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RNA vs. BNTX, TEVA, GMAB, SMMT, ASND, RDY, VTRS, ROIV, BBIO, and MRNA

Should you be buying Avidity Biosciences stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Avidity Biosciences include BioNTech (BNTX), Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA), Genmab A/S (GMAB), Summit Therapeutics (SMMT), Ascendis Pharma A/S (ASND), Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (RDY), Viatris (VTRS), Roivant Sciences (ROIV), BridgeBio Pharma (BBIO), and Moderna (MRNA). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Avidity Biosciences vs. Its Competitors

BioNTech (NASDAQ:BNTX) and Avidity Biosciences (NASDAQ:RNA) are both medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and profitability.

BioNTech currently has a consensus price target of $133.96, suggesting a potential upside of 27.89%. Avidity Biosciences has a consensus price target of $67.78, suggesting a potential upside of 39.60%. Given Avidity Biosciences' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Avidity Biosciences is more favorable than BioNTech.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
BioNTech
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.64
Avidity Biosciences
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.95

BioNTech has a net margin of -12.20% compared to Avidity Biosciences' net margin of -4,247.77%. BioNTech's return on equity of -1.84% beat Avidity Biosciences' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
BioNTech-12.20% -1.84% -1.59%
Avidity Biosciences -4,247.77%-33.45%-30.22%

In the previous week, BioNTech had 11 more articles in the media than Avidity Biosciences. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for BioNTech and 6 mentions for Avidity Biosciences. BioNTech's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Avidity Biosciences' score of 0.52 indicating that BioNTech is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
BioNTech
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Avidity Biosciences
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

15.5% of BioNTech shares are held by institutional investors. 19.2% of BioNTech shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Avidity Biosciences shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Avidity Biosciences has lower revenue, but higher earnings than BioNTech. BioNTech is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Avidity Biosciences, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BioNTech$2.98B8.46-$719.92M-$1.60-65.47
Avidity Biosciences$10.90M649.86-$322.30M-$3.56-13.64

BioNTech has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avidity Biosciences has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

BioNTech beats Avidity Biosciences on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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RNA vs. The Competition

MetricAvidity BiosciencesMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$7.08B$3.42B$6.17B$10.67B
Dividend YieldN/A2.24%5.72%4.86%
P/E Ratio-13.6423.2129.5928.52
Price / Sales649.86477.49578.90129.07
Price / CashN/A45.5937.1261.42
Price / Book4.0710.3412.046.52
Net Income-$322.30M-$52.53M$3.32B$276.75M
7 Day Performance-0.47%-0.29%-0.17%0.21%
1 Month Performance14.78%10.83%5.75%1.68%
1 Year Performance6.94%14.10%65.69%32.79%

Avidity Biosciences Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RNA
Avidity Biosciences
2.6268 of 5 stars
$48.55
+3.6%
$67.78
+39.6%
-1.1%$7.08B$10.90M-13.64190
BNTX
BioNTech
2.6545 of 5 stars
$102.30
+0.2%
$134.32
+31.3%
-4.2%$24.54B$2.98B-63.946,772News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
TEVA
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries
3.7017 of 5 stars
$20.02
-0.1%
$25.57
+27.8%
+3.0%$22.97B$16.54B-125.0936,830
GMAB
Genmab A/S
3.8951 of 5 stars
$32.68
+2.7%
$40.80
+24.8%
+31.4%$20.42B$3.12B16.422,682Positive News
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
SMMT
Summit Therapeutics
2.8238 of 5 stars
$22.93
+7.4%
$31.29
+36.4%
-6.9%$15.86B$700K-22.70110Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
ASND
Ascendis Pharma A/S
3.0076 of 5 stars
$208.43
-0.5%
$248.29
+19.1%
+57.0%$12.93B$393.54M-40.391,017
RDY
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
2.9464 of 5 stars
$14.36
+0.1%
$16.95
+18.1%
-6.7%$11.97B$3.81B21.7527,811Positive News
VTRS
Viatris
3.1288 of 5 stars
$9.86
+1.2%
$10.40
+5.5%
-10.8%$11.36B$14.74B-3.4032,000Analyst Forecast
ROIV
Roivant Sciences
2.8749 of 5 stars
$16.21
+1.1%
$19.94
+23.0%
+53.1%$10.95B$29.05M-23.16860
BBIO
BridgeBio Pharma
4.5561 of 5 stars
$55.96
+0.8%
$63.94
+14.3%
+113.5%$10.61B$221.90M-13.68400Analyst Forecast
MRNA
Moderna
4.2628 of 5 stars
$26.74
-0.3%
$41.81
+56.4%
-49.7%$10.48B$3.24B-3.555,800Trending News
Analyst Forecast
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