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Zymeworks (ZYME) Competitors

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$17.23 +0.63 (+3.80%)
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ZYME vs. KRYS, PTCT, MENS, ARWR, ACLX, PCVX, CRNX, PTGX, KYMR, and MLTX

Should you be buying Zymeworks stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Zymeworks include Krystal Biotech (KRYS), PTC Therapeutics (PTCT), Jyong Biotech (MENS), Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals (ARWR), Arcellx (ACLX), Vaxcyte (PCVX), Crinetics Pharmaceuticals (CRNX), Protagonist Therapeutics (PTGX), Kymera Therapeutics (KYMR), and MoonLake Immunotherapeutics (MLTX). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Zymeworks vs. Its Competitors

Zymeworks (NASDAQ:ZYME) and Krystal Biotech (NASDAQ:KRYS) are both pharmaceutical products companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends and valuation.

Krystal Biotech has a consensus target price of $209.00, indicating a potential upside of 18.25%. Given Krystal Biotech's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Krystal Biotech is more favorable than Zymeworks.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Zymeworks
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Krystal Biotech
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86

In the previous week, Krystal Biotech had 2 more articles in the media than Zymeworks. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Krystal Biotech and 0 mentions for Zymeworks. Krystal Biotech's average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Zymeworks' score of 0.00 indicating that Krystal Biotech is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Zymeworks Neutral
Krystal Biotech Very Positive

92.9% of Zymeworks shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.3% of Krystal Biotech shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Zymeworks shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.7% of Krystal Biotech shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Zymeworks has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Krystal Biotech has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Krystal Biotech has a net margin of 40.85% compared to Zymeworks' net margin of -59.96%. Krystal Biotech's return on equity of 15.21% beat Zymeworks' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Zymeworks-59.96% -21.59% -16.52%
Krystal Biotech 40.85%15.21%13.81%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Zymeworks$76.30M16.97-$122.69M-$0.97-17.76
Krystal Biotech$290.52M17.61$89.16M$4.9235.92

Summary

Krystal Biotech beats Zymeworks on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ZYME vs. The Competition

MetricZymeworksPharmaceutical Preparations IndustryManufacturing SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.25B$942.72M$2.52B$10.38B
Dividend YieldN/A4.84%2.51%4.70%
P/E Ratio-17.761.2326.6526.39
Price / Sales16.97126.48249.15228.43
Price / CashN/A17.6447.3130.68
Price / Book3.506.6136.316.40
Net Income-$122.69M-$5.42M$12.55M$276.69M
7 Day Performance4.23%4.76%-0.51%-0.28%
1 Month Performance16.34%3.36%3.11%6.69%
1 Year PerformanceN/A27.29%71.95%27.61%

Zymeworks Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ZYME
Zymeworks
0.0074 of 5 stars
$17.23
+3.8%
N/AN/A$1.25B$76.30M-17.76460
KRYS
Krystal Biotech
4.8961 of 5 stars
$167.82
+4.1%
$209.00
+24.5%
-5.3%$4.86B$290.52M34.11210Positive News
PTCT
PTC Therapeutics
3.8281 of 5 stars
$58.99
+2.0%
$69.00
+17.0%
+57.1%$4.69B$806.78M8.461,410Positive News
MENS
Jyong Biotech
N/A$59.74
+0.8%
N/AN/A$4.54BN/A0.0031Gap Down
High Trading Volume
ARWR
Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals
4.2655 of 5 stars
$32.80
+3.6%
$43.14
+31.5%
+66.8%$4.53B$3.55M-25.63400Positive News
ACLX
Arcellx
1.7482 of 5 stars
$79.75
+1.7%
$114.31
+43.3%
-3.6%$4.42B$107.94M-23.3280Insider Trade
PCVX
Vaxcyte
1.9163 of 5 stars
$33.98
+5.7%
$106.25
+212.7%
-70.0%$4.41BN/A-8.27160Positive News
CRNX
Crinetics Pharmaceuticals
3.9076 of 5 stars
$45.91
+27.9%
$70.88
+54.4%
-9.5%$4.32B$1.04M-11.17210Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
High Trading Volume
PTGX
Protagonist Therapeutics
1.6325 of 5 stars
$67.42
+4.2%
$68.36
+1.4%
+51.3%$4.19B$434.43M96.32120
KYMR
Kymera Therapeutics
1.0513 of 5 stars
$56.25
+4.7%
$59.95
+6.6%
+15.5%$4.02B$47.07M-16.21170
MLTX
MoonLake Immunotherapeutics
2.8602 of 5 stars
$61.99
+10.0%
$74.43
+20.1%
+25.5%$3.98BN/A-22.302Trending News
Analyst Downgrade
Options Volume
Gap Down
High Trading Volume

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