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VNDA vs. OPK, NVAX, GERN, RGLS, MYGN, ZBIO, EBS, LXRX, RIGL, and CBIO

Should you be buying Vanda Pharmaceuticals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vanda Pharmaceuticals include OPKO Health (OPK), Novavax (NVAX), Geron (GERN), Regulus Therapeutics (RGLS), Myriad Genetics (MYGN), Zenas BioPharma (ZBIO), Emergent Biosolutions (EBS), Lexicon Pharmaceuticals (LXRX), Rigel Pharmaceuticals (RIGL), 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 business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, risk and profitability.

In the previous week, OPKO Health had 3 more articles in the media than Vanda Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for OPKO Health and 1 mentions for Vanda Pharmaceuticals. Vanda Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat OPKO Health's score of 0.52 indicating that Vanda Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Vanda Pharmaceuticals Positive
OPKO Health Positive

88.1% of Vanda Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.6% of OPKO Health shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.9% of Vanda Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 49.7% of OPKO Health shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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$198.77M1.39-$18.90M-$0.75-6.24
OPKO Health$713.10M1.48-$53.22M-$0.07-19.00

Vanda Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OPKO Health has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Vanda Pharmaceuticals currently has a consensus price target of $16.50, indicating a potential upside of 252.56%. OPKO Health has a consensus price target of $2.75, indicating a potential upside of 106.77%. Given Vanda Pharmaceuticals' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research 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)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

OPKO Health has a net margin of -5.66% compared to Vanda Pharmaceuticals' net margin of -21.98%. OPKO Health's return on equity of -2.85% beat Vanda Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Vanda Pharmaceuticals-21.98% -8.30% -6.85%
OPKO Health -5.66%-2.85%-1.82%

Summary

OPKO Health beats Vanda Pharmaceuticals on 10 of the 17 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$278.17M$2.85B$5.48B$8.94B
Dividend YieldN/A2.69%5.38%4.12%
P/E Ratio-6.2421.1726.2519.74
Price / Sales1.39262.85405.80109.12
Price / CashN/A41.8936.4957.06
Price / Book0.517.237.925.37
Net Income-$18.90M-$55.05M$3.15B$248.34M
7 Day Performance4.00%-0.74%0.95%1.25%
1 Month Performance6.61%6.27%5.25%5.41%
1 Year Performance-16.13%0.19%32.63%18.06%

Vanda Pharmaceuticals Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VNDA
Vanda Pharmaceuticals
4.6204 of 5 stars
$4.68
-0.8%
$16.50
+252.6%
-16.5%$278.17M$198.77M-6.24290
OPK
OPKO Health
4.4474 of 5 stars
$1.32
flat
$2.75
+108.3%
+5.6%$1.05B$713.10M-18.852,997
NVAX
Novavax
4.5045 of 5 stars
$6.30
-1.1%
$17.00
+169.8%
-50.2%$1.02B$682.16M2.381,990
GERN
Geron
3.2601 of 5 stars
$1.41
-5.4%
$5.06
+259.0%
-66.7%$898.06M$76.99M-6.7170
RGLS
Regulus Therapeutics
2.199 of 5 stars
$8.16
flat
$8.50
+4.2%
N/A$564.92MN/A-11.1830
MYGN
Myriad Genetics
4.4531 of 5 stars
$5.31
+1.1%
$14.38
+170.9%
-78.3%$489.48M$837.60M-4.742,700
ZBIO
Zenas BioPharma
1.7785 of 5 stars
$9.69
+1.1%
$36.67
+278.4%
N/A$405.37M$15M-2.73N/A
EBS
Emergent Biosolutions
4.1914 of 5 stars
$6.38
+0.5%
$14.33
+124.7%
-6.5%$346.31M$1.04B-2.352,420Gap Down
LXRX
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals
2.4085 of 5 stars
$0.95
+15.2%
$3.67
+287.7%
-43.7%$341.86M$31.08M-1.85140Gap Down
RIGL
Rigel Pharmaceuticals
2.8291 of 5 stars
$18.73
-3.9%
$36.40
+94.3%
+127.9%$334.71M$179.28M9.05160
CBIO
Crescent Biopharma
3.2451 of 5 stars
$16.14
+1.5%
$25.00
+54.9%
N/A$315.54M$10K-0.3526High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:VNDA) was last updated on 7/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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