IVA vs. WVE, NRIX, ETNB, NUVB, PLRX, PAHC, STOK, TNGX, GHRS, and COGT
Should you be buying Inventiva stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Inventiva include Wave Life Sciences (WVE), Nurix Therapeutics (NRIX), 89bio (ETNB), Nuvation Bio (NUVB), Pliant Therapeutics (PLRX), Phibro Animal Health (PAHC), Stoke Therapeutics (STOK), Tango Therapeutics (TNGX), GH Research (GHRS), and Cogent Biosciences (COGT). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
Inventiva (NASDAQ:IVA) and Wave Life Sciences (NASDAQ:WVE) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Inventiva has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wave Life Sciences has a beta of -0.99, meaning that its stock price is 199% less volatile than the S&P 500.
19.1% of Inventiva shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.7% of Wave Life Sciences shares are held by institutional investors. 32.0% of Inventiva shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 31.1% of Wave Life Sciences shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Wave Life Sciences had 2 more articles in the media than Inventiva. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Wave Life Sciences and 3 mentions for Inventiva. Wave Life Sciences' average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Inventiva's score of 0.63 indicating that Wave Life Sciences is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Wave Life Sciences received 330 more outperform votes than Inventiva when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.00% of users gave Inventiva an outperform vote while only 67.18% of users gave Wave Life Sciences an outperform vote.
Wave Life Sciences has higher revenue and earnings than Inventiva.
Inventiva presently has a consensus target price of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 363.22%. Wave Life Sciences has a consensus target price of $11.17, suggesting a potential upside of 80.69%. Given Inventiva's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Inventiva is more favorable than Wave Life Sciences.
Inventiva has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Wave Life Sciences' net margin of -54.61%.
Summary
Inventiva beats Wave Life Sciences on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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