Both in Pharmaceuticals

Amphastar Pharmaceuticals vs Nektar Therapeutics

Over the past year AMPH returned +10.9% and NKTR returned −31.3%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.05.

AMPH +10.9% NKTR −31.3%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricAMPHNKTR
Price$28.02$38.48
Market cap$1.19B$1.31B
Today+3.32%+1.91%
1 month+8.1%−3.6%
6 months+17.2%−54.8%
Year to date+4.6%−9.0%
1 year+10.8%−35.8%
Revenue growth (YoY)+5.4%−9.3%
Gross margin50.8%100.0%
Net margin16.5%−401.0%
P/E (TTM)15.2×—
Price / sales1.6×24.1×
Net cash-$321.9M$684.3M
Dividend yield——
Volatility (60d)31.3%70.0%
Short % of float14.9%21.0%
Next earnings——

Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).