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CMPX vs. WVE, ELVN, XFOR, ZYME, PHVS, SYRE, MLYS, NTLA, NRIX, and GYRE

Should you be buying Compass Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Compass Therapeutics include Wave Life Sciences (WVE), Enliven Therapeutics (ELVN), X4 Pharmaceuticals (XFOR), Zymeworks (ZYME), Pharvaris (PHVS), Spyre Therapeutics (SYRE), Mineralys Therapeutics (MLYS), Intellia Therapeutics (NTLA), Nurix Therapeutics (NRIX), and Gyre Therapeutics (GYRE). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Compass Therapeutics vs.

Compass Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CMPX) and Wave Life Sciences (NASDAQ:WVE) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends and earnings.

Wave Life Sciences received 321 more outperform votes than Compass Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 81.03% of users gave Compass Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 67.90% of users gave Wave Life Sciences an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Compass TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
47
81.03%
Underperform Votes
11
18.97%
Wave Life SciencesOutperform Votes
368
67.90%
Underperform Votes
174
32.10%

In the previous week, Wave Life Sciences had 7 more articles in the media than Compass Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Wave Life Sciences and 11 mentions for Compass Therapeutics. Wave Life Sciences' average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Compass Therapeutics' score of 0.44 indicating that Wave Life Sciences is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Compass Therapeutics
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Wave Life Sciences
4 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Compass Therapeutics presently has a consensus price target of $13.38, suggesting a potential upside of 607.67%. Wave Life Sciences has a consensus price target of $21.17, suggesting a potential upside of 154.81%. Given Compass Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Compass Therapeutics is more favorable than Wave Life Sciences.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Compass Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.11
Wave Life Sciences
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Compass Therapeutics has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Wave Life Sciences' net margin of -66.50%. Compass Therapeutics' return on equity of -32.37% beat Wave Life Sciences' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Compass TherapeuticsN/A -32.37% -30.67%
Wave Life Sciences -66.50%-280.57%-52.90%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Compass Therapeutics$850K307.48-$42.49M-$0.37-5.11
Wave Life Sciences$108.30M11.77-$57.51M-$0.79-10.52

68.4% of Compass Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.7% of Wave Life Sciences shares are owned by institutional investors. 28.5% of Compass Therapeutics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 29.1% of Wave Life Sciences shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Compass Therapeutics has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wave Life Sciences has a beta of -0.93, indicating that its stock price is 193% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Compass Therapeutics beats Wave Life Sciences on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CMPX vs. The Competition

MetricCompass TherapeuticsBiological Products IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$261.36M$2.97B$5.55B$8.05B
Dividend YieldN/A1.87%5.09%4.22%
P/E Ratio-5.1130.5322.7318.81
Price / Sales307.48500.45406.97107.57
Price / CashN/A168.6838.1834.62
Price / Book1.623.226.814.34
Net Income-$42.49M-$72.35M$3.22B$247.85M
7 Day Performance-2.58%4.14%2.40%2.83%
1 Month Performance11.83%7.74%3.77%3.46%
1 Year Performance14.55%-22.32%16.96%5.87%

Compass Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CMPX
Compass Therapeutics
3.4028 of 5 stars
$1.89
+3.8%
$13.38
+607.7%
+15.9%$261.36M$850,000.00-5.1120Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
WVE
Wave Life Sciences
4.2263 of 5 stars
$6.83
+1.5%
$22.18
+224.8%
+40.0%$1.05B$108.30M-6.15240Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
ELVN
Enliven Therapeutics
2.3031 of 5 stars
$18.91
+3.8%
$40.33
+113.3%
+9.7%$926.67MN/A-9.9550News Coverage
Positive News
XFOR
X4 Pharmaceuticals
3.973 of 5 stars
$5.34
-6.4%
$85.00
+1,493.3%
-88.7%$926.49M$2.56M-59.2780Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Stock Split
News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
ZYME
Zymeworks
2.7588 of 5 stars
$12.88
+2.5%
$21.00
+63.0%
+47.0%$896.15M$76.30M-8.59460Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
PHVS
Pharvaris
2.0349 of 5 stars
$17.06
+1.3%
$42.67
+150.1%
-27.4%$892.07MN/A-6.0930Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
SYRE
Spyre Therapeutics
1.9423 of 5 stars
$14.67
+3.8%
$49.57
+237.9%
-56.7%$884.25M$890,000.00-1.96100Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
MLYS
Mineralys Therapeutics
2.4156 of 5 stars
$13.56
+1.6%
$33.00
+143.4%
+16.9%$879.72MN/A-3.7328Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
NTLA
Intellia Therapeutics
4.6615 of 5 stars
$8.48
+2.0%
$36.68
+332.6%
-61.6%$877.82M$57.88M-1.56600Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
Gap Up
NRIX
Nurix Therapeutics
1.9722 of 5 stars
$11.47
-0.8%
$30.44
+165.4%
-14.7%$874.43M$56.42M-3.97300Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
GYRE
Gyre Therapeutics
0.0669 of 5 stars
$9.32
+2.8%
N/A-32.6%$873.69M$105.76M186.4040Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage

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