Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals (KNSA) Competitors

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KNSA vs. AXSM, TGTX, VRNA, KRYS, GRFS, RARE, ADMA, PTCT, OGN, and BHVN

Should you be buying Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals include Axsome Therapeutics (AXSM), TG Therapeutics (TGTX), Verona Pharma (VRNA), Krystal Biotech (KRYS), Grifols (GRFS), Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical (RARE), ADMA Biologics (ADMA), PTC Therapeutics (PTCT), Organon & Co. (OGN), and Biohaven (BHVN). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals vs.

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

Axsome Therapeutics presently has a consensus target price of $147.13, suggesting a potential upside of 12.04%. Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals has a consensus target price of $36.60, suggesting a potential upside of 89.59%. Given Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than Axsome Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Axsome Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
16 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals has a net margin of -2.36% compared to Axsome Therapeutics' net margin of -91.87%. Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of -7.31% beat Axsome Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Axsome Therapeutics-91.87% -158.36% -37.46%
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals -2.36%-7.31%-5.95%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Axsome Therapeutics$270.60M23.52-$239.24M-$6.53-20.11
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals$384.10M3.63$14.08M-$0.14-137.89

In the previous week, Axsome Therapeutics had 35 more articles in the media than Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Axsome Therapeutics and 3 mentions for Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals. Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Axsome Therapeutics' score of 0.72 indicating that Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Axsome Therapeutics
12 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Axsome Therapeutics has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.32, indicating that its share price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500.

81.5% of Axsome Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.0% of Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. 22.4% of Axsome Therapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 54.6% of Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Axsome Therapeutics received 293 more outperform votes than Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.98% of users gave Axsome Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 65.02% of users gave Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Axsome TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
464
69.98%
Underperform Votes
199
30.02%
Kiniksa PharmaceuticalsOutperform Votes
171
65.02%
Underperform Votes
92
34.98%

Summary

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

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KNSA vs. The Competition

MetricKiniksa PharmaceuticalsPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.40B$6.89B$5.68B$9.05B
Dividend YieldN/A2.91%5.32%4.00%
P/E Ratio-138.709.4089.8519.33
Price / Sales3.63310.651,031.7775.54
Price / CashN/A75.4646.0938.87
Price / Book3.105.525.065.00
Net Income$14.08M$123.50M$113.46M$222.83M
7 Day Performance-1.66%-4.27%-1.31%-0.56%
1 Month Performance-3.14%-1.82%3.87%3.00%
1 Year Performance-6.06%2.00%21.17%17.91%

Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KNSA
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals
3.6519 of 5 stars
$19.28
-2.1%
$36.60
+89.8%
-2.9%$1.39B$384.10M-137.70220Gap Down
AXSM
Axsome Therapeutics
4.457 of 5 stars
$107.43
+0.9%
$134.00
+24.7%
+36.4%$5.21B$270.60M-16.45380Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
TGTX
TG Therapeutics
4.403 of 5 stars
$31.48
-0.7%
$40.67
+29.2%
+111.1%$4.90B$233.66M-314.77290
VRNA
Verona Pharma
2.0085 of 5 stars
$58.98
+2.9%
$53.14
-9.9%
+248.8%$4.74B$5.62M-30.7230Analyst Forecast
Positive News
KRYS
Krystal Biotech
4.8532 of 5 stars
$159.03
-0.4%
$206.67
+30.0%
+34.6%$4.57B$50.70M89.85210Short Interest ↓
GRFS
Grifols
2.1787 of 5 stars
$6.62
-3.9%
N/A-13.2%$4.55B$7.13B0.0023,737Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
Gap Down
RARE
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical
4.6034 of 5 stars
$43.42
+0.9%
$92.43
+112.9%
-6.7%$4.01B$434.25M-6.711,276Positive News
ADMA
ADMA Biologics
4.1252 of 5 stars
$16.47
+2.0%
$21.25
+29.0%
+203.1%$3.89B$258.21M58.82530Gap Down
PTCT
PTC Therapeutics
3.5578 of 5 stars
$50.01
+9.0%
$57.85
+15.7%
+90.6%$3.86B$937.82M-8.421,410Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
OGN
Organon & Co.
4.8115 of 5 stars
$14.94
-4.0%
$21.33
+42.8%
-8.7%$3.85B$6.26B2.9610,000Upcoming Earnings
BHVN
Biohaven
3.6034 of 5 stars
$37.82
-1.1%
$63.00
+66.6%
-12.1%$3.82BN/A-4.04239Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Gap Down

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This page (NASDAQ:KNSA) was last updated on 2/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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