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Cerecor (CERC) Competitors

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CERC vs. TVTX, LQDA, JANX, EVO, GPCR, SPRY, MNKD, DYN, VERA, and ANIP

Should you be buying Cerecor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cerecor include Travere Therapeutics (TVTX), Liquidia (LQDA), Janux Therapeutics (JANX), Evotec (EVO), Structure Therapeutics (GPCR), ARS Pharmaceuticals (SPRY), MannKind (MNKD), Dyne Therapeutics (DYN), Vera Therapeutics (VERA), and ANI Pharmaceuticals (ANIP). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Cerecor vs.

Travere Therapeutics (NASDAQ:TVTX) and Cerecor (NASDAQ:CERC) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, earnings, dividends and institutional ownership.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Travere Therapeutics$273.53M5.14-$111.40M-$2.81-5.64
Cerecor$6.70M56.03-$63.50M-$0.57-6.86

62.8% of Cerecor shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.2% of Travere Therapeutics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 45.7% of Cerecor shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Travere Therapeutics currently has a consensus target price of $31.79, indicating a potential upside of 100.67%. Given Travere Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Travere Therapeutics is more favorable than Cerecor.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Travere Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.87
Cerecor
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

In the previous week, Travere Therapeutics had 9 more articles in the media than Cerecor. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Travere Therapeutics and 0 mentions for Cerecor. Travere Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Cerecor's score of 0.16 indicating that Travere Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Travere Therapeutics Positive
Cerecor Neutral

Travere Therapeutics has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cerecor has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Cerecor received 91 more outperform votes than Travere Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.00% of users gave Cerecor an outperform vote while only 61.44% of users gave Travere Therapeutics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Travere TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
94
61.44%
Underperform Votes
59
38.56%
CerecorOutperform Votes
185
74.00%
Underperform Votes
65
26.00%

Travere Therapeutics has a net margin of -137.90% compared to Cerecor's net margin of -1,194.82%. Cerecor's return on equity of -261.82% beat Travere Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Travere Therapeutics-137.90% -1,636.87% -55.95%
Cerecor -1,194.82%-261.82%-133.96%

Summary

Travere Therapeutics and Cerecor tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CERC vs. The Competition

MetricCerecorPharmaceutical Preparations IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$375.40M$6.47B$5.33B$8.31B
Dividend YieldN/A2.64%5.20%4.10%
P/E Ratio-6.868.4026.7219.60
Price / Sales56.03258.84395.56117.96
Price / CashN/A65.8538.3234.62
Price / Book17.776.416.764.50
Net Income-$63.50M$143.73M$3.23B$248.40M

Cerecor Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CERC
Cerecor
N/A$3.91
+3.2%
N/A-65.3%$375.40M$6.70M-6.8631
TVTX
Travere Therapeutics
2.9559 of 5 stars
$17.26
+1.5%
$31.79
+84.2%
+139.3%$1.53B$273.53M-4.20460
LQDA
Liquidia
3.4555 of 5 stars
$17.12
+0.5%
$25.56
+49.3%
+18.5%$1.46B$14.14M-10.5050News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Trading Halted
JANX
Janux Therapeutics
2.7554 of 5 stars
$24.36
+0.8%
$95.25
+291.1%
-44.4%$1.44B$9.34M-20.7730Positive News
EVO
Evotec
1.4848 of 5 stars
$4.04
+1.6%
$5.93
+47.0%
-22.1%$1.43B$788.22M0.004,200Positive News
Gap Up
GPCR
Structure Therapeutics
2.1431 of 5 stars
$24.48
-2.1%
$78.00
+218.7%
-32.2%$1.40BN/A-32.91136
SPRY
ARS Pharmaceuticals
2.3849 of 5 stars
$14.07
-1.4%
$31.00
+120.4%
+62.6%$1.38B$89.15M-27.5890News Coverage
Analyst Downgrade
Insider Trade
MNKD
MannKind
2.9726 of 5 stars
$4.42
-1.2%
$10.00
+126.5%
-12.4%$1.34B$297.60M63.07400
DYN
Dyne Therapeutics
3.4848 of 5 stars
$11.75
+0.8%
$47.25
+302.1%
-62.3%$1.33BN/A-3.29100Positive News
Gap Down
VERA
Vera Therapeutics
3.3569 of 5 stars
$20.82
-0.9%
$63.33
+204.2%
-48.3%$1.33BN/A-7.9840Positive News
ANIP
ANI Pharmaceuticals
4.8152 of 5 stars
$60.50
+0.6%
$80.13
+32.4%
-7.1%$1.31B$674.07M-109.27600Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:CERC) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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