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PepGen (PEPG) Competitors

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$6.48
-0.14 (-2.11%)
(As of 11/1/2024 ET)

PEPG vs. LQDA, DNTH, ABCL, ANNX, ERAS, PCRX, ABUS, OCS, MBX, and IMNM

Should you be buying PepGen stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PepGen include Liquidia (LQDA), Dianthus Therapeutics (DNTH), AbCellera Biologics (ABCL), Annexon (ANNX), Erasca (ERAS), Pacira BioSciences (PCRX), Arbutus Biopharma (ABUS), Oculis (OCS), MBX Biosciences (MBX), and Immunome (IMNM). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.

PepGen vs.

PepGen (NASDAQ:PEPG) and Liquidia (NASDAQ:LQDA) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings and media sentiment.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
PepGenN/AN/A-$78.63M-$3.30-1.96
Liquidia$17.49M48.21-$78.50M-$1.57-6.99

Liquidia received 182 more outperform votes than PepGen when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 84.21% of users gave PepGen an outperform vote while only 67.81% of users gave Liquidia an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
PepGenOutperform Votes
16
84.21%
Underperform Votes
3
15.79%
LiquidiaOutperform Votes
198
67.81%
Underperform Votes
94
32.19%

PepGen presently has a consensus price target of $19.33, indicating a potential upside of 198.35%. Liquidia has a consensus price target of $24.67, indicating a potential upside of 124.65%. Given PepGen's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe PepGen is more favorable than Liquidia.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
PepGen
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Liquidia
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.90

PepGen has a beta of 1.69, meaning that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liquidia has a beta of 0.22, meaning that its stock price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500.

58.0% of PepGen shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.5% of Liquidia shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.6% of PepGen shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 30.1% of Liquidia shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

PepGen has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Liquidia's net margin of -755.46%. PepGen's return on equity of -62.74% beat Liquidia's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
PepGenN/A -62.74% -50.37%
Liquidia -755.46%-183.57%-74.19%

In the previous week, Liquidia had 1 more articles in the media than PepGen. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Liquidia and 0 mentions for PepGen. Liquidia's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat PepGen's score of 0.00 indicating that Liquidia is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
PepGen Neutral
Liquidia Neutral

Summary

Liquidia beats PepGen on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PEPG vs. The Competition

MetricPepGenPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$211.18M$7.02B$5.32B$8.52B
Dividend YieldN/A7.92%5.07%4.13%
P/E Ratio-1.9610.75121.3415.54
Price / SalesN/A396.531,497.9292.41
Price / CashN/A47.4339.6734.18
Price / Book1.425.604.755.07
Net Income-$78.63M$153.56M$118.54M$225.38M
7 Day Performance-15.63%-1.46%-0.39%0.07%
1 Month Performance-27.11%15.32%6.05%3.93%
1 Year Performance27.06%43.07%38.13%32.51%

PepGen Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PEPG
PepGen
2.5419 of 5 stars
$6.48
-2.1%
$19.33
+198.4%
+27.1%$211.18MN/A-1.9672
LQDA
Liquidia
3.8829 of 5 stars
$10.98
+1.2%
$24.67
+124.7%
+66.6%$843.15M$17.49M-6.9950Upcoming Earnings
DNTH
Dianthus Therapeutics
1.4672 of 5 stars
$28.01
+0.5%
$45.14
+61.2%
+133.4%$822.65M$2.83M-5.0680Positive News
ABCL
AbCellera Biologics
2.072 of 5 stars
$2.73
flat
$10.33
+278.5%
-33.7%$804.45M$38.03M-5.06586Upcoming Earnings
ANNX
Annexon
1.457 of 5 stars
$7.28
-0.5%
$15.80
+117.0%
+203.3%$769.13MN/A-5.9260
ERAS
Erasca
2.6255 of 5 stars
$2.72
+5.0%
$6.10
+124.3%
+19.8%$768.40MN/A-2.96126Gap Up
PCRX
Pacira BioSciences
4.8183 of 5 stars
$16.57
-0.2%
$24.20
+46.0%
-41.5%$764.32M$690.31M12.65720Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
ABUS
Arbutus Biopharma
2.3082 of 5 stars
$3.96
+2.9%
$5.25
+32.6%
+115.2%$725.87M$10.06M-8.8073Upcoming Earnings
OCS
Oculis
2.1656 of 5 stars
$17.88
+4.1%
$29.20
+63.3%
+96.5%$724.14M$980,000.00-9.312Gap Down
High Trading Volume
MBX
MBX Biosciences
2.4182 of 5 stars
$22.46
-1.9%
$37.25
+65.9%
N/A$715.44MN/A0.0036
IMNM
Immunome
2.4973 of 5 stars
$11.59
+1.0%
$29.00
+150.2%
+35.2%$695.98M$14.02M-1.5140Short Interest ↓
Gap Up

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This page (NASDAQ:PEPG) was last updated on 11/2/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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