LEGN vs. ASND, CERE, VKTX, ROIV, JAZZ, ITCI, ELAN, CYTK, IONS, and CTLT
Should you be buying Legend Biotech stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Legend Biotech include Ascendis Pharma A/S (ASND), Cerevel Therapeutics (CERE), Viking Therapeutics (VKTX), Roivant Sciences (ROIV), Jazz Pharmaceuticals (JAZZ), Intra-Cellular Therapies (ITCI), Elanco Animal Health (ELAN), Cytokinetics (CYTK), Ionis Pharmaceuticals (IONS), and Catalent (CTLT). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
Ascendis Pharma A/S (NASDAQ:ASND) and Legend Biotech (NASDAQ:LEGN) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, risk, media sentiment, earnings and community ranking.
70.9% of Legend Biotech shares are owned by institutional investors. 40.0% of Ascendis Pharma A/S shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Legend Biotech shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Legend Biotech has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ascendis Pharma A/S. Legend Biotech is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ascendis Pharma A/S, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Ascendis Pharma A/S had 14 more articles in the media than Legend Biotech. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Ascendis Pharma A/S and 2 mentions for Legend Biotech. Ascendis Pharma A/S's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Legend Biotech's score of 0.25 indicating that Legend Biotech is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ascendis Pharma A/S has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Legend Biotech has a beta of 0.12, meaning that its stock price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Ascendis Pharma A/S presently has a consensus target price of $173.88, indicating a potential upside of 29.58%. Legend Biotech has a consensus target price of $82.64, indicating a potential upside of 80.72%. Given Ascendis Pharma A/S's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Legend Biotech is more favorable than Ascendis Pharma A/S.
Ascendis Pharma A/S received 352 more outperform votes than Legend Biotech when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.65% of users gave Ascendis Pharma A/S an outperform vote while only 63.33% of users gave Legend Biotech an outperform vote.
Ascendis Pharma A/S has a net margin of -152.68% compared to Ascendis Pharma A/S's net margin of -181.75%. Ascendis Pharma A/S's return on equity of -37.19% beat Legend Biotech's return on equity.
Summary
Legend Biotech beats Ascendis Pharma A/S on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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