ASND vs. ARGX, ONC, BNTX, TEVA, SMMT, GMAB, ITCI, RDY, VTRS, and QGEN
Should you be buying Ascendis Pharma A/S stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ascendis Pharma A/S include argenx (ARGX), Beigene (ONC), BioNTech (BNTX), Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA), Summit Therapeutics (SMMT), Genmab A/S (GMAB), Intra-Cellular Therapies (ITCI), Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (RDY), Viatris (VTRS), and Qiagen (QGEN). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.
Ascendis Pharma A/S vs. Its Competitors
Ascendis Pharma A/S (NASDAQ:ASND) and argenex (NASDAQ:ARGX) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, risk and community ranking.
Ascendis Pharma A/S has a beta of 0.37, indicating that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, argenex has a beta of 0.39, indicating that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.
argenex has a net margin of 40.20% compared to Ascendis Pharma A/S's net margin of -93.22%. argenex's return on equity of 16.15% beat Ascendis Pharma A/S's return on equity.
argenex received 210 more outperform votes than Ascendis Pharma A/S when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.65% of users gave argenex an outperform vote while only 67.30% of users gave Ascendis Pharma A/S an outperform vote.
In the previous week, argenex had 15 more articles in the media than Ascendis Pharma A/S. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for argenex and 1 mentions for Ascendis Pharma A/S. Ascendis Pharma A/S's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat argenex's score of 0.58 indicating that Ascendis Pharma A/S is being referred to more favorably in the media.
argenex has higher revenue and earnings than Ascendis Pharma A/S. Ascendis Pharma A/S is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than argenex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
60.3% of argenex shares are held by institutional investors. 40.0% of Ascendis Pharma A/S shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of argenex shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Ascendis Pharma A/S currently has a consensus price target of $220.67, indicating a potential upside of 23.22%. argenex has a consensus price target of $729.93, indicating a potential upside of 27.45%. Given argenex's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe argenex is more favorable than Ascendis Pharma A/S.
Summary
argenex beats Ascendis Pharma A/S on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ASND) was last updated on 6/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff