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PEPG vs. SLS, ACRS, IMAB, TIL, PBYI, KYTX, DERM, BIOA, CCCC, and LFVN

Should you be buying PepGen stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PepGen include SELLAS Life Sciences Group (SLS), Aclaris Therapeutics (ACRS), I-Mab (IMAB), Instil Bio (TIL), Puma Biotechnology (PBYI), Kyverna Therapeutics (KYTX), Journey Medical (DERM), BioAge Labs (BIOA), C4 Therapeutics (CCCC), and Lifevantage (LFVN). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

PepGen vs. Its Competitors

SELLAS Life Sciences Group (NASDAQ:SLS) and PepGen (NASDAQ:PEPG) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations and dividends.

In the previous week, PepGen had 22 more articles in the media than SELLAS Life Sciences Group. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for PepGen and 3 mentions for SELLAS Life Sciences Group. SELLAS Life Sciences Group's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat PepGen's score of 0.13 indicating that SELLAS Life Sciences Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
SELLAS Life Sciences Group
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
PepGen
0 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
22 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

PepGen's return on equity of -81.26% beat SELLAS Life Sciences Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
SELLAS Life Sciences GroupN/A -193.67% -113.02%
PepGen N/A -81.26%-63.65%

SELLAS Life Sciences Group has higher revenue and earnings than PepGen. SELLAS Life Sciences Group 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
SELLAS Life Sciences Group$1M165.63-$30.88M-$0.38-4.37
PepGenN/AN/A-$89.98M-$3.13-0.44

SELLAS Life Sciences Group presently has a consensus price target of $7.00, indicating a potential upside of 321.69%. PepGen has a consensus price target of $7.67, indicating a potential upside of 455.56%. Given PepGen's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe PepGen is more favorable than SELLAS Life Sciences Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
SELLAS Life Sciences Group
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

SELLAS Life Sciences Group has a beta of 2.31, indicating that its stock price is 131% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PepGen has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

17.4% of SELLAS Life Sciences Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.0% of PepGen shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of SELLAS Life Sciences Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of PepGen shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

PepGen beats SELLAS Life Sciences Group on 8 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 PEPG 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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PEPG vs. The Competition

MetricPepGenMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$45.15M$3.03B$5.63B$9.53B
Dividend YieldN/A2.39%4.71%4.04%
P/E Ratio-0.4424.3630.2020.53
Price / SalesN/A322.40455.8798.78
Price / CashN/A42.5936.0158.40
Price / Book0.388.278.355.74
Net Income-$89.98M-$55.06M$3.25B$259.12M
7 Day Performance-5.48%-3.96%-2.50%-3.41%
1 Month Performance24.32%13.91%7.97%8.53%
1 Year Performance-91.87%3.97%34.58%15.74%

PepGen Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PEPG
PepGen
3.1981 of 5 stars
$1.38
flat
$7.67
+455.6%
-92.1%$45.15MN/A-0.4430Gap Up
SLS
SELLAS Life Sciences Group
2.3702 of 5 stars
$1.85
+4.5%
$7.00
+278.4%
+38.5%$176.61M$1M-4.8710Options Volume
ACRS
Aclaris Therapeutics
1.9787 of 5 stars
$1.64
+1.9%
$8.71
+431.4%
+16.5%$174.33M$18.72M-1.18100News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up
IMAB
I-Mab
3.0128 of 5 stars
$2.12
+1.0%
$6.00
+183.0%
+25.0%$171.49M$3.89M0.00380Positive News
Gap Up
TIL
Instil Bio
2.9054 of 5 stars
$27.62
+5.8%
$119.00
+330.8%
+124.2%$171.19MN/A-2.31410Positive News
PBYI
Puma Biotechnology
4.1466 of 5 stars
$3.41
+0.3%
$7.00
+105.3%
-11.9%$168.74M$230.50M4.42200Positive News
KYTX
Kyverna Therapeutics
1.8543 of 5 stars
$3.87
-0.8%
$18.50
+378.0%
-59.3%$168.55M$7.03M-1.1496News Coverage
DERM
Journey Medical
2.1086 of 5 stars
$7.19
flat
$9.50
+32.1%
+36.8%$167.50M$56.13M-18.4490News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
BIOA
BioAge Labs
N/A$4.60
-0.6%
N/AN/A$165.99M$1.45M0.00N/A
CCCC
C4 Therapeutics
3.102 of 5 stars
$2.27
-2.2%
$12.00
+428.6%
-65.6%$164.74M$35.58M-1.54150Gap Up
LFVN
Lifevantage
4.1158 of 5 stars
$12.60
-2.9%
$30.50
+142.1%
+54.1%$163.27M$200.16M18.26260

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This page (NASDAQ:PEPG) was last updated on 7/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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