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ASRT vs. DSGN, GLUE, OCGN, RNAC, AVIR, NGNE, LFCR, ACB, CTNM, and VOR

Should you be buying Assertio stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Assertio include Design Therapeutics (DSGN), Monte Rosa Therapeutics (GLUE), Ocugen (OCGN), Cartesian Therapeutics (RNAC), Atea Pharmaceuticals (AVIR), Neurogene (NGNE), Lifecore Biomedical (LFCR), Aurora Cannabis (ACB), Contineum Therapeutics (CTNM), and Vor Biopharma (VOR). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Assertio vs. Its Competitors

Design Therapeutics (NASDAQ:DSGN) and Assertio (NASDAQ:ASRT) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, valuation, dividends and profitability.

Design Therapeutics has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Assertio has a beta of 0.35, suggesting that its stock price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Assertio has a consensus price target of $2.38, suggesting a potential upside of 188.23%. Given Assertio's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Assertio is more favorable than Design Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Design Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Assertio
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

Assertio has higher revenue and earnings than Design Therapeutics. Design Therapeutics 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
Design TherapeuticsN/AN/A-$49.59M-$1.12-5.20
Assertio$124.96M0.63-$21.58M-$0.45-1.83

Design Therapeutics has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Assertio's net margin of -36.97%. Design Therapeutics' return on equity of -27.15% beat Assertio's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Design TherapeuticsN/A -27.15% -26.07%
Assertio -36.97%-38.19%-15.45%

56.6% of Design Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.0% of Assertio shares are held by institutional investors. 23.5% of Design Therapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of Assertio shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Design Therapeutics and Design Therapeutics both had 2 articles in the media. Design Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Assertio's score of 0.08 indicating that Design Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Design Therapeutics
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Assertio
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Assertio beats Design Therapeutics on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ASRT vs. The Competition

MetricAssertioMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$79.21M$2.84B$5.76B$9.82B
Dividend YieldN/A48.51%6.66%4.48%
P/E Ratio-1.8322.8583.0526.53
Price / Sales0.63720.08528.17110.27
Price / Cash17.0126.3325.7028.92
Price / Book0.856.9111.026.61
Net Income-$21.58M$32.94M$3.28B$265.84M
7 Day Performance7.01%1.12%0.42%-0.09%
1 Month Performance15.65%8.56%10.90%6.78%
1 Year Performance-25.77%0.80%53.91%22.77%

Assertio Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ASRT
Assertio
2.0977 of 5 stars
$0.82
+3.8%
$2.38
+188.2%
-32.7%$79.21M$124.96M-1.8320
DSGN
Design Therapeutics
0.2925 of 5 stars
$5.20
-1.1%
N/A+20.6%$299.55MN/A-4.6440News Coverage
Positive News
GLUE
Monte Rosa Therapeutics
2.7376 of 5 stars
$4.59
-4.8%
$15.33
+234.1%
-20.3%$297.68M$75.62M12.7590News Coverage
Positive News
OCGN
Ocugen
1.2426 of 5 stars
$1.04
+3.0%
$6.00
+476.9%
-20.8%$295.23M$4.75M-5.2080News Coverage
RNAC
Cartesian Therapeutics
2.2122 of 5 stars
$11.25
+0.2%
$40.00
+255.6%
-29.5%$292M$38.91M-0.2164News Coverage
Positive News
AVIR
Atea Pharmaceuticals
2.4116 of 5 stars
$3.66
flat
$6.00
+63.9%
-11.7%$290.45MN/A-2.2770News Coverage
NGNE
Neurogene
1.7118 of 5 stars
$19.98
-0.1%
$46.17
+131.1%
-47.5%$285.30M$930K-4.6490News Coverage
Positive News
LFCR
Lifecore Biomedical
0.7508 of 5 stars
$7.59
-0.1%
$8.00
+5.4%
+70.3%$284.30M$128.87M-5.79690Positive News
ACB
Aurora Cannabis
0.2672 of 5 stars
$5.23
+4.8%
N/A-15.0%$281.70M$246.72M-27.531,130Gap Down
CTNM
Contineum Therapeutics
2.6902 of 5 stars
$10.39
+4.5%
$22.75
+119.0%
-42.7%$278.74M$50M-4.7231Short Interest ↑
VOR
Vor Biopharma
0.5354 of 5 stars
$2.06
-5.1%
N/AN/A$274.90MN/A-0.15140Positive News
Gap Up

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This page (NASDAQ:ASRT) was last updated on 9/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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