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VIGL vs. HRTX, RGNX, VERV, TECX, ORKA, MREO, BNTC, AURA, CYRX, and RNAC

Should you be buying Vigil Neuroscience stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vigil Neuroscience include Heron Therapeutics (HRTX), REGENXBIO (RGNX), Verve Therapeutics (VERV), Tectonic Therapeutic (TECX), Oruka Therapeutics (ORKA), Mereo BioPharma Group (MREO), Benitec Biopharma (BNTC), Aura Biosciences (AURA), Cryoport (CYRX), and Cartesian Therapeutics (RNAC). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Vigil Neuroscience vs.

Vigil Neuroscience (NASDAQ:VIGL) and Heron Therapeutics (NASDAQ:HRTX) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.

Vigil Neuroscience has a beta of 1.94, meaning that its stock price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Heron Therapeutics has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Heron Therapeutics had 4 more articles in the media than Vigil Neuroscience. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Heron Therapeutics and 1 mentions for Vigil Neuroscience. Vigil Neuroscience's average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Heron Therapeutics' score of 1.00 indicating that Vigil Neuroscience is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Vigil Neuroscience Very Positive
Heron Therapeutics Positive

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Vigil NeuroscienceN/AN/A-$82.64M-$2.06-0.78
Heron Therapeutics$144.29M2.05-$110.56M-$0.09-21.57

Vigil Neuroscience has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Heron Therapeutics' net margin of -20.31%. Heron Therapeutics' return on equity of 0.00% beat Vigil Neuroscience's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Vigil NeuroscienceN/A -83.89% -65.34%
Heron Therapeutics -20.31%N/A -12.72%

83.6% of Vigil Neuroscience shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.0% of Heron Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. 18.0% of Vigil Neuroscience shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.8% of Heron Therapeutics shares are held by company 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.

Vigil Neuroscience currently has a consensus target price of $16.25, indicating a potential upside of 906.19%. Heron Therapeutics has a consensus target price of $5.67, indicating a potential upside of 191.95%. Given Vigil Neuroscience's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Vigil Neuroscience is more favorable than Heron Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Vigil Neuroscience
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Heron Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Heron Therapeutics received 635 more outperform votes than Vigil Neuroscience when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 84.62% of users gave Vigil Neuroscience an outperform vote while only 68.87% of users gave Heron Therapeutics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Vigil NeuroscienceOutperform Votes
33
84.62%
Underperform Votes
6
15.38%
Heron TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
668
68.87%
Underperform Votes
302
31.13%

Summary

Vigil Neuroscience beats Heron Therapeutics on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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VIGL vs. The Competition

MetricVigil NeuroscienceBiological Products IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$79.33M$2.89B$5.34B$7.60B
Dividend YieldN/A1.91%5.11%4.33%
P/E Ratio-0.7830.6721.7617.83
Price / SalesN/A437.46378.0693.28
Price / CashN/A168.6838.1534.64
Price / Book0.503.476.414.00
Net Income-$82.64M-$72.06M$3.20B$247.23M
7 Day Performance15.36%8.70%6.59%7.42%
1 Month Performance-20.05%-17.38%-8.57%-6.15%
1 Year Performance-48.89%-29.70%10.11%-0.03%

Vigil Neuroscience Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VIGL
Vigil Neuroscience
3.3722 of 5 stars
$1.62
+0.9%
$16.25
+906.2%
-50.3%$79.33MN/A-0.7840Positive News
Gap Up
HRTX
Heron Therapeutics
3.4789 of 5 stars
$1.96
-6.7%
$5.67
+189.1%
-33.7%$298.57M$144.29M-10.89300News Coverage
Positive News
RGNX
REGENXBIO
4.7132 of 5 stars
$5.93
-5.7%
$32.78
+452.7%
-65.0%$297.01M$83.33M-1.18370Positive News
Gap Down
VERV
Verve Therapeutics
2.9429 of 5 stars
$3.34
-7.7%
$20.67
+518.8%
-45.8%$296.58M$32.33M-1.36110Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
TECX
Tectonic Therapeutic
2.807 of 5 stars
$15.53
-0.6%
$77.75
+400.6%
N/A$289.84MN/A-2.64120Short Interest ↑
Positive News
Gap Down
ORKA
Oruka Therapeutics
2.9139 of 5 stars
$7.62
-2.7%
$39.86
+423.1%
N/A$285.30MN/A-1.22N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
MREO
Mereo BioPharma Group
2.1087 of 5 stars
$1.83
-8.0%
$7.71
+321.5%
-30.1%$283.92M$1M-30.5040Gap Down
High Trading Volume
BNTC
Benitec Biopharma
2.1708 of 5 stars
$12.02
-2.4%
$24.43
+103.2%
+141.3%$281.88M$80,000.00-7.9620Short Interest ↑
AURA
Aura Biosciences
1.9679 of 5 stars
$5.52
+1.7%
$22.75
+312.1%
-27.7%$277.24MN/A-3.1950Short Interest ↑
CYRX
Cryoport
2.6669 of 5 stars
$5.49
+2.6%
$11.83
+115.5%
-67.6%$274.01M$228.39M-1.621,020Gap Down
RNAC
Cartesian Therapeutics
1.8541 of 5 stars
$10.11
+1.1%
$42.14
+316.8%
-33.0%$261.92M$38.91M-0.1964
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