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VERV vs. SPRY, IRON, VERA, MESO, IMCR, TVTX, INDV, EWTX, OCUL, and CALT

Should you be buying Verve Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Verve Therapeutics include ARS Pharmaceuticals (SPRY), Disc Medicine (IRON), Vera Therapeutics (VERA), Mesoblast (MESO), Immunocore (IMCR), Travere Therapeutics (TVTX), Indivior (INDV), Edgewise Therapeutics (EWTX), Ocular Therapeutix (OCUL), and Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ) (CALT). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Verve Therapeutics vs.

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

97.1% of Verve Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.2% of ARS Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. 19.3% of Verve Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 40.1% of ARS Pharmaceuticals shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Verve Therapeutics$32.33M12.61-$200.07M-$2.35-1.95
ARS Pharmaceuticals$89.15M16.38-$54.37M$0.08186.00

Verve Therapeutics received 8 more outperform votes than ARS Pharmaceuticals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 86.21% of users gave ARS Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote while only 61.11% of users gave Verve Therapeutics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Verve TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
33
61.11%
Underperform Votes
21
38.89%
ARS PharmaceuticalsOutperform Votes
25
86.21%
Underperform Votes
4
13.79%

In the previous week, Verve Therapeutics had 26 more articles in the media than ARS Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Verve Therapeutics and 5 mentions for ARS Pharmaceuticals. ARS Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat Verve Therapeutics' score of 0.56 indicating that ARS Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Verve Therapeutics
7 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
13 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
ARS Pharmaceuticals
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Verve Therapeutics has a beta of 1.86, meaning that its stock price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ARS Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Verve Therapeutics currently has a consensus target price of $25.75, suggesting a potential upside of 461.00%. ARS Pharmaceuticals has a consensus target price of $31.00, suggesting a potential upside of 108.33%. Given Verve Therapeutics' higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Verve Therapeutics is more favorable than ARS Pharmaceuticals.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Verve Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
ARS Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.17

ARS Pharmaceuticals has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Verve Therapeutics' net margin of -807.65%. ARS Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of -22.56% beat Verve Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Verve Therapeutics-807.65% -35.23% -27.65%
ARS Pharmaceuticals N/A -22.56%-21.82%

Summary

ARS Pharmaceuticals beats Verve Therapeutics on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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VERV vs. The Competition

MetricVerve TherapeuticsPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$412.01M$6.48B$5.29B$7.37B
Dividend YieldN/A3.24%5.11%4.31%
P/E Ratio-1.896.8321.7017.78
Price / Sales12.74228.36378.1494.74
Price / CashN/A65.6738.1534.64
Price / Book0.635.876.423.98
Net Income-$200.07M$142.26M$3.20B$247.33M
7 Day Performance52.13%7.58%4.73%4.31%
1 Month Performance-26.58%-14.16%-9.88%-7.80%
1 Year Performance-31.16%-9.81%10.77%1.40%

Verve Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VERV
Verve Therapeutics
2.9233 of 5 stars
$4.59
+1.8%
$25.75
+461.0%
-36.8%$407.57M$32.33M-1.87110Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
News Coverage
SPRY
ARS Pharmaceuticals
3.0892 of 5 stars
$14.47
+3.0%
$31.00
+114.2%
+62.1%$1.42B$89.15M-28.3790Positive News
IRON
Disc Medicine
2.4164 of 5 stars
$40.27
+4.0%
$93.80
+132.9%
+37.0%$1.39BN/A-10.1230
VERA
Vera Therapeutics
2.8929 of 5 stars
$21.50
-4.1%
$64.67
+200.8%
-50.1%$1.37BN/A-8.2440
MESO
Mesoblast
2.603 of 5 stars
$10.74
+5.9%
$18.00
+67.6%
+119.8%$1.36B$5.67M0.0080Positive News
Gap Up
IMCR
Immunocore
2.3745 of 5 stars
$26.92
+1.2%
$63.73
+136.7%
-47.8%$1.35B$310.20M-28.34320Analyst Forecast
TVTX
Travere Therapeutics
2.5711 of 5 stars
$14.83
+2.3%
$32.08
+116.3%
+136.9%$1.32B$233.18M-3.62460Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
INDV
Indivior
3.78 of 5 stars
$9.44
+3.6%
$15.00
+58.9%
-53.3%$1.30B$1.19B-26.971,164Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
EWTX
Edgewise Therapeutics
1.992 of 5 stars
$12.33
+8.0%
$40.38
+227.5%
-21.6%$1.29BN/A-8.2260Gap Up
OCUL
Ocular Therapeutix
3.4539 of 5 stars
$7.57
+6.5%
$16.38
+116.3%
-8.0%$1.20B$63.72M-5.73230
CALT
Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ)
N/A$40.00
flat
$39.25
-1.9%
N/A$1.19B$1.60B-21.62180
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This page (NASDAQ:VERV) was last updated on 4/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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