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Vera Therapeutics (VERA) Competitors

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$42.31 -0.29 (-0.68%)
(As of 05:27 PM ET)

VERA vs. QGEN, ITCI, ROIV, ASND, RVMD, LNTH, NUVL, LEGN, BPMC, and ELAN

Should you be buying Vera Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vera Therapeutics include Qiagen (QGEN), Intra-Cellular Therapies (ITCI), Roivant Sciences (ROIV), Ascendis Pharma A/S (ASND), Revolution Medicines (RVMD), Lantheus (LNTH), Nuvalent (NUVL), Legend Biotech (LEGN), Blueprint Medicines (BPMC), and Elanco Animal Health (ELAN). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Vera Therapeutics vs.

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

Qiagen presently has a consensus price target of $51.88, suggesting a potential upside of 16.05%. Vera Therapeutics has a consensus price target of $59.22, suggesting a potential upside of 38.21%. Given Vera Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Vera Therapeutics is more favorable than Qiagen.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Qiagen
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Vera Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.10

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Qiagen$1.97B5.19$341.30M$0.39114.62
Vera TherapeuticsN/AN/A-$95.99M-$2.61-16.42

In the previous week, Vera Therapeutics had 3 more articles in the media than Qiagen. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Vera Therapeutics and 3 mentions for Qiagen. Vera Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Qiagen's score of 0.44 indicating that Vera Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Qiagen
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Vera Therapeutics
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Qiagen received 213 more outperform votes than Vera Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.16% of users gave Vera Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 60.88% of users gave Qiagen an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
QiagenOutperform Votes
249
60.88%
Underperform Votes
160
39.12%
Vera TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
36
63.16%
Underperform Votes
21
36.84%

70.0% of Qiagen shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.2% of Vera Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.0% of Qiagen shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 21.7% of Vera Therapeutics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Qiagen has a beta of 0.35, indicating that its share price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vera Therapeutics has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Qiagen has a net margin of 4.73% compared to Vera Therapeutics' net margin of 0.00%. Qiagen's return on equity of 13.43% beat Vera Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Qiagen4.73% 13.43% 8.10%
Vera Therapeutics N/A -50.13%-39.50%

Summary

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

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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VERA vs. The Competition

MetricVera TherapeuticsPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.71B$6.61B$5.16B$9.10B
Dividend YieldN/A2.99%5.12%4.26%
P/E Ratio-16.4210.6387.5117.12
Price / SalesN/A194.281,136.45119.65
Price / CashN/A57.1643.2337.85
Price / Book22.095.104.784.77
Net Income-$95.99M$151.83M$120.55M$225.50M
7 Day Performance-2.53%-1.19%-1.64%-1.29%
1 Month Performance-11.30%-4.73%14.04%0.45%
1 Year Performance170.35%8.89%28.88%15.38%

Vera Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VERA
Vera Therapeutics
3.6233 of 5 stars
$42.31
-0.7%
$59.22
+40.0%
+168.8%$2.68BN/A-16.2140Insider Trade
Positive News
QGEN
Qiagen
3.6239 of 5 stars
$45.49
+0.2%
$51.15
+12.4%
+0.3%$10.38B$1.97B117.035,967
ITCI
Intra-Cellular Therapies
4.0661 of 5 stars
$84.60
+1.9%
$97.23
+14.9%
+18.6%$8.97B$612.78M-95.91560Positive News
ROIV
Roivant Sciences
2.8671 of 5 stars
$12.09
+2.1%
$17.93
+48.3%
+6.2%$8.80B$129.13M2.10860Insider Trade
ASND
Ascendis Pharma A/S
3.1225 of 5 stars
$136.50
+5.1%
$191.77
+40.5%
+9.5%$8.28B$327.43M-16.52640
RVMD
Revolution Medicines
4.4816 of 5 stars
$44.90
-0.2%
$63.67
+41.8%
+61.5%$7.55B$11.58M-12.54443
LNTH
Lantheus
4.3811 of 5 stars
$94.83
+1.9%
$130.00
+37.1%
+49.8%$6.59B$1.50B15.42834
NUVL
Nuvalent
2.1927 of 5 stars
$86.56
-0.3%
$112.60
+30.1%
+15.2%$6.15BN/A-25.0340Positive News
LEGN
Legend Biotech
1.5486 of 5 stars
$33.25
-5.3%
$81.54
+145.2%
-43.0%$6.07B$520.18M-36.971,800
BPMC
Blueprint Medicines
2.5415 of 5 stars
$95.33
+2.3%
$122.11
+28.1%
+1.5%$6.06B$434.42M-45.28640Insider Trade
ELAN
Elanco Animal Health
3.6613 of 5 stars
$12.18
+0.7%
$16.75
+37.5%
-20.7%$6.02B$4.45B30.259,300

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This page (NASDAQ:VERA) was last updated on 12/23/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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