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AVXL vs. MOR, SRRK, PTGX, CRNX, SWTX, OGN, CPRX, VKTX, XENE, and MLTX

Should you be buying Anavex Life Sciences stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Anavex Life Sciences include MorphoSys (MOR), Scholar Rock (SRRK), Protagonist Therapeutics (PTGX), Crinetics Pharmaceuticals (CRNX), SpringWorks Therapeutics (SWTX), Organon & Co. (OGN), Catalyst Pharmaceuticals (CPRX), Viking Therapeutics (VKTX), Xenon Pharmaceuticals (XENE), and MoonLake Immunotherapeutics (MLTX). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Anavex Life Sciences vs.

Anavex Life Sciences (NASDAQ:AVXL) and MorphoSys (NASDAQ:MOR) are both medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, earnings and risk.

Anavex Life Sciences has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MorphoSys has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Anavex Life Sciences has higher earnings, but lower revenue than MorphoSys. Anavex Life Sciences is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MorphoSys, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Anavex Life SciencesN/AN/A-$43M-$0.55-17.15
MorphoSys$238.28M11.99-$205.35M-$3.48-5.45

In the previous week, Anavex Life Sciences had 6 more articles in the media than MorphoSys. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Anavex Life Sciences and 0 mentions for MorphoSys. Anavex Life Sciences' average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat MorphoSys' score of 0.00 indicating that Anavex Life Sciences is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Anavex Life Sciences Positive
MorphoSys Neutral

Anavex Life Sciences received 417 more outperform votes than MorphoSys when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.92% of users gave Anavex Life Sciences an outperform vote while only 38.46% of users gave MorphoSys an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Anavex Life SciencesOutperform Votes
442
74.92%
Underperform Votes
148
25.08%
MorphoSysOutperform Votes
25
38.46%
Underperform Votes
40
61.54%

31.5% of Anavex Life Sciences shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.4% of MorphoSys shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.0% of Anavex Life Sciences shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of MorphoSys shares are owned 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.

Anavex Life Sciences has a net margin of 0.00% compared to MorphoSys' net margin of -226.79%. Anavex Life Sciences' return on equity of -37.50% beat MorphoSys' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Anavex Life SciencesN/A -37.50% -34.08%
MorphoSys -226.79%-694.31%-22.55%

Anavex Life Sciences currently has a consensus target price of $44.00, indicating a potential upside of 366.35%. Given Anavex Life Sciences' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Anavex Life Sciences is more favorable than MorphoSys.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Anavex Life Sciences
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.33
MorphoSys
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Summary

Anavex Life Sciences beats MorphoSys on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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AVXL vs. The Competition

MetricAnavex Life SciencesBiological Products IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$802.58M$2.96B$5.51B$7.93B
Dividend YieldN/A1.89%5.11%4.22%
P/E Ratio-17.1530.1522.5518.49
Price / SalesN/A494.70394.97102.66
Price / CashN/A168.6838.1834.62
Price / Book6.643.166.694.25
Net Income-$43M-$72.35M$3.22B$248.31M
7 Day Performance-0.16%0.47%1.11%1.12%
1 Month Performance17.64%7.67%3.59%3.68%
1 Year Performance155.69%-22.98%15.65%5.19%

Anavex Life Sciences Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AVXL
Anavex Life Sciences
3.8428 of 5 stars
$9.44
-0.7%
$44.00
+366.3%
+160.3%$802.58MN/A-17.1540Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
MOR
MorphoSys
N/A$18.96
flat
N/AN/A$2.86B$238.28M-5.45730
SRRK
Scholar Rock
4.0568 of 5 stars
$29.81
-3.1%
$42.67
+43.1%
+124.3%$2.83B$33.19M-12.69140Upcoming Earnings
Insider Trade
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
PTGX
Protagonist Therapeutics
3.4698 of 5 stars
$45.80
-1.0%
$65.44
+42.9%
+82.5%$2.81B$434.43M17.22120Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
CRNX
Crinetics Pharmaceuticals
3.6563 of 5 stars
$30.15
-0.9%
$73.00
+142.1%
-23.8%$2.81B$1.04M-8.08210Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
SWTX
SpringWorks Therapeutics
1.9424 of 5 stars
$37.06
-2.3%
$73.20
+97.5%
-0.8%$2.78B$191.59M-10.65230Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
OGN
Organon & Co.
4.7614 of 5 stars
$10.67
-4.0%
$20.60
+93.1%
-30.5%$2.75B$6.40B3.2010,000Positive News
CPRX
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals
4.6728 of 5 stars
$22.02
-2.2%
$32.29
+46.6%
+61.4%$2.69B$491.73M18.6680Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
VKTX
Viking Therapeutics
4.4914 of 5 stars
$23.72
-0.9%
$89.75
+278.4%
-63.7%$2.66BN/A-23.7220Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
XENE
Xenon Pharmaceuticals
2.5924 of 5 stars
$34.70
-1.2%
$56.78
+63.6%
-6.0%$2.66B$9.43M-12.30210Upcoming Earnings
Options Volume
Positive News
MLTX
MoonLake Immunotherapeutics
1.5529 of 5 stars
$40.00
+4.4%
$80.50
+101.3%
+2.9%$2.56BN/A-31.012Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News

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