HRTX vs. RVNC, MRSN, GBIO, STOK, NGM, HRMY, MIRM, KNSA, LGND, and KROS
Should you be buying Heron Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Heron Therapeutics include Revance Therapeutics (RVNC), Mersana Therapeutics (MRSN), Generation Bio (GBIO), Stoke Therapeutics (STOK), NGM Biopharmaceuticals (NGM), Harmony Biosciences (HRMY), Mirum Pharmaceuticals (MIRM), Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals (KNSA), Ligand Pharmaceuticals (LGND), and Keros Therapeutics (KROS). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Heron Therapeutics (NASDAQ:HRTX) and Revance Therapeutics (NASDAQ:RVNC) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability and media sentiment.
80.0% of Heron Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.7% of Revance Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. 6.4% of Heron Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of Revance Therapeutics shares are held 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.
In the previous week, Heron Therapeutics had 3 more articles in the media than Revance Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Heron Therapeutics and 1 mentions for Revance Therapeutics. Revance Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Heron Therapeutics' score of 0.23 indicating that Revance Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Heron Therapeutics has a beta of 1.8, suggesting that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Revance Therapeutics has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Heron Therapeutics presently has a consensus price target of $6.00, indicating a potential upside of 96.72%. Revance Therapeutics has a consensus price target of $11.50, indicating a potential upside of 193.37%. Given Revance Therapeutics' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Revance Therapeutics is more favorable than Heron Therapeutics.
Heron Therapeutics has a net margin of -61.28% compared to Revance Therapeutics' net margin of -134.10%.
Heron Therapeutics received 260 more outperform votes than Revance Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.05% of users gave Heron Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 63.88% of users gave Revance Therapeutics an outperform vote.
Heron Therapeutics has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Revance Therapeutics. Heron Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Revance Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Heron Therapeutics beats Revance Therapeutics on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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