VNDA vs. RIGL, VSTM, GOSS, XOMA, RGLS, EBS, LXRX, VBIV, ANAB, and OPK
Should you be buying Vanda Pharmaceuticals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vanda Pharmaceuticals include Rigel Pharmaceuticals (RIGL), Verastem (VSTM), Gossamer Bio (GOSS), XOMA (XOMA), Regulus Therapeutics (RGLS), Emergent BioSolutions (EBS), Lexicon Pharmaceuticals (LXRX), VBI Vaccines (VBIV), AnaptysBio (ANAB), and OPKO Health (OPK). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
Vanda Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:VNDA) and Rigel Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:RIGL) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.
Vanda Pharmaceuticals received 84 more outperform votes than Rigel Pharmaceuticals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.81% of users gave Rigel Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote while only 68.55% of users gave Vanda Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote.
Vanda Pharmaceuticals has a net margin of 1.30% compared to Rigel Pharmaceuticals' net margin of -21.47%. Vanda Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of 0.46% beat Rigel Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.
Vanda Pharmaceuticals has higher revenue and earnings than Rigel Pharmaceuticals. Rigel Pharmaceuticals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vanda Pharmaceuticals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Vanda Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rigel Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Rigel Pharmaceuticals has a consensus target price of $5.81, indicating a potential upside of 412.11%. Given Rigel Pharmaceuticals' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Rigel Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than Vanda Pharmaceuticals.
88.1% of Vanda Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.2% of Rigel Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. 7.7% of Vanda Pharmaceuticals shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of Rigel Pharmaceuticals shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Vanda Pharmaceuticals had 14 more articles in the media than Rigel Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Vanda Pharmaceuticals and 0 mentions for Rigel Pharmaceuticals. Vanda Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat Rigel Pharmaceuticals' score of 0.00 indicating that Vanda Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Vanda Pharmaceuticals beats Rigel Pharmaceuticals on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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