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RCUS vs. ACAD, KRYS, CYTK, MENS, ADMA, PCVX, AAPG, PTCT, ACLX, and AKRO

Should you be buying Arcus Biosciences stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Arcus Biosciences include ACADIA Pharmaceuticals (ACAD), Krystal Biotech (KRYS), Cytokinetics (CYTK), Jyong Biotech (MENS), ADMA Biologics (ADMA), Vaxcyte (PCVX), Ascentage Pharma Group International (AAPG), PTC Therapeutics (PTCT), Arcellx (ACLX), and Akero Therapeutics (AKRO). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Arcus Biosciences vs. Its Competitors

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

In the previous week, ACADIA Pharmaceuticals had 2 more articles in the media than Arcus Biosciences. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for ACADIA Pharmaceuticals and 17 mentions for Arcus Biosciences. ACADIA Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Arcus Biosciences' score of 1.06 indicating that ACADIA Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Arcus Biosciences
12 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals
12 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Arcus Biosciences presently has a consensus target price of $21.14, indicating a potential upside of 86.68%. ACADIA Pharmaceuticals has a consensus target price of $29.06, indicating a potential upside of 17.00%. Given Arcus Biosciences' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Arcus Biosciences is more favorable than ACADIA Pharmaceuticals.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Arcus Biosciences
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.61

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals has a net margin of 21.80% compared to Arcus Biosciences' net margin of -109.56%. ACADIA Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of 14.69% beat Arcus Biosciences' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Arcus Biosciences-109.56% -55.96% -25.73%
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals 21.80%14.69%9.41%

Arcus Biosciences has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ACADIA Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Arcus Biosciences$258M4.67-$283M-$3.17-3.57
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals$957.80M4.38$226.45M$1.3318.68

92.9% of Arcus Biosciences shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.7% of ACADIA Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.6% of Arcus Biosciences shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 28.3% of ACADIA Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by company 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.

Summary

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals beats Arcus Biosciences on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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RCUS vs. The Competition

MetricArcus BiosciencesMED IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.22B$3.17B$5.81B$21.33B
Dividend YieldN/A2.28%5.29%3.49%
P/E Ratio-3.5721.3475.6929.42
Price / Sales4.67469.04539.3668.71
Price / CashN/A45.5837.2024.61
Price / Book2.1410.0511.504.55
Net Income-$283M-$53.33M$3.28B$999.91M
7 Day Performance4.82%2.18%1.30%0.84%
1 Month Performance24.67%11.91%11.25%5.23%
1 Year Performance-30.64%14.14%59.54%16.62%

Arcus Biosciences Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RCUS
Arcus Biosciences
2.1738 of 5 stars
$11.33
-1.0%
$21.14
+86.7%
-27.3%$1.22B$258M-3.57500News Coverage
Positive News
ACAD
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals
4.2946 of 5 stars
$25.99
-0.9%
$28.88
+11.1%
+58.0%$4.38B$957.80M19.54510News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
KRYS
Krystal Biotech
4.8857 of 5 stars
$147.70
-2.0%
$210.38
+42.4%
-21.2%$4.27B$290.52M30.02210Positive News
CYTK
Cytokinetics
4.0638 of 5 stars
$35.33
-5.4%
$71.58
+102.6%
-3.7%$4.23B$18.47M-6.93250
MENS
Jyong Biotech
N/A$54.81
-1.3%
N/AN/A$4.17BN/A0.0031
ADMA
ADMA Biologics
3.6341 of 5 stars
$17.26
-0.7%
$27.67
+60.3%
+1.0%$4.12B$426.45M20.07530Positive News
PCVX
Vaxcyte
2.7071 of 5 stars
$30.79
+0.1%
$136.50
+343.3%
-71.0%$4.00BN/A-7.49160Positive News
AAPG
Ascentage Pharma Group International
N/A$42.47
+3.3%
N/AN/A$3.95B$134.35M0.00600Positive News
PTCT
PTC Therapeutics
3.9359 of 5 stars
$49.33
-0.9%
$69.15
+40.2%
+80.6%$3.92B$806.78M7.081,410Insider Trade
ACLX
Arcellx
2.6319 of 5 stars
$69.39
-1.2%
$114.31
+64.7%
-0.2%$3.85B$107.94M-20.2980Positive News
AKRO
Akero Therapeutics
3.8938 of 5 stars
$46.73
-0.4%
$81.57
+74.6%
+68.8%$3.74BN/A-23.3730Positive News
Analyst Revision

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