VRNA vs. CRNX, AXSM, MRUS, HCM, CORT, RARE, PBH, BHVN, XENE, and FOLD
Should you be buying Verona Pharma stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Verona Pharma include Crinetics Pharmaceuticals (CRNX), Axsome Therapeutics (AXSM), Merus (MRUS), HUTCHMED (HCM), Corcept Therapeutics (CORT), Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical (RARE), Prestige Consumer Healthcare (PBH), Biohaven (BHVN), Xenon Pharmaceuticals (XENE), and Amicus Therapeutics (FOLD). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
Crinetics Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:CRNX) and Verona Pharma (NASDAQ:VRNA) are both medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.
98.5% of Crinetics Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.9% of Verona Pharma shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.0% of Crinetics Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.8% of Verona Pharma shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Verona Pharma has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Crinetics Pharmaceuticals. Verona Pharma is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Crinetics Pharmaceuticals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Verona Pharma received 169 more outperform votes than Crinetics Pharmaceuticals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 79.95% of users gave Verona Pharma an outperform vote while only 67.30% of users gave Crinetics Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Crinetics Pharmaceuticals had 3 more articles in the media than Verona Pharma. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Crinetics Pharmaceuticals and 4 mentions for Verona Pharma. Crinetics Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Verona Pharma's score of 0.54 indicating that Verona Pharma is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Verona Pharma has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Verona Pharma's net margin of -4,223.27%. Crinetics Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of -25.09% beat Verona Pharma's return on equity.
Crinetics Pharmaceuticals presently has a consensus price target of $60.92, suggesting a potential upside of 37.17%. Verona Pharma has a consensus price target of $33.20, suggesting a potential upside of 175.06%. Given Crinetics Pharmaceuticals' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Verona Pharma is more favorable than Crinetics Pharmaceuticals.
Crinetics Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Verona Pharma has a beta of 0.43, indicating that its share price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Verona Pharma beats Crinetics Pharmaceuticals on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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