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PGEN vs. BEAM, GLPG, CNTA, AGIO, KNSA, ANIP, APGE, JANX, KYMR, and ARWR

Should you be buying Precigen stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Precigen include Beam Therapeutics (BEAM), Galapagos (GLPG), Centessa Pharmaceuticals (CNTA), Agios Pharmaceuticals (AGIO), Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals (KNSA), ANI Pharmaceuticals (ANIP), Apogee Therapeutics (APGE), Janux Therapeutics (JANX), Kymera Therapeutics (KYMR), and Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals (ARWR). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Precigen vs.

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

In the previous week, Beam Therapeutics had 8 more articles in the media than Precigen. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Beam Therapeutics and 1 mentions for Precigen. Precigen's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Beam Therapeutics' score of 0.41 indicating that Precigen is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Precigen has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Beam Therapeutics. Beam Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Precigen, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Beam Therapeutics$63.52M26.66-$132.53M-$4.58-3.71
Precigen$3.93M104.51-$95.90M-$0.48-2.91

Precigen received 371 more outperform votes than Beam Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.44% of users gave Precigen an outperform vote while only 58.93% of users gave Beam Therapeutics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Beam TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
66
58.93%
Underperform Votes
46
41.07%
PrecigenOutperform Votes
437
67.44%
Underperform Votes
211
32.56%

99.7% of Beam Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.5% of Precigen shares are held by institutional investors. 4.2% of Beam Therapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 44.9% of Precigen shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Beam Therapeutics has a net margin of -41.07% compared to Precigen's net margin of -3,521.68%. Beam Therapeutics' return on equity of -16.22% beat Precigen's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Beam Therapeutics-41.07% -16.22% -10.94%
Precigen -3,521.68%-123.06%-87.33%

Beam Therapeutics has a beta of 2.02, meaning that its stock price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Precigen has a beta of 1.7, meaning that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Beam Therapeutics currently has a consensus price target of $49.45, suggesting a potential upside of 191.42%. Precigen has a consensus price target of $7.00, suggesting a potential upside of 401.79%. Given Precigen's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Precigen is more favorable than Beam Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Beam Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Precigen
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Beam Therapeutics and Precigen tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PGEN vs. The Competition

MetricPrecigenPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$410.19M$6.48B$5.29B$7.37B
Dividend YieldN/A3.24%5.11%4.31%
P/E Ratio-2.546.8321.7017.78
Price / Sales104.51228.36378.1494.74
Price / CashN/A65.6738.1534.64
Price / Book2.915.876.423.98
Net Income-$95.90M$142.26M$3.20B$247.33M
7 Day Performance8.98%7.58%4.73%4.31%
1 Month Performance-21.63%-14.16%-9.88%-7.80%
1 Year Performance6.49%-9.81%10.77%1.40%

Precigen Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PGEN
Precigen
3.4851 of 5 stars
$1.39
+1.5%
$7.00
+403.6%
+0.7%$408.72M$3.93M-2.53190
BEAM
Beam Therapeutics
2.9564 of 5 stars
$15.26
-0.1%
$49.45
+224.1%
-35.3%$1.52B$63.52M-8.67510Short Interest ↑
High Trading Volume
GLPG
Galapagos
0.6548 of 5 stars
$23.08
-2.8%
$25.33
+9.8%
-16.9%$1.52B$275.65M0.001,123Upcoming Earnings
High Trading Volume
CNTA
Centessa Pharmaceuticals
2.9154 of 5 stars
$11.31
-3.2%
$27.71
+145.2%
+7.3%$1.51B$6.85M-7.39200Gap Down
High Trading Volume
AGIO
Agios Pharmaceuticals
3.8667 of 5 stars
$25.91
+0.6%
$56.57
+118.3%
-5.8%$1.48B$36.50M2.29390Analyst Revision
KNSA
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals
2.4342 of 5 stars
$20.26
-0.5%
$37.17
+83.4%
+17.6%$1.47B$423.24M-144.71220Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
News Coverage
ANIP
ANI Pharmaceuticals
3.4906 of 5 stars
$66.98
-0.8%
$79.75
+19.1%
+5.6%$1.46B$614.38M-121.79600Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
APGE
Apogee Therapeutics
2.0729 of 5 stars
$32.21
-0.4%
$92.17
+186.2%
-36.8%$1.45BN/A-13.3191
JANX
Janux Therapeutics
2.6913 of 5 stars
$24.45
-5.1%
$92.44
+278.1%
-43.2%$1.45B$10.59M-20.9030Positive News
KYMR
Kymera Therapeutics
1.4123 of 5 stars
$21.95
-0.6%
$56.36
+156.8%
-26.3%$1.43B$47.07M-9.38170Positive News
Gap Up
ARWR
Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals
3.4179 of 5 stars
$10.20
-4.5%
$41.44
+306.5%
-52.0%$1.40B$2.50M-1.97400News Coverage
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This page (NASDAQ:PGEN) was last updated on 4/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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