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PEPG vs. ACTU, NKTX, NVCT, CYBN, BIOA, GLSI, CRDF, DERM, CLLS, and MEIP

Should you be buying PepGen stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PepGen include Actuate Therapeutics (ACTU), Nkarta (NKTX), Nuvectis Pharma (NVCT), Cybin (CYBN), BioAge Labs (BIOA), Greenwich LifeSciences (GLSI), Cardiff Oncology (CRDF), Journey Medical (DERM), Cellectis (CLLS), and MEI Pharma (MEIP). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

PepGen vs. Its Competitors

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

58.0% of PepGen shares are owned by institutional investors. 69.3% of Actuate Therapeutics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of PepGen shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Actuate Therapeutics had 12 more articles in the media than PepGen. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Actuate Therapeutics and 1 mentions for PepGen. Actuate Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 0.07 beat PepGen's score of 0.00 indicating that Actuate Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Actuate Therapeutics
2 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
PepGen
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Actuate TherapeuticsN/AN/A-$27.28MN/AN/A
PepGenN/AN/A-$89.98M-$2.96-0.42

Actuate Therapeutics currently has a consensus target price of $20.50, indicating a potential upside of 167.62%. PepGen has a consensus target price of $7.67, indicating a potential upside of 513.33%. Given PepGen's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe PepGen is more favorable than Actuate Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Actuate Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 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

PepGen's return on equity of -92.51% beat Actuate Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Actuate TherapeuticsN/A -19,736.59% -281.83%
PepGen N/A -92.51%-70.39%

Summary

Actuate Therapeutics beats PepGen on 5 of the 9 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$41M$3.11B$5.73B$9.56B
Dividend YieldN/A2.23%4.53%4.08%
P/E Ratio-0.4220.4330.4625.16
Price / SalesN/A238.53392.5787.62
Price / CashN/A42.3737.0358.50
Price / Book0.587.918.956.21
Net Income-$89.98M-$54.72M$3.26B$265.38M
7 Day Performance-3.10%1.66%1.06%-1.13%
1 Month Performance-5.30%5.88%4.31%-0.71%
1 Year Performance-87.31%8.72%28.39%18.86%

PepGen Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PEPG
PepGen
3.0586 of 5 stars
$1.25
+1.6%
$7.67
+513.3%
-87.4%$41MN/A-0.4230
ACTU
Actuate Therapeutics
N/A$8.25
+1.6%
$20.50
+148.5%
-9.2%$166.22MN/A0.0010News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
NKTX
Nkarta
2.0272 of 5 stars
$2.35
+0.9%
$13.60
+478.7%
-55.8%$165.49MN/A-1.59140
NVCT
Nuvectis Pharma
3.781 of 5 stars
$6.45
+0.3%
$15.33
+137.7%
-9.5%$163.69MN/A-5.518Positive News
CYBN
Cybin
2.4601 of 5 stars
$6.92
-2.0%
$85.00
+1,128.3%
N/A$163.24MN/A-1.5850Trending News
Analyst Revision
BIOA
BioAge Labs
N/A$4.52
-0.7%
N/AN/A$163.12M$3.86M0.00N/A
GLSI
Greenwich LifeSciences
1.4422 of 5 stars
$12.01
-1.3%
$39.00
+224.7%
-13.6%$162.69MN/A-8.833News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
CRDF
Cardiff Oncology
1.6216 of 5 stars
$2.43
-0.4%
$10.10
+315.6%
-0.9%$162.32M$680K-2.7920Positive News
DERM
Journey Medical
1.7193 of 5 stars
$7.00
+0.7%
$10.83
+54.8%
+58.9%$161.91M$56.13M-18.4290Analyst Revision
CLLS
Cellectis
3.3286 of 5 stars
$2.90
+1.8%
$4.00
+37.9%
+22.6%$158.41M$49.22M-3.54290Short Interest ↓
MEIP
MEI Pharma
1.7475 of 5 stars
$4.88
-0.2%
N/A+47.6%$158.28M$65.30M-1.03100

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This page (NASDAQ:PEPG) was last updated on 8/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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