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FHTX vs. ETNB, CMRX, CDMO, RCUS, VIR, MLYS, PAHC, SYRE, NRIX, and ZYME

Should you be buying Foghorn Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Foghorn Therapeutics include 89bio (ETNB), Chimerix (CMRX), Avid Bioservices (CDMO), Arcus Biosciences (RCUS), Vir Biotechnology (VIR), Mineralys Therapeutics (MLYS), Phibro Animal Health (PAHC), Spyre Therapeutics (SYRE), Nurix Therapeutics (NRIX), and Zymeworks (ZYME). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Foghorn Therapeutics vs.

89bio (NASDAQ:ETNB) and Foghorn Therapeutics (NASDAQ:FHTX) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.

In the previous week, 89bio had 9 more articles in the media than Foghorn Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for 89bio and 2 mentions for Foghorn Therapeutics. Foghorn Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat 89bio's score of 0.72 indicating that Foghorn Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
89bio
5 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Foghorn Therapeutics
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Foghorn Therapeutics has higher revenue and earnings than 89bio. Foghorn Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than 89bio, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
89bioN/AN/A-$142.19M-$3.43-1.76
Foghorn Therapeutics$22.60M8.78-$98.43M-$1.65-2.16

89bio currently has a consensus price target of $27.56, indicating a potential upside of 355.46%. Foghorn Therapeutics has a consensus price target of $13.17, indicating a potential upside of 268.81%. Given 89bio's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe 89bio is more favorable than Foghorn Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
89bio
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.90
Foghorn Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

89bio has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Foghorn Therapeutics' net margin of -357.53%. Foghorn Therapeutics' return on equity of 0.00% beat 89bio's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
89bioN/A -59.58% -52.21%
Foghorn Therapeutics -357.53%N/A -30.98%

61.5% of Foghorn Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of 89bio shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.1% of Foghorn Therapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

89bio has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Foghorn Therapeutics has a beta of 3.16, meaning that its share price is 216% more volatile than the S&P 500.

89bio received 73 more outperform votes than Foghorn Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.06% of users gave Foghorn Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 62.98% of users gave 89bio an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
89bioOutperform Votes
114
62.98%
Underperform Votes
67
37.02%
Foghorn TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
41
64.06%
Underperform Votes
23
35.94%

Summary

Foghorn Therapeutics beats 89bio on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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FHTX vs. The Competition

MetricFoghorn TherapeuticsPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$198.54M$6.33B$5.33B$7.57B
Dividend YieldN/A3.24%5.11%4.32%
P/E Ratio-1.866.7921.7317.82
Price / Sales8.78225.96379.2094.61
Price / CashN/A65.6738.1534.64
Price / Book-1.955.866.464.00
Net Income-$98.43M$141.86M$3.20B$247.23M
7 Day Performance0.85%4.50%2.86%1.45%
1 Month Performance-19.41%-12.65%-8.55%-6.24%
1 Year Performance-40.80%-11.06%10.47%0.60%

Foghorn Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FHTX
Foghorn Therapeutics
2.238 of 5 stars
$3.57
-0.6%
$13.17
+268.8%
-44.1%$198.54M$22.60M-1.86120News Coverage
Gap Down
ETNB
89bio
2.5885 of 5 stars
$5.49
-4.9%
$27.56
+401.9%
-36.2%$801.45MN/A-1.8940Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
CMRX
Chimerix
2.9082 of 5 stars
$8.52
-0.1%
$8.53
+0.2%
+834.8%$799.21M$212,000.00-9.0690
CDMO
Avid Bioservices
0.7966 of 5 stars
$12.50
+0.1%
$12.25
-2.0%
+83.8%$799.18M$139.91M-5.23320High Trading Volume
RCUS
Arcus Biosciences
2.4498 of 5 stars
$7.28
+5.9%
$30.25
+315.8%
-50.9%$764.88M$258M-2.31500High Trading Volume
VIR
Vir Biotechnology
2.6735 of 5 stars
$5.52
-1.1%
$35.67
+546.1%
-34.4%$757.03M$63.71M-1.41580Short Interest ↑
MLYS
Mineralys Therapeutics
2.3958 of 5 stars
$12.05
-2.8%
$33.00
+173.9%
+12.5%$756.56MN/A-3.3128Insider Trade
Short Interest ↑
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
PAHC
Phibro Animal Health
3.8284 of 5 stars
$18.66
-2.8%
$21.00
+12.5%
+27.3%$755.79M$1.11B38.881,860
SYRE
Spyre Therapeutics
1.8047 of 5 stars
$12.39
-3.1%
$50.33
+306.2%
-65.8%$746.58M$890,000.00-1.66100High Trading Volume
NRIX
Nurix Therapeutics
2.1174 of 5 stars
$9.72
+0.3%
$30.88
+217.7%
-36.5%$741.01M$54.55M-3.36300Gap Down
High Trading Volume
ZYME
Zymeworks
2.6506 of 5 stars
$10.43
-4.7%
$21.00
+101.3%
+20.4%$725.69M$76.30M-6.95460Positive News
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This page (NASDAQ:FHTX) was last updated on 4/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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