VERV vs. ATXS, KALV, APLT, YMAB, TVTX, AVTE, ABUS, IGMS, LRMR, and OCS
Should you be buying Verve Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Verve Therapeutics include Astria Therapeutics (ATXS), KalVista Pharmaceuticals (KALV), Applied Therapeutics (APLT), Y-mAbs Therapeutics (YMAB), Travere Therapeutics (TVTX), Aerovate Therapeutics (AVTE), Arbutus Biopharma (ABUS), IGM Biosciences (IGMS), Larimar Therapeutics (LRMR), and Oculis (OCS). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
Verve Therapeutics (NASDAQ:VERV) and Astria Therapeutics (NASDAQ:ATXS) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.
97.1% of Verve Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.0% of Astria Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. 21.4% of Verve Therapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Astria Therapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Astria Therapeutics has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Verve Therapeutics' net margin of -1,226.51%. Verve Therapeutics' return on equity of -37.35% beat Astria Therapeutics' return on equity.
Verve Therapeutics currently has a consensus target price of $33.00, indicating a potential upside of 429.70%. Astria Therapeutics has a consensus target price of $22.50, indicating a potential upside of 142.72%. Given Verve Therapeutics' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Verve Therapeutics is more favorable than Astria Therapeutics.
Verve Therapeutics has a beta of 1.94, suggesting that its share price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Astria Therapeutics has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Astria Therapeutics received 537 more outperform votes than Verve Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.55% of users gave Astria Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 46.15% of users gave Verve Therapeutics an outperform vote.
Astria Therapeutics has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Verve Therapeutics. Astria Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Verve Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Verve Therapeutics had 7 more articles in the media than Astria Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Verve Therapeutics and 18 mentions for Astria Therapeutics. Verve Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Astria Therapeutics' score of 0.52 indicating that Verve Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Verve Therapeutics beats Astria Therapeutics on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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