Comparing LENZ Therapeutics (LENZ) & Its Peers

LENZ Therapeutics (NASDAQ:LENZ) is one of 289 publicly-traded companies in the “Biological products, except diagnostic” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare LENZ Therapeutics to similar businesses based on the strength of its valuation, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares LENZ Therapeutics and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
LENZ Therapeutics	N/A	-$124.65 million	-1.02
LENZ Therapeutics Competitors	$546.11 million	-$37.14 million	5.79

LENZ Therapeutics’ rivals have higher revenue and earnings than LENZ Therapeutics. LENZ Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for LENZ Therapeutics and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LENZ Therapeutics	0	0	5	0	3.00
LENZ Therapeutics Competitors	1431	4565	11942	206	2.60

LENZ Therapeutics currently has a consensus target price of $31.33, suggesting a potential upside of 97.56%. As a group, “Biological products, except diagnostic” companies have a potential upside of 123.93%. Given LENZ Therapeutics’ rivals higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe LENZ Therapeutics has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Risk & Volatility

LENZ Therapeutics has a beta of 0.2, indicating that its stock price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LENZ Therapeutics’ rivals have a beta of 1.05, indicating that their average stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares LENZ Therapeutics and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LENZ Therapeutics	N/A	-33.12%	-27.96%
LENZ Therapeutics Competitors	-4,499.00%	-224.48%	-45.27%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

54.3% of LENZ Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.3% of shares of all “Biological products, except diagnostic” companies are held by institutional investors. 38.4% of LENZ Therapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.1% of shares of all “Biological products, except diagnostic” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

LENZ Therapeutics beats its rivals on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

LENZ Therapeutics Company Profile

LENZ Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on developing aceclidine-based eye drop to enhance vision in patients diagnosed with presbyopia. Its product candidates include LNZ100 and LNZ101 which are in Phase III clinical trials for the treatment of presbyopia. The company is headquartered in Del Mar, California.