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Cerecor (CERC) Competitors

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CERC vs. CALT, ZYME, CMRX, CDMO, SBTX, RVNC, MBX, CKPT, AVTE, and TSVT

Should you be buying Cerecor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cerecor include Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ) (CALT), Zymeworks (ZYME), Chimerix (CMRX), Avid Bioservices (CDMO), Silverback Therapeutics (SBTX), Revance Therapeutics (RVNC), MBX Biosciences (MBX), Checkpoint Therapeutics (CKPT), Aerovate Therapeutics (AVTE), and 2seventy bio (TSVT). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Cerecor vs. Its Competitors

Cerecor (NASDAQ:CERC) and Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ) (NASDAQ:CALT) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ) has a net margin of -30.18% compared to Cerecor's net margin of -1,194.82%. Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ)'s return on equity of -212.04% beat Cerecor's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cerecor-1,194.82% -261.82% -133.96%
Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ) -30.18%-212.04%-27.96%

Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ) has higher revenue and earnings than Cerecor. Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ) is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cerecor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cerecor$6.70M71.08-$63.50M-$0.57-8.70
Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ)$1.60B0.74-$43.96M-$1.85-21.62

62.8% of Cerecor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.8% of Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ) shares are held by institutional investors. 45.7% of Cerecor shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ) shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Cerecor has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ) has a beta of 1.77, meaning that its share price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Cerecor's average media sentiment score of 0.16 beat Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ)'s score of 0.00 indicating that Cerecor is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Cerecor Neutral
Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ) Neutral

Summary

Cerecor and Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ) tied by winning 6 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$476.21M$783.62M$5.49B$9.01B
Dividend YieldN/A4.84%5.38%4.09%
P/E Ratio-8.701.3127.4220.26
Price / Sales71.08220.40407.97121.21
Price / CashN/A23.4436.6357.47
Price / Book22.556.108.085.67
Net Income-$63.50M-$27.81M$3.16B$248.47M

Cerecor Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CERC
Cerecor
N/A$4.96
+0.4%
N/A-59.7%$476.21M$6.70M-8.7031
CALT
Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ)
N/A$40.00
flat
N/AN/A$1.19B$1.60B-21.62180
ZYME
Zymeworks
2.0096 of 5 stars
$12.82
+2.8%
$21.00
+63.9%
+53.0%$893.02M$93.38M-8.56460Analyst Forecast
CMRX
Chimerix
0.7572 of 5 stars
$8.54
flat
$8.53
-0.1%
N/A$801.09M$212K-9.0990
CDMO
Avid Bioservices
0.7281 of 5 stars
$12.50
+0.1%
$12.25
-2.0%
+62.3%$799.18M$139.91M-5.23320High Trading Volume
SBTX
Silverback Therapeutics
N/A$16.57
+4.9%
N/A+84.3%$597.48MN/A-6.8583High Trading Volume
RVNC
Revance Therapeutics
2.8093 of 5 stars
$3.65
flat
$8.45
+131.5%
N/A$381.02M$234.04M-1.89500
MBX
MBX Biosciences
2.4081 of 5 stars
$11.13
+14.3%
$37.50
+237.1%
N/A$371.84MN/A0.0036
CKPT
Checkpoint Therapeutics
0.5091 of 5 stars
$4.26
flat
$4.33
+1.7%
N/A$370.71M$41K-2.3210
AVTE
Aerovate Therapeutics
N/A$9.87
-0.2%
N/A-81.7%$286.08MN/A-3.3020High Trading Volume
TSVT
2seventy bio
N/A$5.00
flat
$5.00
N/A$266.15M$48.37M-2.69440

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This page (NASDAQ:CERC) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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