CYTK vs. BPMC, IONS, OGN, BBIO, ITCI, APLS, JAZZ, ASND, CERE, and MDGL
Should you be buying Cytokinetics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cytokinetics include Blueprint Medicines (BPMC), Ionis Pharmaceuticals (IONS), Organon & Co. (OGN), BridgeBio Pharma (BBIO), Intra-Cellular Therapies (ITCI), Apellis Pharmaceuticals (APLS), Jazz Pharmaceuticals (JAZZ), Ascendis Pharma A/S (ASND), Cerevel Therapeutics (CERE), and Madrigal Pharmaceuticals (MDGL). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
Cytokinetics (NASDAQ:CYTK) and Blueprint Medicines (NASDAQ:BPMC) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends and risk.
Cytokinetics received 256 more outperform votes than Blueprint Medicines when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 79.24% of users gave Cytokinetics an outperform vote while only 67.84% of users gave Blueprint Medicines an outperform vote.
Cytokinetics has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blueprint Medicines has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Blueprint Medicines has a net margin of -102.15% compared to Cytokinetics' net margin of -14,141.74%. Cytokinetics' return on equity of 0.00% beat Blueprint Medicines' return on equity.
Blueprint Medicines has higher revenue and earnings than Cytokinetics. Blueprint Medicines is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cytokinetics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Cytokinetics had 12 more articles in the media than Blueprint Medicines. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Cytokinetics and 17 mentions for Blueprint Medicines. Blueprint Medicines' average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Cytokinetics' score of 0.44 indicating that Blueprint Medicines is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Cytokinetics currently has a consensus price target of $81.60, suggesting a potential upside of 37.07%. Blueprint Medicines has a consensus price target of $102.65, suggesting a potential downside of 2.20%. Given Cytokinetics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Cytokinetics is more favorable than Blueprint Medicines.
Summary
Cytokinetics beats Blueprint Medicines on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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