LNTH vs. RIOT, QDEL, NEOG, CLDX, NTLA, MYGN, OPCH, OGN, BLCO, and HALO
Should you be buying Lantheus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lantheus include Riot Platforms (RIOT), QuidelOrtho (QDEL), Neogen (NEOG), Celldex Therapeutics (CLDX), Intellia Therapeutics (NTLA), Myriad Genetics (MYGN), Option Care Health (OPCH), Organon & Co. (OGN), Bausch + Lomb (BLCO), and Halozyme Therapeutics (HALO).
Lantheus (NASDAQ:LNTH) and Riot Platforms (NASDAQ:RIOT) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and community ranking.
99.1% of Lantheus shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.3% of Riot Platforms shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Lantheus shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Riot Platforms shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Riot Platforms has a net margin of 76.02% compared to Lantheus' net margin of 33.72%. Lantheus' return on equity of 54.10% beat Riot Platforms' return on equity.
Lantheus has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Riot Platforms has a beta of 4.19, indicating that its share price is 319% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Riot Platforms received 169 more outperform votes than Lantheus when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.34% of users gave Riot Platforms an outperform vote while only 65.21% of users gave Lantheus an outperform vote.
Lantheus presently has a consensus price target of $99.17, indicating a potential upside of 30.45%. Riot Platforms has a consensus price target of $18.33, indicating a potential upside of 99.21%. Given Riot Platforms' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Riot Platforms is more favorable than Lantheus.
Lantheus has higher revenue and earnings than Riot Platforms. Riot Platforms is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lantheus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Riot Platforms had 4 more articles in the media than Lantheus. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Riot Platforms and 10 mentions for Lantheus. Lantheus' average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Riot Platforms' score of 0.16 indicating that Lantheus is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Riot Platforms beats Lantheus on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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