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$3.41 +0.23 (+7.23%)
As of 07/3/2025 02:20 PM Eastern

OPT vs. NAMS, DNLI, KNSA, RXRX, APGE, CGON, AGIO, INDV, IRON, and BLTE

Should you be buying Opthea stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Opthea include NewAmsterdam Pharma (NAMS), Denali Therapeutics (DNLI), Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International (KNSA), Recursion Pharmaceuticals (RXRX), Apogee Therapeutics (APGE), CG Oncology (CGON), Agios Pharmaceuticals (AGIO), Indivior (INDV), Disc Medicine (IRON), and Belite Bio (BLTE). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Opthea vs. Its Competitors

NewAmsterdam Pharma (NASDAQ:NAMS) and Opthea (NASDAQ:OPT) are both medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

NewAmsterdam Pharma has a beta of -0.03, meaning that its share price is 103% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Opthea has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Opthea has lower revenue, but higher earnings than NewAmsterdam Pharma.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
NewAmsterdam Pharma$47.14M47.26-$241.60M-$1.88-10.56
Opthea$87.67K5,986.77-$220.24MN/AN/A

In the previous week, Opthea had 3 more articles in the media than NewAmsterdam Pharma. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Opthea and 0 mentions for NewAmsterdam Pharma. Opthea's average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat NewAmsterdam Pharma's score of 1.54 indicating that Opthea is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
NewAmsterdam Pharma Very Positive
Opthea Very Positive

NewAmsterdam Pharma currently has a consensus price target of $42.89, indicating a potential upside of 116.12%. Opthea has a consensus price target of $1.33, indicating a potential downside of 60.90%. Given NewAmsterdam Pharma's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe NewAmsterdam Pharma is more favorable than Opthea.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
NewAmsterdam Pharma
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Opthea
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.17

89.9% of NewAmsterdam Pharma shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.0% of Opthea shares are held by institutional investors. 20.8% of NewAmsterdam Pharma shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Opthea shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Opthea has a net margin of 0.00% compared to NewAmsterdam Pharma's net margin of -397.45%. Opthea's return on equity of 0.00% beat NewAmsterdam Pharma's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
NewAmsterdam Pharma-397.45% -37.34% -33.45%
Opthea N/A N/A N/A

Summary

Opthea beats NewAmsterdam Pharma on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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OPT vs. The Competition

MetricOptheaMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$524.84M$2.89B$5.49B$9.01B
Dividend YieldN/A2.43%5.38%4.09%
P/E RatioN/A21.5627.4220.26
Price / Sales5,986.77245.52407.97121.21
Price / CashN/A41.9536.6357.47
Price / Book-6.097.518.085.67
Net Income-$220.24M-$55.05M$3.16B$248.47M
7 Day PerformanceN/A4.59%2.81%3.29%
1 Month PerformanceN/A4.86%3.68%5.19%
1 Year Performance80.42%5.82%35.29%21.35%

Opthea Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
OPT
Opthea
0.562 of 5 stars
$3.41
+7.2%
$1.33
-60.9%
+80.4%$524.84M$87.67K0.008News Coverage
Gap Up
NAMS
NewAmsterdam Pharma
3.0736 of 5 stars
$18.11
-2.5%
$42.89
+136.8%
-0.8%$2.08B$45.56M-9.634
DNLI
Denali Therapeutics
4.535 of 5 stars
$13.99
-0.8%
$33.71
+141.0%
-31.0%$2.05B$330.53M-5.24430
KNSA
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International
3.6932 of 5 stars
$27.67
-1.3%
$38.80
+40.2%
+45.8%$2.05B$423.24M-110.68220
RXRX
Recursion Pharmaceuticals
2.1303 of 5 stars
$5.06
+0.6%
$7.00
+38.3%
-28.4%$2.04B$58.84M-2.86400Analyst Forecast
APGE
Apogee Therapeutics
2.9022 of 5 stars
$43.43
+0.1%
$94.60
+117.8%
+26.8%$2.00BN/A-12.0691News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
High Trading Volume
CGON
CG Oncology
2.4153 of 5 stars
$26.00
+0.2%
$58.67
+125.6%
-12.8%$1.98B$1.14M-17.2261
AGIO
Agios Pharmaceuticals
4.0895 of 5 stars
$33.26
-0.6%
$58.60
+76.2%
-14.2%$1.94B$36.50M2.96390Insider Trade
INDV
Indivior
2.1141 of 5 stars
$14.74
+5.7%
$17.00
+15.3%
+5.4%$1.92B$1.19B-47.551,051High Trading Volume
IRON
Disc Medicine
3.0961 of 5 stars
$52.96
-2.8%
$96.70
+82.6%
+23.2%$1.89BN/A-13.5130Analyst Forecast
BLTE
Belite Bio
2.5064 of 5 stars
$57.70
-2.3%
$96.67
+67.5%
+30.6%$1.88BN/A-42.4310Analyst Forecast
Gap Up

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This page (NASDAQ:OPT) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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