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CureVac (CVAC) Competitors

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$3.27 +0.08 (+2.51%)
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CVAC vs. XENE, IBRX, AMRX, MLTX, TWST, HCM, MIRM, VCEL, BHC, and BHVN

Should you be buying CureVac stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CureVac include Xenon Pharmaceuticals (XENE), ImmunityBio (IBRX), Amneal Pharmaceuticals (AMRX), MoonLake Immunotherapeutics (MLTX), Twist Bioscience (TWST), HUTCHMED (HCM), Mirum Pharmaceuticals (MIRM), Vericel (VCEL), Bausch Health Companies (BHC), and Biohaven (BHVN). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

CureVac vs.

Xenon Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:XENE) and CureVac (NASDAQ:CVAC) are both medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking and profitability.

Xenon Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CureVac has a beta of 2.48, suggesting that its share price is 148% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Xenon Pharmaceuticals has higher earnings, but lower revenue than CureVac. Xenon Pharmaceuticals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CureVac, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Xenon Pharmaceuticals$9.43M254.87-$182.39M-$3.02-10.40
CureVac$543.28M1.31-$281.58M$0.555.80

Xenon Pharmaceuticals received 397 more outperform votes than CureVac when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.92% of users gave Xenon Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote while only 55.32% of users gave CureVac an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Xenon PharmaceuticalsOutperform Votes
423
69.92%
Underperform Votes
182
30.08%
CureVacOutperform Votes
26
55.32%
Underperform Votes
21
44.68%

In the previous week, CureVac had 14 more articles in the media than Xenon Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for CureVac and 9 mentions for Xenon Pharmaceuticals. Xenon Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat CureVac's score of 0.37 indicating that Xenon Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Xenon Pharmaceuticals
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
CureVac
4 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
11 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

CureVac has a net margin of 20.72% compared to Xenon Pharmaceuticals' net margin of 0.00%. CureVac's return on equity of 21.98% beat Xenon Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Xenon PharmaceuticalsN/A -24.69% -23.68%
CureVac 20.72%21.98%15.72%

95.4% of Xenon Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.3% of CureVac shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.5% of Xenon Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of CureVac shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Xenon Pharmaceuticals presently has a consensus price target of $57.38, indicating a potential upside of 82.72%. CureVac has a consensus price target of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 213.48%. Given CureVac's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CureVac is more favorable than Xenon Pharmaceuticals.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Xenon Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
CureVac
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

Summary

Xenon Pharmaceuticals and CureVac tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CVAC vs. The Competition

MetricCureVacPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$714.18M$6.25B$5.28B$7.55B
Dividend YieldN/A3.18%5.11%4.33%
P/E Ratio5.806.6821.5517.71
Price / Sales1.31218.21364.7493.58
Price / CashN/A65.6738.1534.64
Price / Book1.285.716.293.90
Net Income-$281.58M$141.32M$3.20B$247.45M
7 Day Performance20.38%2.07%2.05%2.34%
1 Month Performance5.98%-15.29%-10.43%-8.64%
1 Year Performance9.62%-17.70%5.25%-3.88%

CureVac Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CVAC
CureVac
3.298 of 5 stars
$3.27
+2.5%
$10.00
+205.8%
+9.6%$732.09M$543.28M5.95880Earnings Report
Short Interest ↑
XENE
Xenon Pharmaceuticals
1.6654 of 5 stars
$30.63
+4.2%
$57.38
+87.3%
-24.0%$2.34B$9.43M-10.86210Gap Down
High Trading Volume
IBRX
ImmunityBio
1.8298 of 5 stars
$2.72
-3.9%
$12.19
+348.1%
-48.5%$2.32B$14.75M-2.96590Gap Up
High Trading Volume
AMRX
Amneal Pharmaceuticals
3.0799 of 5 stars
$7.21
-2.3%
$10.80
+49.8%
+26.4%$2.23B$2.79B-10.607,600Short Interest ↑
Positive News
Gap Up
MLTX
MoonLake Immunotherapeutics
1.7785 of 5 stars
$34.78
-6.5%
$80.50
+131.5%
-20.5%$2.23BN/A-26.962Positive News
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
TWST
Twist Bioscience
3.8398 of 5 stars
$36.99
+2.2%
$54.10
+46.3%
+26.6%$2.21B$330.19M-10.94990Positive News
High Trading Volume
HCM
HUTCHMED
2.2548 of 5 stars
$12.14
-15.6%
$19.00
+56.5%
-23.3%$2.12B$630.20M0.001,988Gap Up
MIRM
Mirum Pharmaceuticals
3.9569 of 5 stars
$41.00
-2.5%
$58.20
+42.0%
+61.0%$2.01B$336.89M-20.30140Positive News
VCEL
Vericel
2.333 of 5 stars
$39.90
-4.8%
$62.29
+56.1%
-13.9%$2.00B$237.22M665.11300Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
BHC
Bausch Health Companies
3.9867 of 5 stars
$5.26
-1.4%
$7.17
+36.4%
-50.6%$1.93B$9.63B-43.7919,900Short Interest ↑
Gap Up
BHVN
Biohaven
3.4893 of 5 stars
$17.86
-3.9%
$62.77
+251.4%
-66.9%$1.82BN/A-1.91239Gap Up
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