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VSTM vs. EPZM, MEIP, IRWD, EBS, RIGL, SGMO, CDXS, XOMA, VNDA, and LXRX

Should you be buying Verastem stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Verastem include Epizyme (EPZM), MEI Pharma (MEIP), Ironwood Pharmaceuticals (IRWD), Emergent BioSolutions (EBS), Rigel Pharmaceuticals (RIGL), Sangamo Therapeutics (SGMO), Codexis (CDXS), XOMA (XOMA), Vanda Pharmaceuticals (VNDA), and Lexicon Pharmaceuticals (LXRX). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Verastem vs.

Verastem (NASDAQ:VSTM) and Epizyme (NASDAQ:EPZM) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.

88.4% of Verastem shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.5% of Epizyme shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Verastem shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.4% of Epizyme shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Verastem received 130 more outperform votes than Epizyme when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.06% of users gave Verastem an outperform vote while only 60.53% of users gave Epizyme an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
VerastemOutperform Votes
607
65.06%
Underperform Votes
326
34.94%
EpizymeOutperform Votes
477
60.53%
Underperform Votes
311
39.47%

Verastem has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Epizyme's net margin of -391.90%. Verastem's return on equity of -332.73% beat Epizyme's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
VerastemN/A -332.73% -73.97%
Epizyme -391.90%-2,459.33%-69.74%

Verastem has a beta of 0.14, indicating that its share price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Epizyme has a beta of -0.41, indicating that its share price is 141% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Verastem had 3 more articles in the media than Epizyme. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Verastem and 0 mentions for Epizyme. Verastem's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Epizyme's score of 0.22 indicating that Verastem is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Verastem Positive
Epizyme Neutral

Verastem presently has a consensus price target of $14.57, indicating a potential upside of 284.47%. Given Verastem's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Verastem is more favorable than Epizyme.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Verastem
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Epizyme
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Verastem$2.60M64.88-$87.37M-$3.19-1.19
Epizyme$37.43M6.61-$251.12M-$1.72-0.85

Summary

Verastem beats Epizyme on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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VSTM vs. The Competition

MetricVerastemPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$168.69M$6.45B$5.06B$8.82B
Dividend YieldN/A8.11%5.18%4.07%
P/E Ratio-1.1910.78126.3117.81
Price / Sales64.88243.711,178.7474.57
Price / CashN/A22.1633.8632.53
Price / Book15.165.474.684.68
Net Income-$87.37M$153.61M$119.54M$226.08M
7 Day Performance-8.23%-2.00%-1.83%-1.04%
1 Month Performance6.16%-7.46%-3.60%1.04%
1 Year Performance-39.65%31.82%31.91%26.28%

Verastem Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VSTM
Verastem
2.7428 of 5 stars
$3.79
flat
$12.50
+229.8%
-41.2%$168.69M$2.60M-1.1950Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
EPZM
Epizyme
N/A$1.47
flat
N/A+0.0%$247.44M$37.43M-0.85250
MEIP
MEI Pharma
4.1926 of 5 stars
$2.77
-1.1%
$7.00
+152.7%
-50.5%$18.45M$65.30M-0.40100
IRWD
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals
4.2607 of 5 stars
$3.46
-1.7%
$10.40
+200.6%
-63.0%$553.70M$442.73M-117.33220
EBS
Emergent BioSolutions
4.5003 of 5 stars
$9.25
+4.2%
$14.00
+51.4%
+322.9%$501.17M$1.05B-2.171,600Analyst Downgrade
RIGL
Rigel Pharmaceuticals
3.8438 of 5 stars
$24.19
-0.5%
$31.30
+29.4%
+159.7%$425.99M$116.88M173.66147
SGMO
Sangamo Therapeutics
2.1854 of 5 stars
$1.94
-0.5%
$7.00
+260.8%
+369.9%$404.78M$176.23M0.00480Analyst Revision
CDXS
Codexis
4.2117 of 5 stars
$4.51
+4.2%
$8.33
+84.8%
+117.6%$367.02M$70.14M0.00250
XOMA
XOMA
4.4424 of 5 stars
$29.99
-0.1%
$78.50
+161.8%
+96.6%$353.28M$4.76M0.0010Positive News
VNDA
Vanda Pharmaceuticals
4.4351 of 5 stars
$4.87
-0.6%
$15.50
+218.3%
+36.9%$283.97M$192.64M-17.50203
LXRX
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals
1.9831 of 5 stars
$0.78
-3.9%
$6.00
+673.1%
-31.6%$191.11M$1.20M0.00285Analyst Revision

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