KMDA vs. PRTK, FULC, ALT, MIRM, CALT, COLL, PRTA, SAVA, ELVN, and ARQT
Should you be buying Kamada stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kamada include Paratek Pharmaceuticals (PRTK), Fulcrum Therapeutics (FULC), Altimmune (ALT), Mirum Pharmaceuticals (MIRM), Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ) (CALT), Collegium Pharmaceutical (COLL), Prothena (PRTA), Cassava Sciences (SAVA), Enliven Therapeutics (ELVN), and Arcutis Biotherapeutics (ARQT). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Kamada (NASDAQ:KMDA) and Paratek Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:PRTK) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, community ranking, risk and valuation.
Kamada has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Paratek Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 1.7, meaning that its share price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Paratek Pharmaceuticals received 123 more outperform votes than Kamada when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.13% of users gave Kamada an outperform vote while only 62.39% of users gave Paratek Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote.
Kamada has a net margin of 8.33% compared to Paratek Pharmaceuticals' net margin of -35.44%. Kamada's return on equity of 5.50% beat Paratek Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.
20.4% of Kamada shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.6% of Paratek Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. 36.1% of Kamada shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of Paratek Pharmaceuticals shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Kamada had 2 more articles in the media than Paratek Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Kamada and 0 mentions for Paratek Pharmaceuticals. Kamada's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Paratek Pharmaceuticals' score of 0.00 indicating that Kamada is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Kamada currently has a consensus price target of $11.00, indicating a potential upside of 108.73%. Paratek Pharmaceuticals has a consensus price target of $2.15, indicating a potential downside of 3.59%. Given Kamada's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Kamada is more favorable than Paratek Pharmaceuticals.
Kamada has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Paratek Pharmaceuticals. Paratek Pharmaceuticals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kamada, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Kamada beats Paratek Pharmaceuticals on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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