PBYI vs. ACIU, AQST, ME, IMMP, VSTM, TSVT, ALDX, XBIT, FHTX, and PYXS
Should you be buying Puma Biotechnology stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Puma Biotechnology include AC Immune (ACIU), Aquestive Therapeutics (AQST), 23andMe (ME), Immutep (IMMP), Verastem (VSTM), 2seventy bio (TSVT), Aldeyra Therapeutics (ALDX), XBiotech (XBIT), Foghorn Therapeutics (FHTX), and Pyxis Oncology (PYXS). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
Puma Biotechnology (NASDAQ:PBYI) and AC Immune (NASDAQ:ACIU) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Puma Biotechnology had 18 more articles in the media than AC Immune. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Puma Biotechnology and 0 mentions for AC Immune. AC Immune's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Puma Biotechnology's score of 0.43 indicating that AC Immune is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Puma Biotechnology received 283 more outperform votes than AC Immune when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.58% of users gave Puma Biotechnology an outperform vote while only 62.32% of users gave AC Immune an outperform vote.
Puma Biotechnology has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AC Immune has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Puma Biotechnology has a net margin of 6.79% compared to AC Immune's net margin of 0.00%. Puma Biotechnology's return on equity of 35.49% beat AC Immune's return on equity.
Puma Biotechnology presently has a consensus target price of $7.00, indicating a potential upside of 44.03%. AC Immune has a consensus target price of $16.00, indicating a potential upside of 569.46%. Given AC Immune's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe AC Immune is more favorable than Puma Biotechnology.
Puma Biotechnology has higher revenue and earnings than AC Immune. AC Immune is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Puma Biotechnology, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
61.3% of Puma Biotechnology shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.4% of AC Immune shares are held by institutional investors. 22.7% of Puma Biotechnology shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of AC Immune shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Puma Biotechnology beats AC Immune on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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