BEAM vs NTLA vs VCEL Stock Comparison

Beam Therapeutics, Intellia Therapeutics and Vericel Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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BEAM Beam Therapeutics Inc.
$28.84 +17.6% 1M +16.4% 1Y
Market cap
$2.98B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$156.04M
Div. yield
–
Gene and Cell Therapy Healthcare
2 wins
VCEL Vericel Corp
$42.91 +5.7% 1M +23.0% 1Y
Market cap
$2.20B
P/E
90.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$306.30M
Div. yield
–
Gene and Cell Therapy Healthcare
5 wins

Head to Head

7 decided of 12

Vericel leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Vericel 5, Beam Therapeutics 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBEAMNTLAVCELLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $2.98B $1.85B $2.20B BEAM
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -35.2x -4.4x 90.5x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — — 84.1x –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +158.9% +12.6% +23.0% BEAM
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -54.7% -672.2% 7.9% VCEL
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 3.0x — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% — — –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +16.4% +0.8% +23.0% VCEL
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -20.1%/yr -37.0%/yr -1.4%/yr VCEL
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 70.4% 79.8% 41.0% VCEL
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 70/100 50/100 81/100 VCEL

Percentile Scorecard

BEAMNTLAVCEL

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisBEAMNTLAVCEL
Valuation 57 #269 of 624 35 #404 of 624 82 #115 of 624
Growth 77 #138 of 601 63 #221 of 601 94 #36 of 601
Profitability 64 #193 of 541 39 #331 of 541 88 #64 of 541
Financial Health 81 #122 of 647 72 #181 of 647 69 #203 of 647
Shareholder Returns 68 #116 of 359 40 #216 of 359 73 #99 of 359
Overall 70 50 81
  • BEAM ranked among 671 companies in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
  • NTLA ranked among 671 companies in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
  • VCEL ranked among 671 companies in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodBEAMNTLAVCELSPY
1 month +17.6%+10.0%+5.7% +0.7%
3 months +8.9%+19.3%-9.9% +3.7%
6 months -4.9%-1.9%+23.6% +7.1%
Year to date +4.0%+47.2%+19.2% +12.8%
1 year +16.4%+0.8%+23.0% +11.9%
3 years +50.9%-44.5%+24.8% +85.2%
3 years, per year +14.7%-17.8%+7.7% +22.8%
5 years -67.5%-90.1%-6.8% +67.6%
5 years, per year -20.1%-37.0%-1.4% +10.9%
10 years —+2.1%+1,726.0% +262.0%
10 years, per year —+0.2%+33.7% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureBEAMNTLAVCELSPY
Volatility, 1Y 70.4%79.8%41.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 63.6%81.7%40.0% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.092.460.71 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.230.010.56 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -85.3%-95.5%-64.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -23.9%-25.8%-11.2% -1.2%
52-week high $37.92$17.84$48.31 $779.14
52-week low $20.60$8.04$29.34 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleBEAMNTLAVCEL
P/E now vs peer median -35.2xmedian 17.8x -4.4xmedian 17.8x 90.5xmedian 17.8x
P/S now vs peer median 19.1xmedian 9.1x 31.1xmedian 9.1x 7.2xmedian 9.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -5.4xmedian 15.0x -3.4xmedian 15.0x 64.8xmedian 15.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median -8.0xmedian 21.7x -5.3xmedian 21.7x 35.6xmedian 21.7x
P/B now vs peer median 2.8xmedian 2.2x 2.5xmedian 2.2x 5.9xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median -0.83median 0.35 -0.27median 0.35 1.67median 0.35

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsBEAMNTLAVCEL
Revenue $156.04M $59.51M $306.30M
Gross profit – – $228.38M
Operating income -$378.02M -$423.48M $18.24M
Net income -$86.52M -$399.98M $24.22M
Free cash flow -$372.77M -$348.69M $61.66M
R&D $408.66M $346.73M $29.17M
EPS (diluted) $-0.82 $-3.00 $0.46
Cash & equivalents $219.83M $106.13M $125.40M
Total debt $100.26M – –
Shares (diluted) 104.33M 133.48M 52.31M
Enterprise value -$1.71B $77.77M $1.62B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricBEAMNTLAVCEL
P/E -35.2x -4.4x 90.5x
P/FCF -8.0x -5.3x 35.6x
P/Operating cash flow -8.3x -5.3x 31.5x
P/S 19.1x 31.1x 7.2x
P/B 2.8x 2.5x 5.9x
P/Tangible book 2.8x 2.5x 6.0x
EV/EBITDA -5.4x -3.4x 64.8x
EV/EBIT -5.1x -3.3x 111.5x
EV/Revenue 12.3x 23.8x 6.6x
EV/FCF -5.2x -4.1x 33.0x
EV/Operating cash flow -5.4x -4.1x 29.2x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -0.83 -0.27 1.67

