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Verve Therapeutics (VERV) Competitors

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$5.74 +0.58 (+11.24%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM ET)

VERV vs. GLPG, XNCR, EVO, ARQT, NRIX, RCUS, KNSA, IMCR, OCUL, and MESO

Should you be buying Verve Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Verve Therapeutics include Galapagos (GLPG), Xencor (XNCR), Evotec (EVO), Arcutis Biotherapeutics (ARQT), Nurix Therapeutics (NRIX), Arcus Biosciences (RCUS), Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals (KNSA), Immunocore (IMCR), Ocular Therapeutix (OCUL), and Mesoblast (MESO). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Verve Therapeutics vs.

Verve Therapeutics (NASDAQ:VERV) and Galapagos (NASDAQ:GLPG) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and institutional ownership.

97.1% of Verve Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.5% of Galapagos shares are held by institutional investors. 19.3% of Verve Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Galapagos shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Galapagos received 442 more outperform votes than Verve Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.10% of users gave Galapagos an outperform vote while only 53.33% of users gave Verve Therapeutics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Verve TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
24
53.33%
Underperform Votes
21
46.67%
GalapagosOutperform Votes
466
64.10%
Underperform Votes
261
35.90%

Galapagos has higher revenue and earnings than Verve Therapeutics.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Verve Therapeutics$24.40M19.92-$200.07M-$2.46-2.33
Galapagos$260.09M6.78$229.12MN/AN/A

Galapagos has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Verve Therapeutics' net margin of -807.65%. Galapagos' return on equity of 0.00% beat Verve Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Verve Therapeutics-807.65% -35.23% -27.65%
Galapagos N/A N/A N/A

In the previous week, Verve Therapeutics and Verve Therapeutics both had 2 articles in the media. Galapagos' average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Verve Therapeutics' score of 0.52 indicating that Galapagos is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Verve Therapeutics
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Galapagos
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Verve Therapeutics presently has a consensus target price of $25.75, indicating a potential upside of 348.61%. Galapagos has a consensus target price of $30.75, indicating a potential upside of 14.91%. Given Verve Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Verve Therapeutics is more favorable than Galapagos.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Verve Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Galapagos
2 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.71

Verve Therapeutics has a beta of 1.71, suggesting that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Galapagos has a beta of 0.23, suggesting that its stock price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Galapagos beats Verve Therapeutics on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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VERV vs. The Competition

MetricVerve TherapeuticsPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$485.97M$6.58B$5.13B$9.07B
Dividend YieldN/A2.99%5.08%4.23%
P/E Ratio-2.3310.5489.7417.18
Price / Sales19.92195.791,116.12116.95
Price / CashN/A57.1642.8237.86
Price / Book0.795.094.774.78
Net Income-$200.07M$151.83M$120.15M$225.60M
7 Day Performance0.53%-2.13%-1.92%-1.23%
1 Month Performance24.78%-3.10%11.47%3.36%
1 Year Performance-59.26%11.54%30.52%16.60%

Verve Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VERV
Verve Therapeutics
1.9654 of 5 stars
$5.74
+11.2%
$25.75
+348.6%
-57.7%$485.97M$24.40M-2.33110High Trading Volume
GLPG
Galapagos
0.6163 of 5 stars
$27.00
+0.7%
$30.75
+13.9%
-31.4%$1.78B$260.09M0.001,123
XNCR
Xencor
4.3204 of 5 stars
$25.02
+4.1%
$36.56
+46.1%
+18.4%$1.75B$168.34M-7.51280
EVO
Evotec
2.387 of 5 stars
$4.68
+4.2%
$5.93
+26.8%
-60.5%$1.66B$777.05M0.005,061Positive News
ARQT
Arcutis Biotherapeutics
0.855 of 5 stars
$13.31
+4.9%
$15.50
+16.5%
+478.8%$1.56B$138.71M-7.58150Options Volume
NRIX
Nurix Therapeutics
2.5066 of 5 stars
$21.13
+4.2%
$30.35
+43.6%
+101.7%$1.50B$56.42M-6.97300News Coverage
RCUS
Arcus Biosciences
2.6428 of 5 stars
$16.25
+1.1%
$34.00
+109.2%
-9.3%$1.49B$117M-5.11500News Coverage
KNSA
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals
2.5299 of 5 stars
$20.50
+1.5%
$36.60
+78.5%
+15.4%$1.48B$384.10M-147.36220Positive News
IMCR
Immunocore
2.4959 of 5 stars
$29.12
+0.7%
$65.64
+125.4%
-51.4%$1.46B$296.31M-30.43497Short Interest ↓
OCUL
Ocular Therapeutix
3.6452 of 5 stars
$9.04
+4.0%
$16.71
+84.9%
+116.8%$1.42B$58.44M0.00267Positive News
MESO
Mesoblast
1.0377 of 5 stars
$12.16
+3.4%
$11.50
-5.4%
+590.1%$1.39B$5.90M0.0080Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
News Coverage
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This page (NASDAQ:VERV) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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