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$2.75 +0.06 (+2.23%)
As of 01/17/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

SAVA vs. MREO, RAPP, DNA, TRDA, ORKA, XERS, TRML, ALT, MNMD, and STOK

Should you be buying Cassava Sciences stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cassava Sciences include Mereo BioPharma Group (MREO), Rapport Therapeutics (RAPP), Ginkgo Bioworks (DNA), Entrada Therapeutics (TRDA), Oruka Therapeutics (ORKA), Xeris Biopharma (XERS), Tourmaline Bio (TRML), Altimmune (ALT), Mind Medicine (MindMed) (MNMD), and Stoke Therapeutics (STOK). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Cassava Sciences vs.

Cassava Sciences (NASDAQ:SAVA) and Mereo BioPharma Group (NASDAQ:MREO) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, dividends and profitability.

Mereo BioPharma Group's return on equity of 0.00% beat Cassava Sciences' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cassava SciencesN/A -88.05% -64.98%
Mereo BioPharma Group N/A N/A N/A

Cassava Sciences received 49 more outperform votes than Mereo BioPharma Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 79.03% of users gave Mereo BioPharma Group an outperform vote while only 65.33% of users gave Cassava Sciences an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Cassava SciencesOutperform Votes
98
65.33%
Underperform Votes
52
34.67%
Mereo BioPharma GroupOutperform Votes
49
79.03%
Underperform Votes
13
20.97%

Mereo BioPharma Group has higher revenue and earnings than Cassava Sciences.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cassava SciencesN/AN/A-$97.22M-$1.38-1.99
Mereo BioPharma Group$10M44.37-$29.47MN/AN/A

Cassava Sciences currently has a consensus price target of $111.50, suggesting a potential upside of 3,954.55%. Mereo BioPharma Group has a consensus price target of $7.83, suggesting a potential upside of 173.89%. Given Cassava Sciences' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Cassava Sciences is more favorable than Mereo BioPharma Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cassava Sciences
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Mereo BioPharma Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.43

In the previous week, Cassava Sciences had 13 more articles in the media than Mereo BioPharma Group. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Cassava Sciences and 10 mentions for Mereo BioPharma Group. Mereo BioPharma Group's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Cassava Sciences' score of 0.01 indicating that Mereo BioPharma Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cassava Sciences
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
17 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Mereo BioPharma Group
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Cassava Sciences has a beta of -0.99, meaning that its stock price is 199% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mereo BioPharma Group has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

38.1% of Cassava Sciences shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.8% of Mereo BioPharma Group shares are held by institutional investors. 12.2% of Cassava Sciences shares are held by 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.

Summary

Mereo BioPharma Group beats Cassava Sciences on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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SAVA vs. The Competition

MetricCassava SciencesPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$136.15M$6.37B$5.23B$8.96B
Dividend YieldN/A2.94%5.13%4.04%
P/E Ratio-1.999.4187.2917.29
Price / SalesN/A310.261,255.8979.02
Price / CashN/A61.4443.8235.97
Price / Book0.846.055.324.79
Net Income-$97.22M$154.90M$122.78M$225.07M
7 Day Performance-2.83%-1.72%-0.19%1.51%
1 Month Performance14.11%2.69%3.72%4.68%
1 Year Performance-89.39%2.78%27.31%20.92%

Cassava Sciences Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SAVA
Cassava Sciences
4.4391 of 5 stars
$2.75
+2.2%
$111.50
+3,954.5%
-89.2%$136.15MN/A-1.9930
MREO
Mereo BioPharma Group
2.2038 of 5 stars
$3.26
-8.2%
$7.83
+140.3%
-9.1%$505.78M$1M0.0040
RAPP
Rapport Therapeutics
2.2991 of 5 stars
$13.79
-6.9%
$35.00
+153.8%
N/A$504.38MN/A0.00N/A
DNA
Ginkgo Bioworks
0.6662 of 5 stars
$8.76
-10.4%
$4.58
-47.8%
N/A$503.52M$217.11M-0.671,218
TRDA
Entrada Therapeutics
2.6086 of 5 stars
$13.44
-8.3%
$25.67
+91.0%
-18.2%$502.93M$215.23M8.45110Positive News
ORKA
Oruka Therapeutics
2.5166 of 5 stars
$13.98
-11.1%
$43.17
+208.8%
N/A$489.29MN/A-2.23N/A
XERS
Xeris Biopharma
3.3552 of 5 stars
$3.28
-3.5%
$4.87
+48.4%
+21.7%$488.99M$187.36M-7.29290Gap Down
TRML
Tourmaline Bio
1.8601 of 5 stars
$18.90
-4.1%
$54.00
+185.7%
-42.6%$484.65MN/A-6.7044Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
ALT
Altimmune
2.16 of 5 stars
$6.76
-1.6%
$19.71
+191.6%
-38.6%$480.81M$52,000.00-4.3650Gap Down
MNMD
Mind Medicine (MindMed)
2.3143 of 5 stars
$6.46
-6.8%
$26.75
+314.1%
+88.9%$473.73MN/A-2.8640
STOK
Stoke Therapeutics
3.7161 of 5 stars
$8.92
-0.9%
$21.29
+138.6%
+94.6%$472.47M$16.74M-4.25100

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This page (NASDAQ:SAVA) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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