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Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share (VRNA) Competitors

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VRNA vs. ONC, BNTX, INSM, TEVA, SMMT, GMAB, VTRS, RDY, ASND, and MRNA

Should you be buying Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share include BeOne Medicines (ONC), BioNTech (BNTX), Insmed (INSM), Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA), Summit Therapeutics (SMMT), Genmab A/S (GMAB), Viatris (VTRS), Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (RDY), Ascendis Pharma A/S (ASND), and Moderna (MRNA). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share vs. Its Competitors

BeOne Medicines (NASDAQ:ONC) and Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share (NASDAQ:VRNA) are both medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and dividends.

Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share has lower revenue, but higher earnings than BeOne Medicines. BeOne Medicines is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BeOne Medicines$3.81B9.01-$644.79M-$1.73-181.13
Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share$42.28M212.08-$173.42M-$0.99-106.39

BeOne Medicines presently has a consensus target price of $330.89, indicating a potential upside of 5.59%. Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share has a consensus target price of $109.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.48%. Given BeOne Medicines' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe BeOne Medicines is more favorable than Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
BeOne Medicines
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share
0 Sell rating(s)
12 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.14

BeOne Medicines has a beta of 0.27, meaning that its share price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share has a beta of 0.12, meaning that its share price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500.

48.6% of BeOne Medicines shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.9% of Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.6% of BeOne Medicines shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.8% of Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

BeOne Medicines has a net margin of -3.89% compared to Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share's net margin of -36.62%. BeOne Medicines' return on equity of -1.22% beat Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
BeOne Medicines-3.89% -1.22% -0.72%
Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share -36.62%-21.12%-9.07%

In the previous week, BeOne Medicines had 4 more articles in the media than Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for BeOne Medicines and 7 mentions for Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share. Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share's average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat BeOne Medicines' score of 0.32 indicating that Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
BeOne Medicines
6 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Summary

BeOne Medicines beats Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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VRNA vs. The Competition

MetricVerona Pharma PLC American Depositary ShareMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$8.97B$3.12B$5.76B$9.55B
Dividend YieldN/A2.23%4.53%4.07%
P/E Ratio-106.4720.4630.4325.11
Price / Sales212.08237.31392.2187.48
Price / CashN/A42.3737.0358.50
Price / Book32.217.959.016.20
Net Income-$173.42M-$54.72M$3.26B$265.38M
7 Day Performance0.06%1.56%1.00%-1.25%
1 Month Performance0.41%5.71%4.19%-0.81%
1 Year Performance276.31%9.01%28.39%18.83%

Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VRNA
Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share
2.4183 of 5 stars
$105.33
-0.4%
$109.00
+3.5%
+285.1%$8.97B$42.28M-106.4730Positive News
Short Interest ↓
ONC
BeOne Medicines
0.687 of 5 stars
$319.32
-0.6%
$330.89
+3.6%
N/A$35.00B$3.81B-184.5811,000
BNTX
BioNTech
1.6389 of 5 stars
$112.55
-0.9%
$135.80
+20.7%
+25.7%$27.06B$2.98B-70.346,772Analyst Revision
INSM
Insmed
4.1155 of 5 stars
$127.27
-0.4%
$129.57
+1.8%
+69.9%$26.90B$363.71M-22.291,271Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
TEVA
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries
3.5644 of 5 stars
$18.08
+1.2%
$24.71
+36.7%
-3.7%$20.74B$16.54B-113.0036,830Positive News
SMMT
Summit Therapeutics
2.3809 of 5 stars
$26.29
-1.5%
$35.00
+33.1%
+110.2%$19.53BN/A-26.03110News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
GMAB
Genmab A/S
3.8755 of 5 stars
$23.42
+0.5%
$37.60
+60.5%
-11.5%$15.02B$3.12B11.772,682Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
VTRS
Viatris
2.0063 of 5 stars
$10.63
+0.2%
$10.40
-2.2%
-8.7%$12.39B$14.74B-3.6732,000
RDY
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
3.043 of 5 stars
$14.26
+0.2%
$16.95
+18.9%
-15.0%$11.90B$3.81B21.6027,811News Coverage
Gap Up
ASND
Ascendis Pharma A/S
2.5085 of 5 stars
$194.08
-2.1%
$242.93
+25.2%
+39.3%$11.88B$393.54M-37.611,017News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
MRNA
Moderna
4.3827 of 5 stars
$28.09
+0.2%
$43.59
+55.2%
-69.1%$10.93B$3.24B-3.735,800

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