Head-To-Head Contrast: NeuroSense Therapeutics (NASDAQ:NRSN) & ACADIA Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ACAD)

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ACAD) and NeuroSense Therapeutics (NASDAQ:NRSN) are both medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, profitability and valuation.

Risk and Volatility

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.37, suggesting that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NeuroSense Therapeutics has a beta of 1.58, suggesting that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

96.7% of ACADIA Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.0% of NeuroSense Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. 27.5% of ACADIA Pharmaceuticals shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 27.4% of NeuroSense Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares ACADIA Pharmaceuticals and NeuroSense Therapeutics’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals	-8.44%	-15.67%	-9.15%
NeuroSense Therapeutics	N/A	-678.59%	-207.30%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for ACADIA Pharmaceuticals and NeuroSense Therapeutics, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals	0	3	12	0	2.80
NeuroSense Therapeutics	0	0	1	0	3.00

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals currently has a consensus price target of $35.82, suggesting a potential upside of 115.93%. Given ACADIA Pharmaceuticals’ higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe ACADIA Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than NeuroSense Therapeutics.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares ACADIA Pharmaceuticals and NeuroSense Therapeutics’ gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals	$726.44 million	3.76	-$61.29 million	($0.38)	-43.66
NeuroSense Therapeutics	N/A	N/A	-$11.28 million	($0.83)	-1.61

NeuroSense Therapeutics has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ACADIA Pharmaceuticals. ACADIA Pharmaceuticals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NeuroSense Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals beats NeuroSense Therapeutics on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About ACADIA Pharmaceuticals

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the development and commercialization innovative medicines that address unmet medical needs in central nervous system (CNS) disorders and rare diseases in the United States. The company offers NUPLAZID (pimavanserin) for the treatment of hallucinations and delusions associated with Parkinson's disease psychosis; and DAYBUE, a novel synthetic analog of the amino-terminal tripeptide of insulin-like growth factor 1 for treatment of Rett Syndrome. It also develops Pimavanserin that is in Phase III ADVANCE-2 study to treat the negative symptoms of schizophrenia; ACP-101 whixh is in Phase III for the treatment of hyperphagia in Prader-Willi syndrome; ACP-204 which is in Phase II for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease psychosis; ACP-2591 that is in Phase I for Rett syndrome and Fragile X syndrome; preclinical antisense oligonucleotide programs; and other programs for neuropsychiatric symptoms. It has a license agreement with Neuren Pharmaceuticals Limited to develop and commercialize trofinetide for Rett syndrome and other indications; and a license and collaboration agreement with Stoke Therapeutics, Inc. to discover, develop and commercialize novel RNA-based medicines for the potential treatment of severe and rare genetic neurodevelopmental diseases of the CNS. The company was formerly known as Receptor Technologies, Inc. and changed its name ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc. in 1997. ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc. was incorporated in 1993 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.

About NeuroSense Therapeutics

NeuroSense Therapeutics Ltd., a clinical-stage biotechnology company, focuses on discovering and developing treatments for patients suffering from debilitating neurodegenerative diseases in the United States and internationally. Its lead product is PrimeC, an extended-release oral formulation of a fixed dose combination of ciprofloxacin and celecoxib for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The company's preclinical pipeline includes StabiliC for the treatment of Parkinson's disease; and CogniC for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. NeuroSense Therapeutics Ltd. was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in Herzliya, Israel.