KRRO vs. HRTX, BMEA, ANNX, LXRX, NGNE, MRSN, CRBP, ESPR, PEPG, and RVNC
Should you be buying Korro Bio stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Korro Bio include Heron Therapeutics (HRTX), Biomea Fusion (BMEA), Annexon (ANNX), Lexicon Pharmaceuticals (LXRX), Neurogene (NGNE), Mersana Therapeutics (MRSN), Corbus Pharmaceuticals (CRBP), Esperion Therapeutics (ESPR), PepGen (PEPG), and Revance Therapeutics (RVNC). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
Heron Therapeutics (NASDAQ:HRTX) and Korro Bio (NASDAQ:KRRO) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
80.0% of Heron Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.2% of Korro Bio shares are held by institutional investors. 6.4% of Heron Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.8% of Korro Bio shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Heron Therapeutics has a beta of 1.73, indicating that its share price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Korro Bio has a beta of 2.28, indicating that its share price is 128% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Heron Therapeutics received 647 more outperform votes than Korro Bio when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Korro Bio an outperform vote while only 68.98% of users gave Heron Therapeutics an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Heron Therapeutics had 14 more articles in the media than Korro Bio. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Heron Therapeutics and 0 mentions for Korro Bio. Korro Bio's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat Heron Therapeutics' score of 0.00 indicating that Heron Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Korro Bio has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Korro Bio's net margin of -87.02%. Korro Bio's return on equity of 0.00% beat Heron Therapeutics' return on equity.
Korro Bio has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Heron Therapeutics. Heron Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Korro Bio, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Heron Therapeutics presently has a consensus price target of $5.50, indicating a potential upside of 82.72%. Korro Bio has a consensus price target of $126.25, indicating a potential upside of 141.30%. Given Heron Therapeutics' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Korro Bio is more favorable than Heron Therapeutics.
Summary
Korro Bio beats Heron Therapeutics on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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