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PASG vs. VIRI, IMUX, ABOS, EPIX, CELU, OKYO, PLRX, LIMN, ELUT, and ENTX

Should you be buying Passage Bio stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Passage Bio include Virios Therapeutics (VIRI), Immunic (IMUX), Acumen Pharmaceuticals (ABOS), ESSA Pharma (EPIX), Celularity (CELU), OKYO Pharma (OKYO), Pliant Therapeutics (PLRX), Liminatus Pharma (LIMN), Elutia (ELUT), and Entera Bio (ENTX). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Passage Bio vs. Its Competitors

Passage Bio (NASDAQ:PASG) and Virios Therapeutics (NASDAQ:VIRI) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.

Passage Bio's return on equity of -103.87% beat Virios Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Passage BioN/A -103.87% -59.95%
Virios Therapeutics N/A -130.33%-115.00%

In the previous week, Virios Therapeutics had 1 more articles in the media than Passage Bio. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Virios Therapeutics and 0 mentions for Passage Bio. Passage Bio's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Virios Therapeutics' score of 0.00 indicating that Passage Bio is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Passage Bio Positive
Virios Therapeutics Neutral

Virios Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Passage Bio, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Passage BioN/AN/A-$64.77M-$18.16-0.40
Virios TherapeuticsN/AN/A-$5.30M-$0.27-18.24

53.5% of Passage Bio shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.1% of Virios Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. 5.0% of Passage Bio shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.2% of Virios Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Passage Bio presently has a consensus price target of $75.67, suggesting a potential upside of 951.66%. Virios Therapeutics has a consensus price target of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.52%. Given Passage Bio's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Passage Bio is more favorable than Virios Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Passage Bio
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Virios Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Passage Bio has a beta of 1.82, suggesting that its stock price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Virios Therapeutics has a beta of 1.58, suggesting that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Passage Bio beats Virios Therapeutics on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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PASG vs. The Competition

MetricPassage BioMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$22.65M$3.13B$5.76B$9.85B
Dividend YieldN/A2.28%6.71%4.51%
P/E Ratio-0.407.5859.1122.53
Price / SalesN/A458.96547.00119.09
Price / CashN/A44.5237.0558.92
Price / Book0.369.9310.916.06
Net Income-$64.77M-$53.38M$3.29B$266.28M
7 Day Performance2.93%0.05%0.01%-0.76%
1 Month Performance25.35%7.08%7.06%3.83%
1 Year Performance-47.73%11.92%50.09%24.39%

Passage Bio Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PASG
Passage Bio
3.0904 of 5 stars
$7.20
+0.9%
$75.67
+951.7%
-46.1%$22.65MN/A-0.40130
VIRI
Virios Therapeutics
0.1275 of 5 stars
$4.95
+0.2%
$5.00
+1.0%
+2,528.5%$95.30MN/A-18.335
IMUX
Immunic
2.7611 of 5 stars
$0.88
-7.7%
$7.50
+755.4%
-42.5%$93.72MN/A-0.7170Analyst Revision
ABOS
Acumen Pharmaceuticals
2.8528 of 5 stars
$1.51
-1.3%
$7.00
+363.6%
-43.3%$92.68MN/A-0.6620
EPIX
ESSA Pharma
3.2672 of 5 stars
$0.78
-59.4%
$2.00
+155.1%
-96.0%$91.31MN/A-1.4050Dividend Announcement
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
CELU
Celularity
0.7282 of 5 stars
$3.84
+1.3%
$6.00
+56.3%
-10.5%$90.77M$54.22M-1.45220Earnings Report
OKYO
OKYO Pharma
3.2374 of 5 stars
$2.43
+2.5%
$7.00
+188.1%
+97.4%$89.14MN/A0.007News Coverage
Short Interest ↓
PLRX
Pliant Therapeutics
4.089 of 5 stars
$1.49
+2.8%
$8.19
+449.5%
-86.6%$89.01M$1.58M-0.4490News Coverage
Positive News
LIMN
Liminatus Pharma
N/A$3.40
-0.3%
N/AN/A$88.71MN/A0.00N/A
ELUT
Elutia
3.3089 of 5 stars
$2.39
+14.4%
$8.00
+234.7%
-51.0%$88.61M$24.38M-2.25180News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
ENTX
Entera Bio
1.3778 of 5 stars
$1.95
+0.5%
$10.00
+412.8%
+0.5%$88.59M$180K-7.5020Positive News
Short Interest ↓
Gap Down

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This page (NASDAQ:PASG) was last updated on 9/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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