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Design Therapeutics (DSGN) Competitors

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$6.21 -0.04 (-0.64%)
(As of 12/23/2024 05:26 PM ET)

DSGN vs. OCUL, MESO, TVTX, NTLA, PRAX, ARVN, ARDX, DAWN, SYRE, and CALT

Should you be buying Design Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Design Therapeutics include Ocular Therapeutix (OCUL), Mesoblast (MESO), Travere Therapeutics (TVTX), Intellia Therapeutics (NTLA), Praxis Precision Medicines (PRAX), Arvinas (ARVN), Ardelyx (ARDX), Day One Biopharmaceuticals (DAWN), Spyre Therapeutics (SYRE), and Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ) (CALT). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Design Therapeutics vs.

Design Therapeutics (NASDAQ:DSGN) and Ocular Therapeutix (NASDAQ:OCUL) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.

Design Therapeutics currently has a consensus target price of $7.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.72%. Ocular Therapeutix has a consensus target price of $16.71, indicating a potential upside of 95.26%. Given Ocular Therapeutix's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ocular Therapeutix is more favorable than Design Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Design Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Ocular Therapeutix
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Design TherapeuticsN/AN/A-$66.86M-$0.85-7.31
Ocular Therapeutix$61.44M21.90-$80.74M-$1.32-6.48

In the previous week, Ocular Therapeutix had 1 more articles in the media than Design Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Ocular Therapeutix and 4 mentions for Design Therapeutics. Ocular Therapeutix's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Design Therapeutics' score of 0.69 indicating that Ocular Therapeutix is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Design Therapeutics
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Ocular Therapeutix
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Design Therapeutics has a beta of 1.86, suggesting that its share price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ocular Therapeutix has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Ocular Therapeutix received 427 more outperform votes than Design Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.14% of users gave Ocular Therapeutix an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave Design Therapeutics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Design TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
10
33.33%
Underperform Votes
20
66.67%
Ocular TherapeutixOutperform Votes
437
70.14%
Underperform Votes
186
29.86%

Design Therapeutics has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Ocular Therapeutix's net margin of -283.74%. Design Therapeutics' return on equity of -18.01% beat Ocular Therapeutix's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Design TherapeuticsN/A -18.01% -17.38%
Ocular Therapeutix -283.74%-45.18%-30.87%

56.6% of Design Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.2% of Ocular Therapeutix shares are held by institutional investors. 31.2% of Design Therapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of Ocular Therapeutix shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Ocular Therapeutix beats Design Therapeutics on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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DSGN vs. The Competition

MetricDesign TherapeuticsPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$351.62M$6.69B$5.20B$9.15B
Dividend YieldN/A3.00%5.12%4.30%
P/E Ratio-7.3110.4886.6917.11
Price / SalesN/A193.651,148.16122.75
Price / CashN/A57.1643.2337.84
Price / Book1.255.134.804.78
Net Income-$66.86M$151.58M$120.46M$225.43M
7 Day Performance-0.64%-1.40%-0.93%-0.82%
1 Month Performance10.50%-3.68%14.89%1.02%
1 Year Performance132.58%9.07%29.57%15.72%

Design Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DSGN
Design Therapeutics
0.9058 of 5 stars
$6.21
-0.6%
$7.00
+12.7%
+132.6%$351.62MN/A-7.3140
OCUL
Ocular Therapeutix
3.6921 of 5 stars
$8.97
+3.2%
$16.71
+86.3%
+106.8%$1.41B$58.44M0.00267
MESO
Mesoblast
0.9768 of 5 stars
$12.10
+2.9%
$11.50
-5.0%
+697.7%$1.38B$5.90M0.0080Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
Gap Up
TVTX
Travere Therapeutics
2.6052 of 5 stars
$17.49
+1.0%
$22.62
+29.3%
+89.3%$1.37B$145.24M-3.81460Positive News
NTLA
Intellia Therapeutics
4.1266 of 5 stars
$13.36
+3.6%
$54.94
+311.2%
-61.4%$1.36B$36.28M-2.46600
PRAX
Praxis Precision Medicines
2.2316 of 5 stars
$72.06
+2.7%
$146.33
+103.1%
+281.0%$1.34B$2.45M-7.06110High Trading Volume
ARVN
Arvinas
1.8446 of 5 stars
$19.00
-2.6%
$63.50
+234.2%
-54.6%$1.31B$78.50M-4.18445
ARDX
Ardelyx
3.9105 of 5 stars
$5.39
+3.3%
$10.42
+93.3%
-27.9%$1.28B$251.85M-17.80267Insider Trade
DAWN
Day One Biopharmaceuticals
1.506 of 5 stars
$12.63
-0.9%
$35.71
+182.8%
-15.6%$1.27B$101.95M-12.3860Positive News
SYRE
Spyre Therapeutics
1.7908 of 5 stars
$24.46
+1.4%
$51.50
+110.5%
+29.8%$1.26B$890,000.00-3.23100
CALT
Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ)
0.0687 of 5 stars
$40.00
-0.4%
$39.25
-1.9%
N/A$1.19B$1.60B-21.62180

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