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Poseida Therapeutics (PSTX) Competitors

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$9.39 -0.03 (-0.32%)
(As of 11:46 AM ET)

PSTX vs. VRNA, BHVN, PTCT, RYTM, MLTX, JANX, MRUS, XENE, ZLAB, and MOR

Should you be buying Poseida Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Poseida Therapeutics include Verona Pharma (VRNA), Biohaven (BHVN), PTC Therapeutics (PTCT), Rhythm Pharmaceuticals (RYTM), MoonLake Immunotherapeutics (MLTX), Janux Therapeutics (JANX), Merus (MRUS), Xenon Pharmaceuticals (XENE), Zai Lab (ZLAB), and MorphoSys (MOR). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Poseida Therapeutics vs.

Poseida Therapeutics (NASDAQ:PSTX) and Verona Pharma (NASDAQ:VRNA) are both medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.

Poseida Therapeutics presently has a consensus target price of $9.50, indicating a potential upside of 0.85%. Verona Pharma has a consensus target price of $43.83, indicating a potential downside of 5.10%. Given Poseida Therapeutics' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Poseida Therapeutics is more favorable than Verona Pharma.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Poseida Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Verona Pharma
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Verona Pharma received 283 more outperform votes than Poseida Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.55% of users gave Verona Pharma an outperform vote while only 63.49% of users gave Poseida Therapeutics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Poseida TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
40
63.49%
Underperform Votes
23
36.51%
Verona PharmaOutperform Votes
323
80.55%
Underperform Votes
78
19.45%

In the previous week, Verona Pharma had 6 more articles in the media than Poseida Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Verona Pharma and 0 mentions for Poseida Therapeutics. Verona Pharma's average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat Poseida Therapeutics' score of 0.00 indicating that Verona Pharma is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Poseida Therapeutics Neutral
Verona Pharma Neutral

46.9% of Poseida Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.9% of Verona Pharma shares are held by institutional investors. 2.9% of Poseida Therapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.8% of Verona Pharma shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Poseida Therapeutics has a beta of 1.64, indicating that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Verona Pharma has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Verona Pharma has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Poseida Therapeutics' net margin of -40.28%. Poseida Therapeutics' return on equity of -72.26% beat Verona Pharma's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Poseida Therapeutics-40.28% -72.26% -21.53%
Verona Pharma N/A -79.54%-43.49%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Poseida Therapeutics$150.86M6.11-$123.43M-$0.63-14.95
Verona Pharma$5.62M660.65-$54.37M-$1.92-24.06

Summary

Verona Pharma beats Poseida Therapeutics on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PSTX vs. The Competition

MetricPoseida TherapeuticsBiological Products IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$921.03M$2.97B$5.21B$9.13B
Dividend YieldN/A1.89%4.96%4.20%
P/E Ratio-14.9546.4687.5417.22
Price / Sales6.11411.651,119.09124.54
Price / CashN/A174.7643.2737.85
Price / Book8.724.024.855.00
Net Income-$123.43M-$42.00M$120.16M$225.21M
7 Day Performance-0.63%2.49%2.05%3.81%
1 Month Performance1.18%-3.21%15.98%2.69%
1 Year Performance180.36%14.48%28.82%18.12%

Poseida Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PSTX
Poseida Therapeutics
3.3086 of 5 stars
$9.39
-0.3%
$9.50
+1.2%
+180.4%$918.10M$150.86M-14.90260
VRNA
Verona Pharma
0.8671 of 5 stars
$45.68
+8.7%
$43.83
-4.0%
+132.3%$3.67B$5.62M-23.7930
BHVN
Biohaven
3.798 of 5 stars
$35.80
-1.3%
$63.00
+76.0%
-14.3%$3.62B$462.51M-3.83239
PTCT
PTC Therapeutics
3.7574 of 5 stars
$45.28
-2.1%
$54.08
+19.4%
+64.1%$3.49B$900.66M-7.621,410
RYTM
Rhythm Pharmaceuticals
3.9798 of 5 stars
$56.19
+0.1%
$66.90
+19.1%
+20.9%$3.45B$112.53M-12.98140
MLTX
MoonLake Immunotherapeutics
1.2544 of 5 stars
$52.41
+0.5%
$81.43
+55.4%
-8.3%$3.35BN/A-40.632
JANX
Janux Therapeutics
3.6417 of 5 stars
$56.30
-0.9%
$89.90
+59.7%
+404.2%$2.95B$13.05M-48.1230Analyst Upgrade
Insider Trade
Short Interest ↑
MRUS
Merus
2.5138 of 5 stars
$42.65
+1.9%
$85.64
+100.8%
+53.0%$2.92B$43.95M-10.8037Positive News
XENE
Xenon Pharmaceuticals
2.5035 of 5 stars
$38.05
-1.5%
$56.00
+47.2%
-15.7%$2.90B$9.43M-13.49251
ZLAB
Zai Lab
2.084 of 5 stars
$26.59
-0.5%
$55.00
+106.8%
-2.6%$2.89B$355.75M-9.602,175
MOR
MorphoSys
0.0687 of 5 stars
$18.96
flat
$14.33
-24.4%
N/A$2.86B$238.28M-5.45730

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This page (NASDAQ:PSTX) was last updated on 12/30/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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