AUPH vs. VKTX, AXSM, TGTX, KRYS, OGN, RARE, ADMA, SRRK, ALVO, and VRNA
Should you be buying Aurinia Pharmaceuticals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aurinia Pharmaceuticals include Viking Therapeutics (VKTX), Axsome Therapeutics (AXSM), TG Therapeutics (TGTX), Krystal Biotech (KRYS), Organon & Co. (OGN), Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical (RARE), ADMA Biologics (ADMA), Scholar Rock (SRRK), Alvotech (ALVO), and Verona Pharma (VRNA). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.
Aurinia Pharmaceuticals vs.
Viking Therapeutics (NASDAQ:VKTX) and Aurinia Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:AUPH) are both medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
76.0% of Viking Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.8% of Aurinia Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.7% of Viking Therapeutics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Aurinia Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Viking Therapeutics currently has a consensus price target of $106.75, suggesting a potential upside of 214.62%. Aurinia Pharmaceuticals has a consensus price target of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 32.45%. Given Viking Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Viking Therapeutics is more favorable than Aurinia Pharmaceuticals.
Viking Therapeutics has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Aurinia Pharmaceuticals' net margin of -10.23%. Aurinia Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of -4.41% beat Viking Therapeutics' return on equity.
In the previous week, Viking Therapeutics had 13 more articles in the media than Aurinia Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Viking Therapeutics and 4 mentions for Aurinia Pharmaceuticals. Aurinia Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Viking Therapeutics' score of 0.59 indicating that Aurinia Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Aurinia Pharmaceuticals has higher revenue and earnings than Viking Therapeutics. Aurinia Pharmaceuticals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Viking Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Viking Therapeutics received 47 more outperform votes than Aurinia Pharmaceuticals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 79.90% of users gave Viking Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 73.27% of users gave Aurinia Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote.
Viking Therapeutics has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aurinia Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Viking Therapeutics beats Aurinia Pharmaceuticals on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:AUPH) was last updated on 1/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
