EBS vs. CLDX, INVA, MNKD, DVAX, NVAX, OPK, GERN, RGLS, ZBIO, and MYGN
Should you be buying Emergent Biosolutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Emergent Biosolutions include Celldex Therapeutics (CLDX), Innoviva (INVA), MannKind (MNKD), Dynavax Technologies (DVAX), Novavax (NVAX), OPKO Health (OPK), Geron (GERN), Regulus Therapeutics (RGLS), Zenas Biopharma (ZBIO), and Myriad Genetics (MYGN). These companies are all part of the "biotechnology" industry.
Emergent Biosolutions vs. Its Competitors
Emergent Biosolutions (NYSE:EBS) and Celldex Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CLDX) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings and dividends.
78.4% of Emergent Biosolutions shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of Emergent Biosolutions shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Celldex Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Celldex Therapeutics has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Emergent Biosolutions. Celldex Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Emergent Biosolutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Emergent Biosolutions currently has a consensus target price of $14.33, indicating a potential upside of 129.89%. Celldex Therapeutics has a consensus target price of $50.11, indicating a potential upside of 149.81%. Given Celldex Therapeutics' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Celldex Therapeutics is more favorable than Emergent Biosolutions.
Emergent Biosolutions has a net margin of -13.63% compared to Celldex Therapeutics' net margin of -2,366.07%. Emergent Biosolutions' return on equity of -0.52% beat Celldex Therapeutics' return on equity.
Emergent Biosolutions has a beta of 2.1, suggesting that its share price is 110% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Celldex Therapeutics has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Celldex Therapeutics received 199 more outperform votes than Emergent Biosolutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.30% of users gave Celldex Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 66.82% of users gave Emergent Biosolutions an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Celldex Therapeutics had 17 more articles in the media than Emergent Biosolutions. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Celldex Therapeutics and 1 mentions for Emergent Biosolutions. Emergent Biosolutions' average media sentiment score of 1.72 beat Celldex Therapeutics' score of 0.71 indicating that Emergent Biosolutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Celldex Therapeutics beats Emergent Biosolutions on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:EBS) was last updated on 6/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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