CRNX vs. SMMT, BHVN, AXSM, INSM, RARE, PBH, ALKS, PRGO, HCM, and XENE
Should you be buying Crinetics Pharmaceuticals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Crinetics Pharmaceuticals include Summit Therapeutics (SMMT), Biohaven (BHVN), Axsome Therapeutics (AXSM), Insmed (INSM), Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical (RARE), Prestige Consumer Healthcare (PBH), Alkermes (ALKS), Perrigo (PRGO), HUTCHMED (HCM), and Xenon Pharmaceuticals (XENE). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
Crinetics Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:CRNX) and Summit Therapeutics (NASDAQ:SMMT) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Summit Therapeutics received 149 more outperform votes than Crinetics Pharmaceuticals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.34% of users gave Crinetics Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote while only 57.00% of users gave Summit Therapeutics an outperform vote.
98.5% of Crinetics Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.6% of Summit Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. 7.0% of Crinetics Pharmaceuticals shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 83.7% of Summit Therapeutics shares are held 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.
Summit Therapeutics has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Crinetics Pharmaceuticals' net margin of -4,223.27%. Crinetics Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of -52.93% beat Summit Therapeutics' return on equity.
Crinetics Pharmaceuticals has higher revenue and earnings than Summit Therapeutics. Summit Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Crinetics Pharmaceuticals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Crinetics Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Summit Therapeutics has a beta of -1.13, indicating that its stock price is 213% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Crinetics Pharmaceuticals had 5 more articles in the media than Summit Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Crinetics Pharmaceuticals and 7 mentions for Summit Therapeutics. Crinetics Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Summit Therapeutics' score of 0.63 indicating that Crinetics Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Crinetics Pharmaceuticals currently has a consensus price target of $57.58, indicating a potential upside of 16.52%. Summit Therapeutics has a consensus price target of $7.50, indicating a potential upside of 56.90%. Given Summit Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Summit Therapeutics is more favorable than Crinetics Pharmaceuticals.
Summary
Crinetics Pharmaceuticals beats Summit Therapeutics on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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