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KURA vs. IRON, AGIO, TWST, CGON, HRMY, DNLI, MESO, OCUL, BEAM, and VCEL

Should you be buying Kura Oncology stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kura Oncology include Disc Medicine (IRON), Agios Pharmaceuticals (AGIO), Twist Bioscience (TWST), CG Oncology (CGON), Harmony Biosciences (HRMY), Denali Therapeutics (DNLI), Mesoblast (MESO), Ocular Therapeutix (OCUL), Beam Therapeutics (BEAM), and Vericel (VCEL). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Kura Oncology vs. Its Competitors

Disc Medicine (NASDAQ:IRON) and Kura Oncology (NASDAQ:KURA) are both medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability and valuation.

Disc Medicine currently has a consensus price target of $95.73, suggesting a potential upside of 64.96%. Kura Oncology has a consensus price target of $24.50, suggesting a potential upside of 342.24%. Given Kura Oncology's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Kura Oncology is more favorable than Disc Medicine.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Disc Medicine
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.08
Kura Oncology
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86

Disc Medicine's return on equity of -27.75% beat Kura Oncology's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Disc MedicineN/A -27.75% -25.64%
Kura Oncology N/A -52.32%-29.59%

In the previous week, Kura Oncology had 2 more articles in the media than Disc Medicine. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Kura Oncology and 7 mentions for Disc Medicine. Kura Oncology's average media sentiment score of -0.19 beat Disc Medicine's score of -0.19 indicating that Kura Oncology is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Disc Medicine
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Kura Oncology
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

83.7% of Disc Medicine shares are held by institutional investors. 3.6% of Disc Medicine shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of Kura Oncology shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Disc Medicine has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Kura Oncology. Disc Medicine is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kura Oncology, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Disc MedicineN/AN/A-$109.36M-$3.92-14.80
Kura Oncology$53.88M8.92-$173.98M-$2.26-2.45

Disc Medicine has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kura Oncology has a beta of 0.41, meaning that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Disc Medicine and Kura Oncology tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding KURA and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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KURA vs. The Competition

MetricKura OncologyMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$480.87M$2.99B$5.47B$9.71B
Dividend YieldN/A2.28%4.59%4.12%
P/E Ratio-2.4517.3230.1124.69
Price / Sales8.92318.76453.43114.20
Price / CashN/A40.7324.8428.01
Price / Book1.048.888.515.76
Net Income-$173.98M-$54.75M$3.27B$267.05M
7 Day Performance-12.34%-2.07%4.58%3.13%
1 Month Performance-11.78%1.81%0.87%1.27%
1 Year Performance-70.80%8.71%36.20%22.83%

Kura Oncology Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KURA
Kura Oncology
3.4457 of 5 stars
$5.54
-7.0%
$24.50
+342.2%
-70.8%$480.87M$53.88M-2.45130News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
IRON
Disc Medicine
3.1763 of 5 stars
$59.79
+1.4%
$95.73
+60.1%
+34.7%$2.04BN/A-15.2530Earnings Report
AGIO
Agios Pharmaceuticals
4.2594 of 5 stars
$36.16
+3.3%
$56.33
+55.8%
-18.2%$2.03B$36.50M3.29390High Trading Volume
TWST
Twist Bioscience
3.4572 of 5 stars
$30.21
-10.3%
$50.40
+66.8%
-41.7%$2.02B$312.97M-9.30990Trending News
Earnings Report
High Trading Volume
CGON
CG Oncology
1.572 of 5 stars
$26.09
-0.8%
$55.30
+112.0%
-26.1%$2.01B$1.14M-17.2861News Coverage
Earnings Report
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Downgrade
HRMY
Harmony Biosciences
4.6153 of 5 stars
$35.54
+3.3%
$51.00
+43.5%
+1.0%$1.98B$714.73M13.56200Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
DNLI
Denali Therapeutics
4.2115 of 5 stars
$14.44
+7.4%
$33.85
+134.4%
-37.7%$1.95B$330.53M-5.41430Positive News
MESO
Mesoblast
1.5433 of 5 stars
$15.43
+1.7%
$18.00
+16.7%
+143.6%$1.94B$5.90M0.0080Positive News
OCUL
Ocular Therapeutix
3.6278 of 5 stars
$12.35
+3.6%
$17.33
+40.4%
+46.4%$1.90B$63.72M-10.74230Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
BEAM
Beam Therapeutics
2.5402 of 5 stars
$19.12
+1.5%
$48.75
+155.0%
-28.0%$1.89B$63.52M-4.15510Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
VCEL
Vericel
2.2473 of 5 stars
$37.58
+5.5%
$59.86
+59.3%
-20.5%$1.80B$237.22M313.19300

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This page (NASDAQ:KURA) was last updated on 8/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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