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PepGen (PEPG) Competitors

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$3.83 +0.06 (+1.59%)
As of 01/3/2025 05:39 PM Eastern

PEPG vs. EBS, ATXS, CRMD, VERV, TERN, TBPH, RNAC, PRTC, ARCT, and ABVX

Should you be buying PepGen stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PepGen include Emergent BioSolutions (EBS), Astria Therapeutics (ATXS), CorMedix (CRMD), Verve Therapeutics (VERV), Terns Pharmaceuticals (TERN), Theravance Biopharma (TBPH), Cartesian Therapeutics (RNAC), PureTech Health (PRTC), Arcturus Therapeutics (ARCT), and ABIVAX Société Anonyme (ABVX). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.

PepGen vs.

Emergent BioSolutions (NYSE:EBS) and PepGen (NASDAQ:PEPG) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, risk and earnings.

78.4% of Emergent BioSolutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.0% of PepGen shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Emergent BioSolutions shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of PepGen shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Emergent BioSolutions has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PepGen has a beta of 1.56, meaning that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.

PepGen has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Emergent BioSolutions. Emergent BioSolutions 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
Emergent BioSolutions$1.09B0.51-$760.50M-$4.10-2.52
PepGenN/AN/A-$78.63M-$2.98-1.29

In the previous week, Emergent BioSolutions had 7 more articles in the media than PepGen. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Emergent BioSolutions and 1 mentions for PepGen. Emergent BioSolutions' average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat PepGen's score of 0.18 indicating that Emergent BioSolutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Emergent BioSolutions
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 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

Emergent BioSolutions received 404 more outperform votes than PepGen when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 78.26% of users gave PepGen an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave Emergent BioSolutions an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Emergent BioSolutionsOutperform Votes
422
66.67%
Underperform Votes
211
33.33%
PepGenOutperform Votes
18
78.26%
Underperform Votes
5
21.74%

PepGen has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Emergent BioSolutions' net margin of -18.55%. Emergent BioSolutions' return on equity of -9.91% beat PepGen's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Emergent BioSolutions-18.55% -9.91% -3.31%
PepGen N/A -60.17%-48.88%

Emergent BioSolutions presently has a consensus target price of $14.33, suggesting a potential upside of 38.89%. PepGen has a consensus target price of $13.67, suggesting a potential upside of 256.83%. Given PepGen's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe PepGen is more favorable than Emergent BioSolutions.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Emergent BioSolutions
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 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

Summary

Emergent BioSolutions beats PepGen on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PEPG vs. The Competition

MetricPepGenPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$124.84M$6.62B$5.21B$9.05B
Dividend YieldN/A2.93%4.99%4.13%
P/E Ratio-1.2910.8387.7717.31
Price / SalesN/A181.651,156.86124.24
Price / CashN/A57.1143.2637.86
Price / Book0.845.265.185.19
Net Income-$78.63M$153.48M$121.70M$226.98M
7 Day Performance-2.30%4.87%3.68%3.15%
1 Month Performance-36.27%0.53%21.16%4.46%
1 Year Performance-51.09%5.94%30.67%21.92%

PepGen Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PEPG
PepGen
2.0389 of 5 stars
$3.83
+1.6%
$13.67
+256.8%
-43.8%$124.84MN/A-1.2972
EBS
Emergent BioSolutions
4.2752 of 5 stars
$9.28
+12.2%
$14.33
+54.5%
+337.3%$502.83M$1.09B-2.261,600
ATXS
Astria Therapeutics
2.8208 of 5 stars
$8.85
-3.3%
$25.60
+189.3%
+22.1%$499.44MN/A-4.2330Positive News
CRMD
CorMedix
2.5328 of 5 stars
$8.12
-1.1%
$15.80
+94.6%
+129.1%$492.70M$12.26M-10.0230Positive News
VERV
Verve Therapeutics
2.7418 of 5 stars
$5.56
-7.6%
$25.75
+363.1%
-52.0%$470.73M$24.40M-2.26110
TERN
Terns Pharmaceuticals
3.9315 of 5 stars
$5.54
-4.0%
$18.30
+230.3%
-8.6%$470.56M$1M-4.6940
TBPH
Theravance Biopharma
2.1908 of 5 stars
$9.52
-0.7%
$13.75
+44.4%
-19.7%$468.14M$63.19M-9.43359
RNAC
Cartesian Therapeutics
2.704 of 5 stars
$18.32
-7.4%
$42.86
+133.9%
-9.7%$465.60M$47.94M-0.3537
PRTC
PureTech Health
1.9595 of 5 stars
$19.10
-2.1%
$45.00
+135.6%
-24.8%$457.29M$3.33M0.00100Gap Down
ARCT
Arcturus Therapeutics
2.8504 of 5 stars
$16.58
-2.6%
$66.75
+302.6%
-42.8%$449.10M$142.47M-7.47180Positive News
ABVX
ABIVAX Société Anonyme
2.3678 of 5 stars
$7.02
-1.4%
$38.67
+450.8%
-31.7%$444.70MN/A0.0061Positive News
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This page (NASDAQ:PEPG) was last updated on 1/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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