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Castle Biosciences (CSTL) Competitors

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$28.90 +0.45 (+1.58%)
(As of 12:30 PM ET)

CSTL vs. FLGT, PSNL, MYGN, BDSX, GTH, VCYT, SGRY, LFST, CON, and PACS

Should you be buying Castle Biosciences stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Castle Biosciences include Fulgent Genetics (FLGT), Personalis (PSNL), Myriad Genetics (MYGN), Biodesix (BDSX), Genetron (GTH), Veracyte (VCYT), Surgery Partners (SGRY), LifeStance Health Group (LFST), Concentra Group Holdings Parent (CON), and PACS Group (PACS). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Castle Biosciences vs.

Fulgent Genetics (NASDAQ:FLGT) and Castle Biosciences (NASDAQ:CSTL) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Castle Biosciences has a net margin of 1.95% compared to Fulgent Genetics' net margin of -59.39%. Castle Biosciences' return on equity of 1.47% beat Fulgent Genetics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Fulgent Genetics-59.39% -1.81% -1.66%
Castle Biosciences 1.95%1.47%1.27%

Fulgent Genetics presently has a consensus target price of $28.50, suggesting a potential upside of 64.93%. Castle Biosciences has a consensus target price of $37.88, suggesting a potential upside of 33.13%. Given Fulgent Genetics' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Fulgent Genetics is more favorable than Castle Biosciences.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Fulgent Genetics
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Castle Biosciences
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

48.1% of Fulgent Genetics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.6% of Castle Biosciences shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.8% of Fulgent Genetics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.2% of Castle Biosciences shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Fulgent Genetics$289.21M1.83-$167.82M-$5.52-3.13
Castle Biosciences$219.79M3.63-$57.47M$0.20142.26

In the previous week, Castle Biosciences had 4 more articles in the media than Fulgent Genetics. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Castle Biosciences and 4 mentions for Fulgent Genetics. Castle Biosciences' average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat Fulgent Genetics' score of 0.36 indicating that Castle Biosciences is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Fulgent Genetics
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Castle Biosciences
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Fulgent Genetics received 154 more outperform votes than Castle Biosciences when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.75% of users gave Castle Biosciences an outperform vote while only 60.25% of users gave Fulgent Genetics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Fulgent GeneticsOutperform Votes
244
60.25%
Underperform Votes
161
39.75%
Castle BiosciencesOutperform Votes
90
64.75%
Underperform Votes
49
35.25%

Fulgent Genetics has a beta of 1.51, indicating that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Castle Biosciences has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Castle Biosciences beats Fulgent Genetics on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CSTL vs. The Competition

MetricCastle BiosciencesMedical laboratories IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$796.88M$3.05B$5.05B$8.87B
Dividend YieldN/A11.09%4.97%4.06%
P/E Ratio142.2611.1797.3414.18
Price / Sales3.63208.381,218.4289.42
Price / CashN/A376.8533.5132.79
Price / Book1.964.905.805.12
Net Income-$57.47M-$32.86M$119.07M$225.99M
7 Day Performance-7.72%0.56%-1.83%-1.32%
1 Month Performance-10.73%-0.22%-3.64%0.60%
1 Year Performance46.80%26.01%31.62%26.23%

Castle Biosciences Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CSTL
Castle Biosciences
3.4881 of 5 stars
$28.90
+1.6%
$37.88
+31.1%
+41.8%$809.49M$219.79M144.51540Insider Trade
FLGT
Fulgent Genetics
4.1615 of 5 stars
$17.27
-0.1%
$28.50
+65.0%
-37.4%$528.29M$289.21M-3.131,184Analyst Upgrade
PSNL
Personalis
4.2117 of 5 stars
$3.40
-1.7%
$6.81
+100.4%
+156.3%$240.21M$73.48M0.00400
MYGN
Myriad Genetics
4.2579 of 5 stars
$15.33
+0.2%
$27.36
+78.5%
-15.3%$1.40B$753.20M0.002,700Analyst Forecast
BDSX
Biodesix
2.6823 of 5 stars
$1.21
+1.3%
$3.06
+153.9%
-16.2%$175.29M$49.09M0.00220Negative News
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
GTH
Genetron
N/A$4.03
+0.2%
N/A+7.8%$127.43M$94.34M0.00993High Trading Volume
VCYT
Veracyte
4.1416 of 5 stars
$39.67
+1.2%
$41.25
+4.0%
+50.5%$3.07B$361.05M-261.33790Analyst Forecast
SGRY
Surgery Partners
3.0985 of 5 stars
$22.51
flat
$38.71
+72.0%
-29.9%$2.86B$2.74B-46.9013,500Analyst Forecast
LFST
LifeStance Health Group
1.7849 of 5 stars
$7.22
flat
$8.50
+17.7%
+16.5%$2.76B$1.06B0.009,325
CON
Concentra Group Holdings Parent
N/A$21.42
+0.8%
$28.50
+33.1%
N/A$2.73B$1.84B0.0011,000
PACS
PACS Group
4.0859 of 5 stars
$16.92
-1.9%
$39.88
+135.7%
N/A$2.58B$3.11B0.0032,433Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:CSTL) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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