DSGN vs. OCS, CMRX, CDMO, QURE, CRMD, CRON, GHRS, SNDX, IMNM, and GYRE
Should you be buying Design Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Design Therapeutics include Oculis (OCS), Chimerix (CMRX), Avid Bioservices (CDMO), uniQure (QURE), CorMedix (CRMD), Cronos Group (CRON), GH Research (GHRS), Syndax Pharmaceuticals (SNDX), Immunome (IMNM), and Gyre Therapeutics (GYRE). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.
Design Therapeutics vs. Its Competitors
Design Therapeutics (NASDAQ:DSGN) and Oculis (NASDAQ:OCS) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Design Therapeutics has a beta of 1.56, meaning that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oculis has a beta of 0.29, meaning that its share price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Design Therapeutics presently has a consensus target price of $4.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.99%. Oculis has a consensus target price of $35.33, suggesting a potential upside of 88.55%. Given Oculis' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Oculis is more favorable than Design Therapeutics.
Oculis is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Design Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Oculis had 1 more articles in the media than Design Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Oculis and 0 mentions for Design Therapeutics. Design Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Oculis'average media sentiment score.
56.6% of Design Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.3% of Oculis shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.2% of Design Therapeutics shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Design Therapeutics has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Oculis' net margin of -13,788.70%. Design Therapeutics' return on equity of -22.85% beat Oculis' return on equity.
Summary
Design Therapeutics beats Oculis on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:DSGN) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
