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Verona Pharma (VRNA) Competitors

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$35.66 +0.29 (+0.82%)
(As of 11/15/2024 ET)

VRNA vs. PCVX, CTLT, SRPT, QGEN, RVMD, ITCI, ROIV, ASND, LEGN, and ELAN

Should you be buying Verona Pharma stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Verona Pharma include Vaxcyte (PCVX), Catalent (CTLT), Sarepta Therapeutics (SRPT), Qiagen (QGEN), Revolution Medicines (RVMD), Intra-Cellular Therapies (ITCI), Roivant Sciences (ROIV), Ascendis Pharma A/S (ASND), Legend Biotech (LEGN), and Elanco Animal Health (ELAN). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Verona Pharma vs.

Vaxcyte (NASDAQ:PCVX) and Verona Pharma (NASDAQ:VRNA) are both medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations and dividends.

In the previous week, Vaxcyte had 15 more articles in the media than Verona Pharma. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Vaxcyte and 5 mentions for Verona Pharma. Vaxcyte's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Verona Pharma's score of 0.44 indicating that Vaxcyte is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Vaxcyte
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Verona Pharma
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Verona Pharma has higher revenue and earnings than Vaxcyte. Vaxcyte is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Verona Pharma, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
VaxcyteN/AN/A-$402.27M-$4.60-18.88
Verona Pharma$460K6,197.09-$54.37M-$1.92-18.57

Vaxcyte presently has a consensus target price of $147.50, indicating a potential upside of 69.87%. Verona Pharma has a consensus target price of $43.83, indicating a potential upside of 22.92%. Given Vaxcyte's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Vaxcyte is more favorable than Verona Pharma.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Vaxcyte
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Verona Pharma
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Verona Pharma received 279 more outperform votes than Vaxcyte when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.55% of users gave Verona Pharma an outperform vote while only 74.58% of users gave Vaxcyte an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
VaxcyteOutperform Votes
44
74.58%
Underperform Votes
15
25.42%
Verona PharmaOutperform Votes
323
80.55%
Underperform Votes
78
19.45%

96.8% of Vaxcyte shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.9% of Verona Pharma shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Vaxcyte shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.8% of Verona Pharma shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Vaxcyte's return on equity of -23.53% beat Verona Pharma's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
VaxcyteN/A -23.53% -22.20%
Verona Pharma N/A -79.54%-43.49%

Vaxcyte has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Verona Pharma has a beta of 0.42, meaning that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Vaxcyte beats Verona Pharma on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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VRNA vs. The Competition

MetricVerona PharmaPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.85B$6.39B$5.06B$8.66B
Dividend YieldN/A8.04%5.09%4.06%
P/E Ratio-18.5710.80101.8517.37
Price / Sales6,197.09245.131,196.8169.07
Price / CashN/A53.4940.9136.36
Price / Book21.889.306.335.87
Net Income-$54.37M$154.14M$119.64M$225.66M
7 Day Performance-7.57%-9.49%-5.12%-1.34%
1 Month Performance4.79%-7.23%-3.21%1.00%
1 Year Performance160.48%30.70%32.52%25.27%

Verona Pharma Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VRNA
Verona Pharma
2.3777 of 5 stars
$35.66
+0.8%
$43.83
+22.9%
+160.5%$2.85B$460,000.00-18.5730
PCVX
Vaxcyte
3.3295 of 5 stars
$86.83
-6.3%
N/A+73.3%$10.82BN/A-18.88160News Coverage
High Trading Volume
CTLT
Catalent
2.8783 of 5 stars
$59.10
+0.3%
N/A+48.7%$10.73B$4.38B-26.1516,900Analyst Upgrade
Insider Selling
News Coverage
SRPT
Sarepta Therapeutics
4.9455 of 5 stars
$104.54
-4.2%
N/A+26.0%$9.99B$1.24B83.631,314Analyst Upgrade
QGEN
Qiagen
4.2892 of 5 stars
$41.28
-1.9%
N/A+1.6%$9.42B$1.97B105.855,967Analyst Revision
RVMD
Revolution Medicines
3.5596 of 5 stars
$55.13
-3.9%
N/A+159.4%$9.27B$11.58M-15.36443
ITCI
Intra-Cellular Therapies
4.5093 of 5 stars
$83.42
-4.8%
N/A+51.6%$8.84B$464.37M-95.88560Insider Selling
Positive News
ROIV
Roivant Sciences
3.4226 of 5 stars
$11.20
-3.8%
N/A+24.2%$8.28B$124.79M1.98860Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
ASND
Ascendis Pharma A/S
3.06 of 5 stars
$126.51
+1.8%
N/A+35.3%$7.67B$288.08M-13.59640Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
LEGN
Legend Biotech
1.8575 of 5 stars
$38.19
-4.3%
N/A-39.9%$6.96B$455.99M-40.201,800Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
ELAN
Elanco Animal Health
3.5205 of 5 stars
$13.98
-0.4%
N/A+21.5%$6.91B$4.42B34.959,300Short Interest ↑

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