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SMMT vs. MRK, TAK, ARGX, ONC, INSM, BNTX, TEVA, GMAB, RDY, and ASND

Should you be buying Summit Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Summit Therapeutics include Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK), Takeda Pharmaceutical (TAK), argenex (ARGX), BeOne Medicines (ONC), Insmed (INSM), BioNTech (BNTX), Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA), Genmab A/S (GMAB), Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (RDY), and Ascendis Pharma A/S (ASND). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Summit Therapeutics vs. Its Competitors

Summit Therapeutics (NASDAQ:SMMT) and Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE:MRK) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and dividends.

Merck & Co., Inc. has higher revenue and earnings than Summit Therapeutics. Summit Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Merck & Co., Inc., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Summit TherapeuticsN/AN/A-$221.32M-$1.01-18.08
Merck & Co., Inc.$64.17B3.17$17.12B$6.4912.54

Merck & Co., Inc. has a net margin of 25.79% compared to Summit Therapeutics' net margin of 0.00%. Merck & Co., Inc.'s return on equity of 41.05% beat Summit Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Summit TherapeuticsN/A -208.64% -181.28%
Merck & Co., Inc. 25.79%41.05%16.55%

4.6% of Summit Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.1% of Merck & Co., Inc. shares are held by institutional investors. 84.9% of Summit Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Merck & Co., Inc. shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summit Therapeutics presently has a consensus price target of $32.40, suggesting a potential upside of 77.44%. Merck & Co., Inc. has a consensus price target of $106.41, suggesting a potential upside of 30.78%. Given Summit Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Summit Therapeutics is more favorable than Merck & Co., Inc..

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Summit Therapeutics
4 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.56
Merck & Co., Inc.
1 Sell rating(s)
13 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

In the previous week, Merck & Co., Inc. had 67 more articles in the media than Summit Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 91 mentions for Merck & Co., Inc. and 24 mentions for Summit Therapeutics. Merck & Co., Inc.'s average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Summit Therapeutics' score of 1.04 indicating that Merck & Co., Inc. is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Summit Therapeutics
7 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Merck & Co., Inc.
84 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summit Therapeutics has a beta of -1.02, suggesting that its share price is 202% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Merck & Co., Inc. has a beta of 0.37, suggesting that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Merck & Co., Inc. beats Summit Therapeutics on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SMMT vs. The Competition

MetricSummit TherapeuticsMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$13.65B$2.53B$5.74B$10.30B
Dividend YieldN/A59.99%5.86%4.62%
P/E Ratio-18.2023.2976.8026.52
Price / SalesN/A486.45448.8087.93
Price / CashN/A169.8537.2260.63
Price / Book34.455.2914.066.31
Net Income-$221.32M$32.95M$3.29B$271.37M
7 Day Performance-1.83%-1.29%-0.77%0.57%
1 Month Performance-30.54%3.50%3.84%6.20%
1 Year Performance-25.65%-3.48%87.65%28.33%

Summit Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SMMT
Summit Therapeutics
3.3726 of 5 stars
$18.26
+0.9%
$32.40
+77.4%
-31.0%$13.65BN/A-18.20110Positive News
Analyst Forecast
MRK
Merck & Co., Inc.
4.9993 of 5 stars
$82.87
-2.7%
$107.44
+29.6%
-31.4%$206.99B$64.17B12.7775,000Positive News
Ex-Dividend
Analyst Downgrade
TAK
Takeda Pharmaceutical
2.4877 of 5 stars
$15.11
-1.5%
N/A+1.6%$48.08B$30.09B50.3747,455Positive News
ARGX
argenex
4.0725 of 5 stars
$756.38
-0.9%
$772.84
+2.2%
+40.6%$46.29B$2.25B38.791,599Analyst Forecast
ONC
BeOne Medicines
1.9518 of 5 stars
$324.34
-3.4%
$330.89
+2.0%
N/A$35.55B$3.81B-187.4811,000Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
INSM
Insmed
3.342 of 5 stars
$145.93
+0.1%
$139.86
-4.2%
+97.6%$30.85B$363.71M-25.561,271Positive News
Insider Trade
BNTX
BioNTech
2.5554 of 5 stars
$96.74
-7.3%
$135.80
+40.4%
-21.3%$23.26B$2.98B-60.466,772High Trading Volume
TEVA
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries
2.7468 of 5 stars
$19.96
+0.4%
$24.71
+23.8%
+2.9%$22.89B$16.63B-124.7536,830Positive News
GMAB
Genmab A/S
3.7938 of 5 stars
$27.82
-2.8%
$39.25
+41.1%
+6.2%$17.85B$3.12B13.982,682Positive News
RDY
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
2.3783 of 5 stars
$14.65
-0.5%
$16.95
+15.7%
-6.5%$12.23B$3.81B22.2027,811Positive News
ASND
Ascendis Pharma A/S
2.9195 of 5 stars
$195.58
-1.1%
$244.36
+24.9%
+36.2%$11.97B$490.75M-37.901,017Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:SMMT) was last updated on 9/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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