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SLDB vs. VCEL, AUPH, CDTX, ARDX, TWST, VERA, EWTX, AVDL, JANX, and HROW

Should you be buying Solid Biosciences stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Solid Biosciences include Vericel (VCEL), Aurinia Pharmaceuticals (AUPH), Cidara Therapeutics (CDTX), Ardelyx (ARDX), Twist Bioscience (TWST), Vera Therapeutics (VERA), Edgewise Therapeutics (EWTX), Avadel Pharmaceuticals (AVDL), Janux Therapeutics (JANX), and Harrow (HROW). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Solid Biosciences vs. Its Competitors

Solid Biosciences (NASDAQ:SLDB) and Vericel (NASDAQ:VCEL) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Solid Biosciences has a beta of 2.54, meaning that its stock price is 154% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vericel has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Vericel had 12 more articles in the media than Solid Biosciences. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Vericel and 2 mentions for Solid Biosciences. Solid Biosciences' average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Vericel's score of 0.13 indicating that Solid Biosciences is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Solid Biosciences
0 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Vericel
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Vericel has a net margin of 2.85% compared to Solid Biosciences' net margin of 0.00%. Vericel's return on equity of 2.47% beat Solid Biosciences' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Solid BiosciencesN/A -69.70% -56.74%
Vericel 2.85%2.47%1.69%

81.5% of Solid Biosciences shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Solid Biosciences shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of Vericel shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Solid Biosciences presently has a consensus price target of $15.00, indicating a potential upside of 192.97%. Vericel has a consensus price target of $60.40, indicating a potential upside of 90.66%. Given Solid Biosciences' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Solid Biosciences is more favorable than Vericel.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Solid Biosciences
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.09
Vericel
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Solid Biosciences$8.09M49.28-$124.70M-$2.80-1.83
Vericel$249.12M6.42$10.36M$0.12264.00

Summary

Vericel beats Solid Biosciences on 9 of the 17 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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SLDB vs. The Competition

MetricSolid BiosciencesMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$398.69M$3.14B$5.78B$10.46B
Dividend YieldN/A2.35%5.61%4.61%
P/E Ratio-1.8320.9180.5026.81
Price / Sales49.28416.22503.13112.35
Price / CashN/A46.4637.6661.43
Price / Book1.499.6015.756.39
Net Income-$124.70M-$53.22M$3.30B$271.80M
7 Day Performance-5.01%3.11%5.35%3.49%
1 Month Performance-9.54%7.56%8.09%9.90%
1 Year Performance-34.86%11.15%81.33%28.62%

Solid Biosciences Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SLDB
Solid Biosciences
2.7093 of 5 stars
$5.12
-5.9%
$15.00
+193.0%
-36.0%$398.69M$8.09M-1.83100High Trading Volume
VCEL
Vericel
2.8419 of 5 stars
$32.93
+5.2%
$60.40
+83.4%
-34.0%$1.63B$237.22M269.61300News Coverage
Analyst Downgrade
Gap Up
AUPH
Aurinia Pharmaceuticals
2.4963 of 5 stars
$12.40
+1.4%
$12.00
-3.2%
+80.6%$1.63B$235.13M28.83300
CDTX
Cidara Therapeutics
3.0472 of 5 stars
$63.95
+0.8%
$64.14
+0.3%
+486.3%$1.61B$1.27M-5.7090
ARDX
Ardelyx
4.3858 of 5 stars
$6.64
-0.1%
$11.70
+76.3%
+3.7%$1.60B$333.61M-28.8590Positive News
TWST
Twist Bioscience
3.882 of 5 stars
$25.84
+7.0%
$49.40
+91.2%
-41.9%$1.56B$312.97M-17.81990
VERA
Vera Therapeutics
3.0216 of 5 stars
$24.31
-0.2%
$63.00
+159.2%
-39.1%$1.55BN/A-6.7940Positive News
Analyst Forecast
EWTX
Edgewise Therapeutics
2.5235 of 5 stars
$14.62
-0.4%
$40.55
+177.4%
-51.7%$1.54BN/A-9.4360
AVDL
Avadel Pharmaceuticals
2.8223 of 5 stars
$15.47
-2.2%
$20.86
+34.8%
+19.1%$1.50B$169.12M-515.6770Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
JANX
Janux Therapeutics
2.5661 of 5 stars
$24.62
+1.3%
$80.92
+228.7%
-53.1%$1.48B$10.59M-13.6530Analyst Forecast
HROW
Harrow
2.8133 of 5 stars
$39.84
+2.5%
$64.67
+62.3%
-4.6%$1.47B$199.61M-159.30180

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This page (NASDAQ:SLDB) was last updated on 9/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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