ALPN vs. PRGO, ALKS, NUVL, INSM, MDGL, CRNX, SMMT, BHVN, AXSM, and RARE
Should you be buying Alpine Immune Sciences stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alpine Immune Sciences include Perrigo (PRGO), Alkermes (ALKS), Nuvalent (NUVL), Insmed (INSM), Madrigal Pharmaceuticals (MDGL), Crinetics Pharmaceuticals (CRNX), Summit Therapeutics (SMMT), Biohaven (BHVN), Axsome Therapeutics (AXSM), and Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical (RARE). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
Perrigo (NYSE:PRGO) and Alpine Immune Sciences (NASDAQ:ALPN) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.
Perrigo has a net margin of -0.17% compared to Perrigo's net margin of -65.17%. Alpine Immune Sciences' return on equity of 6.96% beat Perrigo's return on equity.
Perrigo received 384 more outperform votes than Alpine Immune Sciences when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.75% of users gave Perrigo an outperform vote while only 64.46% of users gave Alpine Immune Sciences an outperform vote.
95.9% of Perrigo shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.2% of Alpine Immune Sciences shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Perrigo shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 42.3% of Alpine Immune Sciences shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Perrigo has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alpine Immune Sciences has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Perrigo had 1 more articles in the media than Alpine Immune Sciences. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Perrigo and 9 mentions for Alpine Immune Sciences. Perrigo's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Alpine Immune Sciences' score of 0.67 indicating that Alpine Immune Sciences is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Perrigo currently has a consensus price target of $40.67, suggesting a potential upside of 36.33%. Alpine Immune Sciences has a consensus price target of $52.33, suggesting a potential downside of 19.45%. Given Alpine Immune Sciences' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Perrigo is more favorable than Alpine Immune Sciences.
Perrigo has higher revenue and earnings than Alpine Immune Sciences. Perrigo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alpine Immune Sciences, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Perrigo beats Alpine Immune Sciences on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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