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SGMT vs. AVIR, ESPR, SLRN, CADL, SLDB, ACB, PVLA, IMMP, OLMA, and CMPX

Should you be buying Sagimet Biosciences stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sagimet Biosciences include Atea Pharmaceuticals (AVIR), Esperion Therapeutics (ESPR), Acelyrin (SLRN), Candel Therapeutics (CADL), Solid Biosciences (SLDB), Aurora Cannabis (ACB), Palvella Therapeutics (PVLA), Immutep (IMMP), Olema Pharmaceuticals (OLMA), and Compass Therapeutics (CMPX). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Sagimet Biosciences vs.

Sagimet Biosciences (NASDAQ:SGMT) and Atea Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:AVIR) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

In the previous week, Atea Pharmaceuticals had 2 more articles in the media than Sagimet Biosciences. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Atea Pharmaceuticals and 2 mentions for Sagimet Biosciences. Sagimet Biosciences' average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Atea Pharmaceuticals' score of 0.85 indicating that Sagimet Biosciences is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Sagimet Biosciences Positive
Atea Pharmaceuticals Positive

Sagimet Biosciences presently has a consensus target price of $22.40, suggesting a potential upside of 886.78%. Atea Pharmaceuticals has a consensus target price of $6.88, suggesting a potential upside of 151.09%. Given Sagimet Biosciences' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Sagimet Biosciences is more favorable than Atea Pharmaceuticals.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Sagimet Biosciences
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
Atea Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Sagimet Biosciences has a beta of 2.4, meaning that its stock price is 140% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Atea Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.17, meaning that its stock price is 83% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Sagimet Biosciences' return on equity of -23.63% beat Atea Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Sagimet BiosciencesN/A -23.63% -22.91%
Atea Pharmaceuticals N/A -34.90%-32.38%

87.9% of Sagimet Biosciences shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.7% of Atea Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. 17.6% of Sagimet Biosciences shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.8% of Atea Pharmaceuticals shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Sagimet Biosciences has higher revenue and earnings than Atea Pharmaceuticals. Sagimet Biosciences is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Atea Pharmaceuticals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Sagimet Biosciences$2M34.82-$27.88M-$1.43-1.59
Atea PharmaceuticalsN/AN/A-$135.96M-$2.00-1.37

Sagimet Biosciences received 8 more outperform votes than Atea Pharmaceuticals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 96.43% of users gave Sagimet Biosciences an outperform vote while only 48.72% of users gave Atea Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Sagimet BiosciencesOutperform Votes
27
96.43%
Underperform Votes
1
3.57%
Atea PharmaceuticalsOutperform Votes
19
48.72%
Underperform Votes
20
51.28%

Summary

Sagimet Biosciences beats Atea Pharmaceuticals on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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SGMT vs. The Competition

MetricSagimet BiosciencesPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$69.63M$6.27B$5.29B$7.60B
Dividend YieldN/A2.98%5.35%4.27%
P/E Ratio-1.596.8322.2218.06
Price / Sales34.82200.79362.6890.67
Price / CashN/A65.6738.1534.64
Price / Book0.575.646.283.95
Net Income-$27.88M$140.88M$3.19B$247.18M
7 Day PerformanceN/A0.22%-1.53%-0.72%
1 Month Performance-35.88%-10.02%-0.57%-6.01%
1 Year Performance-55.14%-17.16%5.07%-3.92%

Sagimet Biosciences Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SGMT
Sagimet Biosciences
2.6511 of 5 stars
$2.22
-2.4%
$22.40
+911.3%
-57.3%$67.95M$2M-1.558
AVIR
Atea Pharmaceuticals
2.5351 of 5 stars
$2.78
-0.4%
$6.88
+147.5%
-28.1%$237.76MN/A-1.3470News Coverage
Gap Down
ESPR
Esperion Therapeutics
3.6097 of 5 stars
$1.20
-2.4%
$6.75
+462.5%
-62.4%$237.42M$332.31M-1.88200Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Down
SLRN
Acelyrin
2.8687 of 5 stars
$2.31
-4.9%
$9.60
+315.6%
-63.5%$232.64MN/A-0.94135Gap Down
CADL
Candel Therapeutics
2.0701 of 5 stars
$4.84
+0.4%
$21.00
+333.9%
+0.0%$228.62M$120,000.00-2.8060Gap Down
SLDB
Solid Biosciences
3.3862 of 5 stars
$2.94
-5.8%
$15.67
+432.9%
-76.3%$227.83M$8.09M-0.97100Positive News
ACB
Aurora Cannabis
0.3972 of 5 stars
$4.05
+1.0%
N/A-33.0%$227.67M$320.81M81.021,340Gap Down
PVLA
Palvella Therapeutics
3.0827 of 5 stars
$20.07
-16.3%
$43.50
+116.7%
N/A$221.15M$42.81M-1.66N/AAnalyst Forecast
Gap Down
IMMP
Immutep
1.5448 of 5 stars
$1.42
-5.3%
$8.50
+498.6%
-43.8%$218.34M$5.14M0.002,021Gap Up
OLMA
Olema Pharmaceuticals
2.3156 of 5 stars
$3.18
-2.2%
$27.67
+770.0%
-72.7%$217.30MN/A-1.4570Positive News
Gap Down
CMPX
Compass Therapeutics
3.3506 of 5 stars
$1.57
+7.5%
$13.38
+751.9%
+4.8%$217.10M$850,000.00-4.2420Gap Down
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This page (NASDAQ:SGMT) was last updated on 4/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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