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ASRT vs. CMPS, SEPN, CADL, DSGN, AVIR, ZYBT, CRVS, MBX, IMMP, and PRME

Should you be buying Assertio stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Assertio include COMPASS Pathways (CMPS), Septerna (SEPN), Candel Therapeutics (CADL), Design Therapeutics (DSGN), Atea Pharmaceuticals (AVIR), Zhengye Biotechnology (ZYBT), Corvus Pharmaceuticals (CRVS), MBX Biosciences (MBX), Immutep (IMMP), and Prime Medicine (PRME). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Assertio vs.

COMPASS Pathways (NASDAQ:CMPS) and Assertio (NASDAQ:ASRT) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends and earnings.

In the previous week, COMPASS Pathways had 6 more articles in the media than Assertio. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for COMPASS Pathways and 1 mentions for Assertio. Assertio's average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat COMPASS Pathways' score of 0.68 indicating that Assertio is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
COMPASS Pathways Positive
Assertio Very Positive

COMPASS Pathways has a beta of 2.29, indicating that its stock price is 129% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Assertio has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

46.2% of COMPASS Pathways shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.0% of Assertio shares are held by institutional investors. 4.3% of COMPASS Pathways shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Assertio shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Assertio received 45 more outperform votes than COMPASS Pathways when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 81.48% of users gave COMPASS Pathways an outperform vote while only 59.68% of users gave Assertio an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
COMPASS PathwaysOutperform Votes
66
81.48%
Underperform Votes
15
18.52%
AssertioOutperform Votes
111
59.68%
Underperform Votes
75
40.32%

COMPASS Pathways has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Assertio. Assertio is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than COMPASS Pathways, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
COMPASS PathwaysN/AN/A-$118.46M-$2.30-1.26
Assertio$124.96M0.52-$331.94M-$0.23-2.96

COMPASS Pathways has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Assertio's net margin of -54.46%. Assertio's return on equity of 3.79% beat COMPASS Pathways' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
COMPASS PathwaysN/A -63.85% -51.97%
Assertio -54.46%3.79%1.81%

COMPASS Pathways presently has a consensus price target of $21.83, indicating a potential upside of 651.58%. Assertio has a consensus price target of $2.75, indicating a potential upside of 303.82%. Given COMPASS Pathways' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe COMPASS Pathways is more favorable than Assertio.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
COMPASS Pathways
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Assertio
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

COMPASS Pathways and Assertio tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ASRT vs. The Competition

MetricAssertioPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$64.55M$6.87B$5.61B$7.68B
Dividend YieldN/A2.79%5.33%4.02%
P/E Ratio-0.927.3523.5018.55
Price / Sales0.52208.36376.0088.66
Price / Cash1.1265.6738.1734.64
Price / Book0.476.256.814.11
Net Income-$331.94M$142.34M$3.20B$247.18M
7 Day Performance-10.00%-8.43%-5.42%-4.05%
1 Month Performance-12.23%-9.99%-0.12%-6.41%
1 Year Performance-29.01%-12.60%7.61%-2.08%

Assertio Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ASRT
Assertio
2.3386 of 5 stars
$0.68
-1.5%
$2.75
+303.8%
-27.9%$64.55M$124.96M-0.9220Positive News
CMPS
COMPASS Pathways
3.3404 of 5 stars
$3.11
+0.3%
$21.83
+602.0%
-64.7%$288.21MN/A-1.41120Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
SEPN
Septerna
2.1084 of 5 stars
$6.37
+7.6%
$34.00
+433.8%
N/A$282.85M$981,000.000.00N/AEarnings Report
Analyst Forecast
CADL
Candel Therapeutics
2.6349 of 5 stars
$8.66
+7.4%
$21.00
+142.5%
+276.6%$281.24M$120,000.00-5.0160
DSGN
Design Therapeutics
1.961 of 5 stars
$4.93
+6.0%
$8.00
+62.3%
+4.5%$279.84MN/A-5.8040Gap Up
AVIR
Atea Pharmaceuticals
2.6441 of 5 stars
$3.20
-0.6%
$6.88
+115.0%
-27.5%$273.68MN/A-1.5570
ZYBT
Zhengye Biotechnology
N/A$5.80
+18.9%
N/AN/A$273.56M$189.75M0.00278High Trading Volume
CRVS
Corvus Pharmaceuticals
2.2797 of 5 stars
$4.25
-1.4%
$12.38
+191.2%
+89.9%$273.09MN/A-4.5730Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
MBX
MBX Biosciences
1.9273 of 5 stars
$8.13
+3.0%
$37.25
+358.2%
N/A$271.74MN/A0.0036Gap Down
IMMP
Immutep
1.6822 of 5 stars
$1.84
-2.1%
$8.50
+362.0%
-20.2%$267.83M$5.14M0.002,021Gap Down
PRME
Prime Medicine
2.7546 of 5 stars
$2.03
+4.1%
$13.38
+558.9%
-71.6%$266.26M$2.98M-0.99234Gap Down
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This page (NASDAQ:ASRT) was last updated on 3/31/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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