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Cerecor (CERC) Competitors

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CERC vs. MOR, GMTX, CALT, ZYME, MBX, SBTX, AVTE, BIOA, NLTX, and CYBN

Should you be buying Cerecor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cerecor include MorphoSys (MOR), Gemini Therapeutics (GMTX), Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ) (CALT), Zymeworks (ZYME), MBX Biosciences (MBX), Silverback Therapeutics (SBTX), Aerovate Therapeutics (AVTE), BioAge Labs (BIOA), Neoleukin Therapeutics (NLTX), and Cybin (CYBN).

Cerecor vs. Its Competitors

Cerecor (NASDAQ:CERC) and MorphoSys (NASDAQ:MOR) are both medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings, media sentiment and valuation.

In the previous week, Cerecor's average media sentiment score of 0.16 beat MorphoSys' score of 0.00 indicating that Cerecor is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Cerecor Neutral
MorphoSys Neutral

62.8% of Cerecor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.4% of MorphoSys shares are owned by institutional investors. 45.7% of Cerecor shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of MorphoSys shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Cerecor has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MorphoSys has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cerecor$6.70M166.22-$63.50M-$0.57-20.35
MorphoSys$238.28M11.99-$205.35M-$3.48-5.45

MorphoSys has a net margin of -226.79% compared to Cerecor's net margin of -1,194.82%. Cerecor's return on equity of -261.82% beat MorphoSys' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cerecor-1,194.82% -261.82% -133.96%
MorphoSys -226.79%-694.31%-22.55%

Summary

Cerecor beats MorphoSys on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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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CERC vs. The Competition

MetricCerecorPharmaceutical Preparations IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.11B$832.52M$5.82B$9.94B
Dividend YieldN/A4.84%6.70%4.53%
P/E Ratio-20.351.1676.2126.11
Price / Sales166.2226.54557.45121.74
Price / CashN/A19.5625.7029.11
Price / Book52.736.7311.486.09
Net Income-$63.50M-$3.82M$3.29B$266.19M

Cerecor Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CERC
Cerecor
N/A$11.60
+14.2%
N/A+50.6%$1.11B$6.70M-20.3531Gap Up
MOR
MorphoSys
N/A$18.96
flat
N/AN/A$2.86B$238.28M-5.45730
GMTX
Gemini Therapeutics
N/A$59.65
0.0%
N/A+21.0%$2.58BN/A-59.6530
CALT
Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ)
N/A$40.00
flat
N/AN/A$1.19B$1.60B-21.62180
ZYME
Zymeworks
2.4109 of 5 stars
$14.01
-5.4%
$21.43
+53.0%
+30.2%$1.05B$122.87M-9.34460News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Revision
MBX
MBX Biosciences
2.6358 of 5 stars
$14.57
-3.4%
$37.63
+158.2%
N/A$489.47MN/A-3.2136News Coverage
SBTX
Silverback Therapeutics
N/A$11.62
-9.6%
N/A-11.4%$418.99MN/A-4.8083High Trading Volume
AVTE
Aerovate Therapeutics
N/A$7.90
-2.2%
N/A-88.3%$228.98MN/A-2.6420News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
BIOA
BioAge Labs
N/A$4.65
-5.7%
N/AN/A$176.74MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
NLTX
Neoleukin Therapeutics
N/A$18.48
-1.9%
N/A-43.0%$173.68MN/A-5.9490News Coverage
CYBN
Cybin
1.8676 of 5 stars
$6.24
-16.6%
$85.00
+1,262.2%
N/A$147.20MN/A-1.4250News Coverage
High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:CERC) was last updated on 9/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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