STEL vs AGIO Comparison

Stellar Bancorp Inc is a U.S. based bank holding company. Through its subsidiary, Stellar Bank, the company provides a diversified range of commercial banking services predominantly to small to medium sized businesses, professionals, and individual customers. Its offerings include different types of loans, such as mortgage loans, home equity loans, automobile loans, etc.; deposit products, such as checking accounts, commercial accounts, money market accounts, savings accounts, etc.; and other banking services like mobile banking, debit cards, cash management and wire transfer services, letters of credit, and others.

Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the field of cellular metabolism to create differentiated medicines for rare diseases, with a focus on classical hematology. The company's primary focus is to develop potentially transformative small-molecule medicines. Its product candidate, Pyrukynd (mitapivat), is an activator of both wild-type and mutant pyruvate kinase enzymes, developed for the treatment of hemolytic anemias. The other drug candidates in its pipeline include Tebapivat (PK activator), being developed as a potential treatment for MDS-associated anemia and sickle cell disease, AG-181 (PAH stabilizer), AG-236, and others.