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Closing price 06/11/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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FHTX vs. AKBA, CVAC, ELVN, PAHC, COLL, AVDL, CRMD, NRIX, SNDX, and PHVS

Should you be buying Foghorn Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Foghorn Therapeutics include Akebia Therapeutics (AKBA), CureVac (CVAC), Enliven Therapeutics (ELVN), Phibro Animal Health (PAHC), Collegium Pharmaceutical (COLL), Avadel Pharmaceuticals (AVDL), CorMedix (CRMD), Nurix Therapeutics (NRIX), Syndax Pharmaceuticals (SNDX), and Pharvaris (PHVS). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Foghorn Therapeutics vs. Its Competitors

Akebia Therapeutics (NASDAQ:AKBA) and Foghorn Therapeutics (NASDAQ:FHTX) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and profitability.

Akebia Therapeutics currently has a consensus price target of $6.75, suggesting a potential upside of 89.08%. Foghorn Therapeutics has a consensus price target of $12.13, suggesting a potential upside of 164.74%. Given Foghorn Therapeutics' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Foghorn Therapeutics is more favorable than Akebia Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Akebia Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.20
Foghorn Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.13

In the previous week, Akebia Therapeutics had 19 more articles in the media than Foghorn Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Akebia Therapeutics and 2 mentions for Foghorn Therapeutics. Foghorn Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Akebia Therapeutics' score of 0.87 indicating that Foghorn Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Akebia Therapeutics
9 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Foghorn Therapeutics
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Akebia Therapeutics received 376 more outperform votes than Foghorn Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.20% of users gave Foghorn Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 63.13% of users gave Akebia Therapeutics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Akebia TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
423
63.13%
Underperform Votes
247
36.87%
Foghorn TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
47
66.20%
Underperform Votes
24
33.80%

Akebia Therapeutics has a net margin of -27.07% compared to Foghorn Therapeutics' net margin of -357.53%.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Akebia Therapeutics-27.07% N/A -20.57%
Foghorn Therapeutics -357.53%N/A -30.98%

33.9% of Akebia Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.5% of Foghorn Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Akebia Therapeutics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.6% of Foghorn Therapeutics shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Akebia Therapeutics$184.91M5.07-$51.92M-$0.21-17.00
Foghorn Therapeutics$23.50M10.86-$98.43M-$1.36-3.37

Akebia Therapeutics has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Foghorn Therapeutics has a beta of 3.04, indicating that its share price is 204% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Foghorn Therapeutics beats Akebia Therapeutics on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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FHTX vs. The Competition

MetricFoghorn TherapeuticsPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$255.29M$6.85B$5.57B$8.62B
Dividend YieldN/A2.56%5.28%4.18%
P/E Ratio-2.398.7827.1720.06
Price / Sales10.86255.64409.72157.10
Price / CashN/A65.8538.2534.64
Price / Book-2.506.557.064.70
Net Income-$98.43M$143.93M$3.23B$247.88M
7 Day Performance11.17%3.97%2.89%2.66%
1 Month Performance3.39%11.32%9.06%6.40%
1 Year Performance-24.05%4.20%31.40%14.07%

Foghorn Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FHTX
Foghorn Therapeutics
2.3627 of 5 stars
$4.58
-1.1%
$12.13
+164.7%
-23.2%$255.29M$23.50M-2.39120
AKBA
Akebia Therapeutics
4.4679 of 5 stars
$3.83
-3.5%
$6.75
+76.2%
+221.6%$1.01B$184.91M-16.65430High Trading Volume
CVAC
CureVac
4.3007 of 5 stars
$4.48
+1.6%
$11.00
+145.5%
-4.2%$1.01B$523.70M8.15880Positive News
ELVN
Enliven Therapeutics
2.4734 of 5 stars
$20.34
-1.9%
$37.25
+83.1%
-10.9%$998.06MN/A-10.7150Insider Trade
PAHC
Phibro Animal Health
3.8772 of 5 stars
$24.23
+0.6%
$20.00
-17.5%
+45.6%$982.14M$1.19B50.481,860Positive News
COLL
Collegium Pharmaceutical
4.0547 of 5 stars
$30.44
+0.8%
$43.75
+43.7%
-8.8%$978.10M$664.28M13.12210Positive News
Insider Trade
AVDL
Avadel Pharmaceuticals
2.171 of 5 stars
$10.07
+3.6%
$19.43
+92.9%
-35.2%$974.16M$194.45M-12.7570Positive News
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
CRMD
CorMedix
0.478 of 5 stars
$14.35
+2.6%
$15.00
+4.5%
+188.9%$973.29M$82.55M-17.7230Positive News
NRIX
Nurix Therapeutics
2.1359 of 5 stars
$12.54
-1.9%
$30.18
+140.6%
-21.8%$956.00M$56.42M-4.34300
SNDX
Syndax Pharmaceuticals
3.0091 of 5 stars
$11.09
-3.1%
$35.91
+223.8%
-43.6%$954.26M$43.72M-3.06110Positive News
PHVS
Pharvaris
1.3895 of 5 stars
$18.03
+7.4%
$37.25
+106.6%
+7.4%$942.79MN/A-6.4430Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Gap Up

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