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CYTK vs. SMMT, ITCI, GMAB, RDY, ASND, VTRS, QGEN, MRNA, BPMC, and BBIO

Should you be buying Cytokinetics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cytokinetics include Summit Therapeutics (SMMT), Intra-Cellular Therapies (ITCI), Genmab A/S (GMAB), Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (RDY), Ascendis Pharma A/S (ASND), Viatris (VTRS), Qiagen (QGEN), Moderna (MRNA), Blueprint Medicines (BPMC), and BridgeBio Pharma (BBIO). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Cytokinetics vs. Its Competitors

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

In the previous week, Summit Therapeutics had 9 more articles in the media than Cytokinetics. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Summit Therapeutics and 3 mentions for Cytokinetics. Cytokinetics' average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Summit Therapeutics' score of 0.75 indicating that Cytokinetics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Summit Therapeutics has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Cytokinetics' net margin of -3,201.47%. Cytokinetics' return on equity of 0.00% beat Summit Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cytokinetics-3,201.47% N/A -43.75%
Summit Therapeutics N/A -62.87%-51.61%

4.6% of Summit Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.4% of Cytokinetics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 84.9% of Summit Therapeutics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summit Therapeutics has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Cytokinetics. Summit Therapeutics 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$18.47M217.52-$589.53M-$5.29-6.36
Summit Therapeutics$700K22,492.29-$221.32M-$0.34-62.35

Cytokinetics has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Summit Therapeutics has a beta of -1.06, meaning that its share price is 206% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Cytokinetics presently has a consensus price target of $70.92, suggesting a potential upside of 110.83%. Summit Therapeutics has a consensus price target of $34.67, suggesting a potential upside of 63.52%. Given Cytokinetics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cytokinetics is more favorable than Summit Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cytokinetics
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.93
Summit Therapeutics
2 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.79

Summary

Cytokinetics beats Summit Therapeutics 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$4.02B$2.87B$5.52B$8.85B
Dividend YieldN/A2.70%5.36%4.13%
P/E Ratio-6.3621.1726.3119.76
Price / Sales217.52263.83409.02110.15
Price / CashN/A41.2925.8827.49
Price / Book-29.257.237.915.36
Net Income-$589.53M-$55.05M$3.15B$248.34M
7 Day Performance0.72%-0.74%0.95%1.25%
1 Month Performance8.94%6.27%5.25%5.41%
1 Year Performance-38.50%0.19%32.63%18.06%

Cytokinetics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CYTK
Cytokinetics
4.2775 of 5 stars
$33.64
+1.8%
$70.92
+110.8%
-39.0%$4.02B$18.47M-6.36250Positive News
SMMT
Summit Therapeutics
2.4827 of 5 stars
$20.39
-0.8%
$35.09
+72.1%
+172.8%$15.14B$700K-59.97110Analyst Upgrade
ITCI
Intra-Cellular Therapies
0.9154 of 5 stars
$131.87
flat
$109.70
-16.8%
N/A$14.05B$680.50M-151.57560
GMAB
Genmab A/S
3.902 of 5 stars
$20.68
-2.3%
$39.17
+89.4%
-17.8%$13.26B$3.12B11.752,682High Trading Volume
RDY
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
3.0194 of 5 stars
$15.31
+0.5%
$16.95
+10.7%
-1.4%$12.78B$3.81B23.2027,811Positive News
ASND
Ascendis Pharma A/S
3.5227 of 5 stars
$175.78
-0.6%
$220.67
+25.5%
+26.6%$10.75B$393.54M-27.991,017Positive News
VTRS
Viatris
3.0352 of 5 stars
$8.85
-0.2%
$10.40
+17.5%
-16.0%$10.39B$14.74B-2.7932,000
QGEN
Qiagen
3.7434 of 5 stars
$46.72
-0.1%
$47.74
+2.2%
+20.3%$10.39B$2.00B117.145,765Dividend Announcement
MRNA
Moderna
4.3613 of 5 stars
$25.67
-0.9%
$46.61
+81.6%
-76.8%$9.93B$3.14B-2.945,800Trending News
BPMC
Blueprint Medicines
1.7425 of 5 stars
$128.40
+0.2%
$128.06
-0.3%
+18.9%$8.29B$508.82M-51.98640Positive News
High Trading Volume
BBIO
BridgeBio Pharma
4.7079 of 5 stars
$42.17
+1.1%
$56.67
+34.4%
+70.5%$8.01B$127.42M-11.95400Analyst Forecast
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This page (NASDAQ:CYTK) was last updated on 7/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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