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PEPG vs. ACIU, CTOR, CTMX, EDIT, TLSA, TIL, OGI, CYBN, NVCT, and SPRO

Should you be buying PepGen stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PepGen include AC Immune (ACIU), Citius Oncology (CTOR), CytomX Therapeutics (CTMX), Editas Medicine (EDIT), Tiziana Life Sciences (TLSA), Instil Bio (TIL), Organigram Global (OGI), Cybin (CYBN), Nuvectis Pharma (NVCT), and Spero Therapeutics (SPRO). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

PepGen vs. Its Competitors

AC Immune (NASDAQ:ACIU) and PepGen (NASDAQ:PEPG) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

In the previous week, PepGen had 20 more articles in the media than AC Immune. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for PepGen and 1 mentions for AC Immune. AC Immune's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat PepGen's score of 0.16 indicating that AC Immune is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
AC Immune
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
PepGen
0 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
18 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

AC Immune has higher revenue and earnings than PepGen. AC Immune is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PepGen, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
AC Immune$28.30M7.31-$57.83M-$0.58-3.55
PepGenN/AN/A-$89.98M-$3.13-0.39

51.4% of AC Immune shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.0% of PepGen shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.6% of AC Immune shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of PepGen shares are owned 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.

PepGen has a net margin of 0.00% compared to AC Immune's net margin of -177.79%. AC Immune's return on equity of -44.60% beat PepGen's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
AC Immune-177.79% -44.60% -22.25%
PepGen N/A -81.26%-63.65%

AC Immune has a beta of 1.62, meaning that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PepGen has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

AC Immune currently has a consensus price target of $12.00, indicating a potential upside of 482.52%. PepGen has a consensus price target of $7.67, indicating a potential upside of 528.42%. Given PepGen's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe PepGen is more favorable than AC Immune.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
AC Immune
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
PepGen
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

Summary

AC Immune beats PepGen on 8 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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PEPG vs. The Competition

MetricPepGenMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$39.92M$2.91B$5.56B$9.04B
Dividend YieldN/A2.44%5.22%3.99%
P/E Ratio-0.3921.5627.6620.25
Price / SalesN/A280.84421.61119.11
Price / CashN/A42.7336.8958.10
Price / Book0.347.518.035.67
Net Income-$89.98M-$55.14M$3.18B$249.21M
7 Day Performance6.09%4.61%2.93%3.28%
1 Month Performance-18.67%0.90%1.72%3.95%
1 Year Performance-92.76%5.40%34.39%20.98%

PepGen Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PEPG
PepGen
2.9401 of 5 stars
$1.22
+0.8%
$7.67
+528.4%
-92.8%$39.92MN/A-0.3930
ACIU
AC Immune
2.4459 of 5 stars
$1.83
-2.7%
$12.00
+555.7%
-42.6%$188.77M$31.02M-3.16140
CTOR
Citius Oncology
0.3909 of 5 stars
$2.50
-4.9%
$3.00
+20.0%
N/A$188.18MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
Gap Down
CTMX
CytomX Therapeutics
4.0629 of 5 stars
$2.16
-6.9%
$5.33
+146.9%
+93.0%$187.04M$138.10M4.50170
EDIT
Editas Medicine
4.1991 of 5 stars
$2.10
-5.4%
$4.70
+123.8%
-43.7%$185.84M$32.31M-0.69230
TLSA
Tiziana Life Sciences
0.6752 of 5 stars
$1.55
-0.6%
N/A+85.5%$182.28MN/A0.008
TIL
Instil Bio
2.6125 of 5 stars
$29.84
+7.7%
$119.00
+298.8%
+185.4%$181.68MN/A-2.49410News Coverage
OGI
Organigram Global
0.5281 of 5 stars
$1.28
-0.8%
N/A-10.4%$172.78M$117.47M12.80860News Coverage
CYBN
Cybin
2.9615 of 5 stars
$7.41
-4.8%
$86.00
+1,060.6%
N/A$170.39MN/A-1.6950News Coverage
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
NVCT
Nuvectis Pharma
2.6415 of 5 stars
$7.96
-2.1%
$17.00
+113.6%
+24.6%$169.86MN/A-7.048
SPRO
Spero Therapeutics
3.8996 of 5 stars
$2.93
-3.0%
$5.00
+70.6%
+122.1%$168.85M$47.98M-2.29150

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This page (NASDAQ:PEPG) was last updated on 7/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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