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ESPR vs. REPL, AVBP, CRON, XERS, DNTH, ZYBT, ANAB, KALV, ABUS, and TRVI

Should you be buying Esperion Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Esperion Therapeutics include Replimune Group (REPL), ArriVent BioPharma (AVBP), Cronos Group (CRON), Xeris Biopharma (XERS), Dianthus Therapeutics (DNTH), Zhengye Biotechnology (ZYBT), AnaptysBio (ANAB), KalVista Pharmaceuticals (KALV), Arbutus Biopharma (ABUS), and Trevi Therapeutics (TRVI). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Esperion Therapeutics vs.

Replimune Group (NASDAQ:REPL) and Esperion Therapeutics (NASDAQ:ESPR) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings and dividends.

92.5% of Replimune Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.4% of Esperion Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.8% of Replimune Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Esperion Therapeutics shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Esperion Therapeutics had 14 more articles in the media than Replimune Group. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Esperion Therapeutics and 4 mentions for Replimune Group. Replimune Group's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Esperion Therapeutics' score of 0.67 indicating that Replimune Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Replimune Group
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Esperion Therapeutics
3 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Replimune Group has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Esperion Therapeutics has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Replimune Group currently has a consensus target price of $19.43, suggesting a potential upside of 101.54%. Esperion Therapeutics has a consensus target price of $6.42, suggesting a potential upside of 552.10%. Given Esperion Therapeutics' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Esperion Therapeutics is more favorable than Replimune Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Replimune Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.13
Esperion Therapeutics
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Esperion Therapeutics received 461 more outperform votes than Replimune Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.23% of users gave Esperion Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 64.02% of users gave Replimune Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Replimune GroupOutperform Votes
169
64.02%
Underperform Votes
95
35.98%
Esperion TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
630
70.23%
Underperform Votes
267
29.77%

Replimune Group has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Esperion Therapeutics' net margin of -29.37%. Esperion Therapeutics' return on equity of 0.00% beat Replimune Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Replimune GroupN/A -54.84% -42.97%
Esperion Therapeutics -29.37%N/A -10.77%

Esperion Therapeutics has higher revenue and earnings than Replimune Group. Esperion Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Replimune Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Replimune GroupN/AN/A-$215.79M-$3.07-3.14
Esperion Therapeutics$332.31M0.59-$209.25M-$0.25-3.94

Summary

Esperion Therapeutics beats Replimune Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ESPR vs. The Competition

MetricEsperion TherapeuticsPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$194.98M$6.84B$5.53B$7.93B
Dividend YieldN/A3.05%5.11%4.22%
P/E Ratio-1.547.3222.5118.54
Price / Sales0.59241.49397.62103.30
Price / CashN/A65.8538.1834.62
Price / Book-0.266.486.734.25
Net Income-$209.25M$143.41M$3.22B$248.18M
7 Day Performance6.96%2.58%1.38%1.03%
1 Month Performance-29.21%5.00%2.79%2.70%
1 Year Performance-52.23%-3.72%15.41%4.05%

Esperion Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ESPR
Esperion Therapeutics
3.4442 of 5 stars
$0.98
-1.5%
$6.42
+552.1%
-51.8%$194.98M$332.31M-1.54200Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
REPL
Replimune Group
4.089 of 5 stars
$9.28
+2.5%
$19.43
+109.4%
+48.8%$714.39MN/A-3.02210Positive News
AVBP
ArriVent BioPharma
1.0364 of 5 stars
$20.92
+0.5%
$39.00
+86.4%
+26.3%$711.62MN/A-8.1440Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
CRON
Cronos Group
1.5306 of 5 stars
$1.84
+1.9%
$3.50
+90.7%
-31.0%$707.22M$117.62M-14.12450Upcoming Earnings
XERS
Xeris Biopharma
3.5751 of 5 stars
$4.42
+2.4%
$6.10
+38.2%
+156.0%$690.44M$203.07M-9.81290Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
High Trading Volume
DNTH
Dianthus Therapeutics
1.7326 of 5 stars
$21.36
-1.4%
$54.33
+154.3%
-3.7%$686.31M$6.24M-8.5580Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
ZYBT
Zhengye Biotechnology
N/A$14.15
+35.5%
N/AN/A$667.40M$189.75M0.00278
ANAB
AnaptysBio
2.5138 of 5 stars
$21.33
+3.0%
$33.63
+57.6%
-16.6%$654.13M$91.28M-3.51100Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
KALV
KalVista Pharmaceuticals
3.9024 of 5 stars
$13.01
+0.1%
$24.83
+91.0%
+11.7%$646.56MN/A-3.57100Positive News
ABUS
Arbutus Biopharma
2.0074 of 5 stars
$3.34
+1.5%
$5.50
+64.7%
+34.2%$639.54M$6.17M-7.7790Positive News
TRVI
Trevi Therapeutics
3.5994 of 5 stars
$6.59
+1.9%
$17.56
+166.5%
+141.3%$637.13MN/A-14.9820Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:ESPR) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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