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VALN vs. IDYA, IRON, BLTE, CNTA, HRMY, ADPT, SRPT, TARS, IMCR, and ARQT

Should you be buying Valneva stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Valneva include IDEAYA Biosciences (IDYA), Disc Medicine (IRON), Belite Bio (BLTE), Centessa Pharmaceuticals (CNTA), Harmony Biosciences (HRMY), Adaptive Biotechnologies (ADPT), Sarepta Therapeutics (SRPT), Tarsus Pharmaceuticals (TARS), Immunocore (IMCR), and Arcutis Biotherapeutics (ARQT). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Valneva vs. Its Competitors

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

98.3% of IDEAYA Biosciences shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.4% of Valneva shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of IDEAYA Biosciences shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.9% of Valneva shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

IDEAYA Biosciences has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Valneva's net margin of -43.08%. IDEAYA Biosciences' return on equity of -29.28% beat Valneva's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
IDEAYA BiosciencesN/A -29.28% -27.68%
Valneva -43.08%-43.05%-16.23%

Valneva has higher revenue and earnings than IDEAYA Biosciences. IDEAYA Biosciences 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
IDEAYA Biosciences$7M281.26-$274.48M-$3.59-6.26
Valneva$183.52M2.81-$13.25M-$1.19-5.10

In the previous week, IDEAYA Biosciences had 4 more articles in the media than Valneva. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for IDEAYA Biosciences and 4 mentions for Valneva. Valneva's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat IDEAYA Biosciences' score of 0.87 indicating that Valneva is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
IDEAYA Biosciences
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Valneva
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

IDEAYA Biosciences has a beta of 0.03, suggesting that its share price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Valneva has a beta of 1.74, suggesting that its share price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500.

IDEAYA Biosciences presently has a consensus target price of $47.55, indicating a potential upside of 111.50%. Valneva has a consensus target price of $15.50, indicating a potential upside of 155.35%. Given Valneva's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Valneva is more favorable than IDEAYA Biosciences.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
IDEAYA Biosciences
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.85
Valneva
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Valneva beats IDEAYA Biosciences on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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VALN vs. The Competition

MetricValnevaMED PRODUCTS IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$511.42M$10.60B$5.60B$9.11B
Dividend YieldN/A2.07%5.24%4.02%
P/E Ratio-5.1016.2727.9620.25
Price / Sales2.8130.15430.8999.65
Price / Cash61.5122.9637.4658.16
Price / Book2.523.668.045.49
Net Income-$13.25M$235.43M$3.18B$250.27M
7 Day Performance6.19%1.27%3.63%4.75%
1 Month Performance-1.30%2.95%4.04%7.64%
1 Year Performance-20.03%-15.74%29.55%16.34%

Valneva Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VALN
Valneva
1.8296 of 5 stars
$6.07
+1.0%
$15.50
+155.4%
-18.3%$511.42M$183.52M-5.10700News Coverage
IDYA
IDEAYA Biosciences
3.613 of 5 stars
$21.16
-4.3%
$53.73
+153.9%
-43.3%$1.94B$7M-5.8980News Coverage
Analyst Upgrade
IRON
Disc Medicine
3.2092 of 5 stars
$53.38
-2.5%
$96.70
+81.2%
+21.3%$1.90BN/A-13.6230Insider Trade
BLTE
Belite Bio
2.3587 of 5 stars
$58.63
-1.4%
$96.67
+64.9%
+29.2%$1.89BN/A-43.1110News Coverage
Analyst Revision
CNTA
Centessa Pharmaceuticals
3.2499 of 5 stars
$13.62
-3.2%
$27.89
+104.8%
+50.8%$1.88B$6.85M-7.52200
HRMY
Harmony Biosciences
4.8611 of 5 stars
$32.24
+0.2%
$53.63
+66.3%
+2.0%$1.85B$714.73M12.31200News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ADPT
Adaptive Biotechnologies
2.8637 of 5 stars
$11.74
-0.5%
$10.57
-10.0%
+203.9%$1.79B$178.96M-12.23790
SRPT
Sarepta Therapeutics
4.7103 of 5 stars
$17.32
-5.0%
$60.88
+251.5%
-88.1%$1.79B$1.90B-6.441,372Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
TARS
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals
2.0378 of 5 stars
$39.93
-3.0%
$66.67
+67.0%
+31.0%$1.73B$182.95M-14.6350Positive News
IMCR
Immunocore
1.4516 of 5 stars
$32.41
-1.8%
$58.89
+81.7%
-11.1%$1.66B$310.20M-75.37320News Coverage
ARQT
Arcutis Biotherapeutics
1.9613 of 5 stars
$13.39
-3.1%
$18.80
+40.4%
+39.9%$1.65B$196.54M-12.88150News Coverage

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