AKTX vs. COCP, ONCT, RMTI, ANEB, DRRX, EQ, CASI, LEXX, KZR, and KRON
Should you be buying Akari Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Akari Therapeutics include Cocrystal Pharma (COCP), Oncternal Therapeutics (ONCT), Rockwell Medical (RMTI), Anebulo Pharmaceuticals (ANEB), DURECT (DRRX), Equillium (EQ), CASI Pharmaceuticals (CASI), Lexaria Bioscience (LEXX), Kezar Life Sciences (KZR), and Kronos Bio (KRON). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
Cocrystal Pharma (NASDAQ:COCP) and Akari Therapeutics (NASDAQ:AKTX) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.
Cocrystal Pharma currently has a consensus target price of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 344.44%. Given Akari Therapeutics' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Cocrystal Pharma is more favorable than Akari Therapeutics.
6.7% of Cocrystal Pharma shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.1% of Akari Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. 25.6% of Cocrystal Pharma shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 61.8% of Akari Therapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Cocrystal Pharma has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Akari Therapeutics has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Akari Therapeutics had 2 more articles in the media than Cocrystal Pharma. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Akari Therapeutics and 2 mentions for Cocrystal Pharma. Akari Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Cocrystal Pharma's score of 0.50 indicating that Cocrystal Pharma is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Akari Therapeutics received 240 more outperform votes than Cocrystal Pharma when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.86% of users gave Cocrystal Pharma an outperform vote while only 54.47% of users gave Akari Therapeutics an outperform vote.
Cocrystal Pharma's return on equity of 0.00% beat Akari Therapeutics' return on equity.
Summary
Cocrystal Pharma and Akari Therapeutics tied by winning 6 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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