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COGT vs. VKTX, KYMR, CRNX, MLTX, MOR, IMVT, HCM, IBRX, AAPG, and OGN

Should you be buying Cogent Biosciences stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cogent Biosciences include Viking Therapeutics (VKTX), Kymera Therapeutics (KYMR), Crinetics Pharmaceuticals (CRNX), MoonLake Immunotherapeutics (MLTX), MorphoSys (MOR), Immunovant (IMVT), HUTCHMED (HCM), ImmunityBio (IBRX), Ascentage Pharma Group International (AAPG), and Organon & Co. (OGN). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Cogent Biosciences vs. Its Competitors

Viking Therapeutics (NASDAQ:VKTX) and Cogent Biosciences (NASDAQ:COGT) are both medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, dividends and valuation.

Viking Therapeutics has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cogent Biosciences has a beta of 1.82, suggesting that its share price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Viking Therapeutics currently has a consensus price target of $87.15, suggesting a potential upside of 231.64%. Cogent Biosciences has a consensus price target of $14.57, suggesting a potential upside of 101.26%. Given Viking Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Viking Therapeutics is more favorable than Cogent Biosciences.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Viking Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Cogent Biosciences
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

Viking Therapeutics 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
Viking TherapeuticsN/AN/A-$109.96M-$1.15-22.85
Cogent BiosciencesN/AN/A-$255.86M-$1.84-3.93

76.0% of Viking Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. 4.1% of Viking Therapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.3% of Cogent Biosciences shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Viking Therapeutics received 343 more outperform votes than Cogent Biosciences when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.08% of users gave Viking Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 69.86% of users gave Cogent Biosciences an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Viking TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
635
80.08%
Underperform Votes
158
19.92%
Cogent BiosciencesOutperform Votes
292
69.86%
Underperform Votes
126
30.14%

In the previous week, Viking Therapeutics had 2 more articles in the media than Cogent Biosciences. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Viking Therapeutics and 6 mentions for Cogent Biosciences. Viking Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Cogent Biosciences' score of 0.55 indicating that Viking Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Viking Therapeutics
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Cogent Biosciences
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Viking Therapeutics' return on equity of -14.41% beat Cogent Biosciences' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Viking TherapeuticsN/A -14.41% -14.02%
Cogent Biosciences N/A -149.79%-75.61%

Summary

Viking Therapeutics beats Cogent Biosciences on 13 of the 16 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$824.35M$2.82B$5.37B$8.57B
Dividend YieldN/A2.67%5.34%4.21%
P/E Ratio-3.9320.9725.3719.22
Price / SalesN/A294.63411.51110.49
Price / CashN/A42.7935.3655.76
Price / Book5.487.487.856.22
Net Income-$255.86M-$55.16M$3.15B$249.15M
7 Day Performance0.28%-3.70%-2.11%-1.04%
1 Month Performance45.38%6.36%3.71%2.48%
1 Year Performance-14.82%-0.44%37.99%15.31%

Cogent Biosciences Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
COGT
Cogent Biosciences
1.9575 of 5 stars
$7.24
-5.0%
$14.57
+101.3%
-14.8%$824.35MN/A-3.9380Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
VKTX
Viking Therapeutics
4.4311 of 5 stars
$27.57
-0.9%
$87.15
+216.1%
-48.1%$3.10BN/A-27.5720Positive News
KYMR
Kymera Therapeutics
3.4522 of 5 stars
$47.16
-1.0%
$59.82
+26.9%
+48.8%$3.07B$58.89M-20.15170Positive News
CRNX
Crinetics Pharmaceuticals
3.2674 of 5 stars
$32.28
-2.2%
$74.56
+131.0%
-31.1%$3.02B$760K-8.65210Insider Trade
MLTX
MoonLake Immunotherapeutics
1.5541 of 5 stars
$46.62
-0.6%
$78.71
+68.8%
+10.2%$2.98BN/A-36.142
MOR
MorphoSys
N/A$18.96
flat
N/AN/A$2.86B$238.28M-5.45730
IMVT
Immunovant
1.2066 of 5 stars
$16.29
-2.9%
$38.33
+135.3%
-39.4%$2.78BN/A-6.22120
HCM
HUTCHMED
1.1553 of 5 stars
$15.96
+4.0%
$19.00
+19.0%
-13.4%$2.78B$630.20M0.001,760Gap Up
High Trading Volume
IBRX
ImmunityBio
2.3848 of 5 stars
$3.44
+9.2%
$12.25
+256.1%
-54.4%$2.78B$31.22M-3.74590High Trading Volume
AAPG
Ascentage Pharma Group International
N/A$29.88
+5.3%
N/AN/A$2.60B$980.65M0.00600Gap Up
OGN
Organon & Co.
4.686 of 5 stars
$9.76
+2.1%
$18.00
+84.4%
-51.4%$2.54B$6.29B2.9310,000Trending News

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This page (NASDAQ:COGT) was last updated on 6/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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