AKYA vs. QTRX, SENS, NAUT, KEQU, FEIM, SEER, OPTX, MASS, OWLT, and CLIR
Should you be buying Akoya Biosciences stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Akoya Biosciences include Quanterix (QTRX), Senseonics (SENS), Nautilus Biotechnology (NAUT), Kewaunee Scientific (KEQU), Frequency Electronics (FEIM), Seer (SEER), Syntec Optics (OPTX), 908 Devices (MASS), Owlet (OWLT), and ClearSign Technologies (CLIR). These companies are all part of the "measuring and control equipment" industry.
Akoya Biosciences vs.
Akoya Biosciences (NASDAQ:AKYA) and Quanterix (NASDAQ:QTRX) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, risk and analyst recommendations.
Quanterix received 235 more outperform votes than Akoya Biosciences when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.56% of users gave Quanterix an outperform vote while only 60.71% of users gave Akoya Biosciences an outperform vote.
Quanterix has a net margin of -30.71% compared to Akoya Biosciences' net margin of -66.77%. Quanterix's return on equity of -11.52% beat Akoya Biosciences' return on equity.
In the previous week, Quanterix had 10 more articles in the media than Akoya Biosciences. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Quanterix and 16 mentions for Akoya Biosciences. Akoya Biosciences' average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Quanterix's score of 0.33 indicating that Akoya Biosciences is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Akoya Biosciences has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Quanterix has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Quanterix has higher revenue and earnings than Akoya Biosciences. Quanterix is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Akoya Biosciences, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
79.4% of Akoya Biosciences shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.5% of Quanterix shares are held by institutional investors. 7.3% of Akoya Biosciences shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.9% of Quanterix shares are held by 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.
Akoya Biosciences presently has a consensus target price of $5.43, suggesting a potential upside of 85.28%. Quanterix has a consensus target price of $23.25, suggesting a potential upside of 155.21%. Given Quanterix's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Quanterix is more favorable than Akoya Biosciences.
Summary
Quanterix beats Akoya Biosciences on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:AKYA) was last updated on 1/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
