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RCUS vs. PTCT, CYTK, RNA, KRYS, SRPT, MRUS, ACAD, ACLX, SWTX, and RARE

Should you be buying Arcus Biosciences stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Arcus Biosciences include PTC Therapeutics (PTCT), Cytokinetics (CYTK), Avidity Biosciences (RNA), Krystal Biotech (KRYS), Sarepta Therapeutics (SRPT), Merus (MRUS), ACADIA Pharmaceuticals (ACAD), Arcellx (ACLX), SpringWorks Therapeutics (SWTX), and Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical (RARE). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Arcus Biosciences vs.

Arcus Biosciences (NYSE:RCUS) and PTC Therapeutics (NASDAQ:PTCT) are both medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and community ranking.

Arcus Biosciences currently has a consensus target price of $24.13, suggesting a potential upside of 139.81%. PTC Therapeutics has a consensus target price of $63.75, suggesting a potential upside of 22.94%. Given Arcus Biosciences' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Arcus Biosciences is more favorable than PTC Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Arcus Biosciences
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.90
PTC Therapeutics
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.64

Arcus Biosciences has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PTC Therapeutics has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Arcus Biosciences has higher earnings, but lower revenue than PTC Therapeutics. Arcus Biosciences is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PTC Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Arcus Biosciences$141M7.55-$307M-$4.19-2.40
PTC Therapeutics$1.77B2.32-$626.60M$6.517.97

PTC Therapeutics received 378 more outperform votes than Arcus Biosciences when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.57% of users gave Arcus Biosciences an outperform vote while only 62.15% of users gave PTC Therapeutics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Arcus BiosciencesOutperform Votes
200
65.57%
Underperform Votes
105
34.43%
PTC TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
578
62.15%
Underperform Votes
352
37.85%

92.9% of Arcus Biosciences shares are held by institutional investors. 12.3% of Arcus Biosciences shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.5% of PTC Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, PTC Therapeutics had 3 more articles in the media than Arcus Biosciences. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for PTC Therapeutics and 7 mentions for Arcus Biosciences. Arcus Biosciences' average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat PTC Therapeutics' score of 0.25 indicating that Arcus Biosciences is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Arcus Biosciences
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
PTC Therapeutics
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

PTC Therapeutics has a net margin of -50.32% compared to Arcus Biosciences' net margin of -102.66%. PTC Therapeutics' return on equity of 0.00% beat Arcus Biosciences' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Arcus Biosciences-102.66% -45.59% -22.38%
PTC Therapeutics -50.32%N/A -16.44%

Summary

Arcus Biosciences beats PTC Therapeutics on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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RCUS vs. The Competition

MetricArcus BiosciencesPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.07B$6.86B$5.58B$19.78B
Dividend YieldN/A2.50%5.27%3.85%
P/E Ratio-3.208.9127.3735.69
Price / Sales7.55263.74414.2345.90
Price / CashN/A65.8538.2517.51
Price / Book1.636.697.164.83
Net Income-$307M$143.74M$3.23B$1.02B
7 Day Performance0.30%11.78%6.50%2.27%
1 Month Performance21.50%20.94%15.27%5.78%
1 Year Performance-37.52%9.61%32.69%14.58%

Arcus Biosciences Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RCUS
Arcus Biosciences
2.7904 of 5 stars
$10.04
+1.9%
$24.13
+140.4%
-37.7%$1.06B$141M-3.19500Analyst Revision
Gap Up
PTCT
PTC Therapeutics
3.2198 of 5 stars
$51.69
-0.8%
$63.75
+23.3%
+37.6%$4.10B$1.77B-8.701,410Analyst Revision
CYTK
Cytokinetics
4.073 of 5 stars
$33.13
+2.6%
$70.92
+114.1%
-36.2%$3.96B$19.22M-6.16250Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
RNA
Avidity Biosciences
2.2662 of 5 stars
$32.66
-9.9%
$67.62
+107.0%
+24.0%$3.94B$8.93M-11.34190Trending News
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
KRYS
Krystal Biotech
4.5785 of 5 stars
$136.08
-0.6%
$211.13
+55.1%
-21.8%$3.93B$333.45M45.51210Analyst Revision
SRPT
Sarepta Therapeutics
4.8483 of 5 stars
$39.71
-7.7%
$122.61
+208.8%
-68.1%$3.90B$2.23B31.77840High Trading Volume
MRUS
Merus
2.9553 of 5 stars
$54.91
-2.3%
$85.83
+56.3%
+5.9%$3.80B$54.73M-13.9037
ACAD
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals
3.6139 of 5 stars
$22.30
+1.5%
$26.79
+20.1%
+49.2%$3.73B$996.28M28.59510Analyst Revision
ACLX
Arcellx
2.2651 of 5 stars
$66.86
-1.8%
$111.33
+66.5%
+23.1%$3.68B$76.81M-94.1780Positive News
Analyst Revision
SWTX
SpringWorks Therapeutics
1.5416 of 5 stars
$46.75
-0.1%
$52.57
+12.5%
+16.9%$3.52B$219.67M-13.43230Positive News
High Trading Volume
RARE
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical
3.8369 of 5 stars
$37.04
-0.3%
$88.77
+139.7%
-10.6%$3.50B$590.69M-5.841,310Analyst Revision

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