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COGT vs. MLTX, MTSR, VKTX, KYMR, MOR, CRNX, ALVO, IMVT, CPRX, and HCM

Should you be buying Cogent Biosciences stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cogent Biosciences include MoonLake Immunotherapeutics (MLTX), Metsera (MTSR), Viking Therapeutics (VKTX), Kymera Therapeutics (KYMR), MorphoSys (MOR), Crinetics Pharmaceuticals (CRNX), Alvotech (ALVO), Immunovant (IMVT), Catalyst Pharmaceuticals (CPRX), and HUTCHMED (HCM). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Cogent Biosciences vs. Its Competitors

Cogent Biosciences (NASDAQ:COGT) and MoonLake Immunotherapeutics (NASDAQ:MLTX) are both medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

MoonLake Immunotherapeutics 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-$255.86M-$1.84-4.14
MoonLake ImmunotherapeuticsN/AN/A-$118.94M-$2.30-20.16

MoonLake Immunotherapeutics' return on equity of -30.81% beat Cogent Biosciences' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cogent BiosciencesN/A -149.79% -75.61%
MoonLake Immunotherapeutics N/A -30.81%-28.40%

In the previous week, Cogent Biosciences had 9 more articles in the media than MoonLake Immunotherapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Cogent Biosciences and 2 mentions for MoonLake Immunotherapeutics. Cogent Biosciences' average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat MoonLake Immunotherapeutics' score of 0.82 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)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
MoonLake Immunotherapeutics
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Cogent Biosciences presently has a consensus target price of $14.43, suggesting a potential upside of 89.48%. MoonLake Immunotherapeutics has a consensus target price of $74.50, suggesting a potential upside of 60.68%. Given Cogent Biosciences' higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Cogent Biosciences is more favorable than MoonLake Immunotherapeutics.

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)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
MoonLake Immunotherapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Cogent Biosciences has a beta of 1.88, suggesting that its stock price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MoonLake Immunotherapeutics has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

93.9% of MoonLake Immunotherapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. 7.3% of Cogent Biosciences shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.0% of MoonLake Immunotherapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Cogent Biosciences and MoonLake Immunotherapeutics tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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COGT vs. The Competition

MetricCogent BiosciencesMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$863.03M$2.91B$5.56B$9.04B
Dividend YieldN/A2.44%5.24%4.01%
P/E Ratio-4.1421.5627.6120.24
Price / SalesN/A278.93417.30118.22
Price / CashN/A42.7336.8958.10
Price / Book5.777.518.035.67
Net Income-$255.86M-$55.14M$3.18B$249.21M
7 Day Performance7.25%4.61%2.93%3.28%
1 Month Performance27.13%4.72%3.75%5.55%
1 Year Performance-9.77%5.92%35.20%21.09%

Cogent Biosciences Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
COGT
Cogent Biosciences
2.5847 of 5 stars
$7.62
+2.8%
$14.43
+89.5%
-8.9%$863.03MN/A-4.1480News Coverage
Analyst Revision
MLTX
MoonLake Immunotherapeutics
2.1639 of 5 stars
$47.20
-0.7%
$74.50
+57.8%
+9.9%$3.04BN/A-20.522News Coverage
MTSR
Metsera
N/A$28.45
-0.5%
$55.00
+93.3%
N/A$3.00BN/A0.0081Gap Down
VKTX
Viking Therapeutics
4.3603 of 5 stars
$26.50
-0.1%
$87.15
+228.9%
-44.2%$2.98BN/A-23.0420Trending News
Insider Trade
KYMR
Kymera Therapeutics
3.1711 of 5 stars
$43.64
-1.1%
$59.61
+36.6%
+48.6%$2.87B$47.07M-14.08170Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
MOR
MorphoSys
N/A$18.96
flat
N/AN/A$2.86B$238.28M-5.45730News Coverage
CRNX
Crinetics Pharmaceuticals
3.3052 of 5 stars
$28.76
-4.0%
$74.56
+159.2%
-32.4%$2.81B$1.04M-7.53210
ALVO
Alvotech
3.5282 of 5 stars
$9.12
-0.2%
$18.00
+97.4%
-24.4%$2.76B$491.98M24.651,032
IMVT
Immunovant
1.4086 of 5 stars
$16.00
-0.6%
$38.33
+139.6%
-35.9%$2.75BN/A-5.84120
CPRX
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals
4.9181 of 5 stars
$21.70
-0.4%
$32.83
+51.3%
+41.3%$2.66B$491.73M13.8280
HCM
HUTCHMED
1.3545 of 5 stars
$15.05
-0.3%
$19.00
+26.2%
-9.3%$2.63B$630.20M0.001,811Positive News

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