SGMO vs. BLUE, CLLS, ATRA, ADAP, LXRX, VNDA, XOMA, AGEN, EBS, and CDXS
Should you be buying Sangamo Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sangamo Therapeutics include bluebird bio (BLUE), Cellectis (CLLS), Atara Biotherapeutics (ATRA), Adaptimmune Therapeutics (ADAP), Lexicon Pharmaceuticals (LXRX), Vanda Pharmaceuticals (VNDA), XOMA (XOMA), Agenus (AGEN), Emergent BioSolutions (EBS), and Codexis (CDXS). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Sangamo Therapeutics (NASDAQ:SGMO) and bluebird bio (NASDAQ:BLUE) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.
56.9% of Sangamo Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.4% of bluebird bio shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of Sangamo Therapeutics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of bluebird bio shares are owned 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.
Sangamo Therapeutics has higher revenue and earnings than bluebird bio. bluebird bio is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sangamo Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, bluebird bio had 2 more articles in the media than Sangamo Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for bluebird bio and 3 mentions for Sangamo Therapeutics. Sangamo Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat bluebird bio's score of 0.71 indicating that Sangamo Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
bluebird bio received 596 more outperform votes than Sangamo Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.78% of users gave bluebird bio an outperform vote while only 62.71% of users gave Sangamo Therapeutics an outperform vote.
Sangamo Therapeutics has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, bluebird bio has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Sangamo Therapeutics currently has a consensus target price of $5.67, suggesting a potential upside of 904.02%. bluebird bio has a consensus target price of $5.46, suggesting a potential upside of 504.66%. Given Sangamo Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Sangamo Therapeutics is more favorable than bluebird bio.
bluebird bio has a net margin of -419.64% compared to Sangamo Therapeutics' net margin of -1,749.06%. bluebird bio's return on equity of -34.32% beat Sangamo Therapeutics' return on equity.
Summary
bluebird bio beats Sangamo Therapeutics on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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