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Vera Therapeutics (VERA) Competitors

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$23.47 +1.13 (+5.06%)
As of 04/24/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

VERA vs. SRPT, BPMC, AXSM, NUVL, ADMA, KRYS, GRFS, CYTK, VRNA, and ELAN

Should you be buying Vera Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vera Therapeutics include Sarepta Therapeutics (SRPT), Blueprint Medicines (BPMC), Axsome Therapeutics (AXSM), Nuvalent (NUVL), ADMA Biologics (ADMA), Krystal Biotech (KRYS), Grifols (GRFS), Cytokinetics (CYTK), Verona Pharma (VRNA), and Elanco Animal Health (ELAN). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Vera Therapeutics vs.

Sarepta Therapeutics (NASDAQ:SRPT) and Vera Therapeutics (NASDAQ:VERA) are both medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Sarepta Therapeutics presently has a consensus target price of $158.70, indicating a potential upside of 156.96%. Vera Therapeutics has a consensus target price of $64.67, indicating a potential upside of 175.53%. Given Vera Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Vera Therapeutics is more favorable than Sarepta Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Sarepta Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
18 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83
Vera Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.20

86.7% of Sarepta Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.2% of Vera Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.7% of Sarepta Therapeutics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.3% of Vera Therapeutics shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Sarepta Therapeutics has a net margin of 7.43% compared to Vera Therapeutics' net margin of 0.00%. Sarepta Therapeutics' return on equity of 11.00% beat Vera Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Sarepta Therapeutics7.43% 11.00% 3.35%
Vera Therapeutics N/A -50.13%-39.50%

Sarepta Therapeutics received 1431 more outperform votes than Vera Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.03% of users gave Sarepta Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 66.13% of users gave Vera Therapeutics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Sarepta TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
1472
75.03%
Underperform Votes
490
24.97%
Vera TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
41
66.13%
Underperform Votes
21
33.87%

Sarepta Therapeutics has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vera Therapeutics has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Sarepta Therapeutics had 15 more articles in the media than Vera Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Sarepta Therapeutics and 7 mentions for Vera Therapeutics. Vera Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat Sarepta Therapeutics' score of 0.61 indicating that Vera Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Sarepta Therapeutics
8 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Vera Therapeutics
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Sarepta Therapeutics$1.90B3.15-$535.98M$2.2827.09
Vera TherapeuticsN/AN/A-$95.99M-$2.75-8.53

Summary

Sarepta Therapeutics beats Vera Therapeutics on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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VERA vs. The Competition

MetricVera TherapeuticsPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.50B$6.59B$5.41B$7.70B
Dividend YieldN/A3.21%5.44%4.33%
P/E Ratio-8.997.0522.1818.31
Price / SalesN/A273.45397.31107.09
Price / CashN/A65.6738.2034.62
Price / Book12.106.506.834.25
Net Income-$95.99M$142.50M$3.20B$247.51M
7 Day Performance10.24%8.32%5.77%6.86%
1 Month Performance-12.91%-5.61%-4.32%-2.95%
1 Year Performance-39.34%0.11%17.88%5.17%

Vera Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VERA
Vera Therapeutics
2.7766 of 5 stars
$23.47
+5.1%
$64.67
+175.5%
-41.3%$1.50BN/A-8.9940Options Volume
Positive News
SRPT
Sarepta Therapeutics
4.6705 of 5 stars
$54.63
+7.1%
$161.83
+196.2%
-50.3%$5.30B$1.90B43.70840Positive News
BPMC
Blueprint Medicines
2.6319 of 5 stars
$82.53
+2.1%
$124.95
+51.4%
-6.7%$5.27B$508.82M-76.42640Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
AXSM
Axsome Therapeutics
4.5532 of 5 stars
$103.53
+5.6%
$169.80
+64.0%
+48.1%$5.05B$385.69M-17.28380
NUVL
Nuvalent
1.8334 of 5 stars
$70.00
+5.6%
$113.44
+62.1%
+10.1%$5.01BN/A-20.1740Positive News
Gap Up
ADMA
ADMA Biologics
1.9 of 5 stars
$20.91
+7.8%
$22.50
+7.6%
+245.7%$4.94B$426.45M74.68530News Coverage
Positive News
KRYS
Krystal Biotech
4.76 of 5 stars
$168.91
+2.4%
$220.00
+30.2%
+6.3%$4.88B$290.52M56.49210News Coverage
Positive News
GRFS
Grifols
3.3415 of 5 stars
$7.00
+3.6%
N/A+12.4%$4.81B$7.21B5.9826,300Gap Up
CYTK
Cytokinetics
4.0069 of 5 stars
$39.81
+3.0%
$82.00
+106.0%
-39.6%$4.74B$18.47M-7.40250Analyst Forecast
VRNA
Verona Pharma
2.1723 of 5 stars
$57.81
+0.2%
$69.14
+19.6%
+325.1%$4.67B$42.28M-30.1130Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
ELAN
Elanco Animal Health
3.9776 of 5 stars
$8.69
+0.8%
$14.67
+68.8%
-29.0%$4.31B$4.44B21.739,800Analyst Revision
Gap Up

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This page (NASDAQ:VERA) was last updated on 4/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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