VCEL vs. DNLI, CGON, BEAM, KYMR, DNA, IMCR, SANA, FUSN, RXRX, and NMRA
Should you be buying Vericel stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vericel include Denali Therapeutics (DNLI), CG Oncology (CGON), Beam Therapeutics (BEAM), Kymera Therapeutics (KYMR), Ginkgo Bioworks (DNA), Immunocore (IMCR), Sana Biotechnology (SANA), Fusion Pharmaceuticals (FUSN), Recursion Pharmaceuticals (RXRX), and Neumora Therapeutics (NMRA). These companies are all part of the "biological products, except diagnostic" industry.
Vericel (NASDAQ:VCEL) and Denali Therapeutics (NASDAQ:DNLI) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and institutional ownership.
Vericel has a net margin of -1.61% compared to Denali Therapeutics' net margin of -36.51%. Vericel's return on equity of -1.55% beat Denali Therapeutics' return on equity.
In the previous week, Vericel had 5 more articles in the media than Denali Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Vericel and 4 mentions for Denali Therapeutics. Vericel's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Denali Therapeutics' score of 0.53 indicating that Vericel is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Vericel has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Denali Therapeutics. Vericel is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Denali Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
92.9% of Denali Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. 7.2% of Vericel shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.9% of Denali Therapeutics 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 has a beta of 1.71, suggesting that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Denali Therapeutics has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Vericel presently has a consensus target price of $46.40, indicating a potential downside of 0.09%. Denali Therapeutics has a consensus target price of $41.22, indicating a potential upside of 162.90%. Given Denali Therapeutics' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Denali Therapeutics is more favorable than Vericel.
Denali Therapeutics received 103 more outperform votes than Vericel when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.38% of users gave Denali Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 62.38% of users gave Vericel an outperform vote.
Summary
Vericel beats Denali Therapeutics on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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