SMMT vs. MRK, TAK, ARGX, ONC, INSM, BNTX, TEVA, GMAB, ASND, and VTRS
Should you be buying Summit Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Summit Therapeutics include Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK), Takeda Pharmaceutical (TAK), argenex (ARGX), BeOne Medicines (ONC), Insmed (INSM), BioNTech (BNTX), Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA), Genmab A/S (GMAB), Ascendis Pharma A/S (ASND), and Viatris (VTRS). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Summit Therapeutics vs. Its Competitors
Summit Therapeutics (NASDAQ:SMMT) and Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE:MRK) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.
Summit Therapeutics has a beta of -1.02, meaning that its share price is 202% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Merck & Co., Inc. has a beta of 0.37, meaning that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summit Therapeutics currently has a consensus target price of $33.79, indicating a potential upside of 79.42%. Merck & Co., Inc. has a consensus target price of $107.44, indicating a potential upside of 26.83%. Given Summit Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Summit Therapeutics is more favorable than Merck & Co., Inc..
4.6% of Summit Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.1% of Merck & Co., Inc. shares are held by institutional investors. 84.9% of Summit Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Merck & Co., Inc. shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Merck & Co., Inc. has higher revenue and earnings than Summit Therapeutics. Summit Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Merck & Co., Inc., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Merck & Co., Inc. has a net margin of 25.79% compared to Summit Therapeutics' net margin of 0.00%. Merck & Co., Inc.'s return on equity of 41.05% beat Summit Therapeutics' return on equity.
In the previous week, Merck & Co., Inc. had 24 more articles in the media than Summit Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 48 mentions for Merck & Co., Inc. and 24 mentions for Summit Therapeutics. Merck & Co., Inc.'s average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Summit Therapeutics' score of 0.62 indicating that Merck & Co., Inc. is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Merck & Co., Inc. beats Summit Therapeutics on 11 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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This page (NASDAQ:SMMT) was last updated on 9/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
