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$0.37 -0.04 (-10.19%)
(As of 11:57 AM ET)

BLUE vs. VALN, ARTV, ITOS, CCCC, ATYR, TNYA, LXEO, KYTX, OCGN, and TCRX

Should you be buying bluebird bio stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of bluebird bio include Valneva (VALN), Artiva Biotherapeutics (ARTV), iTeos Therapeutics (ITOS), C4 Therapeutics (CCCC), Atyr PHARMA (ATYR), Tenaya Therapeutics (TNYA), Lexeo Therapeutics (LXEO), Kyverna Therapeutics (KYTX), Ocugen (OCGN), and TScan Therapeutics (TCRX). These companies are all part of the "biological products, except diagnostic" industry.

bluebird bio vs.

Valneva (NASDAQ:VALN) and bluebird bio (NASDAQ:BLUE) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, valuation, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, profitability and institutional ownership.

Valneva has a beta of 1.99, indicating that its share price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, bluebird bio has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

bluebird bio received 1007 more outperform votes than Valneva when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.12% of users gave bluebird bio an outperform vote while only 60.38% of users gave Valneva an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ValnevaOutperform Votes
32
60.38%
Underperform Votes
21
39.62%
bluebird bioOutperform Votes
1039
71.12%
Underperform Votes
422
28.88%

Valneva presently has a consensus price target of $18.50, suggesting a potential upside of 378.04%. bluebird bio has a consensus price target of $3.03, suggesting a potential upside of 625.25%. Given bluebird bio's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe bluebird bio is more favorable than Valneva.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Valneva
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
bluebird bio
2 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Valneva has higher revenue and earnings than bluebird bio. Valneva is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than bluebird bio, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Valneva$165.52M1.90-$109.78M-$0.13-29.77
bluebird bio$29.50M2.75-$211.91M-$1.87-0.22

Valneva has a net margin of -4.35% compared to bluebird bio's net margin of -565.74%. Valneva's return on equity of -3.93% beat bluebird bio's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Valneva-4.35% -3.93% -1.42%
bluebird bio -565.74%-322.46%-53.17%

In the previous week, bluebird bio had 2 more articles in the media than Valneva. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for bluebird bio and 6 mentions for Valneva. Valneva's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat bluebird bio's score of -0.16 indicating that Valneva is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Valneva
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
bluebird bio
0 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

11.4% of Valneva shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.4% of bluebird bio shares are held by institutional investors. 14.9% of Valneva shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of bluebird bio shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Valneva beats bluebird bio on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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BLUE vs. The Competition

Metricbluebird bioBiological Products IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$81.10M$3.09B$5.24B$8.93B
Dividend YieldN/A1.84%5.23%4.05%
P/E Ratio-0.2218.5990.1913.75
Price / Sales2.75296.281,469.6281.34
Price / CashN/A175.8435.2535.09
Price / Book-13.903.545.695.49
Net Income-$211.91M-$41.68M$117.66M$224.81M
7 Day Performance12.73%6.36%2.86%1.98%
1 Month Performance-10.49%5.32%1.79%9.78%
1 Year Performance-90.21%38.03%35.90%29.97%

bluebird bio Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BLUE
bluebird bio
3.3579 of 5 stars
$0.37
-10.2%
$3.03
+707.5%
-90.2%$72.84M$29.50M-0.20323Short Interest ↓
VALN
Valneva
2.6317 of 5 stars
$3.89
-4.0%
$18.50
+375.6%
-66.4%$316.05M$158.54M-29.62700Gap Down
High Trading Volume
ARTV
Artiva Biotherapeutics
N/A$12.87
+0.7%
$21.25
+65.1%
N/A$312.61MN/A0.0081Positive News
ITOS
iTeos Therapeutics
3.833 of 5 stars
$8.50
-0.6%
$31.50
+270.6%
-13.6%$310.54M$35M-2.7190Positive News
CCCC
C4 Therapeutics
1.6128 of 5 stars
$4.36
-4.2%
$10.00
+129.4%
+168.8%$307.77M$33.67M-2.68150Short Interest ↑
ATYR
Atyr PHARMA
2.7222 of 5 stars
$3.52
-0.3%
$19.25
+446.9%
N/A$295.48M$235,000.00-3.7656Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
TNYA
Tenaya Therapeutics
3.8751 of 5 stars
$3.57
flat
$17.33
+385.5%
+81.7%$282.82MN/A-2.56110High Trading Volume
LXEO
Lexeo Therapeutics
2.6338 of 5 stars
$8.53
+3.6%
$23.80
+179.0%
-45.2%$282.05M$650,000.00-2.6058Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
KYTX
Kyverna Therapeutics
2.2564 of 5 stars
$6.43
+11.4%
$25.71
+299.9%
N/A$277.60M$7.03M0.0096Gap Up
OCGN
Ocugen
1.4842 of 5 stars
$0.93
-5.0%
$5.67
+507.5%
+138.3%$271.74M$4.70M-5.4665
TCRX
TScan Therapeutics
2.0212 of 5 stars
$4.70
-1.5%
$12.00
+155.3%
-25.2%$250.84M$9.36M-4.41100Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:BLUE) was last updated on 12/3/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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