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ASRT vs. OCGN, AMRN, MNPR, SCPH, GLUE, MREO, FHTX, ENGN, CAPR, and KRRO

Should you be buying Assertio stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Assertio include Ocugen (OCGN), Amarin (AMRN), Monopar Therapeutics (MNPR), scPharmaceuticals (SCPH), Monte Rosa Therapeutics (GLUE), Mereo BioPharma Group (MREO), Foghorn Therapeutics (FHTX), enGene (ENGN), Capricor Therapeutics (CAPR), and Korro Bio (KRRO). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Assertio vs. Its Competitors

Assertio (NASDAQ:ASRT) and Ocugen (NASDAQ:OCGN) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and earnings.

Assertio has a net margin of -36.97% compared to Ocugen's net margin of -1,197.71%. Assertio's return on equity of -38.19% beat Ocugen's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Assertio-36.97% -38.19% -15.45%
Ocugen -1,197.71%-255.25%-86.79%

Assertio presently has a consensus target price of $2.38, suggesting a potential upside of 155.38%. Ocugen has a consensus target price of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 312.37%. Given Ocugen's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ocugen is more favorable than Assertio.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Assertio
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Ocugen
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

49.0% of Assertio shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.3% of Ocugen shares are held by institutional investors. 4.0% of Assertio shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Ocugen shares are held by company 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.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Assertio$117.10M0.76-$21.58M-$0.45-2.07
Ocugen$4.75M89.46-$54.05M-$0.20-7.28

In the previous week, Ocugen had 5 more articles in the media than Assertio. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Ocugen and 6 mentions for Assertio. Ocugen's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Assertio's score of 0.13 indicating that Ocugen is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Assertio
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Ocugen
1 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Assertio has a beta of 0.35, suggesting that its share price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ocugen has a beta of 4.15, suggesting that its share price is 315% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Ocugen beats Assertio on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ASRT vs. The Competition

MetricAssertioMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$89.70M$2.52B$5.66B$10.31B
Dividend YieldN/A56.32%5.68%4.61%
P/E Ratio-2.0723.2976.0726.32
Price / Sales0.76572.44515.05169.28
Price / Cash18.74174.1537.5661.52
Price / Book0.735.1913.046.34
Net Income-$21.58M$32.95M$3.29B$270.94M
7 Day Performance-4.59%0.82%0.06%0.28%
1 Month Performance18.37%5.81%4.21%6.87%
1 Year Performance-21.19%1.76%69.54%29.24%

Assertio Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ASRT
Assertio
1.8888 of 5 stars
$0.94
-2.0%
$2.38
+154.0%
-18.5%$89.98M$117.10M-2.0820
OCGN
Ocugen
1.5181 of 5 stars
$1.20
+12.1%
$6.00
+400.0%
+68.0%$312.77M$4.05M-6.0080High Trading Volume
AMRN
Amarin
0.5798 of 5 stars
$14.93
-0.5%
$12.00
-19.6%
+32.4%$310.45M$228.61M-4.07360Positive News
MNPR
Monopar Therapeutics
2.4698 of 5 stars
$54.49
+10.7%
$71.75
+31.7%
+1,556.2%$303.68MN/A-16.3610News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
SCPH
scPharmaceuticals
4.0806 of 5 stars
$5.61
-0.4%
$7.78
+38.7%
+18.0%$300.07M$36.33M-3.1030Positive News
GLUE
Monte Rosa Therapeutics
2.4967 of 5 stars
$6.93
+44.1%
$15.33
+121.3%
+16.3%$297.06M$75.62M19.2590Gap Down
High Trading Volume
MREO
Mereo BioPharma Group
2.2125 of 5 stars
$1.76
-4.9%
$7.40
+320.5%
-55.6%$294.15M$10M-25.1440Positive News
FHTX
Foghorn Therapeutics
2.9318 of 5 stars
$4.99
-3.9%
$10.67
+113.8%
-48.6%$293.39M$22.60M-4.19120Positive News
ENGN
enGene
2.5739 of 5 stars
$5.97
+4.6%
$21.00
+251.8%
+12.6%$291.81MN/A-3.1431
CAPR
Capricor Therapeutics
2.3343 of 5 stars
$6.04
-5.0%
$22.56
+273.4%
-32.0%$290.76M$22.27M-3.68101Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
KRRO
Korro Bio
1.682 of 5 stars
$31.35
+1.9%
$86.83
+177.0%
+10.0%$288.86M$6.28M-3.2270

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This page (NASDAQ:ASRT) was last updated on 9/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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