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Aquinox Pharmaceuticals (AQXP) Competitors

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AQXP vs. IRON, BHC, ARQT, BHVN, SDGR, EWTX, JANX, ETNB, DYN, and SPRY

Should you be buying Aquinox Pharmaceuticals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aquinox Pharmaceuticals include Disc Medicine (IRON), Bausch Health Companies (BHC), Arcutis Biotherapeutics (ARQT), Biohaven (BHVN), Schrödinger (SDGR), Edgewise Therapeutics (EWTX), Janux Therapeutics (JANX), 89bio (ETNB), Dyne Therapeutics (DYN), and ARS Pharmaceuticals (SPRY). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Aquinox Pharmaceuticals vs.

Disc Medicine (NASDAQ:IRON) and Aquinox Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:AQXP) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Disc Medicine has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aquinox Pharmaceuticals has a beta of -7.37, indicating that its stock price is 837% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Aquinox Pharmaceuticals has higher revenue and earnings than Disc Medicine.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Disc MedicineN/AN/A-$76.43M-$3.92-12.76
Aquinox Pharmaceuticals$25M20.56-$31.58MN/AN/A

In the previous week, Disc Medicine had 6 more articles in the media than Aquinox Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Disc Medicine and 0 mentions for Aquinox Pharmaceuticals. Disc Medicine's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Aquinox Pharmaceuticals' score of 0.00 indicating that Disc Medicine is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Disc Medicine Positive
Aquinox Pharmaceuticals Neutral

Disc Medicine currently has a consensus target price of $98.80, indicating a potential upside of 97.52%. Given Disc Medicine's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Disc Medicine is more favorable than Aquinox Pharmaceuticals.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Disc Medicine
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.09
Aquinox Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

83.7% of Disc Medicine shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.7% of Aquinox Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. 4.2% of Disc Medicine shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of Aquinox Pharmaceuticals shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Aquinox Pharmaceuticals received 240 more outperform votes than Disc Medicine when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 85.51% of users gave Disc Medicine an outperform vote while only 71.88% of users gave Aquinox Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Disc MedicineOutperform Votes
59
85.51%
Underperform Votes
10
14.49%
Aquinox PharmaceuticalsOutperform Votes
299
71.88%
Underperform Votes
117
28.13%

Disc Medicine's return on equity of -25.24% beat Aquinox Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Disc MedicineN/A -25.24% -23.96%
Aquinox Pharmaceuticals N/A -30.13%-28.08%

Summary

Disc Medicine beats Aquinox Pharmaceuticals on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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AQXP vs. The Competition

MetricAquinox PharmaceuticalsPharmaceutical Preparations IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$513.88M$6.72B$5.52B$8.58B
Dividend YieldN/A2.49%5.27%4.18%
P/E RatioN/A8.7027.3020.13
Price / Sales20.56249.96414.54162.07
Price / CashN/A65.8538.2534.64
Price / Book7.066.586.984.69
Net Income-$31.58M$143.49M$3.23B$248.08M

Aquinox Pharmaceuticals Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AQXP
Aquinox Pharmaceuticals
N/A$21.83
-4.8%
N/A-42.4%$513.88M$25M0.008
IRON
Disc Medicine
1.9217 of 5 stars
$47.73
+2.2%
$98.80
+107.0%
+27.9%$1.65BN/A-11.9930Positive News
BHC
Bausch Health Companies
4.6605 of 5 stars
$4.49
-1.0%
$7.42
+65.4%
-24.2%$1.64B$9.73B-37.3719,900Positive News
Short Interest ↓
ARQT
Arcutis Biotherapeutics
2.2066 of 5 stars
$13.48
+3.4%
$18.80
+39.5%
+98.5%$1.61B$212.82M-7.53150News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
BHVN
Biohaven
2.7732 of 5 stars
$15.62
+5.4%
$59.46
+280.8%
-49.5%$1.59BN/A-1.67239Gap Up
High Trading Volume
SDGR
Schrödinger
2.4104 of 5 stars
$21.69
+0.3%
$32.80
+51.2%
+13.2%$1.59B$230.49M-9.27790
EWTX
Edgewise Therapeutics
3.2418 of 5 stars
$14.69
+2.9%
$40.22
+173.8%
-13.7%$1.55BN/A-9.7960Positive News
Analyst Forecast
JANX
Janux Therapeutics
1.5993 of 5 stars
$25.01
+5.1%
$95.25
+280.8%
-40.6%$1.48B$9.34M-21.3830Positive News
Short Interest ↑
ETNB
89bio
2.6074 of 5 stars
$10.11
+2.7%
$26.43
+161.4%
+26.5%$1.48BN/A-3.4740
DYN
Dyne Therapeutics
2.9076 of 5 stars
$12.70
+6.2%
$45.54
+258.6%
-52.5%$1.44BN/A-3.57100
SPRY
ARS Pharmaceuticals
2.6743 of 5 stars
$14.46
+0.2%
$31.00
+114.4%
+64.5%$1.42B$97.12M-28.3590Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:AQXP) was last updated on 6/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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