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EDIT vs. TSHA, IOVA, TRVI, KROS, BCAX, STOK, MAZE, MNMD, BCYC, and UPB

Should you be buying Editas Medicine stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Editas Medicine include Taysha Gene Therapies (TSHA), Iovance Biotherapeutics (IOVA), Trevi Therapeutics (TRVI), Keros Therapeutics (KROS), Bicara Therapeutics (BCAX), Stoke Therapeutics (STOK), Maze Therapeutics (MAZE), Mind Medicine (MindMed) (MNMD), Bicycle Therapeutics (BCYC), and Upstream Bio (UPB). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Editas Medicine vs. Its Competitors

Taysha Gene Therapies (NASDAQ:TSHA) and Editas Medicine (NASDAQ:EDIT) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.

In the previous week, Taysha Gene Therapies and Taysha Gene Therapies both had 15 articles in the media. Editas Medicine's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Taysha Gene Therapies' score of 0.78 indicating that Editas Medicine is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Taysha Gene Therapies
4 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Editas Medicine
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Taysha Gene Therapies has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Editas Medicine has a beta of 2.1, indicating that its share price is 110% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Editas Medicine received 200 more outperform votes than Taysha Gene Therapies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 79.05% of users gave Taysha Gene Therapies an outperform vote while only 53.46% of users gave Editas Medicine an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Taysha Gene TherapiesOutperform Votes
117
79.05%
Underperform Votes
31
20.95%
Editas MedicineOutperform Votes
317
53.46%
Underperform Votes
276
46.54%

Taysha Gene Therapies has a net margin of -229.67% compared to Editas Medicine's net margin of -340.96%. Editas Medicine's return on equity of -80.13% beat Taysha Gene Therapies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Taysha Gene Therapies-229.67% -106.36% -49.16%
Editas Medicine -340.96%-80.13%-50.99%

Taysha Gene Therapies currently has a consensus price target of $7.57, indicating a potential upside of 183.57%. Editas Medicine has a consensus price target of $5.36, indicating a potential upside of 164.22%. Given Taysha Gene Therapies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Taysha Gene Therapies is more favorable than Editas Medicine.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Taysha Gene Therapies
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Editas Medicine
2 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.29

Taysha Gene Therapies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Editas Medicine. Taysha Gene Therapies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Editas Medicine, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Taysha Gene Therapies$7.22M79.34-$111.57M-$0.34-7.85
Editas Medicine$35.84M4.74-$153.22M-$3.04-0.67

77.7% of Taysha Gene Therapies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.9% of Editas Medicine shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Taysha Gene Therapies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Editas Medicine shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Taysha Gene Therapies beats Editas Medicine on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding EDIT and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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EDIT vs. The Competition

MetricEditas MedicineBiological Products IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$175.80M$3.09B$5.57B$8.63B
Dividend YieldN/A1.58%5.28%4.18%
P/E Ratio-0.7933.3227.1420.06
Price / Sales4.74469.84411.98157.10
Price / CashN/A168.6838.2534.64
Price / Book0.483.457.064.70
Net Income-$153.22M-$72.35M$3.23B$247.88M
7 Day Performance12.78%6.23%2.85%2.63%
1 Month Performance31.82%16.53%9.06%6.36%
1 Year Performance-66.39%-16.90%31.43%14.05%

Editas Medicine Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EDIT
Editas Medicine
4.2821 of 5 stars
$2.03
-3.3%
$5.36
+164.2%
-62.6%$175.80M$35.84M-0.79230Positive News
Analyst Revision
TSHA
Taysha Gene Therapies
3.8529 of 5 stars
$2.81
+0.9%
$7.57
+169.1%
-28.8%$610.71M$7.22M4.52180Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
IOVA
Iovance Biotherapeutics
4.6591 of 5 stars
$1.82
+3.1%
$13.30
+632.8%
-74.0%$606.09M$212.68M-1.22500Trending News
TRVI
Trevi Therapeutics
3.5 of 5 stars
$6.06
-4.2%
$18.63
+207.6%
+140.4%$604.35MN/A-13.7520High Trading Volume
KROS
Keros Therapeutics
3.6614 of 5 stars
$14.87
+1.4%
$37.00
+148.8%
-71.2%$604.35M$214.71M-2.86100Analyst Downgrade
BCAX
Bicara Therapeutics
2.3353 of 5 stars
$11.04
+11.5%
$31.86
+188.5%
N/A$600.66MN/A0.0032Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
STOK
Stoke Therapeutics
3.9096 of 5 stars
$10.83
+9.3%
$23.20
+114.2%
-27.4%$592.60M$190.91M-5.17100Analyst Revision
MAZE
Maze Therapeutics
N/A$13.35
+10.3%
$25.67
+92.3%
N/A$584.69M$167.50M0.00121
MNMD
Mind Medicine (MindMed)
1.9908 of 5 stars
$7.70
+3.0%
$25.11
+226.1%
-1.7%$582.14MN/A-3.4140News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Revision
BCYC
Bicycle Therapeutics
3.3664 of 5 stars
$8.38
-2.0%
$25.00
+198.3%
-63.1%$579.66M$25.72M-2.54240News Coverage
Analyst Revision
UPB
Upstream Bio
1.9399 of 5 stars
$10.78
+1.1%
$56.50
+424.0%
N/A$579.04M$2.30M0.0038

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This page (NASDAQ:EDIT) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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