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VALN vs. VCEL, NAMS, AAPG, KYMR, BHVN, DNLI, IBRX, HRMY, TWST, and BLTE

Should you be buying Valneva stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Valneva include Vericel (VCEL), NewAmsterdam Pharma (NAMS), Ascentage Pharma Group International (AAPG), Kymera Therapeutics (KYMR), Biohaven (BHVN), Denali Therapeutics (DNLI), ImmunityBio (IBRX), Harmony Biosciences (HRMY), Twist Bioscience (TWST), and Belite Bio (BLTE). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Valneva vs.

Vericel (NASDAQ:VCEL) and Valneva (NASDAQ:VALN) are both medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, earnings, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Vericel has higher revenue and earnings than Valneva. Valneva 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
Vericel$238.54M8.67-$3.18M$0.031,369.00
Valneva$186.06M2.89-$109.78M-$1.19-5.40

11.4% of Valneva shares are held by institutional investors. 5.2% of Vericel shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 14.9% of Valneva shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Vericel received 313 more outperform votes than Valneva when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Valneva an outperform vote while only 61.74% of users gave Vericel an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
VericelOutperform Votes
355
61.74%
Underperform Votes
220
38.26%
ValnevaOutperform Votes
42
66.67%
Underperform Votes
21
33.33%

Vericel has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Valneva has a beta of 1.85, indicating that its stock price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Vericel had 6 more articles in the media than Valneva. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Vericel and 0 mentions for Valneva. Vericel's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Valneva's score of 0.04 indicating that Vericel is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Vericel Positive
Valneva Neutral

Vericel currently has a consensus price target of $60.86, suggesting a potential upside of 48.18%. Valneva has a consensus price target of $15.50, suggesting a potential upside of 141.25%. Given Valneva's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Valneva is more favorable than Vericel.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Vericel
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Valneva
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Vericel has a net margin of 1.56% compared to Valneva's net margin of -4.35%. Vericel's return on equity of 1.48% beat Valneva's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Vericel1.56% 1.48% 0.96%
Valneva -4.35%-3.93%-1.42%

Summary

Vericel beats Valneva on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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VALN vs. The Competition

MetricValnevaBiological Products IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$537.36M$2.93B$5.35B$8.38B
Dividend YieldN/A1.72%5.22%4.10%
P/E Ratio-49.4230.5026.8419.71
Price / Sales2.89400.15391.39116.98
Price / CashN/A168.6838.2534.62
Price / Book3.213.286.794.50
Net Income-$109.78M-$72.17M$3.23B$248.18M
7 Day Performance0.23%4.28%4.07%1.14%
1 Month Performance-3.09%7.62%12.52%15.18%
1 Year Performance-22.22%-28.15%16.83%6.55%

Valneva Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VALN
Valneva
2.0997 of 5 stars
$6.43
+0.2%
$15.50
+141.2%
-22.2%$537.36M$186.06M-49.42700
VCEL
Vericel
2.5508 of 5 stars
$42.65
+2.2%
$60.86
+42.7%
-20.3%$2.14B$238.54M710.95300Positive News
NAMS
NewAmsterdam Pharma
2.5095 of 5 stars
$19.22
+4.6%
$43.00
+123.7%
-5.0%$2.11B$45.56M-10.224
AAPG
Ascentage Pharma Group International
N/A$24.20
-0.5%
N/AN/A$2.11B$980.65M0.00600Positive News
Gap Up
KYMR
Kymera Therapeutics
2.7107 of 5 stars
$32.17
+7.0%
$55.53
+72.6%
-14.7%$2.09B$47.07M-13.75170Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
BHVN
Biohaven
3.487 of 5 stars
$20.47
+1.1%
$62.54
+205.5%
-59.4%$2.09BN/A-2.19239Analyst Downgrade
Gap Down
DNLI
Denali Therapeutics
4.4182 of 5 stars
$14.80
+3.0%
$33.79
+128.3%
-31.5%$2.09B$330.53M-5.36430Analyst Forecast
IBRX
ImmunityBio
1.8581 of 5 stars
$2.36
+14.0%
$12.19
+416.4%
-61.1%$2.08B$14.75M-2.57590Analyst Upgrade
High Trading Volume
HRMY
Harmony Biosciences
4.7857 of 5 stars
$35.65
+4.7%
$52.33
+46.8%
+16.4%$2.05B$744.85M16.90200Positive News
TWST
Twist Bioscience
4.2977 of 5 stars
$32.95
+6.9%
$50.40
+53.0%
-35.4%$1.97B$347.68M-9.75990Positive News
BLTE
Belite Bio
2.0486 of 5 stars
$61.99
+1.5%
$96.67
+55.9%
+48.2%$1.97BN/A-55.8510News Coverage
Analyst Revision
Gap Up

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