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
Oculis (NASDAQ:OCS) and Design Therapeutics (NASDAQ:DSGN) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and profitability.
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.
22.3% of Oculis shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.6% of Design Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. 31.2% of Design Therapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Oculis had 2 more articles in the media than Design Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Oculis and 2 mentions for Design Therapeutics. Design Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Oculis' score of 0.47 indicating that Design Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Oculis has a beta of 0.29, indicating that its stock price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Design Therapeutics has a beta of 1.56, indicating that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Oculis currently has a consensus price target of $35.33, suggesting a potential upside of 95.64%. Design Therapeutics has a consensus price target of $4.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.04%. Given Oculis' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Oculis is more favorable than Design Therapeutics.
Design Therapeutics has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Oculis. 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.
Summary
Design Therapeutics beats Oculis on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:DSGN) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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