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
Aclaris Therapeutics (NASDAQ:ACRS) and Phathom Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:PHAT) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings and media sentiment.
Aclaris Therapeutics currently has a consensus price target of $9.71, indicating a potential upside of 530.80%. Phathom Pharmaceuticals has a consensus price target of $17.50, indicating a potential upside of 86.77%. Given Aclaris Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Aclaris Therapeutics is more favorable than Phathom Pharmaceuticals.
Aclaris Therapeutics has a beta of 0.38, suggesting that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Phathom Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.45, suggesting that its share price is 55% 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.
Aclaris Therapeutics has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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 and Aclaris Therapeutics both had 1 articles in the media. 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 media.
98.3% of Aclaris Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.0% of Phathom Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.4% of Aclaris Therapeutics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.0% of Phathom Pharmaceuticals shares are owned 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.
Summary
Aclaris Therapeutics beats Phathom Pharmaceuticals on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ACRS) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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