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FGEN vs. EDIT, EXOZ, LRMR, CGEN, LYEL, NKTX, THTX, BDTX, IFRX, and ALTS

Should you be buying FibroGen stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FibroGen include Editas Medicine (EDIT), Exozymes (EXOZ), Larimar Therapeutics (LRMR), Compugen (CGEN), Lyell Immunopharma (LYEL), Nkarta (NKTX), Theratechnologies (THTX), Black Diamond Therapeutics (BDTX), InflaRx (IFRX), and Janone (ALTS). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

FibroGen vs.

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

FibroGen has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Editas Medicine has a beta of 2.15, indicating that its share price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500.

72.7% of FibroGen shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.9% of Editas Medicine shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of FibroGen shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Editas Medicine shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Editas Medicine had 5 more articles in the media than FibroGen. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Editas Medicine and 8 mentions for FibroGen. Editas Medicine's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat FibroGen's score of -0.90 indicating that Editas Medicine is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
FibroGen
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Negative
Editas Medicine
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

FibroGen currently has a consensus target price of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 2,912.05%. Editas Medicine has a consensus target price of $5.36, indicating a potential upside of 257.58%. Given FibroGen's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe FibroGen is more favorable than Editas Medicine.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
FibroGen
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Editas Medicine
2 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.29

FibroGen has a net margin of -67.66% compared to Editas Medicine's net margin of -340.96%. FibroGen's return on equity of 0.00% beat Editas Medicine's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
FibroGen-67.66% N/A -36.17%
Editas Medicine -340.96%-80.13%-50.99%

Editas Medicine has higher revenue and earnings than FibroGen. FibroGen 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
FibroGen$7.00M4.80-$284.23M-$0.10-3.32
Editas Medicine$35.84M3.50-$153.22M-$3.04-0.49

FibroGen received 30 more outperform votes than Editas Medicine when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.81% of users gave FibroGen an outperform vote while only 53.46% of users gave Editas Medicine an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
FibroGenOutperform Votes
347
58.81%
Underperform Votes
243
41.19%
Editas MedicineOutperform Votes
317
53.46%
Underperform Votes
276
46.54%

Summary

FibroGen beats Editas Medicine on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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FGEN vs. The Competition

MetricFibroGenPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$33.55M$6.49B$5.35B$8.38B
Dividend YieldN/A2.66%5.22%4.10%
P/E Ratio-0.278.9326.5819.71
Price / Sales4.80251.28391.69116.98
Price / CashN/A65.8538.2534.62
Price / Book-0.186.466.794.50
Net Income-$284.23M$143.98M$3.23B$248.18M
7 Day Performance10.70%3.02%4.03%1.14%
1 Month Performance15.80%7.45%12.50%15.19%
1 Year Performance-72.10%-2.42%16.73%6.55%

FibroGen Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FGEN
FibroGen
4.4121 of 5 stars
$0.33
-3.5%
$10.00
+2,912.0%
-71.3%$33.55M$7.00M-0.27570
EDIT
Editas Medicine
4.2699 of 5 stars
$1.49
-1.3%
$5.36
+260.0%
-70.3%$124.73M$35.84M-0.58230Positive News
Gap Up
EXOZ
Exozymes
N/A$14.90
-0.9%
N/AN/A$124.68MN/A0.0029Gap Up
LRMR
Larimar Therapeutics
2.0753 of 5 stars
$1.95
-1.8%
$19.63
+909.0%
-71.7%$124.53MN/A-1.6930Positive News
CGEN
Compugen
1.6041 of 5 stars
$1.39
flat
$4.00
+187.8%
-19.0%$124.04M$27.86M69.5070News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
LYEL
Lyell Immunopharma
2.9698 of 5 stars
$0.41
-0.5%
$1.00
+142.1%
-84.2%$122.00M$61,000.00-0.52270Positive News
Gap Down
NKTX
Nkarta
1.9798 of 5 stars
$1.70
-2.3%
$14.67
+762.7%
-73.3%$120.63MN/A-0.90140Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
THTX
Theratechnologies
N/A$2.61
flat
N/A+108.8%$120.01M$88.67M-26.10140Gap Down
BDTX
Black Diamond Therapeutics
3.3341 of 5 stars
$2.11
+8.2%
$14.60
+591.9%
-55.7%$119.98M$70M-1.5990News Coverage
Positive News
IFRX
InflaRx
2.3736 of 5 stars
$1.77
+6.6%
$8.50
+380.2%
+14.9%$118.83M$129,752.00-1.6460
ALTS
Janone
N/A$6.80
flat
N/AN/A$118.69M$12.53M0.00170News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:FGEN) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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