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$88.30 +3.07 (+3.60%)
Closing price 08/1/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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$86.20 -2.10 (-2.38%)
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RYTM vs. SMMT, INSM, TEVA, GMAB, MRNA, RDY, QGEN, VTRS, ASND, and BBIO

Should you be buying Rhythm Pharmaceuticals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rhythm Pharmaceuticals include Summit Therapeutics (SMMT), Insmed (INSM), Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA), Genmab A/S (GMAB), Moderna (MRNA), Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (RDY), QIAGEN (QGEN), Viatris (VTRS), Ascendis Pharma A/S (ASND), and BridgeBio Pharma (BBIO). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Rhythm Pharmaceuticals vs. Its Competitors

Rhythm Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:RYTM) and Summit Therapeutics (NASDAQ:SMMT) are both medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and risk.

Rhythm Pharmaceuticals currently has a consensus price target of $91.93, indicating a potential upside of 4.11%. Summit Therapeutics has a consensus price target of $34.67, indicating a potential upside of 28.06%. Given Summit Therapeutics' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Summit Therapeutics is more favorable than Rhythm Pharmaceuticals.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Rhythm Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.07
Summit Therapeutics
2 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.79

In the previous week, Rhythm Pharmaceuticals had 5 more articles in the media than Summit Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Rhythm Pharmaceuticals and 7 mentions for Summit Therapeutics. Summit Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Rhythm Pharmaceuticals' score of 0.78 indicating that Summit Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Rhythm Pharmaceuticals
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Summit Therapeutics
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Rhythm Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 2.38, suggesting that its stock price is 138% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Summit Therapeutics has a beta of -1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 201% less volatile than the S&P 500.

4.6% of Summit Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. 6.1% of Rhythm Pharmaceuticals shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 84.9% of Summit Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summit Therapeutics has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Rhythm Pharmaceuticals' net margin of -123.26%. Summit Therapeutics' return on equity of -62.87% beat Rhythm Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Rhythm Pharmaceuticals-123.26% -739.62% -44.27%
Summit Therapeutics N/A -62.87%-51.61%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Rhythm Pharmaceuticals$130.13M43.17-$260.60M-$2.81-31.42
Summit TherapeuticsN/AN/A-$221.32M-$0.34-79.62

Summary

Summit Therapeutics beats Rhythm Pharmaceuticals on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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RYTM vs. The Competition

MetricRhythm PharmaceuticalsMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$5.42B$2.99B$5.48B$9.53B
Dividend YieldN/A2.43%4.73%4.09%
P/E Ratio-31.4217.7428.8623.83
Price / Sales43.17178.71371.4466.13
Price / CashN/A41.9535.4557.96
Price / Book252.298.508.265.54
Net Income-$260.60M-$55.06M$3.25B$259.28M
7 Day Performance2.14%-3.99%-3.73%-4.67%
1 Month Performance31.95%9.58%4.28%4.38%
1 Year Performance99.82%6.70%25.85%17.90%

Rhythm Pharmaceuticals Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RYTM
Rhythm Pharmaceuticals
3.5477 of 5 stars
$88.30
+3.6%
$91.93
+4.1%
+88.5%$5.42B$130.13M-31.42140Upcoming Earnings
Insider Trade
SMMT
Summit Therapeutics
2.8971 of 5 stars
$27.45
-4.3%
$34.67
+26.3%
+153.9%$21.29B$700K-80.73110Upcoming Earnings
INSM
Insmed
3.7909 of 5 stars
$101.75
-2.1%
$109.20
+7.3%
+44.3%$19.72B$363.71M-17.101,271Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
TEVA
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries
3.9777 of 5 stars
$16.53
-0.1%
$24.71
+49.5%
-12.3%$18.97B$16.54B-14.3736,830News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
GMAB
Genmab A/S
3.6367 of 5 stars
$23.09
-1.3%
$37.80
+63.7%
-23.2%$15.01B$3.12B13.122,682News Coverage
Short Interest ↑
MRNA
Moderna
4.4701 of 5 stars
$33.91
-0.7%
$46.11
+36.0%
-70.7%$13.21B$3.14B-3.885,800Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Gap Down
RDY
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
2.2952 of 5 stars
$14.71
+0.2%
$16.95
+15.3%
-15.5%$12.25B$3.81B22.2827,811
QGEN
QIAGEN
3.2115 of 5 stars
$51.00
-1.5%
$49.40
-3.1%
+12.1%$11.51B$1.98B127.875,765News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
VTRS
Viatris
2.2064 of 5 stars
$9.26
-1.6%
$10.40
+12.3%
-26.3%$11.04B$14.74B-2.9232,000Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
ASND
Ascendis Pharma A/S
3.0771 of 5 stars
$164.16
-2.0%
$223.07
+35.9%
+27.8%$10.24B$393.54M-26.141,017Analyst Forecast
BBIO
BridgeBio Pharma
4.7141 of 5 stars
$46.23
-0.2%
$61.50
+33.0%
+80.9%$8.79B$127.42M-13.10400Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:RYTM) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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