OPT vs. CGEN, ELEV, ZURA, ABOS, INMB, XFOR, KOD, IPHA, GNFT, and ADVM
Should you be buying Opthea stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Opthea include Compugen (CGEN), Elevation Oncology (ELEV), Zura Bio (ZURA), Acumen Pharmaceuticals (ABOS), INmune Bio (INMB), X4 Pharmaceuticals (XFOR), Kodiak Sciences (KOD), Innate Pharma (IPHA), Genfit (GNFT), and Adverum Biotechnologies (ADVM). These companies are all part of the "biological products, except diagnostic" industry.
Compugen (NASDAQ:CGEN) and Opthea (NASDAQ:OPT) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, risk, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Compugen has higher revenue and earnings than Opthea.
Compugen received 288 more outperform votes than Opthea when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.33% of users gave Compugen an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Opthea an outperform vote.
Compugen's return on equity of 0.00% beat Opthea's return on equity.
In the previous week, Compugen had 6 more articles in the media than Opthea. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Compugen and 3 mentions for Opthea. Compugen's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Opthea's score of 0.64 indicating that Opthea is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Compugen presently has a consensus target price of $4.00, suggesting a potential upside of 81.00%. Opthea has a consensus target price of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 291.06%. Given Compugen's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Opthea is more favorable than Compugen.
Compugen has a beta of 2.72, indicating that its share price is 172% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Opthea has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
12.2% of Compugen shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.0% of Opthea shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.5% of Compugen shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Opthea shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Compugen beats Opthea on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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