ASMB vs. NKTR, OMER, CPIX, LLY, JNJ, ABBV, MRK, PFE, BMY, and ZTS
Should you be buying Assembly Biosciences stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Assembly Biosciences include Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR), Omeros (OMER), Cumberland Pharmaceuticals (CPIX), Eli Lilly and Company (LLY), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), AbbVie (ABBV), Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK), Pfizer (PFE), Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY), and Zoetis (ZTS). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceuticals" industry.
Assembly Biosciences vs. Its Competitors
Assembly Biosciences (NASDAQ:ASMB) and Nektar Therapeutics (NASDAQ:NKTR) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, dividends and risk.
Assembly Biosciences has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nektar Therapeutics has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Assembly Biosciences has a net margin of -117.20% compared to Nektar Therapeutics' net margin of -163.17%. Assembly Biosciences' return on equity of -149.01% beat Nektar Therapeutics' return on equity.
19.9% of Assembly Biosciences shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.9% of Nektar Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.3% of Assembly Biosciences shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of Nektar Therapeutics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Assembly Biosciences presently has a consensus target price of $38.67, indicating a potential upside of 51.63%. Nektar Therapeutics has a consensus target price of $88.33, indicating a potential upside of 201.07%. Given Nektar Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Nektar Therapeutics is more favorable than Assembly Biosciences.
Assembly Biosciences has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Nektar Therapeutics. Assembly Biosciences is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nektar Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Nektar Therapeutics had 4 more articles in the media than Assembly Biosciences. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Nektar Therapeutics and 5 mentions for Assembly Biosciences. Assembly Biosciences' average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Nektar Therapeutics' score of 0.74 indicating that Assembly Biosciences is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Assembly Biosciences and Nektar Therapeutics tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ASMB) was last updated on 8/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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