ALKS vs. MDGL, FOLD, GERN, IONS, AGIO, DVAX, LGND, IRWD, PCRX, and MNKD
Should you be buying Alkermes stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alkermes include Madrigal Pharmaceuticals (MDGL), Amicus Therapeutics (FOLD), Geron (GERN), Ionis Pharmaceuticals (IONS), Agios Pharmaceuticals (AGIO), Dynavax Technologies (DVAX), Ligand Pharmaceuticals (LGND), Ironwood Pharmaceuticals (IRWD), Pacira BioSciences (PCRX), and MannKind (MNKD). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
Alkermes (NASDAQ:ALKS) and Madrigal Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:MDGL) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.
Alkermes has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Madrigal Pharmaceuticals has a beta of -0.33, meaning that its stock price is 133% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Alkermes has a net margin of 25.17% compared to Madrigal Pharmaceuticals' net margin of 0.00%. Alkermes' return on equity of 20.31% beat Madrigal Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.
Alkermes presently has a consensus price target of $35.38, indicating a potential upside of 46.48%. Madrigal Pharmaceuticals has a consensus price target of $356.73, indicating a potential upside of 73.79%. Given Madrigal Pharmaceuticals' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Madrigal Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than Alkermes.
Alkermes has higher revenue and earnings than Madrigal Pharmaceuticals. Madrigal Pharmaceuticals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alkermes, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Alkermes received 238 more outperform votes than Madrigal Pharmaceuticals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.69% of users gave Alkermes an outperform vote while only 68.56% of users gave Madrigal Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote.
95.2% of Alkermes shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.5% of Madrigal Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. 4.8% of Alkermes shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 23.9% of Madrigal Pharmaceuticals shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Alkermes had 3 more articles in the media than Madrigal Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Alkermes and 14 mentions for Madrigal Pharmaceuticals. Madrigal Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 0.23 beat Alkermes' score of 0.16 indicating that Madrigal Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Alkermes beats Madrigal Pharmaceuticals on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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