LXEO vs. VCEL, IMCR, BEAM, RXRX, KYMR, FUSN, SANA, NMRA, VIR, and FDMT
Should you be buying Lexeo Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lexeo Therapeutics include Vericel (VCEL), Immunocore (IMCR), Beam Therapeutics (BEAM), Recursion Pharmaceuticals (RXRX), Kymera Therapeutics (KYMR), Fusion Pharmaceuticals (FUSN), Sana Biotechnology (SANA), Neumora Therapeutics (NMRA), Vir Biotechnology (VIR), and 4D Molecular Therapeutics (FDMT). These companies are all part of the "biological products, except diagnostic" industry.
Lexeo Therapeutics (NASDAQ:LXEO) and Vericel (NASDAQ:VCEL) are both medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.
60.7% of Lexeo Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.5% of Lexeo Therapeutics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of Vericel shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Vericel received 329 more outperform votes than Lexeo Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Lexeo Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 61.99% of users gave Vericel an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Lexeo Therapeutics had 5 more articles in the media than Vericel. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Lexeo Therapeutics and 3 mentions for Vericel. Lexeo Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Vericel's score of 0.12 indicating that Lexeo Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Lexeo Therapeutics currently has a consensus price target of $21.00, suggesting a potential upside of 21.74%. Vericel has a consensus price target of $46.80, suggesting a potential upside of 5.45%. Given Lexeo Therapeutics' higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Lexeo Therapeutics is more favorable than Vericel.
Vericel has higher revenue and earnings than Lexeo Therapeutics. Vericel is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lexeo Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Vericel has a net margin of 0.22% compared to Lexeo Therapeutics' net margin of 0.00%. Vericel's return on equity of 0.21% beat Lexeo Therapeutics' return on equity.
Summary
Lexeo Therapeutics and Vericel tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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