Charter Communications Inc vs Crispr Therapeutics AG — how do they compare? Charter Communications Inc trades at $156.89 (market cap $18.81B), while Crispr Therapeutics AG trades at $54.08 (market cap $5.23B). The key difference: Charter Communications Inc is far larger — about 3.6× Crispr Therapeutics AG's market cap. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| CHTR | CRSP | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $18.81B | $5.23B |
Sector | Media | Health |
52-Week High | $282.74 | $76.78 |
52-Week Low | $123.31 | $44.34 |
Enterprise Value | $115.01B | $3.65B |
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Charter is the product of the 2016 merger of three cable companies, each with a decades-long history in the business: Legacy Charter, Time Warner Cable, and Bright House Networks. The firm now holds networks capable of providing television, internet access, and phone services to roughly 54 million U.S. homes and businesses, around 40% of the country. Across this footprint, Charter serves 29 million residential and 2 million commercial customer accounts under the Spectrum brand, making it the second-largest U.S. cable company behind Comcast. The firm also owns, in whole or in part, sports and news networks, including Spectrum SportsNet (long-term local rights to Los Angeles Lakers games), SportsNet LA (Los Angeles Dodgers), SportsNet New York (New York Mets), and Spectrum News NY1.
Read more on CHTR →CRISPR Therapeutics is a gene editing company focused on the development of CRISPR/Cas9-based therapeutics. CRISPR/Cas9 stands for Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated protein 9 (Cas9), which is a revolutionary technology for precisely altering specific sequences of genomic DNA. The company is focused on using this technology to treat genetically defined diseases. CRISPR's most advanced pipeline candidate, CTX001, is in collaboration with Vertex Pharmaceuticals and targets sickle cell disease and transfusion-dependent beta-thalassemia, which have high unmet medical needs. The company is progressing additional gene editing programs for immuno-oncology, as well as a stem cell-derived therapy for the treatment of Type 1 diabetes.
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