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Amylyx Pharmaceuticals (AMLX) Competitors

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AMLX vs. KYMR, AMRX, XENE, ARWR, VKTX, CRNX, RARE, MOR, NAMS, and HCM

Should you be buying Amylyx Pharmaceuticals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Amylyx Pharmaceuticals include Kymera Therapeutics (KYMR), AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS (AMRX), Xenon Pharmaceuticals (XENE), Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals (ARWR), Viking Therapeutics (VKTX), Crinetics Pharmaceuticals (CRNX), Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical (RARE), MorphoSys (MOR), NewAmsterdam Pharma (NAMS), and HUTCHMED (HCM). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Amylyx Pharmaceuticals vs. Its Competitors

Amylyx Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:AMLX) and Kymera Therapeutics (NASDAQ:KYMR) are both medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, risk and profitability.

Amylyx Pharmaceuticals has a beta of -0.44, meaning that its share price is 144% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kymera Therapeutics has a beta of 2.17, meaning that its share price is 117% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Amylyx Pharmaceuticals has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Kymera Therapeutics' net margin of -616.03%. Kymera Therapeutics' return on equity of -31.60% beat Amylyx Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Amylyx PharmaceuticalsN/A -82.48% -70.15%
Kymera Therapeutics -616.03%-31.60%-27.12%

Kymera Therapeutics has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Amylyx Pharmaceuticals. Kymera Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amylyx Pharmaceuticals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Amylyx Pharmaceuticals$87.37M10.15-$301.74M-$2.50-3.98
Kymera Therapeutics$44.71M67.48-$223.86M-$3.47-12.16

In the previous week, Amylyx Pharmaceuticals had 5 more articles in the media than Kymera Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Amylyx Pharmaceuticals and 8 mentions for Kymera Therapeutics. Kymera Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Amylyx Pharmaceuticals' score of 0.96 indicating that Kymera Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Amylyx Pharmaceuticals
8 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Kymera Therapeutics
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

95.8% of Amylyx Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. 12.3% of Amylyx Pharmaceuticals shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.0% of Kymera Therapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Amylyx Pharmaceuticals currently has a consensus target price of $12.25, suggesting a potential upside of 23.12%. Kymera Therapeutics has a consensus target price of $58.76, suggesting a potential upside of 39.25%. Given Kymera Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Kymera Therapeutics is more favorable than Amylyx Pharmaceuticals.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Amylyx Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Kymera Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.11

Summary

Kymera Therapeutics beats Amylyx Pharmaceuticals on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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AMLX vs. The Competition

MetricAmylyx PharmaceuticalsMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$887.24M$2.54B$5.76B$9.91B
Dividend YieldN/A48.51%6.66%4.49%
P/E Ratio-3.9822.7183.0126.65
Price / Sales10.15538.47503.03163.66
Price / CashN/A26.3325.7028.92
Price / Book5.296.7910.796.52
Net Income-$301.74M$32.94M$3.29B$266.21M
7 Day Performance5.63%0.48%0.02%-0.76%
1 Month Performance25.00%6.61%7.06%3.83%
1 Year Performance376.08%-0.50%50.09%24.39%

Amylyx Pharmaceuticals Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AMLX
Amylyx Pharmaceuticals
2.7364 of 5 stars
$9.95
+1.1%
$12.25
+23.1%
+355.6%$887.24M$87.37M-3.98200News Coverage
KYMR
Kymera Therapeutics
3.4778 of 5 stars
$41.82
-5.2%
$59.11
+41.3%
-6.5%$3.15B$47.07M0.00170News Coverage
Positive News
AMRX
AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS
3.0532 of 5 stars
$9.28
-3.2%
$11.60
+25.0%
+12.4%$3.01B$2.79B14.318,100Positive News
XENE
Xenon Pharmaceuticals
2.6972 of 5 stars
$38.14
-1.8%
$53.20
+39.5%
-3.3%$2.99B$9.43M0.00210News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
ARWR
Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals
4.2146 of 5 stars
$20.71
-2.9%
$43.14
+108.3%
+21.3%$2.95B$3.55M-16.18400News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
VKTX
Viking Therapeutics
4.2763 of 5 stars
$25.85
-0.6%
$86.92
+236.3%
-54.1%$2.92BN/A-16.9020Positive News
Analyst Revision
CRNX
Crinetics Pharmaceuticals
3.7079 of 5 stars
$30.09
-2.7%
$68.86
+128.8%
-33.4%$2.91B$1.04M-7.32210News Coverage
Positive News
RARE
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical
4.5141 of 5 stars
$29.27
-1.7%
$81.50
+178.4%
-43.4%$2.87B$560.23M-5.291,294News Coverage
MOR
MorphoSys
N/A$18.96
flat
N/AN/A$2.86B$238.28M-5.45730
NAMS
NewAmsterdam Pharma
3.8296 of 5 stars
$24.70
-1.2%
$41.55
+68.2%
+56.4%$2.82B$45.56M0.004News Coverage
HCM
HUTCHMED
2.0467 of 5 stars
$15.93
-1.1%
$28.00
+75.8%
-12.4%$2.81B$630.20M0.001,811

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