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Chimerix (CMRX) Competitors

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$3.55 -0.11 (-3.01%)
As of 01/17/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

CMRX vs. CALT, DAWN, PRAX, ANIP, SPRY, AUPH, COLL, SNDX, SYRE, and ELVN

Should you be buying Chimerix stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Chimerix include Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ) (CALT), Day One Biopharmaceuticals (DAWN), Praxis Precision Medicines (PRAX), ANI Pharmaceuticals (ANIP), ARS Pharmaceuticals (SPRY), Aurinia Pharmaceuticals (AUPH), Collegium Pharmaceutical (COLL), Syndax Pharmaceuticals (SNDX), Spyre Therapeutics (SYRE), and Enliven Therapeutics (ELVN). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Chimerix vs.

Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ) (NASDAQ:CALT) and Chimerix (NASDAQ:CMRX) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends and profitability.

Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ) presently has a consensus target price of $39.25, indicating a potential downside of 1.88%. Chimerix has a consensus target price of $8.50, indicating a potential upside of 139.44%. Given Chimerix's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Chimerix is more favorable than Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ).

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ)
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Chimerix
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ) has higher revenue and earnings than Chimerix. Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ) is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chimerix, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ)$1.60B0.74-$43.96M-$1.85-21.62
Chimerix$320K997.77-$82.10M-$0.94-3.78

Chimerix received 367 more outperform votes than Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ) when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.86% of users gave Chimerix an outperform vote while only 55.10% of users gave Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ) an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ)Outperform Votes
27
55.10%
Underperform Votes
22
44.90%
ChimerixOutperform Votes
394
63.86%
Underperform Votes
223
36.14%

Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ) has a beta of 1.77, suggesting that its stock price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chimerix has a beta of 0.36, suggesting that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500.

2.8% of Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ) shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.4% of Chimerix shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ) shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.1% of Chimerix shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Chimerix had 3 more articles in the media than Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ). MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Chimerix and 0 mentions for Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ). Chimerix's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ)'s score of 0.00 indicating that Chimerix is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ) Neutral
Chimerix Positive

Chimerix has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ)'s net margin of -30.18%. Chimerix's return on equity of -50.78% beat Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ)'s return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ)-30.18% -212.04% -27.96%
Chimerix N/A -50.78%-44.94%

Summary

Chimerix beats Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ) on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CMRX vs. The Competition

MetricChimerixPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$319.29M$6.35B$5.24B$9.00B
Dividend YieldN/A2.94%5.13%4.03%
P/E Ratio-3.785.2665.3814.27
Price / Sales997.77334.891,272.1186.92
Price / CashN/A61.4443.8235.97
Price / Book1.646.055.324.80
Net Income-$82.10M$154.62M$122.68M$224.91M
7 Day Performance9.23%-1.70%-0.21%1.47%
1 Month Performance31.00%2.75%3.72%4.66%
1 Year Performance285.74%2.60%27.18%20.83%

Chimerix Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CMRX
Chimerix
4.4946 of 5 stars
$3.55
-3.0%
$8.50
+139.4%
+277.6%$319.29M$320,000.00-3.7890Short Interest ↓
Gap Down
CALT
Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ)
N/A$40.00
flat
$39.25
-1.9%
N/A$1.19B$1.60B-21.62180
DAWN
Day One Biopharmaceuticals
1.7779 of 5 stars
$11.78
-0.2%
$35.86
+204.4%
-9.2%$1.19BN/A-11.4460News Coverage
PRAX
Praxis Precision Medicines
2.0414 of 5 stars
$62.17
-1.6%
$146.33
+135.4%
+80.8%$1.16B$1.61M-6.04110Short Interest ↑
Gap Down
ANIP
ANI Pharmaceuticals
4.4767 of 5 stars
$54.67
-0.7%
$77.71
+42.2%
+5.1%$1.15B$555.46M-99.40600Short Interest ↓
Gap Down
SPRY
ARS Pharmaceuticals
2.835 of 5 stars
$11.57
+2.9%
$24.50
+111.8%
+106.4%$1.12B$2.57M-22.6990Analyst Forecast
AUPH
Aurinia Pharmaceuticals
2.286 of 5 stars
$7.80
-3.3%
$10.00
+28.2%
+1.8%$1.12B$220.36M-52.00300Positive News
COLL
Collegium Pharmaceutical
4.2086 of 5 stars
$33.84
+2.8%
$43.80
+29.4%
+1.9%$1.09B$599.25M14.59210Insider Trade
SNDX
Syndax Pharmaceuticals
3.7286 of 5 stars
$12.77
-2.6%
$36.20
+183.5%
-39.6%$1.09B$16M-3.52110Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
SYRE
Spyre Therapeutics
2.1548 of 5 stars
$21.05
-6.3%
$51.50
+144.7%
-4.4%$1.08B$890,000.00-2.82100Analyst Revision
ELVN
Enliven Therapeutics
2.2592 of 5 stars
$22.09
+1.6%
$38.25
+73.2%
+91.0%$1.08BN/A-11.6350

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This page (NASDAQ:CMRX) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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