RCKT vs. KROS, DCPH, ARDX, AMPH, AMRX, MRVI, EWTX, SNDX, NAMS, and DYN
Should you be buying Rocket Pharmaceuticals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rocket Pharmaceuticals include Keros Therapeutics (KROS), Deciphera Pharmaceuticals (DCPH), Ardelyx (ARDX), Amphastar Pharmaceuticals (AMPH), Amneal Pharmaceuticals (AMRX), Maravai LifeSciences (MRVI), Edgewise Therapeutics (EWTX), Syndax Pharmaceuticals (SNDX), NewAmsterdam Pharma (NAMS), and Dyne Therapeutics (DYN). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
Keros Therapeutics (NASDAQ:KROS) and Rocket Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:RCKT) are both medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, risk, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation.
Keros Therapeutics has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rocket Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
71.6% of Keros Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.4% of Rocket Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.9% of Keros Therapeutics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 31.1% of Rocket Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Keros Therapeutics has higher revenue and earnings than Rocket Pharmaceuticals. Keros Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rocket Pharmaceuticals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Rocket Pharmaceuticals received 331 more outperform votes than Keros Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.18% of users gave Rocket Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave Keros Therapeutics an outperform vote.
Keros Therapeutics currently has a consensus target price of $86.00, indicating a potential upside of 58.09%. Rocket Pharmaceuticals has a consensus target price of $52.13, indicating a potential upside of 120.31%. Given Keros Therapeutics' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Rocket Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than Keros Therapeutics.
In the previous week, Keros Therapeutics had 7 more articles in the media than Rocket Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Keros Therapeutics and 9 mentions for Rocket Pharmaceuticals. Rocket Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Keros Therapeutics' score of 0.34 indicating that Keros Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Rocket Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of -45.53% beat Keros Therapeutics' return on equity.
Summary
Keros Therapeutics and Rocket Pharmaceuticals tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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