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$7.68 +0.16 (+2.13%)
As of 04/30/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

FOLD vs. EXAS, RGEN, HALO, MDGL, IONS, ALKS, LGND, BCRX, MNKD, and DVAX

Should you be buying Amicus Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Amicus Therapeutics include Exact Sciences (EXAS), Repligen (RGEN), Halozyme Therapeutics (HALO), Madrigal Pharmaceuticals (MDGL), Ionis Pharmaceuticals (IONS), Alkermes (ALKS), Ligand Pharmaceuticals (LGND), BioCryst Pharmaceuticals (BCRX), MannKind (MNKD), and Dynavax Technologies (DVAX). These companies are all part of the "biotechnology" industry.

Amicus Therapeutics vs.

Exact Sciences (NASDAQ:EXAS) and Amicus Therapeutics (NASDAQ:FOLD) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, dividends and community ranking.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Exact Sciences$2.76B3.07-$204.15M-$5.57-8.19
Amicus Therapeutics$528.30M4.47-$151.58M-$0.18-42.67

Exact Sciences has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amicus Therapeutics has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Amicus Therapeutics has a net margin of -10.62% compared to Exact Sciences' net margin of -37.29%. Amicus Therapeutics' return on equity of 12.44% beat Exact Sciences' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Exact Sciences-37.29% -5.29% -2.45%
Amicus Therapeutics -10.62%12.44%2.60%

Exact Sciences currently has a consensus target price of $69.25, indicating a potential upside of 51.73%. Amicus Therapeutics has a consensus target price of $16.75, indicating a potential upside of 118.10%. Given Amicus Therapeutics' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Amicus Therapeutics is more favorable than Exact Sciences.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Exact Sciences
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
19 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.95
Amicus Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.78

Exact Sciences received 459 more outperform votes than Amicus Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.14% of users gave Exact Sciences an outperform vote while only 72.98% of users gave Amicus Therapeutics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Exact SciencesOutperform Votes
991
73.14%
Underperform Votes
364
26.86%
Amicus TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
532
72.98%
Underperform Votes
197
27.02%

In the previous week, Exact Sciences had 13 more articles in the media than Amicus Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Exact Sciences and 8 mentions for Amicus Therapeutics. Amicus Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Exact Sciences' score of 0.91 indicating that Amicus Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Exact Sciences
12 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Amicus Therapeutics
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

88.8% of Exact Sciences shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Exact Sciences shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Amicus Therapeutics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Exact Sciences beats Amicus Therapeutics on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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FOLD vs. The Competition

MetricAmicus TherapeuticsPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.36B$6.89B$5.57B$7.83B
Dividend YieldN/A3.05%5.11%4.22%
P/E Ratio-42.677.4422.4418.48
Price / Sales4.47242.70394.09103.59
Price / CashN/A65.8538.1834.62
Price / Book12.196.516.774.25
Net Income-$151.58M$143.21M$3.22B$248.23M
7 Day Performance6.67%1.98%1.49%0.89%
1 Month Performance-3.40%6.89%4.00%3.53%
1 Year Performance-26.37%-2.52%16.21%5.08%

Amicus Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FOLD
Amicus Therapeutics
4.3773 of 5 stars
$7.68
+2.1%
$16.75
+118.1%
-23.1%$2.36B$528.30M-42.67480News Coverage
Positive News
EXAS
Exact Sciences
4.3999 of 5 stars
$43.10
+3.7%
$69.25
+60.7%
-23.1%$8.01B$2.76B-7.746,400Positive News
RGEN
Repligen
4.8903 of 5 stars
$131.64
+1.3%
$176.82
+34.3%
-16.0%$7.39B$634.44M-258.122,020Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
HALO
Halozyme Therapeutics
4.0044 of 5 stars
$57.29
-2.6%
$62.89
+9.8%
+61.2%$7.08B$1.02B16.70390Upcoming Earnings
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
MDGL
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals
3.7505 of 5 stars
$295.02
-2.2%
$378.44
+28.3%
+63.7%$6.51B$180.13M-11.7690News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
IONS
Ionis Pharmaceuticals
4.1826 of 5 stars
$28.51
+0.4%
$56.72
+99.0%
-25.6%$4.53B$705.14M-9.38800Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
ALKS
Alkermes
4.618 of 5 stars
$27.00
flat
$38.50
+42.6%
+17.2%$4.45B$1.56B12.442,280Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
LGND
Ligand Pharmaceuticals
4.3943 of 5 stars
$104.81
-0.2%
$146.43
+39.7%
+57.2%$2.02B$167.13M41.7680Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
BCRX
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals
4.4622 of 5 stars
$7.53
+1.8%
$15.57
+106.8%
+114.3%$1.57B$450.71M-12.34530Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
MNKD
MannKind
3.1277 of 5 stars
$4.44
-2.2%
$9.56
+115.4%
+22.6%$1.35B$285.50M63.43400Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
DVAX
Dynavax Technologies
4.1906 of 5 stars
$10.44
+1.3%
$20.50
+96.4%
+3.3%$1.30B$277.25M58.00350Upcoming Earnings

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