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VNDA vs. OPK, GERN, ZBIO, MYGN, RIGL, EBS, VSTM, LXRX, XOMA, and CBIO

Should you be buying Vanda Pharmaceuticals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vanda Pharmaceuticals include OPKO Health (OPK), Geron (GERN), Zenas BioPharma (ZBIO), Myriad Genetics (MYGN), Rigel Pharmaceuticals (RIGL), Emergent Biosolutions (EBS), Verastem (VSTM), Lexicon Pharmaceuticals (LXRX), XOMA Royalty (XOMA), and Crescent Biopharma (CBIO). These companies are all part of the "biotechnology" industry.

Vanda Pharmaceuticals vs. Its Competitors

Vanda Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:VNDA) and OPKO Health (NASDAQ:OPK) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.

OPKO Health has a net margin of -26.68% compared to Vanda Pharmaceuticals' net margin of -32.90%. Vanda Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of -12.89% beat OPKO Health's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Vanda Pharmaceuticals-32.90% -12.89% -10.47%
OPKO Health -26.68%-13.17%-8.28%

In the previous week, OPKO Health had 1 more articles in the media than Vanda Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for OPKO Health and 6 mentions for Vanda Pharmaceuticals. OPKO Health's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Vanda Pharmaceuticals' score of 0.28 indicating that OPKO Health is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Vanda Pharmaceuticals
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
OPKO Health
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Vanda Pharmaceuticals$198.77M1.32-$18.90M-$1.13-3.92
OPKO Health$713.10M1.50-$53.22M-$0.25-5.40

88.1% of Vanda Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.6% of OPKO Health shares are held by institutional investors. 10.0% of Vanda Pharmaceuticals shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 49.7% of OPKO Health shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Vanda Pharmaceuticals presently has a consensus price target of $16.50, suggesting a potential upside of 272.46%. OPKO Health has a consensus price target of $2.75, suggesting a potential upside of 103.70%. Given Vanda Pharmaceuticals' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Vanda Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than OPKO Health.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Vanda Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.50
OPKO Health
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Vanda Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OPKO Health has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

OPKO Health beats Vanda Pharmaceuticals on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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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VNDA vs. The Competition

MetricVanda PharmaceuticalsMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$257.63M$3.10B$5.61B$9.84B
Dividend YieldN/A2.23%4.61%4.07%
P/E Ratio-3.9220.4930.2925.74
Price / Sales1.32356.37463.41115.83
Price / CashN/A43.0338.2159.48
Price / Book0.548.608.826.15
Net Income-$18.90M-$54.65M$3.25B$265.06M
7 Day Performance5.48%5.86%3.70%2.60%
1 Month Performance-6.93%8.86%5.84%2.83%
1 Year Performance-14.31%13.33%29.92%25.58%

Vanda Pharmaceuticals Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VNDA
Vanda Pharmaceuticals
4.5733 of 5 stars
$4.43
+1.6%
$16.50
+272.5%
-13.5%$257.63M$198.77M-3.92290News Coverage
Analyst Revision
OPK
OPKO Health
4.4673 of 5 stars
$1.30
+4.0%
$2.75
+111.5%
-11.8%$992.23M$713.10M-5.202,997
GERN
Geron
3.3566 of 5 stars
$1.36
+6.3%
$4.19
+207.9%
-67.3%$816.66M$76.99M-10.46229Analyst Revision
Gap Up
ZBIO
Zenas BioPharma
1.5424 of 5 stars
$14.90
+1.8%
$36.67
+146.1%
N/A$612.03M$5M-4.20N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Upcoming Earnings
MYGN
Myriad Genetics
3.6518 of 5 stars
$6.19
-2.1%
$12.45
+101.2%
-78.7%$588.04M$837.60M-1.452,700News Coverage
RIGL
Rigel Pharmaceuticals
1.8538 of 5 stars
$33.46
+5.6%
$38.20
+14.2%
+216.5%$568.61M$179.28M6.18160Gap Down
High Trading Volume
EBS
Emergent Biosolutions
4.7194 of 5 stars
$8.18
-4.6%
$14.33
+75.3%
+16.1%$457.22M$1.04B3.342,420News Coverage
VSTM
Verastem
3.1454 of 5 stars
$7.70
+14.2%
$13.50
+75.3%
+240.5%$414.82M$10K-2.3550Gap Up
High Trading Volume
LXRX
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals
2.9934 of 5 stars
$1.04
-3.7%
$3.23
+210.1%
-28.0%$392.47M$31.08M-3.15140
XOMA
XOMA Royalty
4.4822 of 5 stars
$27.23
+2.8%
$69.50
+155.2%
+20.8%$317.12M$28.49M-23.6810Earnings Report
Gap Up
CBIO
Crescent Biopharma
3.975 of 5 stars
$12.90
+0.4%
$25.50
+97.7%
N/A$251.21M$10K-0.3750News Coverage
Analyst Revision

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