BLTE vs. BBIO, OGN, IONS, CYTK, APLS, MDGL, ALPN, NUVL, ALKS, and PRGO
Should you be buying Belite Bio stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Belite Bio include BridgeBio Pharma (BBIO), Organon & Co. (OGN), Ionis Pharmaceuticals (IONS), Cytokinetics (CYTK), Apellis Pharmaceuticals (APLS), Madrigal Pharmaceuticals (MDGL), Alpine Immune Sciences (ALPN), Nuvalent (NUVL), Alkermes (ALKS), and Perrigo (PRGO). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
Belite Bio (NASDAQ:BLTE) and BridgeBio Pharma (NASDAQ:BBIO) are both medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment and valuation.
Belite Bio has a net margin of 0.00% compared to BridgeBio Pharma's net margin of -246.24%. BridgeBio Pharma's return on equity of 0.00% beat Belite Bio's return on equity.
Belite Bio currently has a consensus price target of $44.83, indicating a potential downside of 8.41%. BridgeBio Pharma has a consensus price target of $47.62, indicating a potential upside of 69.99%. Given BridgeBio Pharma's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe BridgeBio Pharma is more favorable than Belite Bio.
Belite Bio has a beta of -1.52, indicating that its share price is 252% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BridgeBio Pharma has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, BridgeBio Pharma had 12 more articles in the media than Belite Bio. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for BridgeBio Pharma and 6 mentions for Belite Bio. Belite Bio's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat BridgeBio Pharma's score of 0.47 indicating that Belite Bio is being referred to more favorably in the media.
0.5% of Belite Bio shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.9% of BridgeBio Pharma shares are held by institutional investors. 13.3% of Belite Bio shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 24.7% of BridgeBio Pharma shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
BridgeBio Pharma received 121 more outperform votes than Belite Bio when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 95.83% of users gave Belite Bio an outperform vote while only 68.25% of users gave BridgeBio Pharma an outperform vote.
Belite Bio has higher earnings, but lower revenue than BridgeBio Pharma. Belite Bio is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BridgeBio Pharma, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
BridgeBio Pharma beats Belite Bio on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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