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Vaccitech (VACC) Competitors

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VACC vs. SLN, ALMS, LFVN, SLS, LRMR, ENTA, SPRO, ALDX, IMAB, and EPRX

Should you be buying Vaccitech stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vaccitech include Silence Therapeutics (SLN), Alumis (ALMS), LifeVantage (LFVN), SELLAS Life Sciences Group (SLS), Larimar Therapeutics (LRMR), Enanta Pharmaceuticals (ENTA), Spero Therapeutics (SPRO), Aldeyra Therapeutics (ALDX), I-Mab (IMAB), and Eupraxia Pharmaceuticals (EPRX). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.

Vaccitech vs. Its Competitors

Silence Therapeutics (NASDAQ:SLN) and Vaccitech (NASDAQ:VACC) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, risk and dividends.

Silence Therapeutics currently has a consensus target price of $33.83, suggesting a potential upside of 534.77%. Given Silence Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Silence Therapeutics is more favorable than Vaccitech.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Silence Therapeutics
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71
Vaccitech
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Silence Therapeutics has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vaccitech has a beta of -0.4, indicating that its stock price is 140% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Silence Therapeutics has a net margin of -342.00% compared to Vaccitech's net margin of -409.18%. Vaccitech's return on equity of -23.41% beat Silence Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Silence Therapeutics-342.00% -62.81% -33.89%
Vaccitech -409.18%-23.41%-20.85%

Silence Therapeutics received 30 more outperform votes than Vaccitech when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.33% of users gave Silence Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 70.83% of users gave Vaccitech an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Silence TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
47
78.33%
Underperform Votes
13
21.67%
VaccitechOutperform Votes
17
70.83%
Underperform Votes
7
29.17%

Vaccitech has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Silence Therapeutics. Silence Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vaccitech, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Silence Therapeutics$27.70M5.76-$53.82M-$1.50-3.55
Vaccitech$13.42M2.59$5.34M-$1.43-0.63

In the previous week, Silence Therapeutics had 8 more articles in the media than Vaccitech. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Silence Therapeutics and 0 mentions for Vaccitech. Silence Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Vaccitech's score of 0.00 indicating that Silence Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Silence Therapeutics Positive
Vaccitech Neutral

98.7% of Silence Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.1% of Vaccitech shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.1% of Silence Therapeutics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of Vaccitech shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Silence Therapeutics beats Vaccitech on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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VACC vs. The Competition

MetricVaccitechPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$34.82M$6.88B$5.57B$8.51B
Dividend YieldN/A2.51%5.27%4.15%
P/E Ratio-0.638.5026.7819.65
Price / Sales2.59263.11404.49152.18
Price / Cash19.3065.8538.2534.64
Price / Book0.146.526.964.59
Net Income$5.34M$143.48M$3.23B$248.23M

Vaccitech Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VACC
Vaccitech
N/A$0.90
-1.2%
N/A-51.9%$34.82M$13.42M-0.6333Gap Up
SLN
Silence Therapeutics
2.8439 of 5 stars
$5.50
+1.7%
$33.83
+515.2%
-73.0%$164.62M$27.70M-3.50100News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
ALMS
Alumis
2.8554 of 5 stars
$3.41
-1.2%
$24.86
+628.9%
N/A$161.02M$17.39M0.00N/APositive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
LFVN
LifeVantage
3.9842 of 5 stars
$12.70
-1.2%
$30.50
+140.2%
+68.0%$159.87M$222.35M22.68260Positive News
SLS
SELLAS Life Sciences Group
0.3671 of 5 stars
$1.60
-2.4%
N/A+14.5%$159.64M$1M-2.3210News Coverage
Short Interest ↑
LRMR
Larimar Therapeutics
2.5257 of 5 stars
$2.45
+1.7%
$19.67
+702.7%
-70.3%$156.87MN/A-2.1330Short Interest ↓
Gap Down
ENTA
Enanta Pharmaceuticals
3.7014 of 5 stars
$7.11
-1.1%
$18.00
+153.2%
-44.2%$151.99M$64.46M-1.44160Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
SPRO
Spero Therapeutics
3.8122 of 5 stars
$2.66
+0.8%
$5.00
+88.0%
+106.6%$148.72M$28.30M38.01150Short Interest ↑
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
ALDX
Aldeyra Therapeutics
2.8496 of 5 stars
$2.47
+5.1%
$9.50
+284.6%
-28.0%$147.94MN/A-2.5515
IMAB
I-Mab
3.081 of 5 stars
$1.79
-4.3%
$5.50
+207.3%
+33.9%$146.17M$3.27M0.00380News Coverage
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
EPRX
Eupraxia Pharmaceuticals
2.2874 of 5 stars
$3.97
-2.5%
$10.50
+164.5%
+39.9%$142.32MN/A-5.5129

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