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

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 Elanco Animal Health (ELAN). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Cytokinetics vs. Its Competitors

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

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
BioNTech-12.20% -1.84% -1.59%
Cytokinetics -707.17%N/A -45.52%

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

BioNTech currently has a consensus price target of $134.32, indicating a potential upside of 28.29%. Cytokinetics has a consensus price target of $76.64, indicating a potential upside of 26.21%. Given BioNTech's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe BioNTech is more favorable than Cytokinetics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
BioNTech
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.64
Cytokinetics
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.76

Cytokinetics has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
BioNTech$2.88B8.74-$719.92M-$1.60-65.44
Cytokinetics$85.74M84.75-$589.53M-$5.10-11.91

In the previous week, Cytokinetics had 30 more articles in the media than BioNTech. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for Cytokinetics and 9 mentions for BioNTech. BioNTech's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Cytokinetics' score of 0.21 indicating that BioNTech is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
BioNTech
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Cytokinetics
7 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
24 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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

Summary

BioNTech 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

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CYTK vs. The Competition

MetricCytokineticsMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$7.22B$3.34B$6.06B$10.38B
Dividend YieldN/A2.31%5.73%4.78%
P/E Ratio-11.8422.1986.0626.86
Price / Sales84.75415.96582.90180.66
Price / CashN/A44.9825.7330.17
Price / Book-52.8010.3012.686.63
Net Income-$589.53M-$52.31M$3.31B$276.12M
7 Day Performance0.14%0.15%-0.66%-1.86%
1 Month Performance18.77%13.31%8.45%5.63%
1 Year Performance10.65%27.02%77.27%32.94%

Cytokinetics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CYTK
Cytokinetics
3.6282 of 5 stars
$60.73
+1.1%
$76.64
+26.2%
+9.4%$7.22B$85.74M-11.84250
BNTX
BioNTech
2.151 of 5 stars
$98.10
+0.0%
$134.56
+37.2%
-15.3%$23.58B$2.98B0.006,772Analyst Forecast
TEVA
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries
3.234 of 5 stars
$19.17
+4.5%
$25.14
+31.2%
+16.0%$21.04B$16.54B7.3436,830Analyst Upgrade
GMAB
Genmab A/S
4.2821 of 5 stars
$29.33
+0.9%
$40.00
+36.4%
+35.2%$18.65B$3.12B17.002,682Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
SMMT
Summit Therapeutics
2.7669 of 5 stars
$21.16
+1.0%
$31.29
+47.9%
+7.0%$15.56B$700K0.00110
RDY
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
2.5215 of 5 stars
$13.96
-1.9%
$16.95
+21.5%
-8.4%$11.87B$3.81B21.1427,811
ASND
Ascendis Pharma A/S
3.0241 of 5 stars
$191.60
-0.2%
$244.36
+27.5%
+62.6%$11.83B$393.54M-37.131,017Analyst Forecast
VTRS
Viatris
1.9474 of 5 stars
$9.62
+1.1%
$10.40
+8.1%
-14.4%$11.10B$14.74B3.9532,000Positive News
ROIV
Roivant Sciences
3.3469 of 5 stars
$15.10
-0.5%
$19.94
+32.0%
+34.8%$10.36B$29.05M0.00860
QGEN
QIAGEN
4.3745 of 5 stars
$43.88
0.0%
$49.69
+13.2%
+9.9%$9.76B$1.98B18.715,765Analyst Downgrade
ELAN
Elanco Animal Health
2.5745 of 5 stars
$19.63
+0.1%
$18.33
-6.6%
+37.6%$9.74B$4.44B22.829,000

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This page (NASDAQ:CYTK) was last updated on 10/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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