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DSGN vs. STOK, SNDX, AVDL, EVO, ORIC, XERS, JANX, LENZ, ATAI, and NUVB

Should you be buying Design Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Design Therapeutics include Stoke Therapeutics (STOK), Syndax Pharmaceuticals (SNDX), Avadel Pharmaceuticals (AVDL), Evotec (EVO), Oric Pharmaceuticals (ORIC), Xeris Biopharma (XERS), Janux Therapeutics (JANX), LENZ Therapeutics (LENZ), atai Life Sciences (ATAI), and Nuvation Bio (NUVB). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Design Therapeutics vs. Its Competitors

Design Therapeutics (NASDAQ:DSGN) and Stoke Therapeutics (NASDAQ:STOK) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.

Stoke Therapeutics has a consensus price target of $27.43, suggesting a potential downside of 8.74%. Given Stoke Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Stoke Therapeutics is more favorable than Design Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Design Therapeutics
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00
Stoke Therapeutics
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.89

Stoke Therapeutics has a net margin of 26.25% compared to Design Therapeutics' net margin of 0.00%. Stoke Therapeutics' return on equity of 18.32% beat Design Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Design TherapeuticsN/A -27.15% -26.07%
Stoke Therapeutics 26.25%18.32%15.48%

56.6% of Design Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. 23.5% of Design Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.5% of Stoke Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Stoke Therapeutics had 28 more articles in the media than Design Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Stoke Therapeutics and 3 mentions for Design Therapeutics. Design Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Stoke Therapeutics' score of 0.40 indicating that Design Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Design Therapeutics
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Stoke Therapeutics
7 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Design Therapeutics has a beta of 1.68, indicating that its stock price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stoke Therapeutics has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Design TherapeuticsN/AN/A-$49.59M-$1.12-5.75
Stoke Therapeutics$199.89M8.24-$88.98M$0.8535.36

Summary

Stoke Therapeutics beats Design Therapeutics on 11 of the 16 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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DSGN vs. The Competition

MetricDesign TherapeuticsMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$371.49M$3.33B$6.05B$10.24B
Dividend YieldN/A2.31%5.73%4.78%
P/E Ratio-5.8222.2586.3326.55
Price / SalesN/A417.09600.12186.81
Price / CashN/A44.9825.7330.17
Price / Book1.5010.2112.866.52
Net Income-$49.59M-$52.40M$3.31B$276.31M
7 Day Performance1.42%0.20%-0.74%-2.92%
1 Month Performance6.80%13.49%8.31%4.14%
1 Year Performance28.80%27.29%79.14%30.13%

Design Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DSGN
Design Therapeutics
0.1956 of 5 stars
$6.44
-9.6%
N/A+35.0%$371.49MN/A-5.8240Positive News
High Trading Volume
STOK
Stoke Therapeutics
2.9494 of 5 stars
$26.77
-0.2%
$25.57
-4.5%
+155.0%$1.46B$199.89M31.41100Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
SNDX
Syndax Pharmaceuticals
3.5995 of 5 stars
$16.39
-0.1%
$39.22
+139.3%
-16.0%$1.41B$23.68M-4.22110
AVDL
Avadel Pharmaceuticals
2.8087 of 5 stars
$14.42
-0.8%
$20.86
+44.6%
+6.7%$1.40B$169.12M-480.7770
EVO
Evotec
2.176 of 5 stars
$3.94
-1.4%
$7.00
+77.9%
+23.2%$1.40B$777.33M0.004,827
ORIC
Oric Pharmaceuticals
4.1456 of 5 stars
$14.16
-1.7%
$17.29
+22.0%
+46.6%$1.37BN/A-7.4980Gap Up
XERS
Xeris Biopharma
2.7392 of 5 stars
$8.35
+2.6%
$7.08
-15.1%
+174.6%$1.35B$246.03M-39.78290
JANX
Janux Therapeutics
2.5567 of 5 stars
$22.44
-1.4%
$78.31
+249.0%
-46.5%$1.35B$10.59M-12.4530
LENZ
LENZ Therapeutics
1.7159 of 5 stars
$46.63
+1.1%
$49.60
+6.4%
+57.0%$1.33BN/A-24.61110Analyst Forecast
ATAI
atai Life Sciences
2.9793 of 5 stars
$5.55
+1.4%
$11.25
+102.9%
+363.6%$1.30B$310K-8.0580Analyst Forecast
NUVB
Nuvation Bio
2.7735 of 5 stars
$3.65
-3.3%
$7.86
+115.6%
+64.3%$1.25B$7.87M-5.7960

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