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PEPG vs. IKT, GLSI, IPHA, FATE, CKPT, SLDB, MGNX, OGI, NKTX, and ADCT

Should you be buying PepGen stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PepGen include Inhibikase Therapeutics (IKT), Greenwich LifeSciences (GLSI), Innate Pharma (IPHA), Fate Therapeutics (FATE), Checkpoint Therapeutics (CKPT), Solid Biosciences (SLDB), MacroGenics (MGNX), Organigram (OGI), Nkarta (NKTX), and ADC Therapeutics (ADCT). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

PepGen vs.

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

Inhibikase Therapeutics has higher revenue and earnings than PepGen. Inhibikase Therapeutics 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-$2.98-0.46
Inhibikase Therapeutics$260K792.30-$19.03M-$2.67-1.11

PepGen's return on equity of -60.17% beat Inhibikase Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
PepGenN/A -60.17% -48.88%
Inhibikase Therapeutics N/A -350.63%-201.82%

58.0% of PepGen shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.8% of Inhibikase Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.6% of PepGen shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of Inhibikase Therapeutics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

PepGen currently has a consensus price target of $10.33, suggesting a potential upside of 654.26%. Inhibikase Therapeutics has a consensus price target of $6.50, suggesting a potential upside of 118.86%. Given PepGen's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe PepGen is more favorable than Inhibikase Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
PepGen
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Inhibikase Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

PepGen has a beta of 1.53, suggesting that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Inhibikase Therapeutics has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Inhibikase Therapeutics had 8 more articles in the media than PepGen. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Inhibikase Therapeutics and 0 mentions for PepGen. Inhibikase Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat PepGen's score of 0.00 indicating that Inhibikase Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
PepGen Neutral
Inhibikase Therapeutics Positive

PepGen received 10 more outperform votes than Inhibikase Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 81.82% of users gave Inhibikase Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 79.17% of users gave PepGen an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
PepGenOutperform Votes
19
79.17%
Underperform Votes
5
20.83%
Inhibikase TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
9
81.82%
Underperform Votes
2
18.18%

Summary

PepGen beats Inhibikase Therapeutics on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PEPG vs. The Competition

MetricPepGenPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$46.94M$7.07B$5.84B$9.15B
Dividend YieldN/A2.75%4.75%3.85%
P/E Ratio-0.465.4725.4719.00
Price / SalesN/A306.08447.5876.30
Price / CashN/A65.6738.0134.83
Price / Book0.306.717.644.62
Net Income-$78.63M$138.33M$3.18B$245.85M
7 Day Performance7.87%-2.61%-1.99%-2.68%
1 Month Performance-30.81%-2.32%-0.42%-2.19%
1 Year Performance-90.18%-5.31%16.51%12.84%

PepGen Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PEPG
PepGen
2.4295 of 5 stars
$1.37
-4.9%
$10.33
+654.3%
-90.0%$46.94MN/A-0.4630Gap Up
IKT
Inhibikase Therapeutics
1.6284 of 5 stars
$2.35
+5.4%
$6.50
+176.6%
+33.8%$163.00M$260,000.00-0.886
GLSI
Greenwich LifeSciences
2.0796 of 5 stars
$12.38
+0.7%
$38.00
+206.9%
-9.2%$162.80MN/A-15.473
IPHA
Innate Pharma
3.0108 of 5 stars
$1.94
-0.5%
$11.50
+492.8%
-7.8%$162.63M$66.71M0.00220News Coverage
Gap Up
FATE
Fate Therapeutics
4.203 of 5 stars
$1.42
+11.8%
$6.75
+375.4%
-79.2%$161.72M$63.53M-0.86550Gap Up
High Trading Volume
CKPT
Checkpoint Therapeutics
3.1818 of 5 stars
$3.31
-4.3%
$12.00
+262.5%
+63.0%$161.63M$100,000.00-1.8010
SLDB
Solid Biosciences
4.0798 of 5 stars
$4.03
+2.3%
$15.30
+279.7%
-42.4%$161.04M$8.09M-1.33100Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
MGNX
MacroGenics
3.5751 of 5 stars
$2.56
+4.1%
$7.63
+197.9%
-83.8%$160.67M$58.75M-1.62430News Coverage
OGI
Organigram
0.7394 of 5 stars
$1.27
-5.9%
N/A-34.8%$160.22M$117.47M-3.34860High Trading Volume
NKTX
Nkarta
2.6181 of 5 stars
$2.21
+4.2%
$15.00
+578.7%
-78.5%$155.96MN/A-1.18140
ADCT
ADC Therapeutics
2.8839 of 5 stars
$1.61
-0.3%
$8.00
+398.4%
-65.1%$155.19M$69.56M-0.67310Short Interest ↓

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This page (NASDAQ:PEPG) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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