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IOBT vs. PRME, ARVN, ETON, SVRA, PVLA, ITOS, SNDL, CGEM, CMPS, and KOD

Should you be buying IO Biotech stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IO Biotech include Prime Medicine (PRME), Arvinas (ARVN), Eton Pharmaceuticals (ETON), Savara (SVRA), Palvella Therapeutics (PVLA), iTeos Therapeutics (ITOS), SNDL (SNDL), Cullinan Therapeutics (CGEM), COMPASS Pathways (CMPS), and Kodiak Sciences (KOD). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

IO Biotech vs. Its Competitors

IO Biotech (NASDAQ:IOBT) and Prime Medicine (NYSE:PRME) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.

IO Biotech has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Prime Medicine has a beta of 2.39, indicating that its stock price is 139% more volatile than the S&P 500.

54.8% of IO Biotech shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.4% of Prime Medicine shares are held by institutional investors. 4.8% of IO Biotech shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.7% of Prime Medicine shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

IO Biotech has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Prime Medicine. Prime Medicine is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IO Biotech, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
IO BiotechN/AN/A-$95.49M-$1.58-1.10
Prime Medicine$4.96M96.30-$198.13M-$1.56-2.28

In the previous week, Prime Medicine had 5 more articles in the media than IO Biotech. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Prime Medicine and 3 mentions for IO Biotech. IO Biotech's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Prime Medicine's score of 0.25 indicating that IO Biotech is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
IO Biotech
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Prime Medicine
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

IO Biotech currently has a consensus target price of $8.67, suggesting a potential upside of 398.08%. Prime Medicine has a consensus target price of $8.92, suggesting a potential upside of 151.17%. Given IO Biotech's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe IO Biotech is more favorable than Prime Medicine.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
IO Biotech
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.33
Prime Medicine
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

Prime Medicine's return on equity of -107.87% beat IO Biotech's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
IO BiotechN/A -281.82% -169.29%
Prime Medicine N/A -107.87%-74.97%

Summary

Prime Medicine beats IO Biotech on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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IOBT vs. The Competition

MetricIO BiotechMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$123.86M$3.09B$5.82B$9.74B
Dividend YieldN/A2.23%3.84%4.09%
P/E Ratio-1.1021.1431.1525.97
Price / SalesN/A399.83475.57123.18
Price / CashN/A43.0937.1558.38
Price / Book2.458.079.116.39
Net Income-$95.49M-$54.72M$3.26B$265.66M
7 Day Performance-19.44%2.62%2.11%1.98%
1 Month Performance-10.77%7.63%5.12%1.33%
1 Year Performance8.75%13.11%31.25%21.15%

IO Biotech Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IOBT
IO Biotech
3.0933 of 5 stars
$1.74
-1.7%
$8.67
+398.1%
+12.0%$123.86MN/A-1.1030
PRME
Prime Medicine
2.9212 of 5 stars
$3.51
-7.4%
$8.92
+154.0%
-26.8%$472.08M$4.96M-1.71234Gap Up
ARVN
Arvinas
4.109 of 5 stars
$6.59
+4.8%
$19.76
+199.9%
-71.0%$461.80M$263.40M-6.52420Positive News
ETON
Eton Pharmaceuticals
2.4496 of 5 stars
$17.05
-0.5%
$29.67
+74.0%
+312.8%$459.65M$39.01M-106.5620Positive News
Insider Trade
SVRA
Savara
3.3596 of 5 stars
$2.70
+2.3%
$5.60
+107.4%
-31.9%$456.29MN/A-5.6220
PVLA
Palvella Therapeutics
1.9697 of 5 stars
$41.71
+2.0%
$52.40
+25.6%
N/A$452.18M$42.81M-3.45N/ANews Coverage
Analyst Forecast
ITOS
iTeos Therapeutics
2.4092 of 5 stars
$10.11
flat
$15.50
+53.3%
-41.7%$446.92M$35M-2.1690Positive News
SNDL
SNDL
1.8281 of 5 stars
$2.01
+19.3%
$4.00
+99.5%
+6.2%$441.46M$671.81M-7.432,516High Trading Volume
CGEM
Cullinan Therapeutics
1.7856 of 5 stars
$7.09
-2.9%
$30.00
+323.1%
-57.4%$430.95MN/A-2.2030News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
CMPS
COMPASS Pathways
2.6396 of 5 stars
$4.34
-1.1%
$16.29
+275.2%
-38.8%$421.18MN/A-2.36120
KOD
Kodiak Sciences
3.2361 of 5 stars
$8.03
+1.6%
$9.00
+12.1%
+248.0%$416.83MN/A-2.2190Analyst Revision

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This page (NASDAQ:IOBT) was last updated on 8/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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