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VNDA vs. OPK, GERN, ZBIO, RIGL, VSTM, MYGN, XOMA, EBS, LXRX, 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), Rigel Pharmaceuticals (RIGL), Verastem (VSTM), Myriad Genetics (MYGN), XOMA Royalty (XOMA), Emergent Biosolutions (EBS), Lexicon Pharmaceuticals (LXRX), 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 superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment and earnings.

88.1% of Vanda Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.6% of OPKO Health shares are held by institutional investors. 8.9% 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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%

Vanda Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OPKO Health has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Vanda Pharmaceuticals currently has a consensus target price of $16.50, indicating a potential upside of 276.71%. OPKO Health has a consensus target price of $2.75, indicating a potential upside of 99.28%. Given Vanda Pharmaceuticals' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly 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)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83

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$198.77M1.30-$18.90M-$1.13-3.88
OPKO Health$713.10M1.54-$53.22M-$0.25-5.52

In the previous week, OPKO Health had 2 more articles in the media than Vanda Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for OPKO Health and 2 mentions for Vanda Pharmaceuticals. Vanda Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 1.68 beat OPKO Health's score of 0.97 indicating that Vanda Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Summary

OPKO Health beats Vanda Pharmaceuticals on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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VNDA vs. The Competition

MetricVanda PharmaceuticalsMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$266.49M$3.11B$5.75B$10.24B
Dividend YieldN/A2.32%5.69%4.60%
P/E Ratio-3.8821.3874.9326.41
Price / Sales1.30224.82452.3586.56
Price / CashN/A44.4425.8129.91
Price / Book0.479.6413.256.28
Net Income-$18.90M-$53.20M$3.29B$270.38M
7 Day Performance-3.74%0.44%0.47%2.70%
1 Month Performance0.46%4.26%4.60%5.99%
1 Year Performance-14.12%9.43%73.42%25.94%

Vanda Pharmaceuticals Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VNDA
Vanda Pharmaceuticals
4.0647 of 5 stars
$4.38
-2.9%
$16.50
+276.7%
-11.6%$266.49M$198.77M-3.88290
OPK
OPKO Health
4.3979 of 5 stars
$1.42
+5.2%
$2.75
+93.7%
-10.8%$1.07B$713.10M-5.682,997News Coverage
GERN
Geron
3.1347 of 5 stars
$1.37
-2.1%
$4.19
+205.7%
-71.8%$893.22M$164.45M-10.5470Positive News
ZBIO
Zenas BioPharma
1.05 of 5 stars
$21.51
+4.9%
$36.67
+70.5%
N/A$863.68M$5M-6.06N/AHigh Trading Volume
RIGL
Rigel Pharmaceuticals
2.0337 of 5 stars
$40.87
-1.1%
$38.20
-6.5%
+177.1%$741.53M$179.28M7.55160Positive News
VSTM
Verastem
2.8729 of 5 stars
$10.23
-5.0%
$13.29
+29.9%
+245.9%$662.84M$2.14M-3.1250Positive News
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MYGN
Myriad Genetics
3.7145 of 5 stars
$6.91
+4.5%
$12.45
+80.2%
-73.8%$615.03M$832.90M-1.612,700Positive News
XOMA
XOMA Royalty
4.2122 of 5 stars
$35.35
+0.3%
$69.50
+96.6%
+29.1%$425.97M$28.49M-22.8110Positive News
EBS
Emergent Biosolutions
4.7438 of 5 stars
$7.59
+0.1%
$14.33
+88.9%
+3.6%$404.40M$812.50M3.102,420Positive News
LXRX
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals
2.3631 of 5 stars
$1.08
-0.9%
$3.23
+198.6%
-32.4%$396.11M$31.08M-3.27140
CBIO
Crescent Biopharma
4.3785 of 5 stars
$12.95
-9.1%
$25.60
+97.7%
N/A$278.39M$10K-0.3750Gap Down

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This page (NASDAQ:VNDA) was last updated on 9/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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