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AZN vs CORT
Side-by-side comparison of AstraZeneca PLC (AZN) and Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated (CORT): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both AZN and CORT operate in Biotechnology: Pharmaceutical Preparations (Health Care), so they compete in similar markets.
- AZN is the larger of the two at $248.18B, about 20.1x CORT ($12.32B).
- AZN has been more active in the news (28 items in the past 4 weeks vs 15 for CORT).
- AZN has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 17 for CORT).
- Company
- AstraZeneca PLC
- Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated
- Price
- -
- -
- Market cap
- $248.18B
- $12.32B
- 1M return
- -
- -
- 1Y return
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- -
- Industry
- Biotechnology: Pharmaceutical Preparations
- Biotechnology: Pharmaceutical Preparations
- Exchange
- NYSE
- NASDAQ
- IPO
- 2026
- 2004
- News (4w)
- 28
- 15
- Recent ratings
- 25
- 17
AstraZeneca PLC
AstraZeneca PLC discovers, develops, manufactures, and commercializes prescription medicines in the areas of oncology, cardiovascular, renal and metabolism, respiratory, infection, neuroscience, and gastroenterology worldwide. The company's marketed products include Tagrisso, Lynparza, Imfinzi, Enhertu, Koselugo, Lumoxiti, Equidacent, Zoladex, Faslodex, Iressa, Arimidex, Casodex/Cosudex, and others for oncology diseases; Onglyza, Bydureon, Lokelma, Byetta, Qtern, Symlin, and others for cardiovascular, renal, and metabolism diseases; and Symbicort, Pulmicort, Fasenra, Daliresp/Daxas, Duaklir, Tudorza/Eklira, Bevespi, Breztri, Anifrolumab, and others for respiratory and immunology diseases. It also offers other medicines and COVID-19 products, including Synagis, Fluenz Tetra/FluMist Quadrivalent, Seroquel IR/Seroquel XR, Vimovo, Movantik/Moventig, Nexium, Losec/Prilosec, and COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca. The company serves primary care and specialty care physicians through distributors and local representative offices. It has a collaboration agreement with Daiichi Sankyo to develop and commercialize DS-1062 for the treatment of trophoblast cell-surface antigen 2 (TROP2) tumor; AliveCor, Inc. to develop non-invasive potassium monitoring solutions; Massachusetts General Hospital to accelerate digital health solutions; Sanguina on smartphone application study for hemoglobin management in patients with anemia of chronic kidney disease; Alchemab to enhance prostate cancer research; and Proteros biostructures GmbH to discover and develop novel small molecules for the treatment of various types of cancer. The company was formerly known as Zeneca Group PLC and changed its name to AstraZeneca PLC in April 1999. It has a collaboration agreement with Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to research, develop, and commercialize small molecule medicines for obesity. AstraZeneca PLC was incorporated in 1992 and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.
Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated
Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated discovers, develops, and commercializes drugs for the treatment of severe metabolic, oncologic, and psychiatric disorders in the United States. The company offers Korlym (mifepristone) tablets as a once-daily oral medication for the treatment of hyperglycemia secondary to hypercortisolism in adult patients with endogenous Cushing's syndrome, who have type 2 diabetes mellitus or glucose intolerance, and have failed surgery or are not candidates for surgery. It is developing relacorilant to treat patients with Cushing's syndrome; and nab-paclitaxel in combination with relacorilant, which has completed Phase II clinical trial to treat patients with serous ovarian tumors, as well as in Phase III clinical trial for the treatment of solid tumors. The company is also developing selective cortisol modulator combined with Xtandi that is in open label dose finding trial to treat patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer; selective cortisol modulator for the treatment of antipsychotic-induced weight gain; and FKBP5 gene expression assays. Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.
Latest AZN
- RBC Capital Mkts initiated coverage on AstraZeneca
- SEC Form 6-K filed by AstraZeneca PLC
- IMFINZI® (durvalumab) plus tarlatamab demonstrated a statistically significant and highly clinically meaningful improvement in overall survival and progression-free survival in 1st-line extensive-stage small cell lung cancer
- Tozorakimab demonstrated statistically significant and highly clinically meaningful reduction in COPD exacerbations in OBERON and TITANIA Phase III trials
- SEC Form 6-K filed by AstraZeneca PLC
- ETCAMAH® (camizestrant) in combination with a CDK4/6 inhibitor approved in the US for 1st-line advanced HR-positive breast cancer
- SEC Form 6-K filed by AstraZeneca PLC
- SEC Form 6-K filed by AstraZeneca PLC
- SEC Form 6-K filed by AstraZeneca PLC
- SEC Form 6-K filed by AstraZeneca PLC
Latest CORT
- Bloom Energy, Illumina, and Everpure Set to Join S&P 500; Others to Join S&P 100, S&P MidCap 400, and S&P SmallCap 600
- Chief Development Officer Guyer William was granted 328 shares, increasing direct ownership by 8% to 4,313 units (SEC Form 4)
- Officer Maduck Sean covered exercise/tax liability with 117 shares, exercised 25,000 shares at a strike of $8.27, sold $2,860,737 worth of shares (25,000 units at $114.43) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan and was granted 300 shares, increasing direct ownership by 2% to 9,938 units (SEC Form 4) (for withholding tax)
- Chief Financial Officer Mokari Atabak covered exercise/tax liability with 102 shares and was granted 276 shares, increasing direct ownership by 1% to 16,304 units (SEC Form 4) (withholding obligation)
- Chief Business Officer Robb Gary Charles was granted 328 shares and covered exercise/tax liability with 91 shares, increasing direct ownership by 2% to 13,663 units (SEC Form 4) to satisfy withholding obligation
- President, Oncology Vieira Roberto Wandenkolk was granted 276 shares, covered exercise/tax liability with 102 shares, exercised 58,333 shares at a strike of $21.63 and sold $6,460,766 worth of shares (58,333 units at $110.76) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, increasing direct ownership by 4% to 4,242 units (SEC Form 4) to cover withholding tax
- Officer Lyon Joseph Douglas was granted 260 shares and covered exercise/tax liability with 72 shares, increasing direct ownership by 3% to 5,683 units (SEC Form 4) to cover taxes
- New insider Vieira Roberto Wandenkolk claimed ownership of 4,068 shares (SEC Form 3)
- Director Park Kimberly exercised 30,000 shares at a strike of $13.49, covered exercise/tax liability with 3,315 shares and sold $3,270,169 worth of shares (26,685 units at $122.55) (SEC Form 4)
- Officer Maduck Sean exercised 30,955 shares at a strike of $11.35 and sold $3,887,320 worth of shares (30,955 units at $125.58) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan (SEC Form 4)