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JANX vs. LEGN, BPMC, SRPT, TLX, AXSM, KRYS, NUVL, GRFS, ELAN, and VRNA

Should you be buying Janux Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Janux Therapeutics include Legend Biotech (LEGN), Blueprint Medicines (BPMC), Sarepta Therapeutics (SRPT), Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited American Depositary Shares (TLX), Axsome Therapeutics (AXSM), Krystal Biotech (KRYS), Nuvalent (NUVL), Grifols (GRFS), Elanco Animal Health (ELAN), and Verona Pharma (VRNA). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Janux Therapeutics vs.

Janux Therapeutics (NASDAQ:JANX) and Legend Biotech (NASDAQ:LEGN) are both medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Janux Therapeutics$10.59M162.22-$58.29M-$1.28-22.70
Legend Biotech$627.24M9.88-$518.25M-$0.48-70.29

In the previous week, Legend Biotech had 6 more articles in the media than Janux Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Legend Biotech and 8 mentions for Janux Therapeutics. Janux Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Legend Biotech's score of 1.25 indicating that Janux Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Janux Therapeutics
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Legend Biotech
10 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

75.4% of Janux Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.9% of Legend Biotech shares are held by institutional investors. 29.4% of Janux Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Legend Biotech shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Legend Biotech received 44 more outperform votes than Janux Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.13% of users gave Legend Biotech an outperform vote while only 70.97% of users gave Janux Therapeutics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Janux TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
44
70.97%
Underperform Votes
18
29.03%
Legend BiotechOutperform Votes
88
72.13%
Underperform Votes
34
27.87%

Legend Biotech has a net margin of -66.92% compared to Janux Therapeutics' net margin of -463.91%. Janux Therapeutics' return on equity of -10.47% beat Legend Biotech's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Janux Therapeutics-463.91% -10.47% -9.86%
Legend Biotech -66.92%-29.69%-19.45%

Janux Therapeutics presently has a consensus price target of $92.44, suggesting a potential upside of 218.12%. Legend Biotech has a consensus price target of $79.00, suggesting a potential upside of 134.14%. Given Janux Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Janux Therapeutics is more favorable than Legend Biotech.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Janux Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.08
Legend Biotech
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.92

Janux Therapeutics has a beta of 3.27, suggesting that its share price is 227% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Legend Biotech has a beta of 0.21, suggesting that its share price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Janux Therapeutics beats Legend Biotech on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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JANX vs. The Competition

MetricJanux TherapeuticsPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.72B$6.32B$5.33B$7.57B
Dividend YieldN/A3.23%5.11%4.33%
P/E Ratio-24.846.7921.7317.81
Price / Sales162.22225.93379.1494.58
Price / CashN/A65.6738.1534.64
Price / Book3.905.866.464.00
Net Income-$58.29M$141.86M$3.20B$247.23M
7 Day Performance22.15%8.98%6.54%7.26%
1 Month Performance-5.28%-12.65%-8.55%-6.26%
1 Year Performance-43.96%-11.99%10.33%-0.18%

Janux Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
JANX
Janux Therapeutics
2.697 of 5 stars
$29.06
+0.4%
$92.44
+218.1%
-45.0%$1.72B$10.59M-24.8430Positive News
LEGN
Legend Biotech
2.409 of 5 stars
$30.25
-5.5%
$79.00
+161.2%
-39.3%$5.56B$627.24M-31.841,070Positive News
Gap Up
BPMC
Blueprint Medicines
2.6248 of 5 stars
$80.20
-1.8%
$124.95
+55.8%
-5.4%$5.13B$508.82M-74.26640Positive News
High Trading Volume
SRPT
Sarepta Therapeutics
4.6725 of 5 stars
$52.40
-3.7%
$163.18
+211.4%
-55.5%$5.08B$1.90B41.92840Short Interest ↑
High Trading Volume
TLX
Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited American Depositary Shares
N/A$14.25
+4.7%
$22.00
+54.4%
N/A$4.81B$783.21M0.00N/A
AXSM
Axsome Therapeutics
4.5823 of 5 stars
$98.50
-0.4%
$169.80
+72.4%
+49.7%$4.80B$385.69M-16.44380Analyst Revision
KRYS
Krystal Biotech
4.6447 of 5 stars
$166.01
-3.1%
$220.00
+32.5%
-2.7%$4.78B$290.52M55.52210
NUVL
Nuvalent
1.9873 of 5 stars
$64.68
-1.6%
$113.44
+75.4%
+6.9%$4.63BN/A-18.6440Positive News
GRFS
Grifols
3.0949 of 5 stars
$6.55
-1.5%
N/A+6.7%$4.50B$7.21B5.6026,300Gap Down
ELAN
Elanco Animal Health
4.3408 of 5 stars
$8.95
-2.2%
$15.17
+69.6%
-39.4%$4.44B$4.44B22.369,800Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Down
VRNA
Verona Pharma
2.2607 of 5 stars
$54.30
+0.7%
$69.14
+27.3%
+263.4%$4.39B$42.28M-28.2830Positive News
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
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This page (NASDAQ:JANX) was last updated on 4/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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