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBEAMNTLAVCEL
Revenue growth (1Y) 158.9% 12.6% 23.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 24.9% 3.9% 19.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – 24.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – 23.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) 15.2% 17.3% 1,428%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 0.3% 2.7% 47.8%
Net income growth (1Y) 78.2% 16.7% 240.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 35.8% 4.1% 56.6%
EPS growth (1Y) 79.0% 35.3% 228.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 42.4% 16.5% 54.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -4.2% 17.2% 47.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -2.0% 2.0% 33.7%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -4.8% 17.3% 842.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 0.7% 3.2% 43.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBEAMNTLAVCEL
Gross margin – – 74.6%
EBITDA margin -228.0% -696.4% 10.2%
Operating margin -242.3% -711.7% 6.0%
Pretax margin -54.4% -671.0% 8.2%
Net margin -54.7% -672.2% 7.9%
FCF margin -238.9% -586.0% 20.1%
Operating cash flow margin -230.3% -582.5% 22.7%
Return on equity -7.6% -59.2% 6.9%
Return on assets -5.9% -49.4% 5.1%
Return on invested capital – – –
Return on capital employed -27.9% -58.1% 4.1%
Asset turnover 0.1x 0.1x 0.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 4.2x 0.9x 2.9x
Stock comp / revenue 52.2% 114.1% 12.2%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBEAMNTLAVCEL
Debt / assets 7.2% – –
Debt / equity 0.1x – –
Net debt / EBITDA 3.0x – –
Debt / FCF -0.3x – –
Liabilities / assets 23.0% 15.1% 26.4%
Equity / assets 77.0% 84.9% 73.6%
Interest coverage – – 28.5x
Current ratio 14.6x 6.6x 5.0x
Quick ratio 14.3x 5.6x 4.5x
Cash ratio 14.3x 5.5x 3.1x
Altman Z-score 3.85 3.09 10.09

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBEAMNTLAVCEL
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield -0.5% -7.1% -0.3%
Shareholder yield -0.5% -7.1% -0.3%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusBEAMNTLAVCEL
Forward P/E – – 84.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-4.22FY2026 $-3.38FY2026 $0.51FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – – +59.4%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – – +74.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year $49.46MFY2026 $48.94MFY2026 $324.56MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -64.6%FY2026 -27.7%FY2026 +17.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +23.6% +158.6% +16.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBEAMNTLAVCEL
Held by institutions 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Institutions holding 277 329 318
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.0% +30.5% +0.4%
Institutions buying 154 195 188
Institutions selling 75 78 98
Buyers to sellers 2.05 2.50 1.92

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

BEAMNTLAVCEL
BEAM 1.00 0.66 0.20
NTLA 0.66 1.00 0.18
VCEL 0.20 0.18 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BEAM, NTLA and VCEL?

Beam Therapeutics (BEAM) is the largest by market capitalisation: Beam Therapeutics (BEAM) $2.98B, Intellia Therapeutics (NTLA) $1.85B, Vericel (VCEL) $2.20B.

Which company is growing faster?

Beam Therapeutics (BEAM) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Beam Therapeutics (BEAM) +158.9%, Intellia Therapeutics (NTLA) +12.6%, Vericel (VCEL) +23.0%.

Which company is more profitable?

Vericel (VCEL) has the highest net margin (Beam Therapeutics (BEAM) -54.7%, Intellia Therapeutics (NTLA) -672.2%, Vericel (VCEL) 7.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Vericel (VCEL) returned the most: Beam Therapeutics (BEAM) +16.4%, Intellia Therapeutics (NTLA) +0.8%, Vericel (VCEL) +23.0%. Over five years, Vericel (VCEL) compounded fastest (Beam Therapeutics (BEAM) -20.1%/yr, Intellia Therapeutics (NTLA) -37.0%/yr, Vericel (VCEL) -1.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Vericel (VCEL) has been the steadiest (Beam Therapeutics (BEAM) 70.4%, Intellia Therapeutics (NTLA) 79.8%, Vericel (VCEL) 41.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BEAM, NTLA and VCEL?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Vericel (VCEL) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.