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CYTK vs. BNTX, TEVA, GMAB, SMMT, RDY, ASND, VTRS, ROIV, QGEN, and BBIO

Should you be buying Cytokinetics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cytokinetics include BioNTech (BNTX), Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA), Genmab A/S (GMAB), Summit Therapeutics (SMMT), Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (RDY), Ascendis Pharma A/S (ASND), Viatris (VTRS), Roivant Sciences (ROIV), QIAGEN (QGEN), and BridgeBio Pharma (BBIO). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Cytokinetics vs. Its Competitors

Cytokinetics (NASDAQ:CYTK) and BioNTech (NASDAQ:BNTX) are both medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and risk.

BioNTech has a net margin of -12.20% compared to Cytokinetics' net margin of -707.17%. Cytokinetics' return on equity of 0.00% beat BioNTech's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cytokinetics-707.17% N/A -45.52%
BioNTech -12.20%-1.84%-1.59%

Cytokinetics currently has a consensus price target of $75.86, indicating a potential upside of 34.46%. BioNTech has a consensus price target of $134.56, indicating a potential upside of 26.68%. Given Cytokinetics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Cytokinetics is more favorable than BioNTech.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cytokinetics
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.88
BioNTech
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.79

Cytokinetics has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BioNTech has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Cytokinetics had 36 more articles in the media than BioNTech. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Cytokinetics and 4 mentions for BioNTech. BioNTech's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Cytokinetics' score of 0.11 indicating that BioNTech is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cytokinetics
4 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
28 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
BioNTech
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

15.5% of BioNTech shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Cytokinetics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.2% of BioNTech shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cytokinetics$18.47M365.51-$589.53M-$5.10-11.06
BioNTech$2.98B8.58-$719.92M-$1.60-66.39

Summary

Cytokinetics beats BioNTech on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CYTK vs. The Competition

MetricCytokineticsMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$6.78B$3.32B$6.09B$10.49B
Dividend YieldN/A2.29%5.68%4.67%
P/E Ratio-11.1121.7677.6126.73
Price / Sales365.51261.60519.86203.78
Price / CashN/A46.3737.8961.20
Price / Book-49.069.8912.536.53
Net Income-$589.53M-$52.59M$3.30B$277.12M
7 Day Performance11.94%4.44%28,071.37%2.26%
1 Month Performance12.86%11.66%28,993.01%9.07%
1 Year Performance1.27%28.52%35,796.23%31.90%

Cytokinetics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CYTK
Cytokinetics
3.992 of 5 stars
$56.42
+0.2%
$75.86
+34.5%
+7.1%$6.78B$18.47M-11.11250Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
BNTX
BioNTech
2.7889 of 5 stars
$98.72
+2.6%
$134.56
+36.3%
-12.2%$23.13B$2.98B0.006,772Positive News
TEVA
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries
2.7867 of 5 stars
$18.87
+2.8%
$24.71
+31.0%
+14.8%$21.05B$16.54B7.3436,830Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
GMAB
Genmab A/S
4.0852 of 5 stars
$28.60
+1.1%
$39.25
+37.2%
+35.6%$18.14B$3.12B16.542,682Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
SMMT
Summit Therapeutics
3.1002 of 5 stars
$19.10
+1.1%
$31.87
+66.8%
+6.8%$14.03B$700K0.00110
RDY
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
3.1189 of 5 stars
$14.59
-1.9%
$16.95
+16.2%
-11.2%$12.42B$3.81B22.1127,811Positive News
ASND
Ascendis Pharma A/S
3.414 of 5 stars
$196.42
-0.6%
$244.36
+24.4%
+37.4%$12.18B$393.54M-38.071,017High Trading Volume
VTRS
Viatris
1.4786 of 5 stars
$9.79
-1.1%
$10.40
+6.2%
-11.9%$11.54B$14.74B4.1132,000
ROIV
Roivant Sciences
3.7482 of 5 stars
$14.94
-0.7%
$19.94
+33.5%
+41.7%$10.27B$29.05M0.00860
QGEN
QIAGEN
4.4887 of 5 stars
$45.72
-0.5%
$49.69
+8.7%
+7.3%$10.21B$1.98B19.585,765Positive News
Analyst Forecast
BBIO
BridgeBio Pharma
4.3689 of 5 stars
$51.54
-1.6%
$63.94
+24.1%
+112.4%$10.01B$221.90M0.00400

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This page (NASDAQ:CYTK) was last updated on 10/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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