OLMA vs. GERN, VERA, AMPH, AGIO, AMRX, RCKT, CPRX, GLPG, ZLAB, and KROS
Should you be buying Olema Pharmaceuticals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Olema Pharmaceuticals include Geron (GERN), Vera Therapeutics (VERA), Amphastar Pharmaceuticals (AMPH), Agios Pharmaceuticals (AGIO), Amneal Pharmaceuticals (AMRX), Rocket Pharmaceuticals (RCKT), Catalyst Pharmaceuticals (CPRX), Galapagos (GLPG), Zai Lab (ZLAB), and Keros Therapeutics (KROS). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
Olema Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:OLMA) and Geron (NASDAQ:GERN) are both medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.
Olema Pharmaceuticals has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Geron's net margin of -38,730.00%. Olema Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of -42.87% beat Geron's return on equity.
Olema Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 2.1, meaning that its stock price is 110% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Geron has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Olema Pharmaceuticals has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Geron. Geron is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Olema Pharmaceuticals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Geron received 455 more outperform votes than Olema Pharmaceuticals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.52% of users gave Geron an outperform vote while only 61.54% of users gave Olema Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote.
Olema Pharmaceuticals presently has a consensus price target of $22.00, indicating a potential upside of 127.27%. Geron has a consensus price target of $6.10, indicating a potential upside of 71.83%. Given Olema Pharmaceuticals' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Olema Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than Geron.
91.8% of Olema Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.7% of Geron shares are held by institutional investors. 19.4% of Olema Pharmaceuticals shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Geron shares are held 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.
In the previous week, Geron had 3 more articles in the media than Olema Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Geron and 2 mentions for Olema Pharmaceuticals. Geron's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Olema Pharmaceuticals' score of 0.93 indicating that Geron is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Olema Pharmaceuticals beats Geron on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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