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COGT vs. NUVL, MRUS, CRSP, TGTX, CYTK, AAPG, KRYS, ACAD, ADMA, and TLX

Should you be buying Cogent Biosciences stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cogent Biosciences include Nuvalent (NUVL), Merus (MRUS), CRISPR Therapeutics (CRSP), TG Therapeutics (TGTX), Cytokinetics (CYTK), Ascentage Pharma Group International (AAPG), Krystal Biotech (KRYS), ACADIA Pharmaceuticals (ACAD), ADMA Biologics (ADMA), and Telix Pharmaceuticals (TLX). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Cogent Biosciences vs. Its Competitors

Nuvalent (NASDAQ:NUVL) and Cogent Biosciences (NASDAQ:COGT) are both medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, dividends, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

97.3% of Nuvalent shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.2% of Nuvalent shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.3% of Cogent Biosciences shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Nuvalent presently has a consensus price target of $120.91, indicating a potential upside of 51.76%. Cogent Biosciences has a consensus price target of $20.00, indicating a potential upside of 54.56%. Given Cogent Biosciences' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Cogent Biosciences is more favorable than Nuvalent.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Nuvalent
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.08
Cogent Biosciences
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.92

Nuvalent is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cogent Biosciences, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
NuvalentN/AN/A-$260.76M-$4.90-16.26
Cogent BiosciencesN/AN/A-$255.86M-$1.78-7.27

In the previous week, Nuvalent had 8 more articles in the media than Cogent Biosciences. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Nuvalent and 9 mentions for Cogent Biosciences. Cogent Biosciences' average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Nuvalent's score of 1.15 indicating that Cogent Biosciences is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Nuvalent
11 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Cogent Biosciences
9 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Nuvalent's return on equity of -32.58% beat Cogent Biosciences' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
NuvalentN/A -32.58% -30.14%
Cogent Biosciences N/A -223.82%-89.44%

Nuvalent has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cogent Biosciences has a beta of 0.35, indicating that its stock price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Nuvalent beats Cogent Biosciences on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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COGT vs. The Competition

MetricCogent BiosciencesMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.49B$3.13B$5.76B$9.85B
Dividend YieldN/A2.28%6.67%4.51%
P/E Ratio-7.2720.8975.7826.43
Price / SalesN/A458.96546.96119.09
Price / CashN/A44.5237.0558.92
Price / Book9.809.9311.146.06
Net Income-$255.86M-$53.38M$3.29B$266.28M
7 Day Performance7.12%0.63%0.16%-0.32%
1 Month Performance13.91%6.31%6.26%3.44%
1 Year Performance15.12%11.63%54.63%23.11%

Cogent Biosciences Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
COGT
Cogent Biosciences
3.1644 of 5 stars
$12.94
-1.1%
$20.00
+54.6%
+12.7%$1.49BN/A-7.2780News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
NUVL
Nuvalent
3.2292 of 5 stars
$74.05
-2.7%
$118.91
+60.6%
-5.8%$5.49BN/A-15.1140Positive News
Analyst Forecast
MRUS
Merus
3.0269 of 5 stars
$65.74
-2.6%
$88.64
+34.8%
+29.2%$5.10B$36.13M-11.9537News Coverage
Positive News
CRSP
CRISPR Therapeutics
3.5966 of 5 stars
$54.13
-0.3%
$71.60
+32.3%
+17.1%$4.94B$37.31M-9.97460
TGTX
TG Therapeutics
4.4195 of 5 stars
$28.53
-3.1%
$46.25
+62.1%
+44.4%$4.67B$329M77.11290Positive News
CYTK
Cytokinetics
4.1956 of 5 stars
$37.01
-3.5%
$71.58
+93.4%
-9.4%$4.59B$18.47M-7.26250Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Options Volume
AAPG
Ascentage Pharma Group International
N/A$43.48
-9.2%
N/AN/A$4.45B$134.35M0.00600Positive News
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
KRYS
Krystal Biotech
4.8125 of 5 stars
$146.77
-2.5%
$210.38
+43.3%
-19.5%$4.36B$290.52M29.83210Positive News
ACAD
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals
4.0632 of 5 stars
$25.32
-1.6%
$28.88
+14.0%
+52.8%$4.34B$957.80M19.04510
ADMA
ADMA Biologics
3.9415 of 5 stars
$17.01
-4.4%
$27.67
+62.6%
+0.2%$4.25B$426.45M19.78530Positive News
TLX
Telix Pharmaceuticals
N/A$12.20
-2.2%
$22.33
+83.1%
N/A$4.22B$516.72M0.00N/AGap Down

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