ABSI vs. OABI, ORIC, MXCT, INNV, IGMS, ABUS, ALT, AVTE, IRMD, and YMAB
Should you be buying Absci stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Absci include OmniAb (OABI), ORIC Pharmaceuticals (ORIC), MaxCyte (MXCT), InnovAge (INNV), IGM Biosciences (IGMS), Arbutus Biopharma (ABUS), Altimmune (ALT), Aerovate Therapeutics (AVTE), Iradimed (IRMD), and Y-mAbs Therapeutics (YMAB). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Absci (NASDAQ:ABSI) and OmniAb (NASDAQ:OABI) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and community ranking.
OmniAb has higher revenue and earnings than Absci. OmniAb is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Absci, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Absci received 4 more outperform votes than OmniAb when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave OmniAb an outperform vote while only 53.66% of users gave Absci an outperform vote.
OmniAb has a net margin of -301.62% compared to Absci's net margin of -2,042.01%. OmniAb's return on equity of -19.93% beat Absci's return on equity.
Absci has a beta of 2.39, indicating that its share price is 139% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OmniAb has a beta of -0.08, indicating that its share price is 108% less volatile than the S&P 500.
52.1% of Absci shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.1% of OmniAb shares are held by institutional investors. 9.8% of Absci shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.0% of OmniAb shares are held by 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.
In the previous week, Absci had 9 more articles in the media than OmniAb. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Absci and 10 mentions for OmniAb. OmniAb's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Absci's score of 0.01 indicating that OmniAb is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Absci presently has a consensus target price of $9.25, suggesting a potential upside of 100.43%. OmniAb has a consensus target price of $9.00, suggesting a potential upside of 102.25%. Given OmniAb's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe OmniAb is more favorable than Absci.
Summary
OmniAb beats Absci on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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