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FSDC vs. APLS, LYEL, XENE, AMRX, ARWR, MIRM, KNSA, NAMS, BLTE, and HRMY

Should you be buying FS Development stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FS Development include Apellis Pharmaceuticals (APLS), Lyell Immunopharma (LYEL), Xenon Pharmaceuticals (XENE), Amneal Pharmaceuticals (AMRX), Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals (ARWR), Mirum Pharmaceuticals (MIRM), Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals (KNSA), NewAmsterdam Pharma (NAMS), Belite Bio (BLTE), and Harmony Biosciences (HRMY). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

FS Development vs. Its Competitors

Apellis Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:APLS) and FS Development (NASDAQ:FSDC) are both medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.

96.3% of Apellis Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.8% of FS Development shares are held by institutional investors. 6.5% of Apellis Pharmaceuticals shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Apellis Pharmaceuticals currently has a consensus target price of $40.05, indicating a potential upside of 120.05%. Given Apellis Pharmaceuticals' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Apellis Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than FS Development.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Apellis Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.62
FS Development
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

FS Development has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Apellis Pharmaceuticals' net margin of -34.97%. FS Development's return on equity of 0.00% beat Apellis Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Apellis Pharmaceuticals-34.97% -103.11% -28.96%
FS Development N/A N/A N/A

In the previous week, Apellis Pharmaceuticals had 4 more articles in the media than FS Development. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Apellis Pharmaceuticals and 5 mentions for FS Development. Apellis Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat FS Development's score of 0.00 indicating that Apellis Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Apellis Pharmaceuticals
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
FS Development
0 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

FS Development has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Apellis Pharmaceuticals.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Apellis Pharmaceuticals$775.84M2.95-$528.63M-$1.79-10.17
FS DevelopmentN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Apellis Pharmaceuticals received 352 more outperform votes than FS Development when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Apellis PharmaceuticalsOutperform Votes
352
66.29%
Underperform Votes
179
33.71%
FS DevelopmentN/AN/A

Summary

Apellis Pharmaceuticals beats FS Development on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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FSDC vs. The Competition

MetricFS DevelopmentPharmaceutical Preparations IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$672.23M$6.81B$5.54B$8.63B
Dividend YieldN/A2.48%5.27%4.17%
P/E RatioN/A8.4226.7319.83
Price / SalesN/A264.94404.46150.91
Price / CashN/A65.8538.2534.64
Price / BookN/A6.547.104.67
Net IncomeN/A$143.26M$3.22B$248.14M

FS Development Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FSDC
FS Development
N/A$53.71
+1.9%
N/A+16.1%$672.23MN/A0.00N/AHigh Trading Volume
APLS
Apellis Pharmaceuticals
4.7125 of 5 stars
$18.82
-1.7%
$40.05
+112.8%
-55.2%$2.37B$775.84M-9.27770Gap Up
LYEL
Lyell Immunopharma
3.1432 of 5 stars
$7.99
-2.8%
$20.00
+150.3%
-79.4%$2.36B$65K-10.11270High Trading Volume
XENE
Xenon Pharmaceuticals
3.6694 of 5 stars
$30.72
+2.2%
$54.82
+78.4%
-12.1%$2.36B$7.50M-10.89210
AMRX
Amneal Pharmaceuticals
3.4337 of 5 stars
$7.45
+0.4%
$11.50
+54.4%
+12.5%$2.33B$2.83B-10.967,600
ARWR
Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals
3.6198 of 5 stars
$16.61
+1.3%
$42.13
+153.6%
-39.1%$2.29B$545.21M-3.21400Analyst Upgrade
MIRM
Mirum Pharmaceuticals
3.2106 of 5 stars
$45.29
-1.5%
$60.73
+34.1%
+91.5%$2.24B$379.25M-22.42140
KNSA
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals
3.2424 of 5 stars
$29.11
+4.3%
$38.80
+33.3%
+50.8%$2.12B$481.17M-207.91220Analyst Upgrade
High Trading Volume
NAMS
NewAmsterdam Pharma
2.9677 of 5 stars
$18.69
-1.3%
$43.00
+130.1%
+5.3%$2.10B$47.14M-9.944
BLTE
Belite Bio
2.6357 of 5 stars
$64.82
-0.3%
$96.67
+49.1%
+19.2%$2.06BN/A-58.4010Short Interest ↑
HRMY
Harmony Biosciences
4.77 of 5 stars
$35.31
-0.7%
$53.00
+50.1%
+13.5%$2.03B$744.85M16.73200Positive News
Short Interest ↑

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This page (NASDAQ:FSDC) was last updated on 6/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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