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Viridian Therapeutics (VRDN) Competitors

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$20.14 -1.50 (-6.93%)
(As of 11/15/2024 ET)

VRDN vs. ARWR, PMD, OPGN, DRNA, SHC, GH, OPCH, BTSG, SGRY, and PACS

Should you be buying Viridian Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Viridian Therapeutics include Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals (ARWR), Psychemedics (PMD), OpGen (OPGN), Dicerna Pharmaceuticals (DRNA), Sotera Health (SHC), Guardant Health (GH), Option Care Health (OPCH), BrightSpring Health Services (BTSG), Surgery Partners (SGRY), and PACS Group (PACS). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Viridian Therapeutics vs.

Viridian Therapeutics (NASDAQ:VRDN) and Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ARWR) are both medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends and analyst recommendations.

62.6% of Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Viridian Therapeutics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Viridian Therapeutics$310K5,146.09-$237.73M-$4.31-4.67
Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals$240.74M9.59-$205.27M-$4.67-3.98

Viridian Therapeutics currently has a consensus target price of $36.33, suggesting a potential upside of 80.40%. Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals has a consensus target price of $45.33, suggesting a potential upside of 144.12%. Given Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than Viridian Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Viridian Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.70

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Viridian Therapeutics' net margin of -85,127.16%. Viridian Therapeutics' return on equity of -70.12% beat Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Viridian Therapeutics-85,127.16% -70.12% -41.49%
Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals N/A -152.95%-63.93%

In the previous week, Viridian Therapeutics had 28 more articles in the media than Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Viridian Therapeutics and 4 mentions for Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals. Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Viridian Therapeutics' score of 0.22 indicating that Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Viridian Therapeutics
5 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals received 470 more outperform votes than Viridian Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 78.16% of users gave Viridian Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 65.37% of users gave Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Viridian TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
68
78.16%
Underperform Votes
19
21.84%
Arrowhead PharmaceuticalsOutperform Votes
538
65.37%
Underperform Votes
285
34.63%

Viridian Therapeutics has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Viridian Therapeutics and Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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VRDN vs. The Competition

MetricViridian TherapeuticsMedical laboratories IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.60B$2.84B$5.15B$8.74B
Dividend YieldN/A1.72%5.18%4.08%
P/E Ratio-4.679.7366.3713.55
Price / Sales5,146.09211.141,276.8487.67
Price / CashN/A373.0039.7035.24
Price / Book3.072.996.475.93
Net Income-$237.73M-$32.88M$119.73M$225.73M
7 Day Performance-20.11%-5.71%-5.13%-1.34%
1 Month Performance-16.98%-4.39%-2.71%1.15%
1 Year Performance26.83%21.23%31.08%24.02%

Viridian Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VRDN
Viridian Therapeutics
2.4182 of 5 stars
$20.14
-6.9%
$36.33
+80.4%
+32.5%$1.60B$310,000.00-4.6750Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
ARWR
Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals
3.714 of 5 stars
$21.63
+0.6%
N/A-28.7%$2.69B$240.74M-4.63400Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
PMD
Psychemedics
0.7642 of 5 stars
$2.34
flat
N/A+9.9%$13.79M$20.79M-4.59140Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
OPGN
OpGen
N/A$1.49
+6.5%
N/A-57.6%$12.41M$2.67M0.00100Analyst Forecast
DRNA
Dicerna Pharmaceuticals
1.0976 of 5 stars
$38.22
flat
N/AN/A$2.99B$164.31M-23.45302
SHC
Sotera Health
3.909 of 5 stars
$15.32
-1.4%
N/A+4.1%$4.34B$1.05B61.283,000Positive News
GH
Guardant Health
4.7375 of 5 stars
$31.61
+6.3%
N/A+30.2%$3.91B$563.95M-7.461,779Short Interest ↓
OPCH
Option Care Health
4.9795 of 5 stars
$22.18
-2.9%
N/A-24.6%$3.77B$4.30B18.647,802Insider Buying
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
BTSG
BrightSpring Health Services
2.9824 of 5 stars
$19.66
+0.6%
N/AN/A$3.42B$8.83B-75.6235,000Short Interest ↓
Positive News
SGRY
Surgery Partners
3.1201 of 5 stars
$25.51
-13.8%
N/A-25.5%$3.24B$2.89B-53.1413,500Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
PACS
PACS Group
3.4438 of 5 stars
$20.49
-0.2%
N/AN/A$3.12B$3.11B0.0032,433News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:VRDN) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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