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VCYT vs. ADPT, BEAM, GH, TWST, TXG, RDNT, OPCH, SHC, BTSG, and WGS

Should you be buying Veracyte stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Veracyte include Adaptive Biotechnologies (ADPT), Beam Therapeutics (BEAM), Guardant Health (GH), Twist Bioscience (TWST), 10x Genomics (TXG), RadNet (RDNT), Option Care Health (OPCH), Sotera Health (SHC), BrightSpring Health Services (BTSG), and GeneDx (WGS). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Veracyte vs. Its Competitors

Veracyte (NASDAQ:VCYT) and Adaptive Biotechnologies (NASDAQ:ADPT) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, media sentiment and earnings.

In the previous week, Adaptive Biotechnologies had 4 more articles in the media than Veracyte. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Adaptive Biotechnologies and 2 mentions for Veracyte. Veracyte's average media sentiment score of 1.68 beat Adaptive Biotechnologies' score of 1.14 indicating that Veracyte is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Veracyte
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Adaptive Biotechnologies
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

99.2% of Adaptive Biotechnologies shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Veracyte shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of Adaptive Biotechnologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Veracyte has a net margin of 5.50% compared to Adaptive Biotechnologies' net margin of -59.07%. Veracyte's return on equity of 6.07% beat Adaptive Biotechnologies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Veracyte5.50% 6.07% 5.53%
Adaptive Biotechnologies -59.07%-60.93%-23.03%

Veracyte has a beta of 2.07, meaning that its share price is 107% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Adaptive Biotechnologies has a beta of 1.93, meaning that its share price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Veracyte currently has a consensus price target of $40.90, suggesting a potential upside of 23.08%. Adaptive Biotechnologies has a consensus price target of $12.38, suggesting a potential downside of 10.13%. Given Veracyte's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Veracyte is more favorable than Adaptive Biotechnologies.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Veracyte
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.70
Adaptive Biotechnologies
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.88

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Veracyte$445.76M5.86$24.14M$0.33100.70
Adaptive Biotechnologies$178.96M11.72-$159.49M-$0.82-16.79

Summary

Veracyte beats Adaptive Biotechnologies on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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VCYT vs. The Competition

MetricVeracyteMED INSTRUMENTS IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.61B$6.83B$5.81B$10.36B
Dividend YieldN/A1.14%5.86%4.62%
P/E Ratio100.7027.0876.8826.91
Price / Sales5.86175.01449.1488.66
Price / Cash31.1321.7137.2260.63
Price / Book2.195.0113.796.37
Net Income$24.14M$178.07M$3.29B$271.46M
7 Day Performance4.30%5.63%0.93%2.33%
1 Month Performance10.51%8.58%5.32%7.78%
1 Year Performance-1.57%19.40%84.26%31.12%

Veracyte Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VCYT
Veracyte
3.8169 of 5 stars
$33.23
+4.4%
$40.90
+23.1%
-7.3%$2.61B$445.76M100.70790Positive News
ADPT
Adaptive Biotechnologies
3.4713 of 5 stars
$12.54
-2.4%
$12.38
-1.3%
+176.9%$1.96B$178.96M-15.29790Positive News
BEAM
Beam Therapeutics
3.2054 of 5 stars
$19.94
-4.5%
$48.45
+143.0%
-12.2%$2.11B$63.52M-4.43510Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
GH
Guardant Health
3.6811 of 5 stars
$60.17
+0.1%
$58.24
-3.2%
+127.9%$7.50B$739.02M-17.962,021Insider Trade
TWST
Twist Bioscience
4.0133 of 5 stars
$26.25
+1.9%
$49.40
+88.2%
-43.4%$1.55B$312.97M-18.10990Gap Up
TXG
10x Genomics
3.5531 of 5 stars
$13.93
-0.2%
$13.54
-2.8%
-39.9%$1.74B$610.78M-19.901,240Gap Up
RDNT
RadNet
3.2675 of 5 stars
$71.99
+0.8%
$76.80
+6.7%
+12.6%$5.49B$1.83B-359.9311,021Positive News
OPCH
Option Care Health
4.8793 of 5 stars
$29.59
+1.7%
$35.75
+20.8%
-10.3%$4.72B$5.00B23.678,088Positive News
SHC
Sotera Health
2.2414 of 5 stars
$15.91
+1.9%
$16.00
+0.6%
-2.5%$4.44B$1.10B198.903,000High Trading Volume
BTSG
BrightSpring Health Services
2.3036 of 5 stars
$25.48
+5.6%
$25.67
+0.7%
+87.2%$4.27B$11.27B32.6135,000High Trading Volume
WGS
GeneDx
2.6454 of 5 stars
$129.33
-2.4%
$101.63
-21.4%
+244.4%$3.81B$305.45M2,586.601,200Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:VCYT) was last updated on 9/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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