Tarsus Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:TARS – Get Free Report) and CG Oncology (NASDAQ:CGON – Get Free Report) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation and earnings.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Tarsus Pharmaceuticals and CG Oncology, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3.00 |
| CG Oncology | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3.11 |
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals presently has a consensus price target of $54.20, suggesting a potential downside of 1.45%. CG Oncology has a consensus price target of $63.88, suggesting a potential upside of 112.63%. Given CG Oncology’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe CG Oncology is more favorable than Tarsus Pharmaceuticals.
Earnings and Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals | $129.62 million | 16.22 | -$135.89 million | ($3.81) | -14.44 |
| CG Oncology | $684,000.00 | 3,339.45 | -$48.61 million | N/A | N/A |
CG Oncology has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Tarsus Pharmaceuticals.
Profitability
This table compares Tarsus Pharmaceuticals and CG Oncology’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals | -103.64% | -55.86% | -39.28% |
| CG Oncology | -10,642.98% | -18.97% | -15.36% |
Institutional and Insider Ownership
90.0% of Tarsus Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.6% of CG Oncology shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.3% of Tarsus Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
CG Oncology beats Tarsus Pharmaceuticals on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Tarsus Pharmaceuticals
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a commercial stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the development and commercialization of novel therapeutic candidates for eye care in the United States. The company's lead product candidate is XDEMVY, a novel therapeutic for the treatment of blepharitis caused by the infestation of Demodex mites, as well as to treat meibomian gland disease. It is developing TP-04 for the treatment of rosacea; and TP-05 for Lyme prophylaxis and community malaria reduction. In addition, the company develops lotilaner to address diseases across therapeutic categories in human medicine, including eye care, dermatology, and other infectious disease prevention. Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. was incorporated in 2016 and is headquartered in Irvine, California.
About CG Oncology
CG Oncology, Inc., an oncolytic immunotherapy company, focuses on developing and commercializing backbone bladder-sparing therapeutics for patients with bladder cancer. The company develops BOND-003 for the treatment of high-risk bacillus calmette guerin (BCG)-unresponsive non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) patients; CORE-001 to treat cretostimogene in combination with pembrolizumab in high-risk BCG-unresponsive NMIBC patients; and CORE-002 for the treatment of cretostimogene in combination with the checkpoint inhibitor nivolumab in muscle invasive bladder cancer patients. It also develops PIVOT-006, a cretostimogene monotherapy for intermediate-risk NMIBC following transurethral resection of the bladder tumor; and CORE-008 for treating patients with high-risk NMIBC, including BCG-exposed and BCG-naïve NMIBC patients. CG Oncology, Inc. was formerly known as Cold Genesys, Inc. and changed its name to CG Oncology, Inc. in June 2020. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in Irvine, California.
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