PASG vs. CRIS, ALVR, PLX, ATHA, OTLK, GRTS, JATT, ELUT, DTIL, and CGTX
Should you be buying Passage Bio stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Passage Bio include Curis (CRIS), AlloVir (ALVR), Protalix BioTherapeutics (PLX), Athira Pharma (ATHA), Outlook Therapeutics (OTLK), Gritstone bio (GRTS), JATT Acquisition (JATT), Elutia (ELUT), Precision BioSciences (DTIL), and Cognition Therapeutics (CGTX). These companies are all part of the "biological products, except diagnostic" industry.
Passage Bio (NASDAQ:PASG) and Curis (NASDAQ:CRIS) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, media sentiment and community ranking.
Passage Bio has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Curis has a beta of 3.59, indicating that its stock price is 259% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Curis had 4 more articles in the media than Passage Bio. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Curis and 16 mentions for Passage Bio. Passage Bio's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Curis' score of 0.71 indicating that Passage Bio is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Curis has higher revenue and earnings than Passage Bio. Curis is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Passage Bio, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Passage Bio has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Curis' net margin of -486.45%. Passage Bio's return on equity of -73.12% beat Curis' return on equity.
Passage Bio presently has a consensus price target of $9.00, suggesting a potential upside of 571.64%. Curis has a consensus price target of $37.33, suggesting a potential upside of 196.30%. Given Passage Bio's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Passage Bio is more favorable than Curis.
53.5% of Passage Bio shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.0% of Curis shares are held by institutional investors. 4.3% of Passage Bio shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.7% of Curis shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Curis received 640 more outperform votes than Passage Bio when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.65% of users gave Curis an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave Passage Bio an outperform vote.
Summary
Passage Bio beats Curis on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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