Both in Pharmaceuticals

Cogent Biosciences vs Ligand Pharmaceuticals

Over the past year COGT returned +100.4% and LGND returned +63.9%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.25.

COGT +100.4% LGND +63.9%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricCOGTLGND
Price$31.06$313.52
Market cap$5.39B$6.27B
Today+4.47%+2.12%
1 month+0.6%+2.2%
6 months−16.0%+35.0%
Year to date−12.6%+65.8%
1 year+90.6%+63.9%
Revenue growth (YoY)—−31.8%
Gross margin—83.7%
Net margin—−36.2%
P/E (TTM)—121.9×
Price / sales—24.7×
Net cash$568.8M-$653.3M
Dividend yield——
Volatility (60d)41.2%29.7%
Short % of float13.2%13.3%
Next earnings——

Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).