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$11.23 +0.27 (+2.46%)
Closing price 08/22/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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RNAC vs. PHVS, GPCR, TLRY, RCUS, LENZ, ZYME, SYRE, UPB, STOK, and VERV

Should you be buying Cartesian Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cartesian Therapeutics include Pharvaris (PHVS), Structure Therapeutics (GPCR), Tilray Brands (TLRY), Arcus Biosciences (RCUS), LENZ Therapeutics (LENZ), Zymeworks (ZYME), Spyre Therapeutics (SYRE), Upstream Bio (UPB), Stoke Therapeutics (STOK), and Verve Therapeutics (VERV). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Cartesian Therapeutics vs. Its Competitors

Cartesian Therapeutics (NASDAQ:RNAC) and Pharvaris (NASDAQ:PHVS) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, risk, earnings and media sentiment.

Cartesian Therapeutics presently has a consensus target price of $40.00, suggesting a potential upside of 256.19%. Pharvaris has a consensus target price of $35.60, suggesting a potential upside of 53.98%. Given Cartesian Therapeutics' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Cartesian Therapeutics is more favorable than Pharvaris.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cartesian Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
Pharvaris
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83

Cartesian Therapeutics has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pharvaris has a beta of -2.81, indicating that its share price is 381% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Pharvaris had 17 more articles in the media than Cartesian Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Pharvaris and 0 mentions for Cartesian Therapeutics. Cartesian Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Pharvaris' score of 0.88 indicating that Cartesian Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Cartesian Therapeutics Positive
Pharvaris Positive

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cartesian Therapeutics$38.91M7.50-$77.42M-$52.83-0.21
PharvarisN/AN/A-$145.24M-$3.36-6.88

87.0% of Cartesian Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. 60.3% of Cartesian Therapeutics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.8% of Pharvaris shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Cartesian Therapeutics' return on equity of 0.00% beat Pharvaris' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cartesian TherapeuticsN/A N/A -6.36%
Pharvaris N/A -69.09%-63.34%

Summary

Cartesian Therapeutics beats Pharvaris on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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RNAC vs. The Competition

MetricCartesian TherapeuticsMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$284.98M$3.11B$5.75B$9.62B
Dividend YieldN/A2.23%4.40%4.10%
P/E Ratio-0.2121.1431.2526.05
Price / Sales7.50345.39433.91193.97
Price / CashN/A43.1937.7358.48
Price / Book-112.308.129.536.61
Net Income-$77.42M-$54.72M$3.26B$265.65M
7 Day Performance-0.88%2.62%2.13%2.03%
1 Month Performance-16.13%2.68%2.80%-0.31%
1 Year Performance-18.33%10.93%30.68%19.06%

Cartesian Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RNAC
Cartesian Therapeutics
2.4993 of 5 stars
$11.23
+2.5%
$40.00
+256.2%
-16.0%$284.98M$38.91M-0.2164Positive News
Gap Up
PHVS
Pharvaris
2.6385 of 5 stars
$22.16
-0.6%
$35.60
+60.6%
+27.0%$1.17BN/A-6.6030
GPCR
Structure Therapeutics
2.6364 of 5 stars
$19.96
-0.8%
$75.71
+279.3%
-49.9%$1.16BN/A-19.01136News Coverage
TLRY
Tilray Brands
2.4357 of 5 stars
$1.14
+10.7%
$1.92
+68.1%
-38.5%$1.13B$210.48M-0.492,842
RCUS
Arcus Biosciences
2.4061 of 5 stars
$10.45
+0.6%
$21.14
+102.3%
-40.6%$1.11B$258M-3.30500Positive News
LENZ
LENZ Therapeutics
1.2609 of 5 stars
$38.77
+2.4%
$49.60
+27.9%
+80.0%$1.08BN/A-20.41110Gap Up
ZYME
Zymeworks
0.2048 of 5 stars
$14.05
-2.2%
N/AN/A$1.08B$122.87M-14.48460
SYRE
Spyre Therapeutics
2.8888 of 5 stars
$16.94
-0.1%
$53.40
+215.2%
-29.8%$1.02B$890K-4.9873Analyst Upgrade
UPB
Upstream Bio
2.1053 of 5 stars
$18.02
-4.8%
$56.50
+213.5%
N/A$1.02B$2.37M0.0038
STOK
Stoke Therapeutics
4.5637 of 5 stars
$18.51
+1.6%
$25.57
+38.1%
+42.3%$997.86M$36.56M21.78100
VERV
Verve Therapeutics
2.975 of 5 stars
$11.13
flat
$14.57
+30.9%
N/A$992.13M$32.33M-5.27110

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