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Valneva (VALN) Competitors

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$6.92 +0.16 (+2.37%)
As of 04/2/2025 03:17 PM Eastern

VALN vs. BEAM, VCEL, MIRM, GMTX, EWTX, CNTA, KYMR, CGON, DNLI, and BLTE

Should you be buying Valneva stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Valneva include Beam Therapeutics (BEAM), Vericel (VCEL), Mirum Pharmaceuticals (MIRM), Gemini Therapeutics (GMTX), Edgewise Therapeutics (EWTX), Centessa Pharmaceuticals (CNTA), Kymera Therapeutics (KYMR), CG Oncology (CGON), Denali Therapeutics (DNLI), and Belite Bio (BLTE). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Valneva vs.

Valneva (NASDAQ:VALN) and Beam Therapeutics (NASDAQ:BEAM) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.

Valneva has a beta of 1.93, indicating that its stock price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Beam Therapeutics has a beta of 1.91, indicating that its stock price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500.

11.4% of Valneva shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.7% of Beam Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. 14.9% of Valneva shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Beam Therapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valneva has a net margin of -4.35% compared to Beam Therapeutics' net margin of -41.07%. Valneva's return on equity of -3.93% beat Beam Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Valneva-4.35% -3.93% -1.42%
Beam Therapeutics -41.07%-16.22%-10.94%

Beam Therapeutics received 26 more outperform votes than Valneva when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.00% of users gave Valneva an outperform vote while only 58.56% of users gave Beam Therapeutics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ValnevaOutperform Votes
39
65.00%
Underperform Votes
21
35.00%
Beam TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
65
58.56%
Underperform Votes
46
41.44%

Valneva presently has a consensus price target of $16.00, indicating a potential upside of 131.21%. Beam Therapeutics has a consensus price target of $49.45, indicating a potential upside of 167.61%. Given Beam Therapeutics' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Beam Therapeutics is more favorable than Valneva.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Valneva
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Beam Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Valneva has higher revenue and earnings than Beam Therapeutics. Valneva is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Beam Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Valneva$169.58M3.32-$109.78M-$0.17-40.71
Beam Therapeutics$63.52M29.03-$132.53M-$4.58-4.03

In the previous week, Beam Therapeutics had 4 more articles in the media than Valneva. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Beam Therapeutics and 13 mentions for Valneva. Valneva's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Beam Therapeutics' score of 0.20 indicating that Valneva is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Valneva
4 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Beam Therapeutics
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Valneva beats Beam Therapeutics on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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VALN vs. The Competition

MetricValnevaBiological Products IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$562.33M$2.97B$5.58B$7.92B
Dividend YieldN/A1.53%5.35%4.04%
P/E Ratio-53.2330.8023.1118.81
Price / Sales3.32404.50368.7688.86
Price / CashN/A168.6838.1634.64
Price / Book3.463.696.684.18
Net Income-$109.78M-$72.06M$3.20B$247.10M
7 Day Performance-4.55%-6.90%-3.93%-2.72%
1 Month Performance1.47%-13.30%1.68%-3.90%
1 Year Performance-11.51%-28.40%8.24%-0.11%

Valneva Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VALN
Valneva
1.8854 of 5 stars
$6.92
+2.4%
$16.00
+131.2%
-8.5%$562.33M$169.58M-53.23700Analyst Forecast
BEAM
Beam Therapeutics
3.234 of 5 stars
$24.01
+3.0%
$50.82
+111.7%
-39.5%$2.40B$63.52M-13.64510Short Interest ↑
Gap Down
VCEL
Vericel
3.3338 of 5 stars
$47.94
+3.6%
$62.29
+29.9%
-13.6%$2.40B$237.22M799.13300Positive News
MIRM
Mirum Pharmaceuticals
4.4016 of 5 stars
$47.02
flat
$58.20
+23.8%
+78.5%$2.30B$336.89M-23.28140
GMTX
Gemini Therapeutics
N/A$52.24
-1.9%
N/A+37.8%$2.26BN/A-52.2430High Trading Volume
EWTX
Edgewise Therapeutics
2.1902 of 5 stars
$23.37
-1.0%
$45.38
+94.2%
-12.2%$2.22BN/A-15.5860Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
News Coverage
Gap Down
CNTA
Centessa Pharmaceuticals
2.9361 of 5 stars
$16.63
+5.6%
$26.00
+56.3%
+20.9%$2.19B$6.85M-10.87200Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
KYMR
Kymera Therapeutics
1.3572 of 5 stars
$33.70
+3.6%
$56.36
+67.2%
-30.0%$2.19B$47.07M-14.40170News Coverage
CGON
CG Oncology
1.1816 of 5 stars
$28.53
+5.5%
$63.88
+123.9%
-45.1%$2.17B$684,000.000.0061Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
DNLI
Denali Therapeutics
4.3781 of 5 stars
$14.76
+2.3%
$37.20
+152.0%
-29.1%$2.14B$330.53M-5.35430News Coverage
BLTE
Belite Bio
2.2246 of 5 stars
$66.94
-0.5%
$96.33
+43.9%
+71.3%$2.13BN/A-60.3110
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This page (NASDAQ:VALN) was last updated on 4/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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