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$74.11 +1.95 (+2.70%)
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NUVL vs. INSM, SMMT, TEVA, GMAB, RDY, QGEN, MRNA, ASND, VTRS, and BBIO

Should you be buying Nuvalent stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nuvalent include Insmed (INSM), Summit Therapeutics (SMMT), Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA), Genmab A/S (GMAB), Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (RDY), Qiagen (QGEN), Moderna (MRNA), Ascendis Pharma A/S (ASND), Viatris (VTRS), and BridgeBio Pharma (BBIO). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Nuvalent vs. Its Competitors

Insmed (NASDAQ:INSM) and Nuvalent (NASDAQ:NUVL) are both medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

97.3% of Nuvalent shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of Insmed shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.2% of Nuvalent shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Insmed had 3 more articles in the media than Nuvalent. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Insmed and 10 mentions for Nuvalent. Insmed's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Nuvalent's score of 0.45 indicating that Insmed is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Insmed
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Nuvalent
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Insmed presently has a consensus target price of $112.71, indicating a potential upside of 2.89%. Nuvalent has a consensus target price of $119.60, indicating a potential upside of 61.38%. Given Nuvalent's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Nuvalent is more favorable than Insmed.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Insmed
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
16 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Nuvalent
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.09

Nuvalent has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Insmed's net margin of -259.82%. Nuvalent's return on equity of -31.60% beat Insmed's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Insmed-259.82% -357.51% -52.76%
Nuvalent N/A -31.60%-29.45%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Insmed$363.71M57.14-$913.77M-$5.95-18.41
NuvalentN/AN/A-$260.76M-$4.39-16.88

Insmed has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nuvalent has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Nuvalent beats Insmed on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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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NUVL vs. The Competition

MetricNuvalentMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$5.32B$2.99B$5.51B$9.72B
Dividend YieldN/A2.45%4.60%4.12%
P/E Ratio-15.1217.2130.0324.76
Price / SalesN/A319.03452.4198.43
Price / CashN/A41.7736.7758.47
Price / Book4.947.318.185.59
Net Income-$260.76M-$54.43M$3.26B$265.99M
7 Day Performance-4.69%0.01%6.13%5.07%
1 Month Performance-9.70%0.63%0.07%0.61%
1 Year Performance5.89%8.41%36.31%22.83%

Nuvalent Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NUVL
Nuvalent
3.1285 of 5 stars
$74.11
+2.7%
$119.60
+61.4%
+5.9%$5.32BN/A-15.1240News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Upcoming Earnings
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
INSM
Insmed
3.7647 of 5 stars
$111.24
+2.3%
$109.20
-1.8%
+48.1%$20.62B$363.71M-18.701,271Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
SMMT
Summit Therapeutics
1.9967 of 5 stars
$29.32
+8.3%
$34.67
+18.2%
+165.9%$20.10B$700K-86.23110Upcoming Earnings
Options Volume
TEVA
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries
2.9393 of 5 stars
$15.70
+2.1%
$24.71
+57.4%
-6.2%$17.64B$16.54B-98.1336,830Insider Trade
GMAB
Genmab A/S
3.7036 of 5 stars
$21.98
+0.9%
$37.80
+72.0%
-18.9%$13.97B$3.12B12.492,682Trending News
Earnings Report
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
RDY
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
2.5458 of 5 stars
$13.80
-1.0%
$16.95
+22.9%
-17.6%$11.64B$334.26B20.9027,811News Coverage
Positive News
QGEN
Qiagen
3.5567 of 5 stars
$50.27
+0.7%
$49.40
-1.7%
+8.7%$11.10B$1.98B126.045,765News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
MRNA
Moderna
4.3321 of 5 stars
$27.64
+0.1%
$45.61
+65.0%
-69.2%$10.68B$3.24B-3.675,800Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
ASND
Ascendis Pharma A/S
3.4225 of 5 stars
$184.15
+5.5%
$223.67
+21.5%
+50.8%$10.67B$393.54M-29.321,017Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
VTRS
Viatris
1.7928 of 5 stars
$8.94
+1.5%
$10.40
+16.3%
-17.7%$10.34B$14.74B-2.8232,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↑
BBIO
BridgeBio Pharma
4.7302 of 5 stars
$47.75
+0.8%
$61.18
+28.1%
+90.7%$8.99B$221.90M-13.53400Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Options Volume
Analyst Revision

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This page (NASDAQ:NUVL) was last updated on 8/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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