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$3.64 +0.01 (+0.28%)
(As of 11/15/2024 ET)

ABUS vs. KALV, KMDA, FSTX, BYSI, MGTA, VCEL, CPRX, IOVA, IDYA, and ARWR

Should you be buying Arbutus Biopharma stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Arbutus Biopharma include KalVista Pharmaceuticals (KALV), Kamada (KMDA), F-star Therapeutics (FSTX), BeyondSpring (BYSI), Magenta Therapeutics (MGTA), Vericel (VCEL), Catalyst Pharmaceuticals (CPRX), Iovance Biotherapeutics (IOVA), IDEAYA Biosciences (IDYA), and Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals (ARWR). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Arbutus Biopharma vs.

KalVista Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:KALV) and Arbutus Biopharma (NASDAQ:ABUS) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.

Arbutus Biopharma received 95 more outperform votes than KalVista Pharmaceuticals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.39% of users gave KalVista Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote while only 70.94% of users gave Arbutus Biopharma an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
KalVista PharmaceuticalsOutperform Votes
337
74.39%
Underperform Votes
116
25.61%
Arbutus BiopharmaOutperform Votes
432
70.94%
Underperform Votes
177
29.06%

Arbutus Biopharma has higher revenue and earnings than KalVista Pharmaceuticals. Arbutus Biopharma is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than KalVista Pharmaceuticals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
KalVista PharmaceuticalsN/AN/A-$126.64M-$3.53-2.69
Arbutus Biopharma$18.14M38.02-$72.85M-$0.43-8.46

In the previous week, Arbutus Biopharma had 16 more articles in the media than KalVista Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Arbutus Biopharma and 2 mentions for KalVista Pharmaceuticals. KalVista Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Arbutus Biopharma's score of 0.20 indicating that KalVista Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
KalVista Pharmaceuticals
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Arbutus Biopharma
2 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

43.8% of Arbutus Biopharma shares are held by institutional investors. 10.5% of KalVista Pharmaceuticals shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of Arbutus Biopharma shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

KalVista Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arbutus Biopharma has a beta of 1.92, indicating that its stock price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500.

KalVista Pharmaceuticals currently has a consensus price target of $26.00, indicating a potential upside of 173.97%. Arbutus Biopharma has a consensus price target of $5.38, indicating a potential upside of 47.66%. Given KalVista Pharmaceuticals' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe KalVista Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than Arbutus Biopharma.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
KalVista Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Arbutus Biopharma
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

KalVista Pharmaceuticals has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Arbutus Biopharma's net margin of -1,137.65%. Arbutus Biopharma's return on equity of -68.18% beat KalVista Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
KalVista PharmaceuticalsN/A -97.37% -82.39%
Arbutus Biopharma -1,137.65%-68.18%-51.55%

Summary

Arbutus Biopharma beats KalVista Pharmaceuticals on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ABUS vs. The Competition

MetricArbutus BiopharmaPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$689.74M$6.39B$5.06B$8.67B
Dividend YieldN/A8.04%5.06%4.06%
P/E Ratio-8.4610.0598.5017.08
Price / Sales38.02266.581,205.7371.31
Price / CashN/A53.4940.6936.36
Price / Book6.509.306.325.87
Net Income-$72.85M$154.14M$119.47M$225.66M
7 Day Performance-2.93%-9.49%-5.11%-1.34%
1 Month Performance-13.33%-7.23%-3.21%1.00%
1 Year Performance96.76%30.70%32.41%25.27%

Arbutus Biopharma Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ABUS
Arbutus Biopharma
2.8115 of 5 stars
$3.64
+0.3%
$5.38
+47.7%
+96.8%$689.75M$18.14M-8.4673Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
KALV
KalVista Pharmaceuticals
3.8357 of 5 stars
$10.67
-3.8%
N/A+24.7%$461.16MN/A-3.02150Positive News
KMDA
Kamada
3.9768 of 5 stars
$6.27
+2.8%
N/A+22.8%$360.40M$154.57M23.22360Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
FSTX
F-star Therapeutics
N/A$7.12
flat
N/AN/A$156.50M$21.17M-3.9184News Coverage
BYSI
BeyondSpring
N/A$1.86
-6.1%
N/A+73.4%$72.60M$1.75M0.0080Gap Down
MGTA
Magenta Therapeutics
0.8615 of 5 stars
$0.70
-7.7%
N/A+0.0%$42.44MN/A0.0067News Coverage
Gap Down
VCEL
Vericel
0.8589 of 5 stars
$55.89
-1.6%
N/A+47.5%$2.76B$226.84M931.66300
CPRX
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals
4.7199 of 5 stars
$23.04
-1.7%
N/A+54.0%$2.75B$398.20M19.53167
IOVA
Iovance Biotherapeutics
4.2756 of 5 stars
$9.69
-9.0%
N/A+85.9%$2.71B$1.19M-6.50500Insider Selling
IDYA
IDEAYA Biosciences
4.191 of 5 stars
$30.98
-3.1%
N/A-11.0%$2.68B$23.39M-13.3080
ARWR
Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals
3.7112 of 5 stars
$21.51
-2.1%
N/A-28.7%$2.67B$19.65M-4.61400Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:ABUS) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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