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Viridian Therapeutics, Inc.VRDNCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Health Care›Pharmaceuticals: Major

Clinical-stage biotech developing antibody treatments for thyroid eye disease, competing with Amgen's Tepezza.

Momentum leader 98
Mkt cap
$3.23B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
94%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$70.1M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
n/m
no positive forecast
ROIC−WACC
n/a
WACC 9.9%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
125 days
11 Mar 2027
Close · USD$28.49
1D-0.2%
1W+15.5%
1M+55.3%
3M+23.6%
6M+71.5%
YTD-8.4%
1Y+16.7%
ATR %4.7%
Beta1.01
52w lowhigh16.9% off high

What Viridian Therapeutics does

Clinical-stage biotech developing antibody treatments for thyroid eye disease, competing with Amgen's Tepezza.

No approved product yet, so it earns no sales and is funded by raising capital from investors. The value rests on two antibody drugs aimed at the same cell receptor, IGF-1R, that Tepezza targets, one given by intravenous infusion and one by injection under the skin.

Products and services

  • Veligrotug (IV, thyroid eye disease)
  • VRDN-003 (subcutaneous, TED)

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Biopharma R&D
  • IGF-1R antibody drug development
  • Thyroid eye disease clinical trials

What could go right

  • Approval and launch of veligrotug
  • Subcutaneous convenience advantage

What could go wrong

  • Entrenched incumbent (Tepezza) with prescriber loyalty
  • Trial/regulatory delay risk

Moat: none (IP / patents). Pre-commercial; must differentiate on dosing convenience versus Amgen's approved Tepezza.

Headquarters: Waltham, Massachusetts, US · Founded: 2020 · Employees: 252

Named competitors

Viridian Therapeutics at a glance

Size Viridian Therapeutics (VRDN) is a United States Health Care company (Pharmaceuticals: Major) with a market value of $3.23B, the 1495th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $28.49 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 71.5%, against -3.7% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — highest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue fell 62.8% over the last twelve months (peer median +18.6%); the operating margin is -1,781.4% (peer median 15.3%).

Valuation It trades at 99.3× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 4.2× (most expensive of 19).

Credit Viridian Therapeutics has 1 bond outstanding ($250M).

Next results Next results expected around 11 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10012515017511 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026VRDN 166Peer median 97
Six months, rebased to 100: Viridian Therapeutics against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Viridian Therapeutics financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$26.3M$70.8M$302,000$314,000$1.77M
Revenue growth—+23,360%-4%-82%—
Gross profit$23.9M$69.7M-$938,000-$1.01M$1.02M
EBITDA-$468M-$362M-$298M-$253M-$134M
Net income-$435M-$282M-$209M-$238M-$130M
Free cash flow-$344M-$277M-$233M-$185M-$94.6M
Capital expenditure$1.94M$495,000$511,000$898,000$797,000
Total debt$243M$50.7M$23.1M$22.0M$6.36M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Viridian Therapeutics competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-50%0%+50%-25%0%+25%+50%ARQT600535002773ACUTAAS0867WOCKPHARMAPPLPHARMATARS2696VKTXIDYA000250688266600380VRDN6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Viridian Therapeutics is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-100%0%+100%0×50×100×ARQT600535002773ACUTAAS0867WOCKPHARMATARS3001992696IDYA000250688266VRDNRevenue growth (TTM) →EV / Sales →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Viridian Therapeutics is the large dot.

Viridian Therapeutics competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (VRDN vs AMGN vs IMVT vs ARGX)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginEV / SalesReq g
Viridian Therapeutics VRDN$3.23B+72%-63%-1,781%99.3×n/a
Amgen AMGN$249B+40%+9%36%7.4×1.8%
Immunovant IMVT$6.31B+5%n/an/an/an/a
argenx SE Sponsored ADR ARGX$57.5B+19%+71%29%10.0×10.9%
Roche RO.SW$385B+22%-1%31%5.6×0.9%

How Viridian 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.

Viridian Therapeutics against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureVRDNPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+55.3%+0.6%highest of 21
6-month return+71.5%-3.7%highest of 20
Distance from 52-week high-16.9%-25.8%7th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)-62.8%+18.6%2nd lowest of 19
Operating margin-1,781.4%15.3%lowest of 19
EV / Sales99.3×4.2×most expensive of 19

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginEV / SalesReq gDelivered g
Viridian Therapeutics VRDNUnited States$3.23B+72%-63%-1,781%99.3×n/an/a
Arcutis Biotherapeutics ARQTUnited States$3.21B+21%+76%7%6.7×48.9%+367.3%
Tasly Pharmaceutical 600535.SSChina$3.20B-5%-4%19%2.3×-7.6%-9.6%
Chengdu Kanghong Pharmaceutical 002773.SZChina$3.18B-7%-11%24%3.6×-2.2%+7.0%
Acutaas Chemicals ACUTAAS.NSIndia$3.28B+39%+45%36%19.3×n/an/a
China Medical System 0867.HKHong Kong$3.30B-16%+15%20%2.1×2.9%+2.7%
China National Medicines 600511.SSChina$3.31B+2%+3%4%0.3×-9.8%+5.4%
Wockhardt WOCKPHARMA.NSIndia$3.35B+19%+26%13%8.9×56.9%+4.2%
Piramal Pharma PPLPHARMA.NSIndia$3.37B+30%+9%3%3.8×n/an/a
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals TARSUnited States$3.38B+12%+86%-10%4.6×31.9%+159.5%
Hybio Pharmaceutical 300199.SZChina$3.08B+16%+70%31%14.7×40.1%+6.1%
Shanghai Henlius Biotech 2696.HKHong Kong$3.41B-37%+33%12%3.7×15.2%+61.4%
Viking Therapeutics VKTXUnited States$3.42B-17%n/an/an/an/an/a
IDEAYA Biosciences IDYAUnited States$3.02B+10%-83%-1,267%60.5×n/an/a
Betta Pharmaceuticals 300558.SZChina$3.01B-9%+16%11%5.8×25.2%+14.0%
Jiangsu Nhwa Pharmaceutical 002262.SZChina$3.47B+2%+3%19%3.1×-2.2%+12.0%
Parabilis Medicines PBLSUnited States$3.52Bn/an/an/an/an/an/a
Sam Chun Dang Pharm 000250.KSSouth Korea$2.91B-59%+21%7%15.4×n/an/a
Suzhou Zelgen Biopharmaceuticals 688266.SSChina$3.60B-13%+136%29%12.8×20.5%+98.4%
Simcere Pharmaceutical 2096.HKHong Kong$3.63B-7%+27%18%2.7×-2.8%+10.6%
Joincare Pharmaceutical Group Industry 600380.SSChina$2.86B-4%-12%18%1.6×-13.1%+2.4%

Viridian Therapeutics bonds and credit

Viridian Therapeutics has 1 bond outstanding with $250M face value.

Every bond, yield and spread in the cockpit →

Questions

Who are Viridian Therapeutics's main competitors?
Named competitors: Amgen (Tepezza) (AMGN), Immunovant (IMVT), argenx (ARGX), Roche (RO.SW). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Arcutis Biotherapeutics (ARQT), Tasly Pharmaceutical (600535.SS), Chengdu Kanghong Pharmaceutical (002773.SZ), Acutaas Chemicals (ACUTAAS.NS), China Medical System (0867.HK), China National Medicines (600511.SS).
Is Viridian Therapeutics expensive compared with its peers?
On ev / sales it trades at 99.3× against a peer median of 4.2×, most expensive of 19 in its peer set.
How has Viridian Therapeutics stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +71.5% against -3.7% for the median peer; over one year +16.7%.

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.