KALA vs. NRBO, BIVI, COCP, SYBX, TCRT, INDP, LUMO, SLGL, ORGS, and AYTU
Should you be buying KALA BIO stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of KALA BIO include NeuroBo Pharmaceuticals (NRBO), BioVie (BIVI), Cocrystal Pharma (COCP), Synlogic (SYBX), Alaunos Therapeutics (TCRT), Indaptus Therapeutics (INDP), Lumos Pharma (LUMO), Sol-Gel Technologies (SLGL), Orgenesis (ORGS), and Aytu BioPharma (AYTU). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
KALA BIO (NASDAQ:KALA) and NeuroBo Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:NRBO) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
KALA BIO has a beta of -1.75, suggesting that its share price is 275% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NeuroBo Pharmaceuticals has a beta of -0.23, suggesting that its share price is 123% less volatile than the S&P 500.
NeuroBo Pharmaceuticals has lower revenue, but higher earnings than KALA BIO.
NeuroBo Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of -90.22% beat KALA BIO's return on equity.
KALA BIO presently has a consensus price target of $16.50, suggesting a potential upside of 147.01%. NeuroBo Pharmaceuticals has a consensus price target of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 115.98%. Given KALA BIO's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe KALA BIO is more favorable than NeuroBo Pharmaceuticals.
KALA BIO received 271 more outperform votes than NeuroBo Pharmaceuticals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.00% of users gave NeuroBo Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave KALA BIO an outperform vote.
In the previous week, KALA BIO had 5 more articles in the media than NeuroBo Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for KALA BIO and 1 mentions for NeuroBo Pharmaceuticals. NeuroBo Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat KALA BIO's score of -0.44 indicating that NeuroBo Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
24.6% of KALA BIO shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.4% of NeuroBo Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.4% of KALA BIO shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of NeuroBo Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
KALA BIO beats NeuroBo Pharmaceuticals on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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