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Virios Therapeutics (VIRI) Competitors

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$2.60 +0.75 (+40.54%)
(As of 11/19/2024 ET)

VIRI vs. NGNE, EDIT, CRBP, OPT, ENTA, ADCT, ZURA, CMPX, HRTX, and TNYA

Should you be buying Virios Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Virios Therapeutics include Neurogene (NGNE), Editas Medicine (EDIT), Corbus Pharmaceuticals (CRBP), Opthea (OPT), Enanta Pharmaceuticals (ENTA), ADC Therapeutics (ADCT), Zura Bio (ZURA), Compass Therapeutics (CMPX), Heron Therapeutics (HRTX), and Tenaya Therapeutics (TNYA). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Virios Therapeutics vs.

Virios Therapeutics (NASDAQ:VIRI) and Neurogene (NASDAQ:NGNE) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and dividends.

In the previous week, Neurogene had 15 more articles in the media than Virios Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Neurogene and 3 mentions for Virios Therapeutics. Neurogene's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat Virios Therapeutics' score of -0.13 indicating that Neurogene is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Virios Therapeutics
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Neurogene
3 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Neurogene received 22 more outperform votes than Virios Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 100.00% of users gave Neurogene an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Virios Therapeutics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Virios TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
3
50.00%
Underperform Votes
3
50.00%
NeurogeneOutperform Votes
25
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes

Virios Therapeutics currently has a consensus target price of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.38%. Neurogene has a consensus target price of $60.83, indicating a potential upside of 296.83%. Given Neurogene's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Neurogene is more favorable than Virios Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Virios Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Neurogene
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.11

Neurogene's return on equity of -32.44% beat Virios Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Virios TherapeuticsN/A -130.33% -115.00%
Neurogene N/A -32.44%-27.70%

Virios Therapeutics has a beta of 1.58, meaning that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Neurogene has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Virios Therapeutics has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Neurogene.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Virios TherapeuticsN/AN/A-$5.30M-$0.27-9.63
Neurogene$925K215.35-$36.32MN/AN/A

9.1% of Virios Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.4% of Neurogene shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.2% of Virios Therapeutics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.9% of Neurogene shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Neurogene beats Virios Therapeutics on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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VIRI vs. The Competition

MetricVirios TherapeuticsPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$50.07M$6.41B$5.01B$8.81B
Dividend YieldN/A8.11%5.16%4.06%
P/E Ratio-9.6310.57134.3717.77
Price / SalesN/A243.641,158.6875.18
Price / CashN/A22.1633.5332.53
Price / Book13.005.474.674.68
Net Income-$5.30M$153.61M$119.07M$226.08M
7 Day Performance-12.46%-2.00%-1.83%-1.04%
1 Month Performance-34.18%-7.47%-3.62%1.04%
1 Year Performance281.23%31.80%31.63%26.28%

Virios Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VIRI
Virios Therapeutics
0.741 of 5 stars
$2.60
+40.5%
$3.00
+15.4%
+254.9%$50.07MN/A-9.635Gap Down
NGNE
Neurogene
2.9326 of 5 stars
$15.33
-11.0%
$60.83
+296.8%
N/A$199.20M$925,000.000.0090Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
EDIT
Editas Medicine
4.7809 of 5 stars
$2.41
-2.8%
$9.08
+276.9%
-77.8%$198.95M$78.12M-0.96230Short Interest ↓
CRBP
Corbus Pharmaceuticals
4.8769 of 5 stars
$16.08
-2.9%
$65.86
+309.6%
+249.6%$195.85M$880,000.00-3.4340Positive News
OPT
Opthea
2.051 of 5 stars
$3.31
+1.5%
$12.00
+262.5%
+72.4%$193.29M$124,666.000.008
ENTA
Enanta Pharmaceuticals
3.6551 of 5 stars
$9.08
-3.6%
$20.00
+120.3%
+1.6%$192.41M$79.20M-1.73145
ADCT
ADC Therapeutics
2.8856 of 5 stars
$1.98
-3.9%
$8.25
+317.7%
+177.9%$190.96M$70.72M-0.83310Positive News
ZURA
Zura Bio
3.9024 of 5 stars
$2.90
-7.9%
$15.80
+444.8%
-35.1%$189.34MN/A0.003Analyst Forecast
CMPX
Compass Therapeutics
3.4259 of 5 stars
$1.37
-3.5%
$6.75
+392.7%
-18.9%$188.50M$850,000.00-3.7020
HRTX
Heron Therapeutics
3.9719 of 5 stars
$1.12
-5.9%
$5.67
+406.0%
-13.8%$180.99M$137.74M-6.22300Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↓
TNYA
Tenaya Therapeutics
3.9666 of 5 stars
$2.22
-2.2%
$14.75
+564.4%
+18.4%$179.83MN/A0.00110Gap Up

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This page (NASDAQ:VIRI) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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