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Valneva (VALN) Competitors

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$6.15 -0.12 (-1.91%)
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VALN vs. NAMS, BLTE, HRMY, KNSA, VCEL, DNLI, CGON, VERA, GMTX, and IMCR

Should you be buying Valneva stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Valneva include NewAmsterdam Pharma (NAMS), Belite Bio (BLTE), Harmony Biosciences (HRMY), Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals (KNSA), Vericel (VCEL), Denali Therapeutics (DNLI), CG Oncology (CGON), Vera Therapeutics (VERA), Gemini Therapeutics (GMTX), and Immunocore (IMCR). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Valneva vs. Its Competitors

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

NewAmsterdam Pharma has a beta of -0.03, meaning that its stock price is 103% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Valneva has a beta of 1.81, meaning that its stock price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, NewAmsterdam Pharma had 24 more articles in the media than Valneva. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for NewAmsterdam Pharma and 7 mentions for Valneva. NewAmsterdam Pharma's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Valneva's score of 0.41 indicating that NewAmsterdam Pharma is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
NewAmsterdam Pharma
10 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
12 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Valneva
0 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

NewAmsterdam Pharma currently has a consensus target price of $43.00, indicating a potential upside of 104.47%. Valneva has a consensus target price of $15.50, indicating a potential upside of 152.03%. Given Valneva's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Valneva is more favorable than NewAmsterdam Pharma.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
NewAmsterdam Pharma
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

Valneva received 11 more outperform votes than NewAmsterdam Pharma when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 91.18% of users gave NewAmsterdam Pharma an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave Valneva an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
NewAmsterdam PharmaOutperform Votes
31
91.18%
Underperform Votes
3
8.82%
ValnevaOutperform Votes
42
66.67%
Underperform Votes
21
33.33%

89.9% of NewAmsterdam Pharma shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.4% of Valneva shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.8% of NewAmsterdam Pharma shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.9% of Valneva shares are owned 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.

Valneva has higher revenue and earnings than NewAmsterdam Pharma. NewAmsterdam Pharma is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Valneva, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
NewAmsterdam Pharma$47.14M50.09-$176.94M-$1.88-11.19
Valneva$186.06M2.76-$109.78M-$1.19-5.17

NewAmsterdam Pharma has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Valneva's net margin of -4.35%. NewAmsterdam Pharma's return on equity of 0.00% beat Valneva's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
NewAmsterdam PharmaN/A N/A N/A
Valneva -4.35%-3.93%-1.42%

Summary

NewAmsterdam Pharma beats Valneva on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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VALN vs. The Competition

MetricValnevaBiological Products IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$514.36M$3.12B$5.61B$8.62B
Dividend YieldN/A1.57%5.28%4.18%
P/E Ratio-47.3132.8927.2619.97
Price / Sales2.76466.19412.06157.64
Price / CashN/A168.6838.2534.64
Price / Book3.083.417.064.69
Net Income-$109.78M-$72.35M$3.24B$248.14M
7 Day Performance-3.15%6.75%2.56%2.39%
1 Month Performance-4.65%17.19%8.75%6.06%
1 Year Performance-26.61%-17.58%31.30%13.57%

Valneva Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VALN
Valneva
2.6126 of 5 stars
$6.15
-1.9%
$15.50
+152.0%
-24.1%$514.36M$186.06M-47.31700Short Interest ↓
NAMS
NewAmsterdam Pharma
2.9774 of 5 stars
$18.93
+4.5%
$43.00
+127.2%
+3.2%$2.13B$47.14M-10.074Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
BLTE
Belite Bio
2.3014 of 5 stars
$65.02
+0.2%
$96.67
+48.7%
+25.2%$2.07BN/A-58.5810Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
HRMY
Harmony Biosciences
4.7815 of 5 stars
$35.56
+3.1%
$53.00
+49.0%
+18.4%$2.04B$744.85M16.85200Positive News
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
KNSA
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals
3.2514 of 5 stars
$27.92
+2.0%
$38.80
+39.0%
+61.1%$2.04B$481.17M-199.41220Trending News
Insider Trade
VCEL
Vericel
2.6548 of 5 stars
$40.46
-2.0%
$61.14
+51.1%
+2.0%$2.04B$238.54M674.45300Positive News
High Trading Volume
DNLI
Denali Therapeutics
4.3475 of 5 stars
$13.96
+5.4%
$33.71
+141.5%
-29.7%$2.03B$330.53M-5.06430Positive News
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
CGON
CG Oncology
2.5014 of 5 stars
$26.59
+3.8%
$58.22
+119.0%
-25.6%$2.03B$662K-17.6161Positive News
Analyst Revision
VERA
Vera Therapeutics
2.899 of 5 stars
$31.74
+67.5%
$65.00
+104.8%
-42.5%$2.02BN/A-12.1640Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
GMTX
Gemini Therapeutics
N/A$46.68
-0.4%
N/A+33.6%$2.02BN/A-46.6830High Trading Volume
IMCR
Immunocore
3.0554 of 5 stars
$38.65
+5.6%
$58.89
+52.4%
-13.5%$1.94B$333.58M-40.68320Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume

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