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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 contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, dividends, profitability, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

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 0.51 beat Phathom Pharmaceuticals' score of 0.00 indicating that Aclaris Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Phathom Pharmaceuticals
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Aclaris Therapeutics
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Phathom Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.45, indicating that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aclaris Therapeutics has a beta of 0.38, indicating that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.

99.0% of Phathom Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.3% of Aclaris Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. 24.1% of Phathom Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of Aclaris Therapeutics shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Phathom Pharmaceuticals presently has a consensus price target of $17.50, suggesting a potential upside of 86.37%. Aclaris Therapeutics has a consensus price target of $9.71, suggesting a potential upside of 528.76%. Given Aclaris Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Aclaris Therapeutics is more favorable than Phathom Pharmaceuticals.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Phathom Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Aclaris Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.11

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Phathom Pharmaceuticals-422.42% N/A -90.11%
Aclaris Therapeutics -732.42%-30.73%-22.74%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Phathom Pharmaceuticals$55.25M11.86-$334.33M-$5.24-1.79
Aclaris Therapeutics$17.78M9.41-$132.07M-$1.39-1.11

Summary

Aclaris Therapeutics beats Phathom Pharmaceuticals on 9 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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ACRS vs. The Competition

MetricAclaris TherapeuticsMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$167.29M$2.71B$5.54B$8.99B
Dividend YieldN/A1.79%5.25%4.04%
P/E Ratio-1.119.2127.5520.17
Price / Sales9.41756.79432.66125.29
Price / CashN/A159.8036.8257.86
Price / Book1.074.618.105.60
Net Income-$132.07M$31.26M$3.17B$248.58M
7 Day Performance6.55%7.02%4.21%5.33%
1 Month Performance3.69%4.25%3.85%7.26%
1 Year Performance22.62%3.67%34.49%21.87%

Aclaris Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ACRS
Aclaris Therapeutics
2.4132 of 5 stars
$1.55
+6.6%
$9.71
+528.8%
+14.2%$167.29M$17.78M-1.11100
PHAT
Phathom Pharmaceuticals
3.3234 of 5 stars
$8.66
-2.9%
$17.50
+102.1%
-13.5%$622.74M$55.25M-1.65110
RLAY
Relay Therapeutics
2.5494 of 5 stars
$3.55
-2.2%
$17.67
+397.7%
-44.6%$622.34M$10.01M-1.59330Positive News
ABUS
Arbutus Biopharma
1.4563 of 5 stars
$3.14
-3.1%
$5.50
+75.2%
-2.5%$620.55M$6.17M-7.6690
TNGX
Tango Therapeutics
2.0613 of 5 stars
$5.43
-4.7%
$12.20
+124.7%
-35.8%$617.85M$40.99M-4.4590
CDXC
ChromaDex
3.2005 of 5 stars
N/A$9.03
+∞
N/A$611.50M$99.60M787.29120
DNTH
Dianthus Therapeutics
1.8306 of 5 stars
$18.25
-3.2%
$53.00
+190.4%
-35.4%$606.22M$6.24M-6.3480
MENS
Jyong Biotech
N/A$7.81
-1.6%
N/AN/A$603.66MN/A0.0031Gap Up
High Trading Volume
MGTX
MeiraGTx
4.5075 of 5 stars
$7.74
+3.1%
$24.00
+210.1%
+97.3%$603.54M$33.28M-3.34300News Coverage
Insider Trade
UPB
Upstream Bio
1.837 of 5 stars
$10.98
-2.0%
$56.50
+414.6%
N/A$602.49M$2.37M0.0038News Coverage
XNCR
Xencor
4.0012 of 5 stars
$7.94
-5.7%
$28.00
+252.6%
-54.5%$599.26M$110.49M-2.59280

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This page (NASDAQ:ACRS) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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