CRSP vs. KRYS, IMVT, HALO, IBRX, RVMD, EXEL, SWTX, IOVA, DNLI, and IMCR
Should you be buying CRISPR Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CRISPR Therapeutics include Krystal Biotech (KRYS), Immunovant (IMVT), Halozyme Therapeutics (HALO), ImmunityBio (IBRX), Revolution Medicines (RVMD), Exelixis (EXEL), SpringWorks Therapeutics (SWTX), Iovance Biotherapeutics (IOVA), Denali Therapeutics (DNLI), and Immunocore (IMCR). These companies are all part of the "biological products, except diagnostic" industry.
CRISPR Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CRSP) and Krystal Biotech (NASDAQ:KRYS) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, risk, earnings, dividends and valuation.
In the previous week, CRISPR Therapeutics had 27 more articles in the media than Krystal Biotech. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for CRISPR Therapeutics and 7 mentions for Krystal Biotech. Krystal Biotech's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat CRISPR Therapeutics' score of 0.20 indicating that Krystal Biotech is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
CRISPR Therapeutics received 181 more outperform votes than Krystal Biotech when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.83% of users gave Krystal Biotech an outperform vote while only 65.38% of users gave CRISPR Therapeutics an outperform vote.
CRISPR Therapeutics has a beta of 1.8, indicating that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Krystal Biotech has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Krystal Biotech has lower revenue, but higher earnings than CRISPR Therapeutics. CRISPR Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Krystal Biotech, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CRISPR Therapeutics currently has a consensus price target of $73.93, indicating a potential upside of 31.50%. Krystal Biotech has a consensus price target of $171.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.20%. Given CRISPR Therapeutics' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CRISPR Therapeutics is more favorable than Krystal Biotech.
Krystal Biotech's return on equity of -5.74% beat CRISPR Therapeutics' return on equity.
69.2% of CRISPR Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.3% of Krystal Biotech shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.1% of CRISPR Therapeutics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.1% of Krystal Biotech shares are owned by 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.
Summary
Krystal Biotech beats CRISPR Therapeutics on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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