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Design Therapeutics, Inc.DSGNCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Health Care›Biotechnology
Momentum laggard 17
Mkt cap
$639M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
55%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$4.59M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
n/m
no positive forecast
ROIC−WACC
n/a
WACC 13.5%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
129 days
15 Mar 2027
Close · USD$10.21
1D+5.6%
1W-4.4%
1M-11.1%
3M-28.8%
6M-28.2%
YTD+8.8%
1Y+55.9%
ATR %6.6%
Beta1.15
52w lowhigh40.8% off high

What Design Therapeutics does

Employees: 124

Design Therapeutics at a glance

Size Design Therapeutics (DSGN) is a United States Health Care company (Biotechnology) with a market value of $639M, the 2550th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $10.21 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 28.2%, against -13.7% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 6th lowest of 19 in its peer set.

Short interest Short interest is 10.6% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 15 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

608010012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 85DSGN 65
Six months, rebased to 100: Design Therapeutics against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Design Therapeutics financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$0$0$0$0$0
Revenue growth—————
Gross profit-$619,000-$622,000-$596,000-$537,000-$466,000
EBITDA-$78.7M-$78.8M-$61.8M-$77.7M-$67.1M
Net income-$70.8M-$69.8M-$49.6M-$66.9M-$63.3M
Free cash flow-$55.1M-$54.6M-$43.4M-$58.8M-$52.7M
Capital expenditure$55,000$193,000$340,000$256,000$918,000
Total debt$2.66M$1.53M$2.33M$3.05M$3.69M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Design Therapeutics competitor charts

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Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

0%+200%+400%+600%+800%-50%-25%0%+25%GERNKURA603387WVE1672CADLAURA002880GNFTATTODSGN6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Design Therapeutics is the large dot.

Design Therapeutics competitors and peer comparison

How Design Therapeutics compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Design Therapeutics against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureDSGNPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-11.1%-9.7%10th lowest of 21
6-month return-28.2%-13.7%6th lowest of 19
Distance from 52-week high-40.8%-44.7%9th highest of 21

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginEV / SalesReq gDelivered g
Design Therapeutics DSGNUnited States$639M-28%n/an/an/an/an/a
Geron GERNUnited States$636M-29%+19%-8%1.6×n/an/a
Kura Oncology KURAUnited States$647M-23%-7%-412%2.0×n/an/a
Getein Biotech 603387.SSChina$647M-12%+8%21%2.7×-8.3%-1.3%
Apnimed APMDUnited States$629Mn/a+380%-140%20.3×n/an/a
Wave Life Sciences WVEUnited States$664M-53%-35%-321%3.9×n/an/a
Boji Medical Technology 300404.SZChina$664M+7%+32%4%4.1×35.4%+27.2%
Ascletis Pharma 1672.HKHong Kong$610M-73%-59%-71,976%2,088.7×n/an/a
Candel Therapeutics CADLUnited States$670M+5%n/an/an/an/an/a
4D Molecular Therapeutics FDMTUnited States$677M+21%+278,712%-214%3.9×n/an/a
Aura Biosciences AURAUnited States$680M-22%n/an/an/an/an/a
Shenzhen Weiguang Biological Products 002880.SZChina$682M-22%0%18%4.7×n/an/a
Anhui Huaheng Biotechnology 688639.SSChina$688M-40%+7%3%2.1×n/an/a
Genfit GNFT.PAFrance$593M+19%+28%-130%11.2×40.0%+143.5%
Climb Bio CLYMUnited States$591M-10%n/an/an/an/an/a
Attovia Therapeutics ATTOUnited States$697M+744%n/a-4,975%625.6×n/an/a
Solid Biosciences SLDBUnited States$707M-9%n/an/an/an/an/a
Alebund Pharmaceuticals (Jiangsu) 9637.HKHong Kong$576Mn/a+674%-495%25.7×n/an/a
Sana Biotechnology SANAUnited States$709M-32%n/an/an/an/an/a
Faeth Therapeutics FTHUnited States$570M-6%n/an/an/an/an/a
Shouyao Holdings Beijing 688197.SSChina$726M-16%+4,564%-92%43.1×n/an/a

Questions

Which companies are Design Therapeutics's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: Geron (GERN), Kura Oncology (KURA), Getein Biotech (603387.SS), Apnimed (APMD), Wave Life Sciences (WVE), Boji Medical Technology (300404.SZ), Ascletis Pharma (1672.HK), Candel Therapeutics (CADL).
How has Design Therapeutics stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -28.2% against -13.7% for the median peer; over one year +55.9%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.