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CNTA vs. LEGN, GRFS, TLX, TGTX, LNTH, NUVL, AXSM, AKRO, PCVX, and ADMA

Should you be buying Centessa Pharmaceuticals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Centessa Pharmaceuticals include Legend Biotech (LEGN), Grifols (GRFS), Telix Pharmaceuticals (TLX), TG Therapeutics (TGTX), Lantheus (LNTH), Nuvalent (NUVL), Axsome Therapeutics (AXSM), Akero Therapeutics (AKRO), Vaxcyte (PCVX), and ADMA Biologics (ADMA). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Centessa Pharmaceuticals vs. Its Competitors

Legend Biotech (NASDAQ:LEGN) and Centessa Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:CNTA) are both medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and earnings.

70.9% of Legend Biotech shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.0% of Centessa Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Legend Biotech shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.1% of Centessa Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Legend Biotech has higher revenue and earnings than Centessa Pharmaceuticals. Legend Biotech is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Centessa Pharmaceuticals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Legend Biotech$627.24M10.36-$177.03M-$0.59-59.92
Centessa Pharmaceuticals$15M127.63-$235.76M-$1.81-7.92

Legend Biotech presently has a consensus price target of $72.60, suggesting a potential upside of 105.37%. Centessa Pharmaceuticals has a consensus price target of $27.89, suggesting a potential upside of 94.55%. Given Legend Biotech's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Legend Biotech is more favorable than Centessa Pharmaceuticals.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Legend Biotech
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.91
Centessa Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Legend Biotech has a beta of 0.19, indicating that its stock price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Centessa Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Legend Biotech had 6 more articles in the media than Centessa Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Legend Biotech and 2 mentions for Centessa Pharmaceuticals. Centessa Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Legend Biotech's score of 0.59 indicating that Centessa Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Legend Biotech
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Centessa Pharmaceuticals
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Centessa Pharmaceuticals has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Legend Biotech's net margin of -29.95%. Legend Biotech's return on equity of -21.19% beat Centessa Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Legend Biotech-29.95% -21.19% -13.47%
Centessa Pharmaceuticals N/A -40.22%-29.95%

Summary

Centessa Pharmaceuticals beats Legend Biotech on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CNTA vs. The Competition

MetricCentessa PharmaceuticalsMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.84B$2.44B$5.53B$8.95B
Dividend YieldN/A1.77%5.38%4.08%
P/E Ratio-7.928.8627.4020.24
Price / Sales127.63678.05419.60118.25
Price / CashN/A157.0736.6357.47
Price / Book4.704.638.085.67
Net Income-$235.76M$31.34M$3.16B$248.47M
7 Day Performance9.18%3.25%2.84%3.32%
1 Month Performance14.41%6.80%3.69%5.20%
1 Year Performance67.07%1.89%35.30%21.35%

Centessa Pharmaceuticals Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CNTA
Centessa Pharmaceuticals
3.2361 of 5 stars
$14.34
+4.3%
$27.89
+94.6%
+67.1%$1.84B$15M-7.92200
LEGN
Legend Biotech
3.2726 of 5 stars
$33.85
-0.4%
$76.20
+125.1%
-23.0%$6.25B$627.24M-57.372,609Analyst Forecast
GRFS
Grifols
4.0501 of 5 stars
$8.37
-4.6%
$10.30
+23.1%
+36.7%$6.03B$7.81B7.1523,822
TLX
Telix Pharmaceuticals
N/A$16.39
-4.4%
$22.00
+34.2%
N/A$5.80B$516.72M0.00N/ANews Coverage
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
TGTX
TG Therapeutics
3.1627 of 5 stars
$36.56
+1.5%
$40.80
+11.6%
+98.0%$5.72B$329M152.33290
LNTH
Lantheus
4.4515 of 5 stars
$80.81
+2.0%
$130.50
+61.5%
-0.4%$5.48B$1.53B22.96700
NUVL
Nuvalent
3.7543 of 5 stars
$75.98
+1.3%
$115.50
+52.0%
+11.5%$5.39BN/A-17.3140Insider Trade
AXSM
Axsome Therapeutics
4.6533 of 5 stars
$101.65
+1.0%
$172.33
+69.5%
+31.3%$4.96B$385.69M-17.62380Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
AKRO
Akero Therapeutics
3.7508 of 5 stars
$54.03
-0.3%
$82.50
+52.7%
+137.2%$4.32BN/A-27.7130Insider Trade
PCVX
Vaxcyte
1.7857 of 5 stars
$33.25
+1.2%
$136.50
+310.5%
-56.4%$4.24BN/A-8.33160
ADMA
ADMA Biologics
4.2159 of 5 stars
$17.87
+0.7%
$27.67
+54.8%
+63.2%$4.24B$426.45M21.02530

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