GOSS vs. HRTX, IGMS, AVTE, CMPS, CYRX, CDMO, MREO, APLT, ALT, and ATXS
Should you be buying Gossamer Bio stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gossamer Bio include Heron Therapeutics (HRTX), IGM Biosciences (IGMS), Aerovate Therapeutics (AVTE), COMPASS Pathways (CMPS), Cryoport (CYRX), Avid Bioservices (CDMO), Mereo BioPharma Group (MREO), Applied Therapeutics (APLT), Altimmune (ALT), and Astria Therapeutics (ATXS). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
Heron Therapeutics (NASDAQ:HRTX) and Gossamer Bio (NASDAQ:GOSS) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and earnings.
80.0% of Heron Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.2% of Gossamer Bio shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.4% of Heron Therapeutics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.0% of Gossamer Bio shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Heron Therapeutics received 512 more outperform votes than Gossamer Bio when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.01% of users gave Heron Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 65.32% of users gave Gossamer Bio an outperform vote.
Heron Therapeutics presently has a consensus price target of $5.50, indicating a potential upside of 48.65%. Gossamer Bio has a consensus price target of $7.65, indicating a potential upside of 1,196.61%. Given Heron Therapeutics' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Gossamer Bio is more favorable than Heron Therapeutics.
In the previous week, Heron Therapeutics had 7 more articles in the media than Gossamer Bio. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Heron Therapeutics and 2 mentions for Gossamer Bio. Heron Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 1.61 beat Gossamer Bio's score of 0.79 indicating that Gossamer Bio is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Heron Therapeutics has a beta of 1.73, indicating that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gossamer Bio has a beta of 1.84, indicating that its stock price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Gossamer Bio has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Gossamer Bio's net margin of -61.28%. Gossamer Bio's return on equity of 0.00% beat Heron Therapeutics' return on equity.
Heron Therapeutics has higher revenue and earnings than Gossamer Bio. Heron Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gossamer Bio, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Heron Therapeutics beats Gossamer Bio on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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