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Cara Therapeutics (CARA) Competitors

$0.65
+0.05 (+8.34%)
(As of 05/31/2024 ET)

CARA vs. CYBN, SCPH, RGLS, CTMX, RPTX, GOSS, CRVS, SYRS, OPTN, and ACET

Should you be buying Cara Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cara Therapeutics include Cybin (CYBN), scPharmaceuticals (SCPH), Regulus Therapeutics (RGLS), CytomX Therapeutics (CTMX), Repare Therapeutics (RPTX), Gossamer Bio (GOSS), Corvus Pharmaceuticals (CRVS), Syros Pharmaceuticals (SYRS), OptiNose (OPTN), and Adicet Bio (ACET). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.

Cara Therapeutics vs.

Cybin (NYSE:CYBN) and Cara Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CARA) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, profitability, earnings, community ranking, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Cara Therapeutics received 666 more outperform votes than Cybin when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Cybin an outperform vote while only 75.03% of users gave Cara Therapeutics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
CybinOutperform Votes
1
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes
Cara TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
667
75.03%
Underperform Votes
222
24.97%

Cybin has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cara Therapeutics. Cybin is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cara Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
CybinN/AN/A-$35.93M-$0.21-1.67
Cara Therapeutics$16.94M2.10-$118.51M-$2.25-0.29

Cybin currently has a consensus price target of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 1,328.57%. Cara Therapeutics has a consensus price target of $11.12, indicating a potential upside of 1,612.35%. Given Cybin's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Cara Therapeutics is more favorable than Cybin.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cybin
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Cara Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

In the previous week, Cara Therapeutics had 5 more articles in the media than Cybin. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Cara Therapeutics and 1 mentions for Cybin. Cybin's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Cara Therapeutics' score of 0.00 indicating that Cara Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cybin
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Cara Therapeutics
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

17.9% of Cybin shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.7% of Cara Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. 15.0% of Cybin shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Cara Therapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Cybin has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Cybin's net margin of -723.49%. Cara Therapeutics' return on equity of -109.05% beat Cybin's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
CybinN/A -109.05% -97.85%
Cara Therapeutics -723.49%-174.15%-105.26%

Cybin has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cara Therapeutics has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Cara Therapeutics beats Cybin on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CARA vs. The Competition

MetricCara TherapeuticsPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$35.51M$6.73B$5.13B$7.96B
Dividend YieldN/A2.68%2.75%4.02%
P/E Ratio-0.2922.62158.4618.58
Price / Sales2.10391.592,416.7291.45
Price / CashN/A32.8835.3331.51
Price / Book1.186.085.534.59
Net Income-$118.51M$138.60M$106.01M$213.90M
7 Day Performance-3.25%3.29%1.14%0.87%
1 Month Performance-15.90%0.05%0.69%1.82%
1 Year Performance-78.98%-3.68%2.66%5.90%

Cara Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CYBN
Cybin
0.9424 of 5 stars
$0.34
-2.3%
$5.00
+1,362.8%
N/A$140.43MN/A-1.63N/APositive News
SCPH
scPharmaceuticals
3.7948 of 5 stars
$3.85
+1.0%
$19.00
+393.5%
-64.5%$138.79M$13.59M-2.60135Positive News
RGLS
Regulus Therapeutics
3.1761 of 5 stars
$2.09
+2.0%
$7.25
+246.9%
+72.2%$136.83MN/A-1.4330Short Interest ↓
Positive News
CTMX
CytomX Therapeutics
4.7395 of 5 stars
$1.75
-2.2%
$5.77
+229.9%
+1.2%$136.36M$101.21M8.75120Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↑
RPTX
Repare Therapeutics
3.6303 of 5 stars
$3.14
-3.7%
$17.33
+452.0%
-67.3%$133.26M$51.13M-2.85179Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
GOSS
Gossamer Bio
3.957 of 5 stars
$0.59
-0.9%
$7.65
+1,198.8%
-52.0%$133.24MN/A-0.56135Positive News
CRVS
Corvus Pharmaceuticals
3.0899 of 5 stars
$2.13
+5.4%
$6.88
+222.8%
-33.3%$133.23MN/A-4.1028Short Interest ↓
Positive News
SYRS
Syros Pharmaceuticals
4.0979 of 5 stars
$4.95
-1.0%
$14.00
+182.8%
+37.8%$132.30M$6.98M-0.9968Positive News
OPTN
OptiNose
3.8767 of 5 stars
$1.15
-2.1%
$3.67
+220.2%
-13.6%$129.43M$70.99M-4.24132Short Interest ↑
ACET
Adicet Bio
2.4788 of 5 stars
$1.50
-3.8%
$12.83
+755.6%
-72.1%$123.26M$24.99M-0.51143Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
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This page (NASDAQ:CARA) was last updated on 6/2/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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