ACRS vs. PHAT, RLAY, ABUS, TNGX, CDXC, DNTH, MENS, MGTX, UPB, and XNCR
Should you be buying Aclaris Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aclaris Therapeutics include Phathom Pharmaceuticals (PHAT), Relay Therapeutics (RLAY), Arbutus Biopharma (ABUS), Tango Therapeutics (TNGX), ChromaDex (CDXC), Dianthus Therapeutics (DNTH), Jyong Biotech (MENS), MeiraGTx (MGTX), Upstream Bio (UPB), and Xencor (XNCR). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.
Aclaris Therapeutics vs. Its Competitors
Phathom Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:PHAT) and Aclaris Therapeutics (NASDAQ:ACRS) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, earnings and risk.
Aclaris Therapeutics has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Phathom Pharmaceuticals. Phathom Pharmaceuticals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aclaris Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Aclaris Therapeutics had 1 more articles in the media than Phathom Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Aclaris Therapeutics and 1 mentions for Phathom Pharmaceuticals. Aclaris Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Phathom Pharmaceuticals' score of 0.00 indicating that Aclaris Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
99.0% of Phathom Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.3% of Aclaris Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. 23.0% of Phathom Pharmaceuticals shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of Aclaris Therapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Phathom Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.45, suggesting that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aclaris Therapeutics has a beta of 0.38, suggesting that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Phathom Pharmaceuticals has a net margin of -422.42% compared to Aclaris Therapeutics' net margin of -732.42%. Phathom Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of 0.00% beat Aclaris Therapeutics' return on equity.
Phathom Pharmaceuticals presently has a consensus target price of $17.50, indicating a potential upside of 86.77%. Aclaris Therapeutics has a consensus target price of $9.71, indicating a potential upside of 530.80%. Given Aclaris Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Aclaris Therapeutics is more favorable than Phathom Pharmaceuticals.
Summary
Aclaris Therapeutics beats Phathom Pharmaceuticals on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:ACRS) was last updated on 7/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
