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$3.89 +0.15 (+4.01%)
As of 01/17/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

OPT vs. COGT, PAHC, RLAY, CDMO, SANA, TYRA, SEPN, AVDL, IMTX, and CRON

Should you be buying Opthea stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Opthea include Cogent Biosciences (COGT), Phibro Animal Health (PAHC), Relay Therapeutics (RLAY), Avid Bioservices (CDMO), Sana Biotechnology (SANA), Tyra Biosciences (TYRA), Septerna (SEPN), Avadel Pharmaceuticals (AVDL), Immatics (IMTX), and Cronos Group (CRON). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Opthea vs.

Cogent Biosciences (NASDAQ:COGT) and Opthea (NASDAQ:OPT) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, risk and earnings.

Cogent Biosciences has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Opthea.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cogent BiosciencesN/AN/A-$192.41M-$2.48-3.24
Opthea$120K4,422.61-$220.24MN/AN/A

In the previous week, Cogent Biosciences had 11 more articles in the media than Opthea. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Cogent Biosciences and 4 mentions for Opthea. Opthea's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Cogent Biosciences' score of 0.19 indicating that Opthea is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cogent Biosciences
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Opthea
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Cogent Biosciences currently has a consensus price target of $14.33, suggesting a potential upside of 78.50%. Opthea has a consensus price target of $12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 208.48%. Given Opthea's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Opthea is more favorable than Cogent Biosciences.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cogent Biosciences
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57
Opthea
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.50

Cogent Biosciences received 271 more outperform votes than Opthea when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.59% of users gave Cogent Biosciences an outperform vote while only 53.13% of users gave Opthea an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Cogent BiosciencesOutperform Votes
288
70.59%
Underperform Votes
120
29.41%
OptheaOutperform Votes
17
53.13%
Underperform Votes
15
46.88%

Opthea's return on equity of 0.00% beat Cogent Biosciences' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cogent BiosciencesN/A -112.55% -60.44%
Opthea N/A N/A N/A

Cogent Biosciences has a beta of 1.76, suggesting that its stock price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Opthea has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

56.0% of Opthea shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.9% of Cogent Biosciences shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Opthea shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Opthea beats Cogent Biosciences on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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OPT vs. The Competition

MetricOptheaBiological Products IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$480.24M$2.96B$5.23B$8.96B
Dividend YieldN/A1.94%5.13%4.04%
P/E RatioN/A44.8387.9117.30
Price / Sales4,422.61265.291,258.3378.69
Price / CashN/A192.9043.8235.97
Price / Book-2.993.965.324.79
Net Income-$220.24M-$41.02M$122.78M$225.07M
7 Day Performance10.51%-1.80%-0.19%1.52%
1 Month Performance23.10%0.47%3.73%4.69%
1 Year Performance40.94%-1.73%27.32%20.91%

Opthea Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
OPT
Opthea
3.4498 of 5 stars
$3.89
+4.0%
$12.00
+208.5%
+49.6%$480.24M$120,000.000.008Gap Up
COGT
Cogent Biosciences
1.5115 of 5 stars
$7.57
-3.4%
$14.83
+95.9%
+64.5%$836.20MN/A-3.0580Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
PAHC
Phibro Animal Health
4.2464 of 5 stars
$20.27
+1.1%
$20.50
+1.1%
+83.8%$821.00M$1.05B47.141,860Analyst Revision
RLAY
Relay Therapeutics
2.4346 of 5 stars
$4.78
+7.4%
$20.50
+328.9%
-57.2%$800.09M$10.01M-1.83330Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
CDMO
Avid Bioservices
2.3589 of 5 stars
$12.43
+0.2%
$12.25
-1.4%
+97.9%$795.06M$150.45M-5.20320
SANA
Sana Biotechnology
3.0376 of 5 stars
$3.46
-5.5%
$14.25
+311.8%
-48.4%$772.51MN/A-2.47380Gap Down
TYRA
Tyra Biosciences
2.6007 of 5 stars
$15.10
-0.7%
$30.50
+102.0%
+28.9%$764.11MN/A-9.3820
SEPN
Septerna
1.795 of 5 stars
$17.00
-5.5%
$43.67
+156.9%
N/A$754.85M$981,000.000.00N/ANegative News
AVDL
Avadel Pharmaceuticals
3.634 of 5 stars
$7.82
-1.0%
$21.00
+168.5%
-49.6%$753.55M$138.16M-9.9070Positive News
IMTX
Immatics
1.6053 of 5 stars
$6.25
-2.8%
$16.67
+166.7%
-52.2%$745.98M$115.50M-9.47260Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Gap Up
CRON
Cronos Group
2.4952 of 5 stars
$1.95
-1.5%
$3.00
+53.8%
-1.0%$745.48M$111.23M-15.00450Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:OPT) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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