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$7.86 +0.10 (+1.29%)
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COGT vs. PTCT, VRNA, RYTM, MLTX, EWTX, JANX, XENE, MRUS, ACAD, and TWST

Should you be buying Cogent Biosciences stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cogent Biosciences include PTC Therapeutics (PTCT), Verona Pharma (VRNA), Rhythm Pharmaceuticals (RYTM), MoonLake Immunotherapeutics (MLTX), Edgewise Therapeutics (EWTX), Janux Therapeutics (JANX), Xenon Pharmaceuticals (XENE), Merus (MRUS), ACADIA Pharmaceuticals (ACAD), and Twist Bioscience (TWST). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Cogent Biosciences vs.

Cogent Biosciences (NASDAQ:COGT) and PTC Therapeutics (NASDAQ:PTCT) are both medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.

In the previous week, PTC Therapeutics had 2 more articles in the media than Cogent Biosciences. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for PTC Therapeutics and 4 mentions for Cogent Biosciences. Cogent Biosciences' average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat PTC Therapeutics' score of 0.26 indicating that Cogent Biosciences is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cogent Biosciences
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
PTC Therapeutics
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Cogent Biosciences has higher earnings, but lower revenue than PTC Therapeutics. PTC Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cogent Biosciences, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cogent BiosciencesN/AN/A-$192.41M-$2.48-3.15
PTC Therapeutics$900.66M3.91-$626.60M-$5.94-7.70

PTC Therapeutics received 274 more outperform votes than Cogent Biosciences when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.69% of users gave Cogent Biosciences an outperform vote while only 61.85% of users gave PTC Therapeutics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Cogent BiosciencesOutperform Votes
287
70.69%
Underperform Votes
119
29.31%
PTC TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
561
61.85%
Underperform Votes
346
38.15%

Cogent Biosciences has a net margin of 0.00% compared to PTC Therapeutics' net margin of -50.32%. PTC Therapeutics' return on equity of 0.00% beat Cogent Biosciences' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cogent BiosciencesN/A -112.55% -60.44%
PTC Therapeutics -50.32%N/A -16.44%

Cogent Biosciences has a beta of 1.71, indicating that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PTC Therapeutics has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Cogent Biosciences currently has a consensus target price of $14.83, suggesting a potential upside of 89.93%. PTC Therapeutics has a consensus target price of $54.08, suggesting a potential upside of 18.30%. Given Cogent Biosciences' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Cogent Biosciences is more favorable than PTC Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cogent Biosciences
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57
PTC Therapeutics
3 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.47

Summary

Cogent Biosciences beats PTC Therapeutics on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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COGT vs. The Competition

MetricCogent BiosciencesPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$862.71M$6.70B$5.21B$9.23B
Dividend YieldN/A3.00%5.12%4.30%
P/E Ratio-3.1510.6187.6917.23
Price / SalesN/A193.791,166.33121.51
Price / CashN/A57.1643.2337.84
Price / Book3.405.144.814.92
Net Income-$192.41M$151.58M$120.46M$225.43M
7 Day Performance-4.64%-1.59%-0.85%0.61%
1 Month Performance-14.46%-3.93%15.42%2.23%
1 Year Performance36.06%8.90%29.98%16.55%

Cogent Biosciences Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
COGT
Cogent Biosciences
1.4487 of 5 stars
$7.86
+1.3%
$14.83
+88.7%
+35.2%$868.23MN/A-3.1780
PTCT
PTC Therapeutics
3.6618 of 5 stars
$47.77
+3.0%
$54.08
+13.2%
+65.0%$3.68B$937.82M-7.811,410Positive News
VRNA
Verona Pharma
0.9532 of 5 stars
$43.32
+4.6%
$43.83
+1.2%
+157.9%$3.52B$460,000.00-21.5730Positive News
RYTM
Rhythm Pharmaceuticals
4.1093 of 5 stars
$56.23
+1.8%
$63.70
+13.3%
+20.9%$3.46B$77.43M-12.76140Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
MLTX
MoonLake Immunotherapeutics
1.6482 of 5 stars
$52.07
+1.4%
$79.88
+53.4%
-13.3%$3.33BN/A-39.802
EWTX
Edgewise Therapeutics
2.5513 of 5 stars
$34.97
+26.6%
$42.33
+21.1%
+221.3%$3.31BN/A-22.8560Gap Up
High Trading Volume
JANX
Janux Therapeutics
3.7031 of 5 stars
$62.25
+1.9%
$89.90
+44.4%
+436.9%$3.27B$13.05M-52.2330Positive News
XENE
Xenon Pharmaceuticals
2.8531 of 5 stars
$41.15
+2.7%
$56.90
+38.3%
-14.5%$3.14B$9.43M-14.20251
MRUS
Merus
2.2609 of 5 stars
$42.84
+0.0%
$85.64
+99.9%
+56.8%$2.93B$43.95M-10.8437
ACAD
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals
3.8781 of 5 stars
$17.50
+1.4%
$25.60
+46.3%
-45.3%$2.91B$726.44M22.13510
TWST
Twist Bioscience
2.6059 of 5 stars
$48.94
+3.0%
$51.90
+6.0%
+30.9%$2.91B$312.97M-13.19990

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This page (NASDAQ:COGT) was last updated on 12/24/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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