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IOBT vs. TERN, ARCT, CMPX, ATXS, SNDL, GOSS, MBX, AQST, CYRX, and IVA

Should you be buying IO Biotech stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IO Biotech include Terns Pharmaceuticals (TERN), Arcturus Therapeutics (ARCT), Compass Therapeutics (CMPX), Astria Therapeutics (ATXS), SNDL (SNDL), Gossamer Bio (GOSS), MBX Biosciences (MBX), Aquestive Therapeutics (AQST), CryoPort (CYRX), and Inventiva (IVA). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

IO Biotech vs. Its Competitors

Terns Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:TERN) and IO Biotech (NASDAQ:IOBT) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.

Terns Pharmaceuticals has a beta of -0.11, meaning that its stock price is 111% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IO Biotech has a beta of 0.36, meaning that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Terns Pharmaceuticals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IO Biotech, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Terns PharmaceuticalsN/AN/A-$88.85M-$1.09-3.53
IO BiotechN/AN/A-$95.49M-$1.37-1.01

Terns Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of -28.81% beat IO Biotech's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Terns PharmaceuticalsN/A -28.81% -27.55%
IO Biotech N/A -162.55%-125.08%

98.3% of Terns Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.8% of IO Biotech shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Terns Pharmaceuticals shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of IO Biotech shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Terns Pharmaceuticals currently has a consensus price target of $15.63, suggesting a potential upside of 305.84%. IO Biotech has a consensus price target of $9.33, suggesting a potential upside of 576.33%. Given IO Biotech's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe IO Biotech is more favorable than Terns Pharmaceuticals.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Terns Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
IO Biotech
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.33

In the previous week, Terns Pharmaceuticals had 4 more articles in the media than IO Biotech. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Terns Pharmaceuticals and 2 mentions for IO Biotech. Terns Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat IO Biotech's score of 0.93 indicating that Terns Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Terns Pharmaceuticals
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
IO Biotech
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Terns Pharmaceuticals beats IO Biotech on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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IOBT vs. The Competition

MetricIO BiotechMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$91.57M$2.85B$5.48B$8.94B
Dividend YieldN/A2.69%5.38%4.12%
P/E Ratio-0.9321.1726.2119.74
Price / SalesN/A262.85395.44109.12
Price / CashN/A41.8936.4957.06
Price / Book1.947.237.935.37
Net Income-$95.49M-$55.05M$3.15B$248.34M
7 Day Performance-8.61%-0.60%0.75%1.67%
1 Month Performance-14.81%3.77%3.45%4.56%
1 Year Performance16.95%2.20%34.85%18.42%

IO Biotech Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IOBT
IO Biotech
3.2348 of 5 stars
$1.38
-0.7%
$9.33
+576.3%
+23.2%$91.57MN/A-0.9330Positive News
TERN
Terns Pharmaceuticals
4.3529 of 5 stars
$3.68
-5.6%
$15.63
+324.6%
-43.8%$340.61MN/A-3.3840Positive News
Gap Up
ARCT
Arcturus Therapeutics
3.7651 of 5 stars
$12.51
+1.8%
$53.50
+327.7%
-45.1%$333.31M$152.31M-4.94180
CMPX
Compass Therapeutics
3.0304 of 5 stars
$2.54
+5.8%
$13.13
+416.7%
+172.9%$331.88M$850K-6.2020News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
ATXS
Astria Therapeutics
1.8253 of 5 stars
$5.61
-4.3%
$30.00
+434.8%
-41.3%$330.70MN/A-3.0030
SNDL
SNDL
3.808 of 5 stars
$1.24
-0.8%
$3.63
+192.3%
-36.5%$328.47M$671.81M-4.282,516Positive News
GOSS
Gossamer Bio
3.6319 of 5 stars
$1.37
-4.9%
$7.75
+465.7%
+31.9%$327.32M$114.70M-5.96180
MBX
MBX Biosciences
2.7077 of 5 stars
$9.73
-0.1%
$37.50
+285.4%
N/A$325.22MN/A0.0036
AQST
Aquestive Therapeutics
1.531 of 5 stars
$3.29
+1.2%
$10.14
+208.3%
+38.8%$322.82M$57.56M-5.58160
CYRX
CryoPort
2.6946 of 5 stars
$6.56
+3.0%
$11.00
+67.7%
+14.4%$319.37M$228.38M-2.801,186
IVA
Inventiva
3.144 of 5 stars
$3.34
+1.5%
$10.40
+211.5%
-2.0%$314.73M$9.95M0.00100

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This page (NASDAQ:IOBT) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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