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$103.02 +1.64 (+1.62%)
Closing price 08/1/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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AXSM vs. JAZZ, INSM, TEVA, GMAB, MRNA, RDY, QGEN, VTRS, ASND, and VRNA

Should you be buying Axsome Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Axsome Therapeutics include Jazz Pharmaceuticals (JAZZ), Insmed (INSM), Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA), Genmab A/S (GMAB), Moderna (MRNA), Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (RDY), Qiagen (QGEN), Viatris (VTRS), Ascendis Pharma A/S (ASND), and Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share (VRNA). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Axsome Therapeutics vs. Its Competitors

Axsome Therapeutics (NASDAQ:AXSM) and Jazz Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:JAZZ) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and institutional ownership.

Jazz Pharmaceuticals has a net margin of 11.86% compared to Axsome Therapeutics' net margin of -64.39%. Jazz Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of 26.62% beat Axsome Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Axsome Therapeutics-64.39% -272.80% -36.69%
Jazz Pharmaceuticals 11.86%26.62%9.14%

In the previous week, Axsome Therapeutics had 2 more articles in the media than Jazz Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Axsome Therapeutics and 5 mentions for Jazz Pharmaceuticals. Jazz Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Axsome Therapeutics' score of 1.21 indicating that Jazz Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Axsome Therapeutics
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Jazz Pharmaceuticals
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Jazz Pharmaceuticals has higher revenue and earnings than Axsome Therapeutics. Axsome Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Jazz Pharmaceuticals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Axsome Therapeutics$385.69M13.15-$287.22M-$5.77-17.85
Jazz Pharmaceuticals$4.07B1.72$560.12M$7.5015.40

81.5% of Axsome Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.1% of Jazz Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.3% of Axsome Therapeutics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Jazz Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Axsome Therapeutics has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jazz Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.34, indicating that its share price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Axsome Therapeutics presently has a consensus target price of $172.33, suggesting a potential upside of 67.28%. Jazz Pharmaceuticals has a consensus target price of $181.64, suggesting a potential upside of 57.24%. Given Axsome Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Axsome Therapeutics is more favorable than Jazz Pharmaceuticals.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Axsome Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.06
Jazz Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.93

Summary

Jazz Pharmaceuticals beats Axsome Therapeutics on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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AXSM vs. The Competition

MetricAxsome TherapeuticsMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$5.07B$3.02B$5.53B$9.37B
Dividend YieldN/A2.44%4.74%4.12%
P/E Ratio-17.8517.6228.8523.79
Price / Sales13.15309.96440.8796.30
Price / CashN/A41.6335.0757.18
Price / Book87.318.488.255.54
Net Income-$287.22M-$55.06M$3.25B$259.88M
7 Day Performance2.17%-3.99%-3.73%-4.67%
1 Month Performance-0.86%9.58%4.28%4.40%
1 Year Performance22.03%6.70%25.84%17.91%

Axsome Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AXSM
Axsome Therapeutics
4.8157 of 5 stars
$103.02
+1.6%
$172.33
+67.3%
+19.8%$5.07B$385.69M-17.85380Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
JAZZ
Jazz Pharmaceuticals
4.8548 of 5 stars
$117.38
-0.7%
$181.64
+54.7%
+1.0%$7.10B$4.07B15.652,800Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
INSM
Insmed
3.7848 of 5 stars
$101.75
-2.1%
$109.20
+7.3%
+44.3%$19.30B$363.71M-17.101,271Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
TEVA
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries
3.9751 of 5 stars
$16.53
-0.1%
$24.71
+49.5%
-12.3%$18.96B$16.62B-14.3736,830News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
GMAB
Genmab A/S
3.6306 of 5 stars
$23.09
-1.3%
$37.80
+63.7%
-23.2%$14.81B$3.12B13.122,682News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
MRNA
Moderna
4.4664 of 5 stars
$33.91
-0.7%
$46.11
+36.0%
-70.7%$13.11B$3.24B-3.885,800Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Gap Down
RDY
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
2.2908 of 5 stars
$14.71
+0.2%
$16.95
+15.3%
-15.5%$12.28B$3.81B22.2827,811
QGEN
Qiagen
3.2115 of 5 stars
$51.00
-1.5%
$49.40
-3.1%
+12.1%$11.34B$1.98B127.875,765News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
VTRS
Viatris
2.2064 of 5 stars
$9.26
-1.6%
$10.40
+12.3%
-26.3%$10.87B$14.74B-2.9232,000Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
ASND
Ascendis Pharma A/S
3.0689 of 5 stars
$164.16
-2.0%
$223.07
+35.9%
+27.8%$10.04B$368.70M-26.141,017Analyst Forecast
VRNA
Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share
2.1478 of 5 stars
$105.09
-0.2%
$109.00
+3.7%
+365.2%$8.95B$42.28M-52.5530Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑

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