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Zafgen (ZFGN) Competitors

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ZFGN vs. NUVB, AVBP, ETNB, CAPR, LQDA, EOLS, RAPP, ABCL, PCRX, and PLRX

Should you be buying Zafgen stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Zafgen include Nuvation Bio (NUVB), ArriVent BioPharma (AVBP), 89bio (ETNB), Capricor Therapeutics (CAPR), Liquidia (LQDA), Evolus (EOLS), Rapport Therapeutics (RAPP), AbCellera Biologics (ABCL), Pacira BioSciences (PCRX), and Pliant Therapeutics (PLRX). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Zafgen vs.

Zafgen (NASDAQ:ZFGN) and Nuvation Bio (NYSE:NUVB) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.

Nuvation Bio has a consensus price target of $6.60, indicating a potential upside of 144.44%. Given Nuvation Bio's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Nuvation Bio is more favorable than Zafgen.

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

In the previous week, Nuvation Bio had 2 more articles in the media than Zafgen. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Nuvation Bio and 0 mentions for Zafgen. Nuvation Bio's average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat Zafgen's score of 0.00 indicating that Nuvation Bio is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Zafgen Neutral
Nuvation Bio Neutral

Nuvation Bio's return on equity of -21.89% beat Zafgen's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
ZafgenN/A -51.34% -34.55%
Nuvation Bio N/A -21.89%-17.86%

70.4% of Zafgen shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.7% of Nuvation Bio shares are held by institutional investors. 14.2% of Zafgen shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of Nuvation Bio shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Zafgen is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nuvation Bio, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
ZafgenN/AN/A-$45.41M-$1.07-5.68
Nuvation BioN/AN/A-$75.80M-$2.17-1.24

Zafgen received 302 more outperform votes than Nuvation Bio when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 78.18% of users gave Nuvation Bio an outperform vote while only 68.59% of users gave Zafgen an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ZafgenOutperform Votes
345
68.59%
Underperform Votes
158
31.41%
Nuvation BioOutperform Votes
43
78.18%
Underperform Votes
12
21.82%

Zafgen has a beta of 0.27, meaning that its stock price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nuvation Bio has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Nuvation Bio beats Zafgen on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ZFGN vs. The Competition

MetricZafgenPharmaceutical Preparations IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$227.82M$6.58B$5.14B$8.84B
Dividend YieldN/A8.11%5.05%4.07%
P/E Ratio-6.3310.93132.3717.61
Price / SalesN/A363.851,231.9986.52
Price / CashN/A52.5940.0636.27
Price / Book4.5010.176.956.36
Net Income-$45.41M$153.36M$119.48M$226.00M

Zafgen Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ZFGN
Zafgen
N/A$6.08
-4.7%
N/A+93.9%$227.82MN/A-6.3338
NUVB
Nuvation Bio
2.3668 of 5 stars
$2.70
+4.7%
$6.60
+144.4%
+91.5%$908.74MN/A-1.2460High Trading Volume
AVBP
ArriVent BioPharma
1.0036 of 5 stars
$26.59
-3.0%
$36.80
+38.4%
N/A$896.08MN/A0.0040
ETNB
89bio
1.5073 of 5 stars
$8.38
+5.0%
$30.33
+262.0%
+3.1%$889.37MN/A-2.8840
CAPR
Capricor Therapeutics
3.8466 of 5 stars
$17.93
-5.2%
$34.50
+92.4%
+537.0%$860.29M$23.23M-16.92N/AAnalyst Revision
LQDA
Liquidia
3.7734 of 5 stars
$10.15
+0.3%
$24.00
+136.5%
+55.7%$859.10M$17.49M-6.2150Analyst Revision
EOLS
Evolus
4.0317 of 5 stars
$13.09
+3.6%
$23.00
+75.8%
+28.4%$828.59M$202.09M-14.36170Positive News
RAPP
Rapport Therapeutics
1.6863 of 5 stars
$22.52
+1.5%
$35.00
+55.4%
N/A$823.78MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
ABCL
AbCellera Biologics
3.0263 of 5 stars
$2.72
+1.9%
$8.67
+218.6%
-42.0%$803.41M$38.03M-4.46586Positive News
PCRX
Pacira BioSciences
4.008 of 5 stars
$17.38
+2.1%
$23.50
+35.2%
-38.5%$802.44M$674.98M-8.56720Positive News
PLRX
Pliant Therapeutics
3.513 of 5 stars
$12.85
+0.9%
$40.57
+215.7%
-11.4%$781.92M$1.58M-3.8590

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