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OPK vs. FOLD, LGND, BCRX, MNKD, DVAX, CLDX, INVA, NVAX, GERN, and MYGN

Should you be buying OPKO Health stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of OPKO Health include Amicus Therapeutics (FOLD), Ligand Pharmaceuticals (LGND), BioCryst Pharmaceuticals (BCRX), MannKind (MNKD), Dynavax Technologies (DVAX), Celldex Therapeutics (CLDX), Innoviva (INVA), Novavax (NVAX), Geron (GERN), and Myriad Genetics (MYGN). These companies are all part of the "biotechnology" industry.

OPKO Health vs.

OPKO Health (NASDAQ:OPK) and Amicus Therapeutics (NASDAQ:FOLD) are both medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Amicus Therapeutics received 19 more outperform votes than OPKO Health when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.98% of users gave Amicus Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 65.69% of users gave OPKO Health an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
OPKO HealthOutperform Votes
513
65.69%
Underperform Votes
268
34.31%
Amicus TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
532
72.98%
Underperform Votes
197
27.02%

Amicus Therapeutics has a net margin of -10.62% compared to OPKO Health's net margin of -18.65%. Amicus Therapeutics' return on equity of 12.44% beat OPKO Health's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
OPKO Health-18.65% -9.76% -6.46%
Amicus Therapeutics -10.62%12.44%2.60%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
OPKO Health$713.14M1.26-$188.86M-$0.09-14.83
Amicus Therapeutics$528.30M3.93-$151.58M-$0.18-37.54

64.6% of OPKO Health shares are owned by institutional investors. 49.7% of OPKO Health shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Amicus Therapeutics shares are owned by company 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.

In the previous week, OPKO Health had 5 more articles in the media than Amicus Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for OPKO Health and 15 mentions for Amicus Therapeutics. Amicus Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat OPKO Health's score of 0.39 indicating that Amicus Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
OPKO Health
4 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Amicus Therapeutics
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

OPKO Health currently has a consensus target price of $2.75, suggesting a potential upside of 105.99%. Amicus Therapeutics has a consensus target price of $16.75, suggesting a potential upside of 147.85%. Given Amicus Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Amicus Therapeutics is more favorable than OPKO Health.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
OPKO Health
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Amicus Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.78

OPKO Health has a beta of 1.78, suggesting that its stock price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amicus Therapeutics has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Amicus Therapeutics beats OPKO Health on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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OPK vs. The Competition

MetricOPKO HealthPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$896.52M$6.74B$5.50B$7.96B
Dividend YieldN/A3.05%5.11%4.23%
P/E Ratio-7.037.3822.6318.55
Price / Sales1.26241.88397.30103.38
Price / CashN/A65.8538.1834.62
Price / Book0.746.476.704.25
Net Income-$188.86M$143.68M$3.23B$248.27M
7 Day Performance-8.56%1.85%1.36%1.28%
1 Month Performance-19.58%6.73%3.85%3.75%
1 Year Performance5.12%-2.72%15.87%5.31%

OPKO Health Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
OPK
OPKO Health
4.4752 of 5 stars
$1.35
-2.2%
$2.75
+103.7%
+13.1%$906.59M$713.14M-7.114,200Earnings Report
News Coverage
Gap Down
FOLD
Amicus Therapeutics
4.3781 of 5 stars
$6.71
-1.8%
$16.75
+149.6%
-23.1%$2.06B$528.30M-37.28480News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
LGND
Ligand Pharmaceuticals
4.394 of 5 stars
$105.04
+0.1%
$146.43
+39.4%
+57.2%$2.02B$167.13M41.8580Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
BCRX
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals
4.4718 of 5 stars
$7.55
+2.0%
$15.57
+106.2%
+114.3%$1.58B$450.71M-12.38530Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
MNKD
MannKind
3.1248 of 5 stars
$4.45
-2.0%
$9.56
+114.9%
+22.6%$1.35B$285.50M63.57400Upcoming Earnings
DVAX
Dynavax Technologies
4.3666 of 5 stars
$10.41
+1.0%
$20.50
+96.9%
+3.3%$1.29B$277.25M57.83350Upcoming Earnings
CLDX
Celldex Therapeutics
1.9858 of 5 stars
$19.00
+3.8%
$54.33
+186.0%
-44.3%$1.26B$7.02M-7.39150Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
INVA
Innoviva
4.2281 of 5 stars
$18.31
+0.2%
$55.00
+200.4%
+23.7%$1.15B$358.71M26.54100Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
Positive News
NVAX
Novavax
3.6179 of 5 stars
$6.09
+1.5%
$18.00
+195.6%
+54.0%$979.54M$682.16M-2.691,990
GERN
Geron
4.0034 of 5 stars
$1.36
+6.7%
$5.75
+324.4%
-64.1%$863.02M$76.99M-4.2370Upcoming Earnings
MYGN
Myriad Genetics
4.1143 of 5 stars
$7.45
-2.5%
$20.61
+176.6%
-62.1%$686.67M$837.60M-5.732,600Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NASDAQ:OPK) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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