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TERN vs. WVE, GYRE, PAHC, MLYS, COLL, SNDX, RCUS, ELVN, AVDL, and SYRE

Should you be buying Terns Pharmaceuticals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Terns Pharmaceuticals include Wave Life Sciences (WVE), Gyre Therapeutics (GYRE), Phibro Animal Health (PAHC), Mineralys Therapeutics (MLYS), Collegium Pharmaceutical (COLL), Syndax Pharmaceuticals (SNDX), Arcus Biosciences (RCUS), Enliven Therapeutics (ELVN), Avadel Pharmaceuticals (AVDL), and Spyre Therapeutics (SYRE). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Terns Pharmaceuticals vs.

Terns Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:TERN) and Wave Life Sciences (NASDAQ:WVE) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Wave Life Sciences has higher revenue and earnings than Terns Pharmaceuticals. Wave Life Sciences is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Terns Pharmaceuticals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Terns PharmaceuticalsN/AN/A-$90.21M-$1.09-2.74
Wave Life Sciences$104.94M8.87-$57.51M-$0.84-7.19

98.3% of Terns Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.7% of Wave Life Sciences shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Terns Pharmaceuticals shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 29.1% of Wave Life Sciences shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Terns Pharmaceuticals has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Wave Life Sciences' net margin of -66.50%. Terns Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of -32.76% beat Wave Life Sciences' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Terns PharmaceuticalsN/A -32.76% -31.33%
Wave Life Sciences -66.50%-280.57%-52.90%

Wave Life Sciences received 324 more outperform votes than Terns Pharmaceuticals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.77% of users gave Wave Life Sciences an outperform vote while only 60.27% of users gave Terns Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Terns PharmaceuticalsOutperform Votes
44
60.27%
Underperform Votes
29
39.73%
Wave Life SciencesOutperform Votes
368
67.77%
Underperform Votes
175
32.23%

In the previous week, Wave Life Sciences had 7 more articles in the media than Terns Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Wave Life Sciences and 5 mentions for Terns Pharmaceuticals. Terns Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Wave Life Sciences' score of 1.15 indicating that Terns Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Terns Pharmaceuticals
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Wave Life Sciences
9 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Terns Pharmaceuticals presently has a consensus price target of $15.63, indicating a potential upside of 422.58%. Wave Life Sciences has a consensus price target of $21.17, indicating a potential upside of 250.44%. Given Terns Pharmaceuticals' higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Terns Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than Wave Life Sciences.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Terns Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
Wave Life Sciences
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Terns Pharmaceuticals has a beta of -0.16, meaning that its stock price is 116% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wave Life Sciences has a beta of -0.92, meaning that its stock price is 192% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Wave Life Sciences beats Terns Pharmaceuticals on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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TERN vs. The Competition

MetricTerns PharmaceuticalsPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$261.14M$6.52B$5.37B$8.39B
Dividend YieldN/A2.65%5.22%4.10%
P/E Ratio-2.538.9226.8419.71
Price / SalesN/A253.80392.34117.39
Price / CashN/A65.8538.2534.62
Price / Book0.726.466.794.50
Net Income-$90.21M$143.98M$3.23B$248.18M
7 Day Performance7.17%2.03%1.53%0.20%
1 Month Performance6.79%4.11%10.05%12.37%
1 Year Performance-49.58%-2.87%16.71%7.04%

Terns Pharmaceuticals Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TERN
Terns Pharmaceuticals
4.0956 of 5 stars
$2.99
-5.1%
$15.63
+422.6%
-51.1%$261.14MN/A-2.5340News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
WVE
Wave Life Sciences
4.367 of 5 stars
$6.60
+0.2%
$21.17
+220.7%
-4.4%$1.02B$108.30M-5.95240Positive News
Gap Down
GYRE
Gyre Therapeutics
0.281 of 5 stars
$10.83
+13.6%
N/A-20.8%$1.02B$105.76M541.5040
PAHC
Phibro Animal Health
3.5339 of 5 stars
$24.50
+9.0%
$20.00
-18.4%
+26.6%$992.32M$1.11B51.041,860Positive News
MLYS
Mineralys Therapeutics
2.7534 of 5 stars
$15.01
+2.5%
$33.00
+119.9%
+29.0%$973.79MN/A-4.1228Gap Down
COLL
Collegium Pharmaceutical
4.0618 of 5 stars
$29.56
+2.3%
$43.80
+48.2%
-14.6%$949.82M$631.45M12.74210Gap Up
SNDX
Syndax Pharmaceuticals
3.8354 of 5 stars
$10.99
+2.7%
$35.91
+226.7%
-48.5%$945.66M$43.72M-3.03110Positive News
RCUS
Arcus Biosciences
3.5472 of 5 stars
$8.82
+6.5%
$25.67
+191.2%
-49.9%$933.38M$141M-2.80500Gap Up
High Trading Volume
ELVN
Enliven Therapeutics
2.4856 of 5 stars
$19.01
+3.2%
$40.33
+112.2%
-26.1%$932.75MN/A-10.0150Analyst Revision
Gap Up
AVDL
Avadel Pharmaceuticals
2.2304 of 5 stars
$9.59
+2.1%
$19.43
+102.6%
-42.8%$926.67M$169.12M-12.1470Positive News
SYRE
Spyre Therapeutics
2.3341 of 5 stars
$14.93
+5.9%
$51.17
+242.7%
-59.0%$899.92M$890,000.00-2.00100Positive News
Gap Down

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This page (NASDAQ:TERN) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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