ACAD vs. MLTX, MOR, EVO, SMMT, IDYA, JANX, INDV, ARWR, CRNX, and XENE
Should you be buying ACADIA Pharmaceuticals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ACADIA Pharmaceuticals include MoonLake Immunotherapeutics (MLTX), MorphoSys (MOR), Evotec (EVO), Summit Therapeutics (SMMT), IDEAYA Biosciences (IDYA), Janux Therapeutics (JANX), Indivior (INDV), Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals (ARWR), Crinetics Pharmaceuticals (CRNX), and Xenon Pharmaceuticals (XENE). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
MoonLake Immunotherapeutics (NASDAQ:MLTX) and ACADIA Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ACAD) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
MoonLake Immunotherapeutics has a net margin of 0.00% compared to MoonLake Immunotherapeutics' net margin of -8.44%. ACADIA Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of -9.22% beat MoonLake Immunotherapeutics' return on equity.
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals received 826 more outperform votes than MoonLake Immunotherapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.27% of users gave MoonLake Immunotherapeutics an outperform vote while only 73.07% of users gave ACADIA Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote.
MoonLake Immunotherapeutics has higher earnings, but lower revenue than ACADIA Pharmaceuticals. MoonLake Immunotherapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, ACADIA Pharmaceuticals had 5 more articles in the media than MoonLake Immunotherapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for ACADIA Pharmaceuticals and 5 mentions for MoonLake Immunotherapeutics. ACADIA Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat MoonLake Immunotherapeutics' score of -0.09 indicating that MoonLake Immunotherapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
MoonLake Immunotherapeutics currently has a consensus target price of $74.46, indicating a potential upside of 75.20%. ACADIA Pharmaceuticals has a consensus target price of $35.82, indicating a potential upside of 116.59%. Given MoonLake Immunotherapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ACADIA Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than MoonLake Immunotherapeutics.
93.9% of MoonLake Immunotherapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.7% of ACADIA Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. 15.3% of MoonLake Immunotherapeutics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 27.5% of ACADIA Pharmaceuticals shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
MoonLake Immunotherapeutics has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ACADIA Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.37, indicating that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals beats MoonLake Immunotherapeutics on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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