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PEPG vs. ACTU, NKTX, NVCT, CYBN, BIOA, GLSI, CRDF, DERM, CLLS, and MEIP

Should you be buying PepGen stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PepGen include Actuate Therapeutics (ACTU), Nkarta (NKTX), Nuvectis Pharma (NVCT), Cybin (CYBN), BioAge Labs (BIOA), Greenwich LifeSciences (GLSI), Cardiff Oncology (CRDF), Journey Medical (DERM), Cellectis (CLLS), and MEI Pharma (MEIP). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

PepGen vs. Its Competitors

Actuate Therapeutics (NASDAQ:ACTU) and PepGen (NASDAQ:PEPG) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and profitability.

Actuate Therapeutics currently has a consensus price target of $20.50, indicating a potential upside of 145.22%. PepGen has a consensus price target of $7.67, indicating a potential upside of 480.81%. Given PepGen's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe PepGen is more favorable than Actuate Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Actuate Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
PepGen
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

58.0% of PepGen shares are held by institutional investors. 69.3% of Actuate Therapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of PepGen shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Actuate TherapeuticsN/AN/A-$27.28MN/AN/A
PepGenN/AN/A-$89.98M-$2.96-0.45

PepGen's return on equity of -92.51% beat Actuate Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Actuate TherapeuticsN/A -19,736.59% -281.83%
PepGen N/A -92.51%-70.39%

In the previous week, Actuate Therapeutics had 13 more articles in the media than PepGen. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Actuate Therapeutics and 1 mentions for PepGen. Actuate Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 0.07 beat PepGen's score of 0.00 indicating that Actuate Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Actuate Therapeutics
3 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
PepGen
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Actuate Therapeutics beats PepGen on 5 of the 9 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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PEPG vs. The Competition

MetricPepGenMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$43.30M$3.09B$5.82B$9.73B
Dividend YieldN/A2.23%3.84%4.09%
P/E Ratio-0.4521.1431.1525.96
Price / SalesN/A397.29474.77122.97
Price / CashN/A43.0937.1558.38
Price / Book0.618.079.116.39
Net Income-$89.98M-$54.72M$3.26B$265.56M
7 Day Performance2.33%2.62%2.12%1.98%
1 Month Performance-5.71%7.64%5.13%1.33%
1 Year Performance-86.41%13.11%31.25%21.15%

PepGen Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PEPG
PepGen
2.7442 of 5 stars
$1.32
+5.6%
$7.67
+480.8%
-87.3%$43.30MN/A-0.4530
ACTU
Actuate Therapeutics
N/A$8.25
+1.6%
$20.50
+148.5%
-10.9%$166.22MN/A0.0010News Coverage
Analyst Revision
NKTX
Nkarta
2.0708 of 5 stars
$2.35
+0.9%
$13.60
+478.7%
-56.9%$165.49MN/A-1.59140
NVCT
Nuvectis Pharma
3.8378 of 5 stars
$6.45
+0.3%
$15.33
+137.7%
-11.3%$163.69MN/A-5.518Positive News
CYBN
Cybin
2.5036 of 5 stars
$6.92
-2.0%
$85.00
+1,128.3%
N/A$163.24MN/A-1.5850News Coverage
Analyst Revision
BIOA
BioAge Labs
N/A$4.52
-0.7%
N/AN/A$163.12M$3.86M0.00N/A
GLSI
Greenwich LifeSciences
1.4633 of 5 stars
$12.01
-1.3%
$39.00
+224.7%
-19.9%$162.69MN/A-8.833Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
CRDF
Cardiff Oncology
1.6395 of 5 stars
$2.43
-0.4%
$10.10
+315.6%
-3.0%$162.32M$680K-2.7920
DERM
Journey Medical
1.6736 of 5 stars
$7.00
+0.7%
$10.83
+54.8%
+60.9%$161.91M$56.13M-18.4290
CLLS
Cellectis
3.3705 of 5 stars
$2.90
+1.8%
$4.00
+37.9%
+17.6%$158.41M$49.22M-3.54290Positive News
Short Interest ↓
MEIP
MEI Pharma
1.3625 of 5 stars
$4.88
-0.2%
N/A+47.1%$158.28M$65.30M-1.03100

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