Head-To-Head Contrast: Cartesian Therapeutics (RNAC) vs. The Competition

Cartesian Therapeutics (NASDAQ:RNAC) is one of 1,060 publicly-traded companies in the “Pharmaceutical preparations” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare Cartesian Therapeutics to similar businesses based on the strength of its profitability, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and earnings.

Volatility and Risk

Cartesian Therapeutics has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cartesian Therapeutics’ competitors have a beta of 3.70, indicating that their average share price is 270% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Cartesian Therapeutics and its competitors revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cartesian Therapeutics	$47.94 million	-$219.71 million	-0.32
Cartesian Therapeutics Competitors	$9.58 billion	$147.90 million	-5.54

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Cartesian Therapeutics and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cartesian Therapeutics	0	2	8	0	2.80
Cartesian Therapeutics Competitors	7837	21295	48948	1244	2.55

Cartesian Therapeutics currently has a consensus target price of $42.86, indicating a potential upside of 154.35%. As a group, “Pharmaceutical preparations” companies have a potential upside of 186.07%. Given Cartesian Therapeutics’ competitors higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Cartesian Therapeutics has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Profitability

This table compares Cartesian Therapeutics and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cartesian Therapeutics	-510.72%	N/A	-6.03%
Cartesian Therapeutics Competitors	-3,590.11%	-276.96%	-39.10%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

86.9% of Cartesian Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.1% of shares of all “Pharmaceutical preparations” companies are held by institutional investors. 57.9% of Cartesian Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.7% of shares of all “Pharmaceutical preparations” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Cartesian Therapeutics beats its competitors on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

About Cartesian Therapeutics

Cartesian Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company, engages in the provision of mRNA cell therapies for the treatment of autoimmune diseases. It develops Descartes-08, an autologous anti-BCMA RNA-engineered chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy, currently under Phase 2b clinical development for generalized myasthenia gravis, as well as for patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, and myeloma autoimmune basket trials for other autoimmune diseases. The company develops Descartes-15 to treat Autoimmune diseases, myeloma; and Descartes-33 which is in preclinical development for treatment of autoimmune diseases. Cartesian Therapeutics, Inc. is headquartered in Gaithersburg, Maryland.