensus price target of $27.88, indicating a potential upside of 33.50%. Given ACADIA Pharmaceuticals' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ACADIA Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than Intra-Cellular Therapies.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Intra-Cellular Therapies
0 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.17
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71

In the previous week, ACADIA Pharmaceuticals had 6 more articles in the media than Intra-Cellular Therapies. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for ACADIA Pharmaceuticals and 0 mentions for Intra-Cellular Therapies. ACADIA Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Intra-Cellular Therapies' score of 0.00 indicating that ACADIA Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Intra-Cellular Therapies Neutral
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Positive

92.3% of Intra-Cellular Therapies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.7% of ACADIA Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Intra-Cellular Therapies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 28.3% of ACADIA Pharmaceuticals shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Intra-Cellular Therapies has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ACADIA Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals has higher revenue and earnings than Intra-Cellular Therapies. Intra-Cellular Therapies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Intra-Cellular Therapies$680.50M20.64-$139.67M-$0.73-180.64
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals$957.80M3.65$226.45M$1.3715.24

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals has a net margin of 22.97% compared to Intra-Cellular Therapies' net margin of -14.07%. ACADIA Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of 17.46% beat Intra-Cellular Therapies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Intra-Cellular Therapies-14.07% -9.93% -8.38%
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals 22.97%17.46%10.75%

Summary

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals beats Intra-Cellular Therapies on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ACAD vs. The Competition

MetricACADIA PharmaceuticalsMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.49B$2.86B$5.45B$8.93B
Dividend YieldN/A2.44%5.22%4.01%
P/E Ratio15.2420.4427.2420.06
Price / Sales3.65283.79426.37117.54
Price / Cash29.7241.7026.2128.59
Price / Book4.757.397.925.56
Net Income$226.45M-$55.04M$3.17B$248.56M
7 Day Performance-3.20%3.43%4.40%7.56%
1 Month Performance-5.00%0.16%2.64%8.54%
1 Year Performance29.45%4.49%35.04%21.81%

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ACAD
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals
4.6726 of 5 stars
$20.88
-0.3%
$27.88
+33.5%
+29.9%$3.49B$957.80M15.24510
ITCI
Intra-Cellular Therapies
0.9401 of 5 stars
$131.87
flat
$109.70
-16.8%
N/A$14.05B$680.50M-151.57560
GMAB
Genmab A/S
3.8546 of 5 stars
$20.66
+0.8%
$37.60
+82.0%
-20.1%$13.25B$3.12B11.742,682
RDY
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
2.6856 of 5 stars
$15.03
-0.3%
$16.95
+12.8%
-3.4%$12.55B$3.81B22.7727,811
QGEN
Qiagen
3.855 of 5 stars
$48.07
+0.6%
$49.40
+2.8%
+21.0%$10.69B$1.98B120.525,765Dividend Announcement
MRNA
Moderna
4.3693 of 5 stars
$27.59
+1.6%
$46.61
+68.9%
-74.2%$10.67B$3.24B-3.165,800
ASND
Ascendis Pharma A/S
3.4707 of 5 stars
$172.60
+0.2%
$220.67
+27.8%
+28.2%$10.55B$393.54M-27.481,017Positive News
VTRS
Viatris
2.6575 of 5 stars
$8.93
-0.9%
$10.40
+16.5%
-10.4%$10.48B$14.74B-2.8232,000
BPMC
Blueprint Medicines
1.3772 of 5 stars
$128.18
+0.1%
$128.06
-0.1%
+14.8%$8.28B$562.12M-51.89640
BBIO
BridgeBio Pharma
4.668 of 5 stars
$43.18
-3.7%
$58.85
+36.3%
+69.7%$8.20B$221.90M-12.23400High Trading Volume
VRNA
Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share
2.7655 of 5 stars
$94.58
+0.8%
$101.10
+6.9%
+466.0%$8.05B$42.28M-47.2930Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:ACAD) was last updated on 7/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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