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Zafgen (ZFGN) Competitors

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ZFGN vs. UPB, ANAB, OMER, XERS, SBTX, RAPP, AKBA, ALT, MLYS, and RNAC

Should you be buying Zafgen stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Zafgen include Upstream Bio (UPB), AnaptysBio (ANAB), Omeros (OMER), Xeris Biopharma (XERS), Silverback Therapeutics (SBTX), Rapport Therapeutics (RAPP), Akebia Therapeutics (AKBA), Altimmune (ALT), Mineralys Therapeutics (MLYS), and Cartesian Therapeutics (RNAC). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Zafgen vs.

Upstream Bio (NASDAQ:UPB) and Zafgen (NASDAQ:ZFGN) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, valuation and earnings.

Upstream Bio's return on equity of 0.00% beat Zafgen's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Upstream BioN/A N/A N/A
Zafgen N/A -51.34%-34.55%

70.4% of Zafgen shares are held by institutional investors. 14.2% of Zafgen shares are held by company 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.

Zafgen received 341 more outperform votes than Upstream Bio when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Upstream Bio an outperform vote while only 68.59% of users gave Zafgen an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Upstream BioOutperform Votes
4
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes
ZafgenOutperform Votes
345
68.59%
Underperform Votes
158
31.41%

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Upstream BioN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
ZafgenN/AN/A-$45.41M-$1.07-3.25

In the previous week, Upstream Bio had 8 more articles in the media than Zafgen. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Upstream Bio and 0 mentions for Zafgen. Upstream Bio's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat Zafgen's score of 0.00 indicating that Upstream Bio is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Upstream Bio Neutral
Zafgen Neutral

Upstream Bio currently has a consensus price target of $56.50, suggesting a potential upside of 413.64%. Given Upstream Bio's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Upstream Bio is more favorable than Zafgen.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Upstream Bio
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Zafgen
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Summary

Upstream Bio beats Zafgen on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ZFGN vs. The Competition

MetricZafgenPharmaceutical Preparations IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$130.40M$6.92B$5.62B$9.14B
Dividend YieldN/A2.95%5.36%3.98%
P/E Ratio-3.6310.1189.6917.66
Price / SalesN/A351.361,219.4081.09
Price / CashN/A65.4844.3437.71
Price / Book2.585.335.134.73
Net Income-$45.41M$157.56M$118.85M$225.42M

Zafgen Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ZFGN
Zafgen
N/A$3.48
+0.6%
N/A-28.8%$130.40MN/A-3.6338
UPB
Upstream Bio
N/A$9.92
-4.5%
$56.50
+469.6%
N/A$531.71MN/A0.0038Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Gap Up
ANAB
AnaptysBio
3.6664 of 5 stars
$17.46
+3.6%
$41.45
+137.4%
-26.9%$531.31M$17.16M-2.87100
OMER
Omeros
4.3735 of 5 stars
$8.99
+7.4%
$22.50
+150.3%
+158.8%$520.97MN/A-3.89210
XERS
Xeris Biopharma
3.8413 of 5 stars
$3.47
+0.6%
$4.87
+40.2%
+37.2%$517.31M$163.91M-7.71290
SBTX
Silverback Therapeutics
N/A$14.08
+1.4%
N/A+136.8%$507.70MN/A-5.8283High Trading Volume
RAPP
Rapport Therapeutics
2.6029 of 5 stars
$13.77
-0.9%
$35.00
+154.2%
N/A$503.71MN/A0.00N/AUpcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
AKBA
Akebia Therapeutics
3.6567 of 5 stars
$2.30
-3.4%
$7.50
+226.1%
+28.5%$501.81M$194.62M-10.00430Short Interest ↑
ALT
Altimmune
2.4684 of 5 stars
$7.00
+0.3%
$20.83
+197.6%
-31.4%$497.84M$430,000.00-4.5250Analyst Revision
MLYS
Mineralys Therapeutics
2.7595 of 5 stars
$10.00
+0.3%
$30.00
+200.0%
-5.3%$497.70MN/A-3.0628Positive News
RNAC
Cartesian Therapeutics
2.0511 of 5 stars
$19.42
+1.1%
$42.86
+120.7%
-19.1%$493.66M$26M-0.3764Analyst Forecast
Gap Up

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This page (NASDAQ:ZFGN) was last updated on 1/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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