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VERA vs. NUVL, AXSM, AKRO, PCVX, ADMA, KRYS, ZLAB, RYTM, PTCT, and CYTK

Should you be buying Vera Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vera Therapeutics include Nuvalent (NUVL), Axsome Therapeutics (AXSM), Akero Therapeutics (AKRO), Vaxcyte (PCVX), ADMA Biologics (ADMA), Krystal Biotech (KRYS), Zai Lab (ZLAB), Rhythm Pharmaceuticals (RYTM), PTC Therapeutics (PTCT), and Cytokinetics (CYTK). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Vera Therapeutics vs. Its Competitors

Vera Therapeutics (NASDAQ:VERA) and Nuvalent (NASDAQ:NUVL) are both medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.

99.2% of Vera Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.3% of Nuvalent shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.3% of Vera Therapeutics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.2% of Nuvalent shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Nuvalent is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vera Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Vera TherapeuticsN/AN/A-$152.15M-$3.00-7.92
NuvalentN/AN/A-$260.76M-$4.39-18.31

Nuvalent's return on equity of -31.35% beat Vera Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Vera TherapeuticsN/A -40.59% -34.54%
Nuvalent N/A -31.35%-29.27%

Vera Therapeutics presently has a consensus price target of $65.00, suggesting a potential upside of 173.74%. Nuvalent has a consensus price target of $119.60, suggesting a potential upside of 48.82%. Given Vera Therapeutics' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Vera Therapeutics is more favorable than Nuvalent.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Vera Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.10
Nuvalent
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.17

Vera Therapeutics has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nuvalent has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Nuvalent had 19 more articles in the media than Vera Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Nuvalent and 3 mentions for Vera Therapeutics. Vera Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Nuvalent's score of 0.35 indicating that Vera Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Vera Therapeutics
0 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Nuvalent
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Vera Therapeutics beats Nuvalent on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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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VERA vs. The Competition

MetricVera TherapeuticsMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.51B$2.91B$5.54B$8.95B
Dividend YieldN/A2.42%5.38%4.08%
P/E Ratio-7.9221.5627.4020.04
Price / SalesN/A281.10419.46118.60
Price / CashN/A41.9536.6357.47
Price / Book2.627.518.085.67
Net Income-$152.15M-$55.05M$3.16B$248.47M
7 Day Performance1.95%3.16%2.12%2.90%
1 Month Performance-23.18%5.92%4.43%5.75%
1 Year Performance-31.94%5.82%35.62%21.36%

Vera Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VERA
Vera Therapeutics
3.5427 of 5 stars
$23.75
+0.4%
$65.00
+173.7%
-32.3%$1.51BN/A-7.9240Positive News
NUVL
Nuvalent
3.7365 of 5 stars
$75.98
+1.3%
$115.50
+52.0%
+10.3%$5.46BN/A-17.3140Analyst Upgrade
Insider Trade
AXSM
Axsome Therapeutics
4.6533 of 5 stars
$101.65
+1.0%
$172.33
+69.5%
+31.6%$5.01B$385.69M-17.62380Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
AKRO
Akero Therapeutics
3.7421 of 5 stars
$54.03
-0.3%
$82.50
+52.7%
+131.8%$4.31BN/A-27.7130Insider Trade
PCVX
Vaxcyte
1.7733 of 5 stars
$33.25
+1.2%
$136.50
+310.5%
-56.3%$4.29BN/A-8.33160News Coverage
Positive News
ADMA
ADMA Biologics
4.2112 of 5 stars
$17.87
+0.7%
$27.67
+54.8%
+59.1%$4.27B$426.45M21.02530
KRYS
Krystal Biotech
4.5247 of 5 stars
$137.92
+4.1%
$211.13
+53.1%
-20.4%$3.99B$290.52M33.15210Trending News
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
ZLAB
Zai Lab
3.4124 of 5 stars
$36.01
+4.2%
$47.37
+31.5%
+104.3%$3.97B$398.99M-14.461,869Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
RYTM
Rhythm Pharmaceuticals
3.8053 of 5 stars
$62.13
+0.2%
$76.62
+23.3%
+58.1%$3.95B$130.13M-22.11140
PTCT
PTC Therapeutics
4.3213 of 5 stars
$49.60
-1.2%
$65.00
+31.0%
+61.7%$3.93B$806.78M7.621,410Analyst Revision
CYTK
Cytokinetics
4.3216 of 5 stars
$32.64
+0.6%
$70.92
+117.3%
-37.3%$3.90B$18.47M-6.17250Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:VERA) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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