GMTX vs. LGND, IRWD, GYRE, PRTA, BLTE, SYRE, PCRX, MIRM, COLL, and MNKD
Should you be buying Gemini Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gemini Therapeutics include Ligand Pharmaceuticals (LGND), Ironwood Pharmaceuticals (IRWD), Gyre Therapeutics (GYRE), Prothena (PRTA), Belite Bio (BLTE), Spyre Therapeutics (SYRE), Pacira BioSciences (PCRX), Mirum Pharmaceuticals (MIRM), Collegium Pharmaceutical (COLL), and MannKind (MNKD). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
Gemini Therapeutics (NASDAQ:GMTX) and Ligand Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:LGND) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and dividends.
75.4% of Gemini Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.3% of Ligand Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.9% of Gemini Therapeutics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.4% of Ligand Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Ligand Pharmaceuticals has a consensus price target of $116.33, suggesting a potential upside of 34.75%. Given Ligand Pharmaceuticals' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ligand Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than Gemini Therapeutics.
Ligand Pharmaceuticals has higher revenue and earnings than Gemini Therapeutics. Gemini Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ligand Pharmaceuticals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Gemini Therapeutics has a beta of -0.12, indicating that its stock price is 112% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ligand Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ligand Pharmaceuticals received 512 more outperform votes than Gemini Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.96% of users gave Ligand Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote while only 63.33% of users gave Gemini Therapeutics an outperform vote.
Ligand Pharmaceuticals has a net margin of 37.80% compared to Gemini Therapeutics' net margin of 0.00%. Ligand Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of 11.98% beat Gemini Therapeutics' return on equity.
In the previous week, Ligand Pharmaceuticals had 21 more articles in the media than Gemini Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Ligand Pharmaceuticals and 0 mentions for Gemini Therapeutics. Ligand Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Gemini Therapeutics' score of 0.00 indicating that Ligand Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Ligand Pharmaceuticals beats Gemini Therapeutics on 15 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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