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ARCT vs. COGT, CDTX, ABCL, CVAC, CALT, NTLA, HROW, PRAX, AVDL, and PAHC

Should you be buying Arcturus Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Arcturus Therapeutics include Cogent Biosciences (COGT), Cidara Therapeutics (CDTX), AbCellera Biologics (ABCL), CureVac (CVAC), Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ) (CALT), Intellia Therapeutics (NTLA), Harrow (HROW), Praxis Precision Medicines (PRAX), Avadel Pharmaceuticals (AVDL), and Phibro Animal Health (PAHC). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Arcturus Therapeutics vs. Its Competitors

Arcturus Therapeutics (NASDAQ:ARCT) and Cogent Biosciences (NASDAQ:COGT) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.

In the previous week, Cogent Biosciences had 23 more articles in the media than Arcturus Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Cogent Biosciences and 10 mentions for Arcturus Therapeutics. Arcturus Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Cogent Biosciences' score of 0.08 indicating that Arcturus Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Arcturus Therapeutics
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Cogent Biosciences
4 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Arcturus Therapeutics has higher revenue and earnings than Cogent Biosciences. Cogent Biosciences is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Arcturus Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Arcturus Therapeutics$152.31M2.03-$80.94M-$2.53-4.50
Cogent BiosciencesN/AN/A-$255.86M-$1.78-6.14

Arcturus Therapeutics currently has a consensus price target of $50.80, suggesting a potential upside of 346.01%. Cogent Biosciences has a consensus price target of $18.70, suggesting a potential upside of 71.09%. Given Arcturus Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Arcturus Therapeutics is more favorable than Cogent Biosciences.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Arcturus Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Cogent Biosciences
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.82

94.5% of Arcturus Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. 15.3% of Arcturus Therapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.3% of Cogent Biosciences shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Cogent Biosciences has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Arcturus Therapeutics' net margin of -47.47%. Arcturus Therapeutics' return on equity of -27.41% beat Cogent Biosciences' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Arcturus Therapeutics-47.47% -27.41% -19.01%
Cogent Biosciences N/A -223.82%-89.44%

Arcturus Therapeutics has a beta of 2.26, suggesting that its stock price is 126% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cogent Biosciences has a beta of 0.36, suggesting that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Arcturus Therapeutics beats Cogent Biosciences on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ARCT and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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ARCT vs. The Competition

MetricArcturus TherapeuticsMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$323.01M$3.00B$5.48B$9.72B
Dividend YieldN/A2.28%4.59%4.13%
P/E Ratio-4.5017.0529.7524.63
Price / Sales2.03347.15454.25102.60
Price / CashN/A40.7324.8427.99
Price / Book1.288.898.605.76
Net Income-$80.94M-$54.75M$3.26B$264.95M
7 Day Performance-3.72%-2.71%-0.29%0.01%
1 Month Performance-17.34%4.43%2.16%1.28%
1 Year Performance-39.89%19.64%44.84%26.11%

Arcturus Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ARCT
Arcturus Therapeutics
2.8678 of 5 stars
$11.39
-4.4%
$50.80
+346.0%
-37.0%$323.01M$152.31M-4.50180News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
High Trading Volume
COGT
Cogent Biosciences
2.8651 of 5 stars
$12.05
+5.7%
$18.70
+55.2%
+27.4%$1.30BN/A-6.5580Earnings Report
CDTX
Cidara Therapeutics
3.3759 of 5 stars
$62.46
-0.7%
$57.29
-8.3%
+425.0%$1.27B$1.27M-2.1290News Coverage
Earnings Report
ABCL
AbCellera Biologics
3.2054 of 5 stars
$4.34
+2.4%
$8.75
+101.6%
+67.9%$1.27B$28.83M-7.75500News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
CVAC
CureVac
4.3659 of 5 stars
$5.46
+0.9%
$6.83
+25.2%
+65.5%$1.21B$579.18M5.93880Upcoming Earnings
CALT
Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ)
N/A$40.00
flat
N/AN/A$1.19B$1.60B-21.62180
NTLA
Intellia Therapeutics
4.5503 of 5 stars
$12.12
+5.5%
$33.37
+175.3%
-50.0%$1.19B$57.88M-2.32600News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
HROW
Harrow
2.3336 of 5 stars
$33.42
+7.0%
$63.83
+91.0%
-6.1%$1.15B$199.61M-59.68180
PRAX
Praxis Precision Medicines
1.6592 of 5 stars
$51.09
-5.5%
$94.11
+84.2%
-11.5%$1.10B$8.55M-4.77110Analyst Revision
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
AVDL
Avadel Pharmaceuticals
2.6079 of 5 stars
$11.26
+1.6%
$18.33
+62.8%
-17.5%$1.07B$169.12M-41.7070News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
PAHC
Phibro Animal Health
4.1499 of 5 stars
$27.14
+3.9%
$24.40
-10.1%
+62.1%$1.06B$1.02B34.801,940Positive News

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