AKBA vs. MRUS, ACLX, ACAD, SWTX, RARE, AAPG, PTGX, RNA, SRRK, and MLTX
Should you be buying Akebia Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Akebia Therapeutics include Merus (MRUS), Arcellx (ACLX), ACADIA Pharmaceuticals (ACAD), SpringWorks Therapeutics (SWTX), Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical (RARE), Ascentage Pharma Group International (AAPG), Protagonist Therapeutics (PTGX), Avidity Biosciences (RNA), Scholar Rock (SRRK), and MoonLake Immunotherapeutics (MLTX). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.
Akebia Therapeutics vs. Its Competitors
Akebia Therapeutics (NASDAQ:AKBA) and Merus (NASDAQ:MRUS) are both medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation and dividends.
33.9% of Akebia Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Merus shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Akebia Therapeutics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of Merus shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Akebia Therapeutics has higher revenue and earnings than Merus. Akebia Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Merus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Akebia Therapeutics presently has a consensus price target of $6.75, indicating a potential upside of 87.24%. Merus has a consensus price target of $84.64, indicating a potential upside of 57.20%. Given Akebia Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Akebia Therapeutics is more favorable than Merus.
Akebia Therapeutics has a net margin of -24.51% compared to Merus' net margin of -506.73%. Akebia Therapeutics' return on equity of 0.00% beat Merus' return on equity.
Akebia Therapeutics has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Merus has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Akebia Therapeutics had 6 more articles in the media than Merus. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Akebia Therapeutics and 2 mentions for Merus. Akebia Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Merus' score of 0.56 indicating that Akebia Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Akebia Therapeutics beats Merus on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:AKBA) was last updated on 7/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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