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COGT vs. LYEL, APLS, OGN, HCM, IBRX, AMRX, XENE, MIRM, ARWR, and AAPG

Should you be buying Cogent Biosciences stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cogent Biosciences include Lyell Immunopharma (LYEL), Apellis Pharmaceuticals (APLS), Organon & Co. (OGN), HUTCHMED (HCM), ImmunityBio (IBRX), Amneal Pharmaceuticals (AMRX), Xenon Pharmaceuticals (XENE), Mirum Pharmaceuticals (MIRM), Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals (ARWR), and Ascentage Pharma Group International (AAPG). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Cogent Biosciences vs.

Cogent Biosciences (NASDAQ:COGT) and Lyell Immunopharma (NASDAQ:LYEL) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends and earnings.

Cogent Biosciences currently has a consensus target price of $14.57, suggesting a potential upside of 101.82%. Lyell Immunopharma has a consensus target price of $20.00, suggesting a potential upside of 95.12%. Given Cogent Biosciences' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cogent Biosciences is more favorable than Lyell Immunopharma.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cogent Biosciences
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Lyell Immunopharma
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.50

Cogent Biosciences has a beta of 1.82, indicating that its share price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lyell Immunopharma has a beta of -0.26, indicating that its share price is 126% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Lyell Immunopharma had 2 more articles in the media than Cogent Biosciences. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Lyell Immunopharma and 5 mentions for Cogent Biosciences. Cogent Biosciences' average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Lyell Immunopharma's score of 0.44 indicating that Cogent Biosciences is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cogent Biosciences
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Lyell Immunopharma
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Cogent Biosciences received 278 more outperform votes than Lyell Immunopharma when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.02% of users gave Cogent Biosciences an outperform vote while only 43.75% of users gave Lyell Immunopharma an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Cogent BiosciencesOutperform Votes
292
70.02%
Underperform Votes
125
29.98%
Lyell ImmunopharmaOutperform Votes
14
43.75%
Underperform Votes
18
56.25%

66.1% of Lyell Immunopharma shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.9% of Cogent Biosciences shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 25.1% of Lyell Immunopharma shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cogent BiosciencesN/AN/A-$192.41M-$1.84-3.92
Lyell Immunopharma$65K2,335.11-$234.63M-$25.00-0.41

Cogent Biosciences has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Lyell Immunopharma's net margin of -323,792.09%. Lyell Immunopharma's return on equity of -34.64% beat Cogent Biosciences' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cogent BiosciencesN/A -112.55% -60.44%
Lyell Immunopharma -323,792.09%-34.64%-30.02%

Summary

Cogent Biosciences beats Lyell Immunopharma on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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COGT vs. The Competition

MetricCogent BiosciencesPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$822.04M$6.85B$5.58B$8.67B
Dividend YieldN/A2.49%5.27%4.19%
P/E Ratio-2.918.8227.2320.12
Price / SalesN/A263.82423.64161.29
Price / CashN/A65.8538.2534.64
Price / Book3.146.657.114.72
Net Income-$192.41M$143.49M$3.23B$247.80M
7 Day Performance28.01%4.70%3.67%2.77%
1 Month Performance49.17%15.02%13.11%9.75%
1 Year Performance-18.14%5.96%32.12%15.01%

Cogent Biosciences Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
COGT
Cogent Biosciences
1.6056 of 5 stars
$7.22
-2.7%
$14.57
+101.8%
-13.7%$822.04MN/A-2.9180Positive News
LYEL
Lyell Immunopharma
2.1802 of 5 stars
$8.22
-5.9%
$1.00
-87.8%
-77.1%$2.43B$65,000.00-10.40270High Trading Volume
APLS
Apellis Pharmaceuticals
4.6571 of 5 stars
$19.14
+13.1%
$40.05
+109.3%
-53.0%$2.41B$775.84M-9.43770Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
OGN
Organon & Co.
4.9261 of 5 stars
$9.22
-0.1%
$18.00
+95.3%
-51.5%$2.40B$6.29B2.7710,000Trending News
HCM
HUTCHMED
1.2799 of 5 stars
$13.60
-2.1%
$19.00
+39.7%
-6.9%$2.37B$630.20M0.001,760Upcoming Earnings
IBRX
ImmunityBio
1.9585 of 5 stars
$2.67
+0.4%
$12.25
+358.8%
-46.5%$2.36B$31.22M-2.90590High Trading Volume
AMRX
Amneal Pharmaceuticals
3.716 of 5 stars
$7.42
+1.4%
$11.50
+55.0%
+14.0%$2.33B$2.83B-10.917,600Positive News
XENE
Xenon Pharmaceuticals
3.4834 of 5 stars
$30.07
+4.2%
$54.82
+82.3%
-15.9%$2.31B$7.50M-10.66210Analyst Revision
MIRM
Mirum Pharmaceuticals
2.9102 of 5 stars
$45.97
+3.4%
$60.73
+32.1%
+91.7%$2.28B$379.25M-22.76140Positive News
Analyst Revision
ARWR
Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals
3.7308 of 5 stars
$16.40
+2.1%
$42.13
+156.9%
-30.8%$2.26B$545.21M-3.17400Analyst Revision
AAPG
Ascentage Pharma Group International
N/A$25.22
+3.4%
N/AN/A$2.20B$980.65M0.00600

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This page (NASDAQ:COGT) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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