KALA vs. AGLE, BTAI, ANVS, VHAQ, MNOV, CKPT, LTRN, AFMD, RLYB, and ELDN
Should you be buying KALA BIO stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of KALA BIO include Aeglea BioTherapeutics (AGLE), BioXcel Therapeutics (BTAI), Annovis Bio (ANVS), Viveon Health Acquisition (VHAQ), MediciNova (MNOV), Checkpoint Therapeutics (CKPT), Lantern Pharma (LTRN), Affimed (AFMD), Rallybio (RLYB), and Eledon Pharmaceuticals (ELDN). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
Aeglea BioTherapeutics (NASDAQ:AGLE) and KALA BIO (NASDAQ:KALA) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability and dividends.
KALA BIO has a net margin of 0.00% compared to KALA BIO's net margin of -22,195.36%. KALA BIO's return on equity of -132.05% beat Aeglea BioTherapeutics' return on equity.
KALA BIO received 44 more outperform votes than Aeglea BioTherapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.67% of users gave KALA BIO an outperform vote while only 56.70% of users gave Aeglea BioTherapeutics an outperform vote.
Aeglea BioTherapeutics has a beta of 2.57, indicating that its stock price is 157% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KALA BIO has a beta of -1.75, indicating that its stock price is 275% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Aeglea BioTherapeutics currently has a consensus target price of $17.50, indicating a potential upside of ∞. KALA BIO has a consensus target price of $16.50, indicating a potential upside of 145.54%. Given KALA BIO's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Aeglea BioTherapeutics is more favorable than KALA BIO.
KALA BIO has higher revenue and earnings than Aeglea BioTherapeutics. KALA BIO is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aeglea BioTherapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
24.6% of KALA BIO shares are held by institutional investors. 6.6% of Aeglea BioTherapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.4% of KALA BIO shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, KALA BIO had 5 more articles in the media than Aeglea BioTherapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for KALA BIO and 0 mentions for Aeglea BioTherapeutics. Aeglea BioTherapeutics' average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat KALA BIO's score of 0.00 indicating that KALA BIO is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
KALA BIO beats Aeglea BioTherapeutics on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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