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PEPG vs. DRUG, IPHA, CYBN, PRQR, LYEL, VYGR, NVCT, OGI, VTYX, and ELDN

Should you be buying PepGen stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PepGen include Bright Minds Biosciences (DRUG), Innate Pharma (IPHA), Cybin (CYBN), ProQR Therapeutics (PRQR), Lyell Immunopharma (LYEL), Voyager Therapeutics (VYGR), Nuvectis Pharma (NVCT), Organigram (OGI), Ventyx Biosciences (VTYX), and Eledon Pharmaceuticals (ELDN). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

PepGen vs. Its Competitors

PepGen (NASDAQ:PEPG) and Bright Minds Biosciences (NASDAQ:DRUG) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and community ranking.

In the previous week, PepGen had 18 more articles in the media than Bright Minds Biosciences. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for PepGen and 6 mentions for Bright Minds Biosciences. Bright Minds Biosciences' average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat PepGen's score of 0.02 indicating that Bright Minds Biosciences is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
PepGen
0 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
19 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Bright Minds Biosciences
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

PepGen received 11 more outperform votes than Bright Minds Biosciences when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 91.67% of users gave Bright Minds Biosciences an outperform vote while only 81.48% of users gave PepGen an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
PepGenOutperform Votes
22
81.48%
Underperform Votes
5
18.52%
Bright Minds BiosciencesOutperform Votes
11
91.67%
Underperform Votes
1
8.33%

58.0% of PepGen shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.5% of Bright Minds Biosciences shares are held by institutional investors. 5.2% of PepGen shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 42.7% of Bright Minds Biosciences 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.

PepGen has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bright Minds Biosciences has a beta of -5.75, indicating that its share price is 675% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Bright Minds Biosciences 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
PepGenN/AN/A-$78.63M-$3.13-0.46
Bright Minds BiosciencesN/AN/A-$2.06M-$0.36-76.61

Bright Minds Biosciences' return on equity of -5.85% beat PepGen's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
PepGenN/A -60.17% -48.88%
Bright Minds Biosciences N/A -5.85%-5.68%

PepGen currently has a consensus target price of $7.67, indicating a potential upside of 436.13%. Bright Minds Biosciences has a consensus target price of $83.25, indicating a potential upside of 201.85%. Given PepGen's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe PepGen is more favorable than Bright Minds Biosciences.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
PepGen
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Bright Minds Biosciences
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.25

Summary

Bright Minds Biosciences beats PepGen on 10 of the 16 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

MetricPepGenPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$46.79M$6.88B$5.57B$8.51B
Dividend YieldN/A2.51%5.27%4.15%
P/E Ratio-0.488.5026.7819.65
Price / SalesN/A263.11404.49152.18
Price / CashN/A65.8538.2534.64
Price / Book0.316.526.964.59
Net Income-$78.63M$143.48M$3.23B$248.23M
7 Day Performance-4.67%-0.20%-1.24%-1.07%
1 Month Performance3.62%11.63%8.34%3.35%
1 Year Performance-91.71%3.21%33.30%13.77%

PepGen Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PEPG
PepGen
2.7007 of 5 stars
$1.43
-2.7%
$7.67
+436.1%
-91.8%$46.79MN/A-0.4830Trending News
Gap Up
DRUG
Bright Minds Biosciences
3.3095 of 5 stars
$27.88
+1.0%
$83.25
+198.6%
+2,424.5%$196.39MN/A-163.99N/APositive News
Analyst Revision
IPHA
Innate Pharma
3.1388 of 5 stars
$2.12
-2.5%
$11.00
+420.1%
-20.0%$194.95M$12.62M0.00220
CYBN
Cybin
2.735 of 5 stars
$8.45
-5.1%
$86.00
+917.8%
N/A$193.59MN/A-1.9350News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Revision
PRQR
ProQR Therapeutics
1.9578 of 5 stars
$1.83
-4.2%
$8.00
+337.2%
+5.0%$192.54M$18.97M-5.72180Positive News
Analyst Revision
LYEL
Lyell Immunopharma
3.1533 of 5 stars
$12.47
-2.3%
$20.00
+60.4%
-81.2%$188.95M$65K-15.78270Short Interest ↓
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
VYGR
Voyager Therapeutics
4.4158 of 5 stars
$3.35
-5.4%
$13.39
+299.7%
-62.5%$185.38M$66.96M4.72100News Coverage
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
NVCT
Nuvectis Pharma
2.928 of 5 stars
$8.85
flat
$17.00
+92.1%
+23.1%$184.91MN/A-7.638News Coverage
Positive News
OGI
Organigram
0.6203 of 5 stars
$1.38
+2.2%
N/A-10.3%$184.76M$194.09M-3.63860News Coverage
Positive News
VTYX
Ventyx Biosciences
2.3937 of 5 stars
$2.56
+4.1%
$10.00
+290.6%
-10.8%$182.17MN/A-1.0830News Coverage
Options Volume
Gap Down
ELDN
Eledon Pharmaceuticals
2.8464 of 5 stars
$2.99
-2.9%
$12.50
+318.1%
-2.4%$179.05MN/A-1.4910Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:PEPG) was last updated on 6/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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