ESPR vs. RDUS, OMER, CALT, PAHC, CARA, KURA, TARO, EWTX, SDGR, and ARDX
Should you be buying Esperion Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Esperion Therapeutics include Radius Recycling (RDUS), Omeros (OMER), Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ) (CALT), Phibro Animal Health (PAHC), Cara Therapeutics (CARA), Kura Oncology (KURA), Taro Pharmaceutical Industries (TARO), Edgewise Therapeutics (EWTX), Schrödinger (SDGR), and Ardelyx (ARDX).
Esperion Therapeutics (NASDAQ:ESPR) and Radius Recycling (NASDAQ:RDUS) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking and profitability.
Esperion Therapeutics currently has a consensus target price of $9.33, indicating a potential upside of 307.57%. Given Esperion Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Esperion Therapeutics is more favorable than Radius Recycling.
In the previous week, Esperion Therapeutics had 5 more articles in the media than Radius Recycling. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Esperion Therapeutics and 3 mentions for Radius Recycling. Radius Recycling's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Esperion Therapeutics' score of 0.52 indicating that Radius Recycling is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Radius Recycling has a net margin of -2.28% compared to Esperion Therapeutics' net margin of -37.65%. Esperion Therapeutics' return on equity of 0.00% beat Radius Recycling's return on equity.
Esperion Therapeutics has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Radius Recycling has a beta of 1.64, indicating that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Esperion Therapeutics received 258 more outperform votes than Radius Recycling when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.92% of users gave Esperion Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 54.43% of users gave Radius Recycling an outperform vote.
Radius Recycling has higher revenue and earnings than Esperion Therapeutics. Radius Recycling is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Esperion Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
47.4% of Esperion Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.1% of Radius Recycling shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Esperion Therapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.7% of Radius Recycling shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Esperion Therapeutics beats Radius Recycling on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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