ZYME vs. SVRA, SLN, LYEL, MLYS, PHAR, AVBP, ORIC, PHAT, STOK, and CALT
Should you be buying Zymeworks stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Zymeworks include Savara (SVRA), Silence Therapeutics (SLN), Lyell Immunopharma (LYEL), Mineralys Therapeutics (MLYS), Pharming Group (PHAR), ArriVent BioPharma (AVBP), ORIC Pharmaceuticals (ORIC), Phathom Pharmaceuticals (PHAT), Stoke Therapeutics (STOK), and Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ) (CALT). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
Savara (NASDAQ:SVRA) and Zymeworks (NYSE:ZYME) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.
In the previous week, Savara had 17 more articles in the media than Zymeworks. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Savara and 1 mentions for Zymeworks. Savara's average media sentiment score of 0.13 beat Zymeworks' score of -0.04 indicating that Zymeworks is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Savara has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Zymeworks. Savara is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Zymeworks, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Savara currently has a consensus price target of $8.80, indicating a potential upside of 96.43%. Zymeworks has a consensus price target of $12.67, indicating a potential upside of 38.89%. Given Zymeworks' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Savara is more favorable than Zymeworks.
Savara has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Savara's net margin of -249.63%. Savara's return on equity of -28.37% beat Zymeworks' return on equity.
87.9% of Savara shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.9% of Zymeworks shares are held by institutional investors. 4.6% of Savara shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Zymeworks shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Savara has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zymeworks has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Savara received 1 more outperform votes than Zymeworks when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.59% of users gave Zymeworks an outperform vote while only 65.98% of users gave Savara an outperform vote.
Summary
Savara beats Zymeworks on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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