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Vaccitech (VACC) Competitors

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VACC vs. DERM, EPRX, CYBN, NKTX, NKTR, ATOS, KRRO, ALDX, ACRS, and GLSI

Should you be buying Vaccitech stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vaccitech include Journey Medical (DERM), Eupraxia Pharmaceuticals (EPRX), Cybin (CYBN), Nkarta (NKTX), Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR), Atossa Therapeutics (ATOS), Korro Bio (KRRO), Aldeyra Therapeutics (ALDX), Aclaris Therapeutics (ACRS), and Greenwich LifeSciences (GLSI). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.

Vaccitech vs.

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

7.3% of Journey Medical shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.1% of Vaccitech shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.0% of Journey Medical shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of Vaccitech shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Vaccitech received 10 more outperform votes than Journey Medical when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 87.50% of users gave Journey Medical an outperform vote while only 70.83% of users gave Vaccitech an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Journey MedicalOutperform Votes
7
87.50%
Underperform Votes
1
12.50%
VaccitechOutperform Votes
17
70.83%
Underperform Votes
7
29.17%

Journey Medical presently has a consensus target price of $9.88, suggesting a potential upside of 40.97%. Given Journey Medical's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Journey Medical is more favorable than Vaccitech.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Journey Medical
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.20
Vaccitech
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

In the previous week, Journey Medical had 9 more articles in the media than Vaccitech. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Journey Medical and 0 mentions for Vaccitech. Vaccitech's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Journey Medical's score of -0.16 indicating that Vaccitech is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Journey Medical Neutral
Vaccitech Neutral

Journey Medical has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vaccitech has a beta of -0.4, meaning that its share price is 140% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Journey Medical has a net margin of -31.74% compared to Vaccitech's net margin of -409.18%. Vaccitech's return on equity of -23.41% beat Journey Medical's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Journey Medical-31.74% -132.10% -26.90%
Vaccitech -409.18%-23.41%-20.85%

Vaccitech has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Journey Medical. Journey Medical 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
Journey Medical$56.24M2.88-$3.85M-$0.39-17.96
Vaccitech$13.42M2.33$5.34M-$1.43-0.57

Summary

Journey Medical beats Vaccitech on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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VACC vs. The Competition

MetricVaccitechPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$31.22M$6.47B$5.31B$8.31B
Dividend YieldN/A2.64%5.20%4.10%
P/E Ratio-0.578.5926.6919.58
Price / Sales2.33257.78393.58120.51
Price / Cash19.3065.8538.2534.62
Price / Book0.126.396.744.47
Net Income$5.34M$143.98M$3.23B$248.32M

Vaccitech Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VACC
Vaccitech
N/A$0.81
-2.3%
N/A-61.5%$31.22M$13.42M-0.5733Gap Up
DERM
Journey Medical
1.8668 of 5 stars
$6.02
-4.7%
$9.88
+64.0%
+92.1%$139.09M$56.13M-6.4090Gap Up
EPRX
Eupraxia Pharmaceuticals
2.1186 of 5 stars
$3.82
-1.3%
$10.50
+174.9%
+28.3%$136.94MN/A-5.3129
CYBN
Cybin
2.7362 of 5 stars
$6.32
-4.1%
$86.00
+1,260.8%
N/A$135.74MN/A-1.4450Positive News
NKTX
Nkarta
1.9655 of 5 stars
$1.90
-2.1%
$14.83
+680.7%
-74.6%$134.82MN/A-1.01140Gap Down
NKTR
Nektar Therapeutics
4.1412 of 5 stars
$0.71
+0.3%
$4.50
+532.0%
-62.3%$132.51M$98.43M-0.85220Gap Down
ATOS
Atossa Therapeutics
2.0432 of 5 stars
$1.02
+14.0%
$7.13
+602.0%
-43.1%$131.11MN/A-4.618Gap Down
High Trading Volume
KRRO
Korro Bio
1.9496 of 5 stars
$13.68
-12.0%
$104.63
+664.8%
-70.5%$128.47M$4.82M-1.4570Gap Down
ALDX
Aldeyra Therapeutics
2.2329 of 5 stars
$2.13
+2.4%
$9.50
+346.0%
-41.9%$127.58MN/A-2.2715Trending News
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ACRS
Aclaris Therapeutics
2.8728 of 5 stars
$1.17
-4.5%
$10.00
+758.4%
+9.6%$126.15M$18.72M-2.24100Positive News
GLSI
Greenwich LifeSciences
1.1977 of 5 stars
$9.49
-2.1%
$39.00
+311.0%
-27.4%$125.97MN/A-11.863Earnings Report

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This page (NASDAQ:VACC) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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