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

Should you be buying Zymeworks stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Zymeworks 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.

Zymeworks vs. Its Competitors

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

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals has a net margin of 21.80% compared to Zymeworks' net margin of -182.75%. ACADIA Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of 14.69% beat Zymeworks' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Zymeworks-182.75% -23.00% -18.04%
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals 21.80%14.69%9.41%

Zymeworks presently has a consensus price target of $21.43, suggesting a potential upside of 51.55%. ACADIA Pharmaceuticals has a consensus price target of $28.88, suggesting a potential upside of 12.27%. Given Zymeworks' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Zymeworks is more favorable than ACADIA Pharmaceuticals.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Zymeworks
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.90
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.61

In the previous week, ACADIA Pharmaceuticals had 10 more articles in the media than Zymeworks. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for ACADIA Pharmaceuticals and 12 mentions for Zymeworks. Zymeworks' average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat ACADIA Pharmaceuticals' score of 0.49 indicating that Zymeworks is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Zymeworks
10 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals
10 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Zymeworks has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ACADIA Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

92.9% of Zymeworks shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.7% of ACADIA Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Zymeworks shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 28.3% of ACADIA Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals has higher revenue and earnings than Zymeworks. Zymeworks 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
Zymeworks$122.87M8.65-$118.67M-$0.97-14.58
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals$957.80M4.53$226.45M$1.3319.34

Summary

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals beats Zymeworks on 11 of the 16 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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ZYME vs. The Competition

MetricZymeworksPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.05B$832.19M$5.77B$21.33B
Dividend YieldN/A4.84%6.66%3.49%
P/E Ratio-9.431.1082.4329.16
Price / Sales8.6526.60504.7347.12
Price / CashN/A19.5625.7018.29
Price / Book2.136.5710.935.30
Net Income-$118.67M-$5.07M$3.28B$998.51M
7 Day Performance-4.72%0.05%0.10%-0.63%
1 Month Performance12.22%10.08%8.93%4.90%
1 Year Performance22.00%25.34%51.89%13.95%

Zymeworks Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ZYME
Zymeworks
2.3074 of 5 stars
$14.14
+0.9%
$21.43
+51.5%
+22.7%$1.05B$122.87M-9.43460News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
ACAD
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals
4.0457 of 5 stars
$25.99
-0.9%
$28.88
+11.1%
+57.2%$4.38B$957.80M19.54510Analyst Revision
KRYS
Krystal Biotech
4.8418 of 5 stars
$147.70
-2.0%
$210.38
+42.4%
-19.6%$4.27B$290.52M30.02210Positive News
CYTK
Cytokinetics
4.1757 of 5 stars
$35.33
-5.4%
$71.58
+102.6%
-8.4%$4.23B$18.47M-6.93250Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Options Volume
MENS
Jyong Biotech
N/A$54.81
-1.3%
N/AN/A$4.17BN/A0.0031News Coverage
ADMA
ADMA Biologics
4.0239 of 5 stars
$17.26
-0.7%
$27.67
+60.3%
+2.0%$4.12B$426.45M20.07530Positive News
PCVX
Vaxcyte
2.8171 of 5 stars
$30.79
+0.1%
$136.50
+343.3%
-70.9%$4.00BN/A-7.49160News Coverage
Positive News
AAPG
Ascentage Pharma Group International
N/A$42.47
+3.3%
N/AN/A$3.95B$134.35M0.00600Positive News
PTCT
PTC Therapeutics
3.9366 of 5 stars
$49.33
-0.9%
$69.15
+40.2%
+66.3%$3.92B$806.78M7.081,410News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
ACLX
Arcellx
2.2082 of 5 stars
$69.39
-1.2%
$114.31
+64.7%
+7.7%$3.85B$107.94M-20.2980News Coverage
Positive News
AKRO
Akero Therapeutics
3.9133 of 5 stars
$46.73
-0.4%
$81.57
+74.6%
+75.5%$3.74BN/A-23.3730News Coverage
Positive News

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