AUPH vs. KNSA, SAGE, DAWN, BHVN, ANIP, RVNC, MRUS, ETNB, MIRM, and SNDX
Should you be buying Aurinia Pharmaceuticals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aurinia Pharmaceuticals include Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals (KNSA), Sage Therapeutics (SAGE), Day One Biopharmaceuticals (DAWN), Biohaven (BHVN), ANI Pharmaceuticals (ANIP), Revance Therapeutics (RVNC), Merus (MRUS), 89bio (ETNB), Mirum Pharmaceuticals (MIRM), and Syndax Pharmaceuticals (SNDX). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
Aurinia Pharmaceuticals vs.
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:KNSA) and Aurinia Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:AUPH) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings and institutional ownership.
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals has a net margin of 82.35% compared to Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals' net margin of -45.42%. Aurinia Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of 9.53% beat Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.
In the previous week, Aurinia Pharmaceuticals had 7 more articles in the media than Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Aurinia Pharmaceuticals and 1 mentions for Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals. Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Aurinia Pharmaceuticals' score of 0.00 indicating that Aurinia Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals has higher revenue and earnings than Aurinia Pharmaceuticals. Aurinia Pharmaceuticals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals has a beta of -0.09, indicating that its share price is 109% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aurinia Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
47.3% of Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.6% of Aurinia Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by institutional investors. 54.2% of Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Aurinia Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals currently has a consensus price target of $20.00, suggesting a potential upside of 20.19%. Aurinia Pharmaceuticals has a consensus price target of $13.33, suggesting a potential upside of 59.68%. Given Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Aurinia Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals.
Aurinia Pharmaceuticals received 404 more outperform votes than Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.08% of users gave Aurinia Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote while only 63.71% of users gave Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote.
Summary
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals beats Aurinia Pharmaceuticals on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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