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JANX vs. LEGN, TGTX, TLX, VRNA, LNTH, AXSM, GRFS, NUVL, ADMA, and PCVX

Should you be buying Janux Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Janux Therapeutics include Legend Biotech (LEGN), TG Therapeutics (TGTX), Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited American Depositary Shares (TLX), Verona Pharma (VRNA), Lantheus (LNTH), Axsome Therapeutics (AXSM), Grifols (GRFS), Nuvalent (NUVL), ADMA Biologics (ADMA), and Vaxcyte (PCVX). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Janux Therapeutics vs.

Janux Therapeutics (NASDAQ:JANX) and Legend Biotech (NASDAQ:LEGN) are both medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and risk.

Janux Therapeutics has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Legend Biotech. Legend Biotech is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Janux Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Janux Therapeutics$9.34M157.00-$58.29M-$1.36-18.21
Legend Biotech$728.30M7.14-$518.25M-$0.59-48.02

In the previous week, Legend Biotech had 16 more articles in the media than Janux Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Legend Biotech and 21 mentions for Janux Therapeutics. Janux Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Legend Biotech's score of 0.79 indicating that Janux Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Janux Therapeutics
15 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Legend Biotech
14 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

75.4% of Janux Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.9% of Legend Biotech shares are held by institutional investors. 29.4% of Janux Therapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Legend Biotech shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Janux Therapeutics has a beta of 3.24, suggesting that its share price is 224% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Legend Biotech has a beta of 0.2, suggesting that its share price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Legend Biotech has a net margin of -66.92% compared to Janux Therapeutics' net margin of -463.91%. Janux Therapeutics' return on equity of -10.47% beat Legend Biotech's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Janux Therapeutics-463.91% -10.47% -9.86%
Legend Biotech -66.92%-29.69%-19.45%

Janux Therapeutics presently has a consensus target price of $95.25, indicating a potential upside of 284.54%. Legend Biotech has a consensus target price of $74.73, indicating a potential upside of 163.77%. Given Janux Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Janux Therapeutics is more favorable than Legend Biotech.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Janux Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.09
Legend Biotech
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.92

Legend Biotech received 48 more outperform votes than Janux Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.02% of users gave Legend Biotech an outperform vote while only 70.97% of users gave Janux Therapeutics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Janux TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
44
70.97%
Underperform Votes
18
29.03%
Legend BiotechOutperform Votes
92
73.02%
Underperform Votes
34
26.98%

Summary

Janux Therapeutics beats Legend Biotech on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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JANX vs. The Competition

MetricJanux TherapeuticsPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.47B$6.48B$5.35B$8.38B
Dividend YieldN/A2.66%5.22%4.10%
P/E Ratio-21.178.9226.8419.71
Price / Sales157.00250.96391.39116.98
Price / CashN/A65.8538.2534.62
Price / Book3.326.466.794.50
Net Income-$58.29M$143.98M$3.23B$248.18M
7 Day Performance9.50%3.04%4.07%1.14%
1 Month Performance-15.46%7.44%12.52%15.20%
1 Year Performance-45.55%-2.46%16.83%6.56%

Janux Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
JANX
Janux Therapeutics
2.7762 of 5 stars
$24.77
-2.5%
$95.25
+284.5%
-47.1%$1.47B$9.34M-21.1730Positive News
LEGN
Legend Biotech
3.5386 of 5 stars
$32.38
+1.9%
$78.82
+143.4%
-33.8%$5.95B$627.24M-34.081,070News Coverage
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
TGTX
TG Therapeutics
3.8254 of 5 stars
$34.99
+4.0%
$40.80
+16.6%
+115.2%$5.56B$386.39M-349.87290Positive News
TLX
Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited American Depositary Shares
N/A$16.25
-5.4%
$22.00
+35.4%
N/A$5.49B$783.21M0.00N/AGap Down
VRNA
Verona Pharma
2.6775 of 5 stars
$67.53
+6.6%
$81.50
+20.7%
+484.7%$5.48B$118.54M-35.1730Positive News
LNTH
Lantheus
4.458 of 5 stars
$79.52
-2.7%
$132.67
+66.8%
-7.3%$5.45B$1.54B13.23700Positive News
High Trading Volume
AXSM
Axsome Therapeutics
4.7267 of 5 stars
$110.16
+2.2%
$172.14
+56.3%
+39.7%$5.42B$432.16M-18.39380Positive News
Insider Trade
GRFS
Grifols
3.2195 of 5 stars
$7.73
+8.9%
N/A+4.7%$5.31B$7.21B6.6126,300Positive News
NUVL
Nuvalent
2.6421 of 5 stars
$73.63
+5.4%
$115.50
+56.9%
+7.0%$5.27BN/A-21.2240News Coverage
Positive News
ADMA
ADMA Biologics
3.1796 of 5 stars
$20.45
+2.4%
$24.25
+18.6%
+117.2%$4.86B$459.38M73.04530News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
PCVX
Vaxcyte
3.0977 of 5 stars
$31.59
+1.4%
$136.50
+332.1%
-51.8%$4.08BN/A-6.87160News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Gap Up

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