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$36.69 -0.95 (-2.52%)
Closing price 08/1/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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$36.92 +0.23 (+0.64%)
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CYTK vs. GMAB, RDY, MRNA, QGEN, VTRS, ASND, VRNA, BBIO, BPMC, and ROIV

Should you be buying Cytokinetics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cytokinetics include Genmab A/S (GMAB), Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (RDY), Moderna (MRNA), Qiagen (QGEN), Viatris (VTRS), Ascendis Pharma A/S (ASND), Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share (VRNA), BridgeBio Pharma (BBIO), Blueprint Medicines (BPMC), and Roivant Sciences (ROIV). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Cytokinetics vs. Its Competitors

Cytokinetics (NASDAQ:CYTK) and Genmab A/S (NASDAQ:GMAB) are both medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.

7.1% of Genmab A/S shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of Cytokinetics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Genmab A/S shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Cytokinetics has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Genmab A/S has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Cytokinetics had 1 more articles in the media than Genmab A/S. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Cytokinetics and 10 mentions for Genmab A/S. Cytokinetics' average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Genmab A/S's score of 0.58 indicating that Cytokinetics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cytokinetics
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Genmab A/S
4 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Cytokinetics presently has a consensus price target of $70.92, indicating a potential upside of 93.30%. Genmab A/S has a consensus price target of $37.80, indicating a potential upside of 73.55%. Given Cytokinetics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Cytokinetics is more favorable than Genmab A/S.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cytokinetics
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.88
Genmab A/S
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.64

Genmab A/S has higher revenue and earnings than Cytokinetics. Cytokinetics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Genmab A/S, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cytokinetics$18.47M237.24-$589.53M-$5.29-6.94
Genmab A/S$3.12B4.48$1.14B$1.7612.38

Genmab A/S has a net margin of 35.11% compared to Cytokinetics' net margin of -3,201.47%. Genmab A/S's return on equity of 18.08% beat Cytokinetics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cytokinetics-3,201.47% N/A -43.75%
Genmab A/S 35.11%18.08%14.52%

Summary

Genmab A/S beats Cytokinetics 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

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CYTK vs. The Competition

MetricCytokineticsMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$4.38B$3.02B$5.53B$9.37B
Dividend YieldN/A2.44%4.74%4.12%
P/E Ratio-6.9417.6228.8523.79
Price / Sales237.24309.96440.8796.30
Price / CashN/A41.6335.0757.18
Price / Book-31.908.488.255.54
Net Income-$589.53M-$55.06M$3.25B$259.88M
7 Day Performance-1.32%-3.99%-3.73%-4.67%
1 Month Performance6.78%9.58%4.28%4.40%
1 Year Performance-35.79%6.70%25.84%17.91%

Cytokinetics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CYTK
Cytokinetics
4.0902 of 5 stars
$36.69
-2.5%
$70.92
+93.3%
-36.6%$4.38B$18.47M-6.94250News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
GMAB
Genmab A/S
3.6306 of 5 stars
$21.69
-0.9%
$37.80
+74.3%
-23.2%$13.92B$3.12B12.322,682News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
RDY
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
2.2908 of 5 stars
$14.57
+0.6%
$16.95
+16.4%
-15.5%$12.16B$3.81B22.0727,811
MRNA
Moderna
4.4664 of 5 stars
$30.97
-0.9%
$46.61
+50.5%
-70.7%$11.98B$3.24B-3.555,800Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Gap Down
QGEN
Qiagen
3.2115 of 5 stars
$48.06
-0.6%
$49.40
+2.8%
+12.1%$10.68B$1.98B120.495,765News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
VTRS
Viatris
2.2064 of 5 stars
$8.90
+0.2%
$10.40
+16.9%
-26.3%$10.45B$14.74B-2.8132,000Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
ASND
Ascendis Pharma A/S
3.0689 of 5 stars
$168.02
-1.1%
$223.07
+32.8%
+27.8%$10.39B$368.70M-26.751,017Analyst Forecast
VRNA
Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share
2.1478 of 5 stars
$104.90
flat
$109.00
+3.9%
+365.2%$8.93B$42.28M-52.4530Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
BBIO
BridgeBio Pharma
4.712 of 5 stars
$45.90
-1.3%
$61.50
+34.0%
+80.9%$8.72B$221.90M-13.00400Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
BPMC
Blueprint Medicines
0.7174 of 5 stars
$129.46
flat
$128.25
-0.9%
N/A$8.36B$562.12M-52.41640Upcoming Earnings
ROIV
Roivant Sciences
2.0643 of 5 stars
$11.48
+0.3%
$16.50
+43.7%
+6.5%$7.80B$29.05M-45.92860Upcoming Earnings

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