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CORT vs NVS
Side-by-side comparison of Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated (CORT) and Novartis AG (NVS): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both CORT and NVS operate in Biotechnology: Pharmaceutical Preparations (Health Care), so they compete in similar markets.
- NVS is the larger of the two at $284.62B, about 36.5x CORT ($7.80B).
- Over the past year, CORT is up 4.9% and NVS is up 24.3% - NVS leads by 19.4 points.
- CORT has hit the wire 23 times in the past 4 weeks while NVS has been quiet.
- NVS has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 15 for CORT).
- Company
- Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated
- Novartis AG
- Price
- $73.99+1.68%
- $146.71-1.58%
- Market cap
- $7.80B
- $284.62B
- 1M return
- +44.95%
- +0.86%
- 1Y return
- +4.88%
- +24.30%
- Industry
- Biotechnology: Pharmaceutical Preparations
- Biotechnology: Pharmaceutical Preparations
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
- NYSE
- IPO
- 2004
- News (4w)
- 23
- 0
- Recent ratings
- 15
- 25
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.
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.
Latest CORT
- Corcept Presents New Data at ADA: Improved Outcomes in Patients Receiving a GLP-1 with Difficult-to-Control Type 2 Diabetes and Hypercortisolism Treated with Korlym®
- Chief Development Officer Guyer William exercised 20,000 shares at a strike of $21.65 and sold $1,412,000 worth of shares (20,000 units at $70.60) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan (SEC Form 4)
- Officer Lyon Joseph Douglas was granted 1,074 shares and covered exercise/tax liability with 269 shares, increasing direct ownership by 13% to 7,035 units (SEC Form 4) (tax liability)
- Chief Development Officer Guyer William was granted 1,754 shares, increasing direct ownership by 79% to 3,985 units (SEC Form 4)
- Officer Maduck Sean exercised 25,000 shares at a strike of $8.27, sold $1,755,183 worth of shares (25,000 units at $70.21) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, was granted 1,230 shares and covered exercise/tax liability with 452 shares, increasing direct ownership by 9% to 9,755 units (SEC Form 4) (for withholding tax)
- Chief Financial Officer Mokari Atabak exercised 40,000 shares at a strike of $19.26, sold $2,800,004 worth of shares (40,000 units at $70.00) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, was granted 1,268 shares and covered exercise/tax liability with 395 shares, increasing direct ownership by 6% to 16,130 units (SEC Form 4) (tax withholding)
- Chief Business Officer Robb Gary Charles was granted 1,552 shares and covered exercise/tax liability with 358 shares, increasing direct ownership by 5% to 25,681 units (SEC Form 4) to satisfy tax liability
- SEC Form 8-K filed by Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated
- Chief Executive Officer Belanoff Joseph K gifted 300,000 shares, received a gift of 300,000 shares and sold $895,252 worth of shares (12,837 units at $69.74) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan (SEC Form 4)
- Officer Lyon Joseph Douglas sold $325,000 worth of shares (5,000 units at $65.00), decreasing direct ownership by 45% to 6,230 units (SEC Form 4)
Latest NVS
- 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
- SEC Form IRANNOTICE filed by Novartis AG
- SEC Form 20-F filed by Novartis AG
- Citigroup initiated coverage on Novartis AG