LRMR vs. VERV, ALT, KALV, TVTX, OCS, STTK, CMPS, ABUS, ANL, and ATXS
Should you be buying Larimar Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Larimar Therapeutics include Verve Therapeutics (VERV), Altimmune (ALT), KalVista Pharmaceuticals (KALV), Travere Therapeutics (TVTX), Oculis (OCS), Shattuck Labs (STTK), COMPASS Pathways (CMPS), Arbutus Biopharma (ABUS), Adlai Nortye (ANL), and Astria Therapeutics (ATXS). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
Larimar Therapeutics (NASDAQ:LRMR) and Verve Therapeutics (NASDAQ:VERV) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk and dividends.
Larimar Therapeutics has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Verve Therapeutics' net margin of -1,226.51%. Larimar Therapeutics' return on equity of -35.69% beat Verve Therapeutics' return on equity.
Larimar Therapeutics has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Verve Therapeutics. Larimar 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.
Larimar Therapeutics currently has a consensus price target of $18.50, suggesting a potential upside of 148.99%. Verve Therapeutics has a consensus price target of $33.00, suggesting a potential upside of 417.24%. Given Verve Therapeutics' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Verve Therapeutics is more favorable than Larimar Therapeutics.
Larimar Therapeutics received 10 more outperform votes than Verve Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.87% of users gave Larimar Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 46.15% of users gave Verve Therapeutics an outperform vote.
91.9% of Larimar Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.1% of Verve Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.3% of Larimar Therapeutics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 21.4% of Verve Therapeutics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Verve Therapeutics had 7 more articles in the media than Larimar Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Verve Therapeutics and 13 mentions for Larimar Therapeutics. Verve Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Larimar Therapeutics' score of 0.43 indicating that Verve Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Larimar Therapeutics has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Verve Therapeutics has a beta of 1.94, suggesting that its stock price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Verve Therapeutics beats Larimar Therapeutics on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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