OCGN vs. LIFE, INBX, SANA, NMRA, DNA, VIR, CGEM, TARS, FDMT, and BCRX
Should you be buying Ocugen stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ocugen include aTyr Pharma (LIFE), Inhibrx (INBX), Sana Biotechnology (SANA), Neumora Therapeutics (NMRA), Ginkgo Bioworks (DNA), Vir Biotechnology (VIR), Cullinan Therapeutics (CGEM), Tarsus Pharmaceuticals (TARS), 4D Molecular Therapeutics (FDMT), and BioCryst Pharmaceuticals (BCRX). These companies are all part of the "biological products, except diagnostic" industry.
Ocugen (NASDAQ:OCGN) and aTyr Pharma (NASDAQ:LIFE) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.
aTyr Pharma received 320 more outperform votes than Ocugen when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.92% of users gave Ocugen an outperform vote while only 61.52% of users gave aTyr Pharma an outperform vote.
aTyr Pharma's return on equity of -56.92% beat Ocugen's return on equity.
Ocugen currently has a consensus target price of $4.67, indicating a potential upside of 197.24%. aTyr Pharma has a consensus target price of $23.67, indicating a potential upside of 1,284.02%. Given aTyr Pharma's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe aTyr Pharma is more favorable than Ocugen.
In the previous week, Ocugen had 6 more articles in the media than aTyr Pharma. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Ocugen and 6 mentions for aTyr Pharma. aTyr Pharma's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Ocugen's score of 0.27 indicating that aTyr Pharma is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
aTyr Pharma has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ocugen. Ocugen is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than aTyr Pharma, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
10.3% of Ocugen shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.7% of aTyr Pharma shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.5% of Ocugen shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of aTyr Pharma shares are owned 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.
Ocugen has a beta of 3.49, indicating that its stock price is 249% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, aTyr Pharma has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
aTyr Pharma beats Ocugen on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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