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NVS vs PGEN
Side-by-side comparison of Novartis AG (NVS) and Precigen Inc. (PGEN): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both NVS and PGEN operate in Biotechnology: Pharmaceutical Preparations (Health Care), so they compete in similar markets.
- NVS is the larger of the two at $305.27B, about 117.1x PGEN ($2.61B).
- Over the past year, NVS is up 26.3% and PGEN is up 71.5% - PGEN leads by 45.2 points.
- PGEN has hit the wire 12 times in the past 4 weeks while NVS has been quiet.
- NVS has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 4 for PGEN).
- Company
- Novartis AG
- Precigen Inc.
- Price
- $160.01+1.27%
- $7.28+1.61%
- Market cap
- $305.27B
- $2.61B
- 1M return
- +2.54%
- +34.32%
- 1Y return
- +26.30%
- +71.50%
- Industry
- Biotechnology: Pharmaceutical Preparations
- Biotechnology: Pharmaceutical Preparations
- Exchange
- NYSE
- NASDAQ
- IPO
- News (4w)
- 0
- 12
- Recent ratings
- 25
- 4
Novartis AG
Novartis AG researches, develops, manufactures, and markets healthcare products worldwide. The company operates through two segments, Innovative Medicines and Sandoz. The Innovative Medicines segment offers prescription medicines for patients and healthcare providers. It also provides ophthalmology, neuroscience, immunology, hepatology and dermatology, respiratory, established, and cardiovascular, renal and metabolism medicine products. The Sandoz segment provides active ingredients and finished dosage forms of small molecule pharmaceuticals to third parties across a range of therapeutic areas, as well as finished dosage form anti-infectives. It also provides active pharmaceutical ingredients and intermediates primarily antibiotics; protein- or other biotechnology-based products, including biosimilars; and biotechnology manufacturing services. Novartis AG has a license and collaboration agreement with Alnylam Pharmaceuticals to develop, manufacture, and commercialize inclisiran; an agreement with CureVac to manufacture COVID-19 vaccine candidate CVnCoV; a collaboration with Artios Pharma Limited to create next generation DDR cancer therapies; and a clinical collaboration with Kura Oncology, Inc. to evaluate the combination of Tipifarnib and Alpelisib in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. The company was incorporated in 1996 and is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland.
Precigen Inc.
Precigen, Inc. discovers and develops the next generation of gene and cellular therapies in the United States. It also provides disease-modifying therapeutics; genetically engineered swine for regenerative medicine applications; proprietary methane bioconversion platform that turns natural gas into energy and chemical products; and reproductive and embryo transfer technologies. In addition, the company offers UltraVector platform that incorporates advanced DNA construction technologies and computational models to design and assemble genetic components into complex gene expression programs; mbIL15, a gene that enhances functional characteristics of immune cells; Sleeping Beauty, a non-viral transposon/transposase system; AttSite recombinases, which breaks and rejoins DNA at specific sequences; AdenoVerse technology platform, a library of engineered adenovector serotypes; and L. lactis is a food-grade bacterium. Additionally, it provides RheoSwitch inducible gene switch that provides quantitative dose-proportionate regulation of the amount and timing of target protein expression; kill switches to selectively eliminate cell therapies in vivo; UltraCAR-T platform for the treatment of cancer; AdenoVerse Immunotherapy, a library of proprietary adenovectors for the gene delivery; and ActoBiotics platform, genetically modified bacteria that deliver proteins and peptides at mucosal sites. Precigen, Inc. has collaboration and license agreements with ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc.; Ares Trading S.A.; Oragenics, Inc.; Intrexon T1D Partners, LLC; Intrexon Energy Partners, LLC; Intrexon Energy Partners II, LLC; Fibrocell Science, Inc.; OvaXon, LLC; S & I Ophthalmic, LLC; Harvest start-up entities; and Surterra Holdings, Inc. The company was formerly known as Intrexon Corporation and changed its name to Precigen, Inc. in January 2020. Precigen, Inc. was founded in 1998 and is based in Germantown, Maryland.
Latest NVS
- SEC Form 6-K filed by Novartis AG
- The Quest to Repair What Multiple Sclerosis Takes Away
- SEC Form 6-K filed by Novartis AG
- SEC Form 6-K filed by Novartis AG
- SEC Form 6-K filed by Novartis AG
- Novartis AG upgraded by Argus with a new price target
- Novartis successfully completes acquisition of Avidity Biosciences, strengthening late-stage neuroscience pipeline and advancing xRNA strategy
- SEC Form S-8 filed by Novartis AG
- SEC Form 6-K filed by Novartis AG
- SEC Form 6-K filed by Novartis AG
Latest PGEN
- Director Agee Nancy H bought $24,662 worth of shares (3,411 units at $7.23), increasing direct ownership by 1% to 309,187 units (SEC Form 4)
- Chief Legal Officer Lehr Donald P. converted options into 5,208 shares and covered exercise/tax liability with 2,488 shares, increasing direct ownership by 0.36% to 758,181 units (SEC Form 4) (tax liability)
- Chief Financial Officer Thomasian Harry Jr. converted options into 7,291 shares and covered exercise/tax liability with 3,577 shares, increasing direct ownership by 1% to 258,249 units (SEC Form 4) (withholding obligation)
- Chief Operating Officer Shah Rutul R exercised 57,500 shares at a strike of $2.03, sold $375,000 worth of shares (50,000 units at $7.50) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan and covered exercise/tax liability with 3,647 shares, increasing direct ownership by 0.83% to 468,865 units (SEC Form 4) (withholding tax)
- Chief Commercial Officer Tennant Phil exercised 84,374 shares at a strike of $1.51, covered exercise/tax liability with 2,585 shares and sold $593,745 worth of shares (79,166 units at $7.50) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, increasing direct ownership by 2% to 141,992 units (SEC Form 4) to satisfy withholding tax
- President and CEO Sabzevari Helen converted options into 20,833 shares and covered exercise/tax liability with 10,184 shares, increasing direct ownership by 0.28% to 3,779,521 units (SEC Form 4) to satisfy withholding obligation
- Precigen's Strong Second Quarter Signals Significant Growth, Validates AdenoVerse Platform; PRGN-2009 Advances in HPV-Driven Cancers
- Chief Operating Officer Shah Rutul R sold $224,590 worth of shares (32,739 units at $6.86) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 7% to 465,012 units (SEC Form 4)
- SEC Form 10-Q filed by Precigen Inc.
- Precigen Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Results of Operations and Financial Condition, Financial Statements and Exhibits