OVAS vs. ZYME, CMRX, CDMO, MENS, SBTX, MBX, RVNC, CKPT, AVTE, and TSVT
Should you be buying OvaScience stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of OvaScience include Zymeworks (ZYME), Chimerix (CMRX), Avid Bioservices (CDMO), Jyong Biotech (MENS), Silverback Therapeutics (SBTX), MBX Biosciences (MBX), Revance Therapeutics (RVNC), Checkpoint Therapeutics (CKPT), Aerovate Therapeutics (AVTE), and 2seventy bio (TSVT).
OvaScience vs. Its Competitors
OvaScience (NASDAQ:OVAS) and Zymeworks (NYSE:ZYME) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.
In the previous week, Zymeworks had 3 more articles in the media than OvaScience. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Zymeworks and 0 mentions for OvaScience. Zymeworks' average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat OvaScience's score of 0.00 indicating that Zymeworks is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
22.5% of OvaScience shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.9% of Zymeworks shares are held by institutional investors. 7.4% of OvaScience shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Zymeworks shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Zymeworks has a consensus price target of $21.00, suggesting a potential upside of 54.98%. Given Zymeworks' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Zymeworks is more favorable than OvaScience.
Zymeworks has a net margin of -182.75% compared to OvaScience's net margin of -10,128.37%. Zymeworks' return on equity of -23.00% beat OvaScience's return on equity.
OvaScience has a beta of 3.11, indicating that its share price is 211% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zymeworks has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
OvaScience has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Zymeworks.
Summary
Zymeworks beats OvaScience on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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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This page (NASDAQ:OVAS) was last updated on 7/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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