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CYTK vs. SMMT, ITCI, GMAB, RDY, ASND, VTRS, QGEN, MRNA, BPMC, and BBIO

Should you be buying Cytokinetics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cytokinetics include Summit Therapeutics (SMMT), Intra-Cellular Therapies (ITCI), Genmab A/S (GMAB), Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (RDY), Ascendis Pharma A/S (ASND), Viatris (VTRS), Qiagen (QGEN), Moderna (MRNA), Blueprint Medicines (BPMC), and BridgeBio Pharma (BBIO). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Cytokinetics vs. Its Competitors

Cytokinetics (NASDAQ:CYTK) and Summit Therapeutics (NASDAQ:SMMT) are both medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and risk.

Cytokinetics currently has a consensus target price of $70.92, suggesting a potential upside of 106.41%. Summit Therapeutics has a consensus target price of $34.67, suggesting a potential upside of 53.26%. Given Cytokinetics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cytokinetics is more favorable than Summit Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cytokinetics
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.93
Summit Therapeutics
2 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.79

Summit Therapeutics has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Cytokinetics' net margin of -3,201.47%. Cytokinetics' return on equity of 0.00% beat Summit Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cytokinetics-3,201.47% N/A -43.75%
Summit Therapeutics N/A -62.87%-51.61%

4.6% of Summit Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Cytokinetics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 84.9% of Summit Therapeutics shares are held by company 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.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cytokinetics$18.47M222.18-$589.53M-$5.29-6.50
Summit Therapeutics$700K23,998.85-$221.32M-$0.34-66.53

In the previous week, Summit Therapeutics had 15 more articles in the media than Cytokinetics. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Summit Therapeutics and 0 mentions for Cytokinetics. Cytokinetics' average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Summit Therapeutics' score of 0.62 indicating that Cytokinetics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Cytokinetics Positive
Summit Therapeutics Positive

Cytokinetics has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Summit Therapeutics has a beta of -1.01, meaning that its share price is 201% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Cytokinetics beats Summit Therapeutics on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CYTK vs. The Competition

MetricCytokineticsMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$4.02B$2.88B$5.54B$8.87B
Dividend YieldN/A2.64%5.39%4.10%
P/E Ratio-6.5021.3126.1919.90
Price / Sales222.18278.47414.67113.66
Price / CashN/A41.4736.1356.90
Price / Book-29.887.518.055.38
Net Income-$589.53M-$55.05M$3.15B$248.50M
7 Day Performance1.33%2.07%1.48%2.06%
1 Month Performance7.38%4.84%3.66%4.86%
1 Year Performance-36.84%5.37%34.93%20.24%

Cytokinetics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CYTK
Cytokinetics
4.2937 of 5 stars
$34.36
+2.1%
$70.92
+106.4%
-37.3%$4.02B$18.47M-6.50250Positive News
SMMT
Summit Therapeutics
2.4753 of 5 stars
$20.39
-0.8%
$35.09
+72.1%
+200.0%$15.14B$700K-59.97110Analyst Forecast
ITCI
Intra-Cellular Therapies
0.9141 of 5 stars
$131.87
flat
$109.70
-16.8%
N/A$14.05B$680.50M-151.57560
GMAB
Genmab A/S
3.8891 of 5 stars
$20.68
-2.3%
$39.17
+89.4%
-17.9%$13.26B$3.12B11.752,682High Trading Volume
RDY
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
2.8228 of 5 stars
$15.31
+0.5%
$16.95
+10.7%
-2.3%$12.78B$3.81B23.2027,811
ASND
Ascendis Pharma A/S
3.5662 of 5 stars
$175.78
-0.6%
$220.67
+25.5%
+27.0%$10.75B$393.54M-27.991,017Positive News
VTRS
Viatris
3.0627 of 5 stars
$8.85
-0.2%
$10.40
+17.5%
-10.5%$10.39B$14.74B-2.7932,000
QGEN
Qiagen
3.776 of 5 stars
$46.72
-0.1%
$47.74
+2.2%
+22.8%$10.39B$2.00B117.145,765Dividend Announcement
MRNA
Moderna
4.3651 of 5 stars
$25.67
-0.9%
$46.61
+81.6%
-74.1%$9.93B$3.14B-2.945,800Trending News
Options Volume
BPMC
Blueprint Medicines
1.5574 of 5 stars
$128.40
+0.2%
$128.06
-0.3%
+16.2%$8.29B$508.82M-51.98640High Trading Volume
BBIO
BridgeBio Pharma
4.7128 of 5 stars
$42.17
+1.1%
$56.67
+34.4%
+71.9%$8.01B$127.42M-11.95400Analyst Forecast
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This page (NASDAQ:CYTK) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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