Repligen (NASDAQ:RGEN – Get Free Report) and Zura Bio (NASDAQ:ZURA – Get Free Report) are both medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and earnings.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
97.6% of Repligen shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.1% of Zura Bio shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Repligen shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 22.1% of Zura Bio shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Repligen and Zura Bio”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Repligen | $639.92 million | 13.54 | $35.60 million | ($0.37) | -418.11 |
| Zura Bio | N/A | N/A | -$69.24 million | N/A | N/A |
Risk and Volatility
Repligen has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zura Bio has a beta of 0.04, meaning that its stock price is 96% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Repligen and Zura Bio’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Repligen | -3.36% | 3.90% | 2.72% |
| Zura Bio | N/A | -37.36% | -29.81% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Repligen and Zura Bio, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Repligen | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2.62 |
| Zura Bio | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3.00 |
Repligen presently has a consensus price target of $185.20, suggesting a potential upside of 19.72%. Zura Bio has a consensus price target of $15.80, suggesting a potential upside of 631.48%. Given Zura Bio’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Zura Bio is more favorable than Repligen.
Summary
Repligen beats Zura Bio on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Repligen
Repligen Corporation develops and commercializes bioprocessing technologies and systems for use in biological drug manufacturing process in North America, Europe, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. It offers Protein A ligands that are the binding components of Protein A affinity chromatography resins; and cell culture growth factor products. The company’s chromatography products include OPUS pre-packed chromatography columns, which are used in the purification of biologics; and OPUS smaller-scale columns that are used in the high throughput process development screening, viral clearance validation studies, and scale down validation of chromatography processes. It also offers ELISA test kits; and chromatography resins under the CaptivA brand. In addition, the company provides filtration products, such as XCell Alternating Tangential Flow systems that are filtration devices used in upstream perfusion and cell culture processing; TangenX flat sheet cassettes, which are used in downstream biologic drug concentration, buffer exchange, and formulation processes; KrosFlo tangential flow filtration and tangential flow depth filtration systems; Spectra/Por laboratory and process dialysis products, and ProConnex TFDF flow paths. Further, it provides process analytics products, such as slope spectroscopy systems under the SoloVPE, FlowVPE, and FlowVPX brands. The company sells its products to life sciences, biopharmaceutical, and diagnostics companies; laboratory researchers; and contract manufacturing organizations. Repligen Corporation has collaboration agreements with Navigo Proteins GmbH to develop multiple affinity ligands. The company was incorporated in 1981 and is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts.
About Zura Bio
Zura Bio Limited, a clinical-stage biotechnology company, focuses on developing novel medicines for immune and inflammatory disorders. It develops Tibulizumab, an IgG-scFv bispecific dual-antagonist antibody engineered by the fusion of ixekizumab and tabalumab that neutralizes IL-17A and BAFF, which is in Phase 2 clinical trial development; ZB-168, a monoclonal antibody that binds and neutralizes the IL-7 receptor chain that impact on diseases driven by IL7 and thymic stromal lymphopoietin immune pathways; and Torudokimab, a monoclonal antibody that neutralizes IL33, which is in Phase 2 clinical trial development. The company is based in Henderson, Nevada.
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