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BLUE vs. GLSI, TARA, SCPH, LYEL, TNXP, FATE, THTX, ALEC, ACOG, and ENTA

Should you be buying bluebird bio stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of bluebird bio include Greenwich LifeSciences (GLSI), Protara Therapeutics (TARA), scPharmaceuticals (SCPH), Lyell Immunopharma (LYEL), Tonix Pharmaceuticals (TNXP), Fate Therapeutics (FATE), Theratechnologies (THTX), Alector (ALEC), Alpha Cognition (ACOG), and Enanta Pharmaceuticals (ENTA). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

bluebird bio vs.

bluebird bio (NASDAQ:BLUE) and Greenwich LifeSciences (NASDAQ:GLSI) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation and earnings.

87.4% of bluebird bio shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.2% of Greenwich LifeSciences shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of bluebird bio shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 51.7% of Greenwich LifeSciences shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

bluebird bio presently has a consensus target price of $44.60, suggesting a potential upside of 795.58%. Greenwich LifeSciences has a consensus target price of $39.00, suggesting a potential upside of 276.45%. Given bluebird bio's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe bluebird bio is more favorable than Greenwich LifeSciences.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
bluebird bio
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25
Greenwich LifeSciences
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

bluebird bio has a beta of 0.27, suggesting that its share price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Greenwich LifeSciences has a beta of 1.74, suggesting that its share price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, bluebird bio had 8 more articles in the media than Greenwich LifeSciences. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for bluebird bio and 0 mentions for Greenwich LifeSciences. Greenwich LifeSciences' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat bluebird bio's score of -0.06 indicating that Greenwich LifeSciences is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
bluebird bio Neutral
Greenwich LifeSciences Neutral

Greenwich LifeSciences has lower revenue, but higher earnings than bluebird bio. Greenwich LifeSciences is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than bluebird bio, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
bluebird bio$83.81M0.58-$211.91M-$41.32-0.12
Greenwich LifeSciencesN/AN/A-$8.89M-$1.20-8.63

Greenwich LifeSciences has a net margin of 0.00% compared to bluebird bio's net margin of -565.74%. Greenwich LifeSciences' return on equity of -185.12% beat bluebird bio's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
bluebird bio-565.74% -322.46% -53.17%
Greenwich LifeSciences N/A -185.12%-164.27%

bluebird bio received 1032 more outperform votes than Greenwich LifeSciences when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.34% of users gave bluebird bio an outperform vote while only 47.37% of users gave Greenwich LifeSciences an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
bluebird bioOutperform Votes
1041
70.34%
Underperform Votes
439
29.66%
Greenwich LifeSciencesOutperform Votes
9
47.37%
Underperform Votes
10
52.63%

Summary

bluebird bio beats Greenwich LifeSciences on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BLUE vs. The Competition

Metricbluebird bioBiological Products IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$48.76M$2.97B$5.44B$8.46B
Dividend YieldN/A1.72%5.22%4.11%
P/E Ratio-0.1331.5627.0120.01
Price / Sales0.58430.03394.86118.75
Price / CashN/A168.6838.2534.62
Price / Book0.143.376.874.60
Net Income-$211.91M-$72.17M$3.22B$248.10M
7 Day Performance50.45%15.65%5.63%2.88%
1 Month Performance20.29%22.18%13.58%15.43%
1 Year Performance-75.83%-24.86%18.15%7.74%

bluebird bio Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BLUE
bluebird bio
2.7531 of 5 stars
$4.98
flat
$44.60
+795.6%
-75.8%$48.76M$83.81M-0.13520
GLSI
Greenwich LifeSciences
1.3452 of 5 stars
$9.58
+1.6%
$39.00
+307.1%
-27.2%$127.17MN/A-11.973Positive News
Earnings Report
TARA
Protara Therapeutics
2.0396 of 5 stars
$3.27
+0.9%
$20.40
+523.9%
+10.7%$126.15MN/A-1.1630Positive News
Gap Up
SCPH
scPharmaceuticals
4.1737 of 5 stars
$2.48
+1.6%
$14.00
+464.5%
-25.9%$124.70M$36.33M-1.3130Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
LYEL
Lyell Immunopharma
2.9934 of 5 stars
$0.42
+5.4%
$1.00
+137.2%
-84.9%$124.52M$61,000.00-0.53270News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
TNXP
Tonix Pharmaceuticals
3.442 of 5 stars
$19.19
+1.9%
$585.00
+2,948.5%
-95.8%$123.49M$10.09M0.0050Gap Up
FATE
Fate Therapeutics
4.3999 of 5 stars
$1.07
+2.9%
$4.60
+329.9%
-68.7%$122.63M$13.63M-0.65550Earnings Report
Gap Up
THTX
Theratechnologies
N/A$2.61
-0.4%
N/A+97.7%$120.01M$88.67M-26.10140
ALEC
Alector
3.8206 of 5 stars
$1.20
+2.6%
$4.00
+233.3%
-76.7%$119.99M$88.34M-0.71270Gap Up
ACOG
Alpha Cognition
1.6913 of 5 stars
$7.45
+0.3%
$20.00
+168.5%
N/A$119.35MN/A-2.91N/AEarnings Report
Gap Up
ENTA
Enanta Pharmaceuticals
3.8581 of 5 stars
$5.55
+5.3%
$17.25
+210.8%
-50.9%$118.40M$66.59M-1.12160Positive News
Gap Up

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This page (NASDAQ:BLUE) was last updated on 5/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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