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

Should you be buying Cytokinetics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cytokinetics include Intra-Cellular Therapies (ITCI), Genmab A/S (GMAB), Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (RDY), Moderna (MRNA), Regencell Bioscience (RGC), Viatris (VTRS), Ascendis Pharma A/S (ASND), QIAGEN (QGEN), 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 Intra-Cellular Therapies (NASDAQ:ITCI) are both medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings and risk.

Cytokinetics has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intra-Cellular Therapies has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Intra-Cellular Therapies has higher revenue and earnings than Cytokinetics. Intra-Cellular Therapies 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$19.22M229.99-$589.53M-$5.29-7.00
Intra-Cellular Therapies$680.50M20.64-$139.67M-$0.73-180.64

92.3% of Intra-Cellular Therapies shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of Cytokinetics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Intra-Cellular Therapies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Cytokinetics had 9 more articles in the media than Intra-Cellular Therapies. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Cytokinetics and 1 mentions for Intra-Cellular Therapies. Cytokinetics' average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Intra-Cellular Therapies' score of 0.00 indicating that Cytokinetics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cytokinetics
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Intra-Cellular Therapies
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Cytokinetics presently has a consensus target price of $70.92, suggesting a potential upside of 91.63%. Intra-Cellular Therapies has a consensus target price of $109.70, suggesting a potential downside of 16.81%. Given Cytokinetics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Cytokinetics is more favorable than Intra-Cellular Therapies.

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
Intra-Cellular Therapies
0 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.17

Intra-Cellular Therapies has a net margin of -14.07% compared to Cytokinetics' net margin of -3,201.47%. Cytokinetics' return on equity of 0.00% beat Intra-Cellular Therapies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cytokinetics-3,201.47% N/A -43.75%
Intra-Cellular Therapies -14.07%-9.93%-8.38%

Summary

Cytokinetics beats Intra-Cellular Therapies on 10 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$4.42B$2.93B$5.55B$9.09B
Dividend YieldN/A2.41%5.25%4.02%
P/E Ratio-7.0020.8528.2620.27
Price / Sales229.99266.95408.79151.98
Price / CashN/A42.1137.1257.67
Price / Book-32.187.638.045.49
Net Income-$589.53M-$55.05M$3.19B$250.45M
7 Day Performance9.17%8.43%3.62%4.79%
1 Month Performance7.65%8.14%5.98%9.59%
1 Year Performance-33.89%1.62%29.39%16.41%

Cytokinetics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CYTK
Cytokinetics
3.9817 of 5 stars
$37.01
+1.1%
$70.92
+91.6%
-33.9%$4.42B$19.22M-7.00250
ITCI
Intra-Cellular Therapies
0.6604 of 5 stars
$131.87
flat
$109.70
-16.8%
N/A$14.05B$680.50M-151.57560
GMAB
Genmab A/S
4.092 of 5 stars
$20.52
+1.1%
$37.60
+83.2%
-20.9%$13.16B$3.12B11.662,682Positive News
Analyst Forecast
RDY
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
2.76 of 5 stars
$15.08
flat
$16.95
+12.4%
-8.8%$12.59B$3.81B22.8527,811
MRNA
Moderna
4.2999 of 5 stars
$29.90
-1.9%
$46.61
+55.9%
-72.3%$11.56B$3.24B-3.425,800Trending News
Analyst Forecast
RGC
Regencell Bioscience
0.3534 of 5 stars
$18.43
-19.8%
N/AN/A$11.37BN/A0.0010Gap Down
VTRS
Viatris
2.8988 of 5 stars
$9.20
-1.3%
$10.40
+13.0%
-18.9%$10.80B$14.74B-2.9032,000
ASND
Ascendis Pharma A/S
3.5967 of 5 stars
$175.98
+1.0%
$220.67
+25.4%
+26.7%$10.76B$393.54M-28.021,017News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
QGEN
QIAGEN
3.5744 of 5 stars
$47.49
-1.8%
$49.40
+4.0%
+17.4%$10.56B$1.98B119.075,765
BPMC
Blueprint Medicines
1.2207 of 5 stars
$128.40
+0.0%
$128.06
-0.3%
+9.8%$8.29B$508.82M-51.98640Positive News
Insider Trade
BBIO
BridgeBio Pharma
4.663 of 5 stars
$43.50
-1.1%
$58.85
+35.3%
+71.3%$8.26B$221.90M-12.32400Analyst Upgrade

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This page (NASDAQ:CYTK) was last updated on 7/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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