OMER vs. NKTR, VNDA, ASMB, GBIO, OVID, ATOS, RIGL, RENB, GALT, and TRVI
Should you be buying Omeros stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Omeros include Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR), Vanda Pharmaceuticals (VNDA), Assembly Biosciences (ASMB), Generation Bio (GBIO), Ovid Therapeutics (OVID), Atossa Therapeutics (ATOS), Rigel Pharmaceuticals (RIGL), Renovaro (RENB), Galectin Therapeutics (GALT), and Trevi Therapeutics (TRVI). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
Nektar Therapeutics (NASDAQ:NKTR) and Omeros (NASDAQ:OMER) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.
Nektar Therapeutics currently has a consensus target price of $3.50, suggesting a potential upside of 98.86%. Given Omeros' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Nektar Therapeutics is more favorable than Omeros.
75.9% of Nektar Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.8% of Omeros shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Nektar Therapeutics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.9% of Omeros shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Omeros has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Omeros' net margin of -306.31%. Omeros' return on equity of -96.80% beat Nektar Therapeutics' return on equity.
Omeros received 114 more outperform votes than Nektar Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.80% of users gave Omeros an outperform vote while only 70.61% of users gave Nektar Therapeutics an outperform vote.
Nektar Therapeutics has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Omeros has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Nektar Therapeutics had 8 more articles in the media than Omeros. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Nektar Therapeutics and 3 mentions for Omeros. Omeros' average media sentiment score of -0.09 beat Nektar Therapeutics' score of -0.25 indicating that Nektar Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Omeros has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Nektar Therapeutics. Omeros is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nektar Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Nektar Therapeutics beats Omeros on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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