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$1.19 -0.05 (-4.03%)
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ESPR vs. SION, QURE, AVBP, CRON, XERS, PHAR, REPL, VIR, GYRE, and PHAT

Should you be buying Esperion Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Esperion Therapeutics include Sionna Therapeutics (SION), uniQure (QURE), ArriVent BioPharma (AVBP), Cronos Group (CRON), Xeris Biopharma (XERS), Pharming Group (PHAR), Replimune Group (REPL), Vir Biotechnology (VIR), Gyre Therapeutics (GYRE), and Phathom Pharmaceuticals (PHAT). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Esperion Therapeutics vs. Its Competitors

Esperion Therapeutics (NASDAQ:ESPR) and Sionna Therapeutics (NASDAQ:SION) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Esperion Therapeutics has higher revenue and earnings than Sionna Therapeutics.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Esperion Therapeutics$332.31M0.71-$51.74M-$0.80-1.49
Sionna TherapeuticsN/AN/A-$61.69MN/AN/A

Esperion Therapeutics presently has a consensus target price of $7.00, suggesting a potential upside of 488.24%. Sionna Therapeutics has a consensus target price of $38.50, suggesting a potential upside of 88.45%. Given Esperion Therapeutics' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Esperion Therapeutics is more favorable than Sionna Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Esperion Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
Sionna Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Sionna Therapeutics has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Esperion Therapeutics' net margin of -59.03%. Sionna Therapeutics' return on equity of 0.00% beat Esperion Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Esperion Therapeutics-59.03% -0.91% -29.47%
Sionna Therapeutics N/A N/A N/A

47.4% of Esperion Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Esperion Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of Sionna Therapeutics shares are held by 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, Esperion Therapeutics had 3 more articles in the media than Sionna Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Esperion Therapeutics and 3 mentions for Sionna Therapeutics. Sionna Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Esperion Therapeutics' score of 0.84 indicating that Sionna Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Esperion Therapeutics
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Sionna Therapeutics
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Esperion Therapeutics and Sionna Therapeutics tied by winning 6 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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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ESPR vs. The Competition

MetricEsperion TherapeuticsMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$245.77M$2.50B$5.60B$9.10B
Dividend YieldN/A1.79%5.24%4.00%
P/E Ratio-1.499.4227.9620.25
Price / Sales0.71723.99429.2099.14
Price / Cash51.61165.3637.4658.16
Price / Book-0.604.608.045.49
Net Income-$51.74M$31.26M$3.18B$250.27M
7 Day Performance1.62%4.80%3.63%4.75%
1 Month Performance-0.83%5.42%4.04%7.64%
1 Year Performance-52.59%-4.36%29.56%16.34%

Esperion Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ESPR
Esperion Therapeutics
4.0385 of 5 stars
$1.19
-4.0%
$7.00
+488.2%
-52.2%$245.77M$332.31M-1.49200News Coverage
Analyst Revision
SION
Sionna Therapeutics
N/A$17.35
+9.5%
$38.50
+121.9%
N/A$765.48MN/A0.0035News Coverage
QURE
uniQure
2.7195 of 5 stars
$13.94
+0.6%
$37.82
+171.3%
+61.6%$763.63M$27.12M-3.18500
AVBP
ArriVent BioPharma
2.1309 of 5 stars
$21.77
-5.0%
$40.00
+83.7%
+17.5%$744.75MN/A-5.7740Analyst Upgrade
CRON
Cronos Group
1.5793 of 5 stars
$1.91
+0.5%
N/A-12.2%$736.65M$117.61M14.69450News Coverage
XERS
Xeris Biopharma
3.8729 of 5 stars
$4.67
-0.6%
$6.25
+33.8%
+118.4%$730.30M$203.07M-15.57290News Coverage
PHAR
Pharming Group
2.2567 of 5 stars
$10.68
-2.9%
$30.00
+181.0%
+20.0%$726.29M$297.20M-53.38280Positive News
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
REPL
Replimune Group
4.0843 of 5 stars
$9.29
-0.4%
$20.83
+124.3%
+10.6%$716.17MN/A-3.03210News Coverage
VIR
Vir Biotechnology
3.6071 of 5 stars
$5.04
-2.5%
$32.86
+551.9%
-38.3%$696.73M$74.21M-1.19580News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
GYRE
Gyre Therapeutics
0.2315 of 5 stars
$7.35
-0.9%
N/A-40.6%$689.14M$105.76M367.6840Positive News
PHAT
Phathom Pharmaceuticals
4.2116 of 5 stars
$9.59
-1.5%
$17.50
+82.5%
-18.9%$669.48M$55.25M-1.83110

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This page (NASDAQ:ESPR) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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