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Cassava Sciences (SAVA) Competitors

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$26.91 +0.77 (+2.95%)
(As of 11/15/2024 ET)

SAVA vs. COLL, NATR, VSTM, CMRX, VRCA, CRNX, BBIO, BHVN, RARE, and IMVT

Should you be buying Cassava Sciences stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cassava Sciences include Collegium Pharmaceutical (COLL), Nature's Sunshine Products (NATR), Verastem (VSTM), Chimerix (CMRX), Verrica Pharmaceuticals (VRCA), Crinetics Pharmaceuticals (CRNX), BridgeBio Pharma (BBIO), Biohaven (BHVN), Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical (RARE), and Immunovant (IMVT). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Cassava Sciences vs.

Cassava Sciences (NASDAQ:SAVA) and Collegium Pharmaceutical (NASDAQ:COLL) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk and media sentiment.

Collegium Pharmaceutical has higher revenue and earnings than Cassava Sciences. Cassava Sciences is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Collegium Pharmaceutical, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cassava SciencesN/AN/A-$97.22M-$1.38-19.50
Collegium Pharmaceutical$566.77M1.68$48.15M$2.3212.75

In the previous week, Collegium Pharmaceutical had 2 more articles in the media than Cassava Sciences. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Collegium Pharmaceutical and 3 mentions for Cassava Sciences. Collegium Pharmaceutical's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Cassava Sciences' score of 0.49 indicating that Collegium Pharmaceutical is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cassava Sciences
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Collegium Pharmaceutical
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Cassava Sciences currently has a consensus price target of $111.50, indicating a potential upside of 314.34%. Collegium Pharmaceutical has a consensus price target of $42.60, indicating a potential upside of 44.02%. Given Cassava Sciences' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Cassava Sciences is more favorable than Collegium Pharmaceutical.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cassava Sciences
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Collegium Pharmaceutical
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60

Collegium Pharmaceutical received 287 more outperform votes than Cassava Sciences when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.77% of users gave Cassava Sciences an outperform vote while only 65.25% of users gave Collegium Pharmaceutical an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Cassava SciencesOutperform Votes
98
65.77%
Underperform Votes
51
34.23%
Collegium PharmaceuticalOutperform Votes
385
65.25%
Underperform Votes
205
34.75%

Collegium Pharmaceutical has a net margin of 14.78% compared to Cassava Sciences' net margin of 0.00%. Collegium Pharmaceutical's return on equity of 104.67% beat Cassava Sciences' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cassava SciencesN/A -88.05% -64.98%
Collegium Pharmaceutical 14.78%104.67%18.38%

Cassava Sciences has a beta of -0.59, meaning that its stock price is 159% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Collegium Pharmaceutical has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

38.1% of Cassava Sciences shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.0% of Cassava Sciences shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of Collegium Pharmaceutical 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.

Summary

Collegium Pharmaceutical beats Cassava Sciences on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SAVA vs. The Competition

MetricCassava SciencesPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.29B$6.49B$5.13B$8.74B
Dividend YieldN/A8.15%5.18%4.07%
P/E Ratio-19.504.8266.7313.27
Price / SalesN/A374.171,265.2981.14
Price / CashN/A51.8140.2135.77
Price / Book7.789.636.455.92
Net Income-$97.22M$154.43M$119.73M$225.73M
7 Day Performance-0.15%-9.46%-5.13%-1.34%
1 Month Performance-9.01%-7.27%-2.71%1.15%
1 Year Performance67.44%28.13%31.08%24.02%

Cassava Sciences Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SAVA
Cassava Sciences
3.7715 of 5 stars
$26.91
+2.9%
$111.50
+314.3%
+72.0%$1.29BN/A-19.5030Gap Up
High Trading Volume
COLL
Collegium Pharmaceutical
4.1071 of 5 stars
$30.25
-3.7%
N/A+17.8%$975.56M$566.77M13.04210
NATR
Nature's Sunshine Products
2.9448 of 5 stars
$16.02
-2.4%
N/A-7.1%$296.05M$445.32M18.20814Positive News
VSTM
Verastem
2.9685 of 5 stars
$4.01
-8.9%
N/A-34.0%$178.49M$2.60M-1.2650
CMRX
Chimerix
4.4465 of 5 stars
$0.96
-3.3%
N/A-14.0%$86.34M$320,000.00-1.0272Short Interest ↓
VRCA
Verrica Pharmaceuticals
4.6586 of 5 stars
$0.87
-5.6%
N/A-76.0%$39.59M$5.12M-0.4740
CRNX
Crinetics Pharmaceuticals
3.5501 of 5 stars
$60.85
+3.5%
N/A+93.1%$4.87B$4.01M-16.10210Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
BBIO
BridgeBio Pharma
4.6019 of 5 stars
$25.86
+5.0%
N/A-17.8%$4.86B$9.30M-9.83400Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
BHVN
Biohaven
3.811 of 5 stars
$49.76
-1.2%
N/A+49.6%$4.70B$462.51M-5.44239Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
RARE
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical
4.6264 of 5 stars
$49.00
+2.4%
N/A+14.9%$4.52B$434.25M-7.571,276Analyst Forecast
IMVT
Immunovant
1.6351 of 5 stars
$28.98
-1.0%
N/A-21.0%$4.25BN/A-13.05120Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:SAVA) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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