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Aeterna Zentaris (AEZS) Competitors

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$3.56
+0.02 (+0.56%)
(As of 11/1/2024 ET)

AEZS vs. BGXX, GLYC, RNXT, IBIO, ATHA, TPST, PIRS, SPRB, UBX, and APRE

Should you be buying Aeterna Zentaris stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aeterna Zentaris include Bright Green (BGXX), GlycoMimetics (GLYC), RenovoRx (RNXT), iBio (IBIO), Athira Pharma (ATHA), Tempest Therapeutics (TPST), Pieris Pharmaceuticals (PIRS), Spruce Biosciences (SPRB), Unity Biotechnology (UBX), and Aprea Therapeutics (APRE). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Aeterna Zentaris vs.

Bright Green (NASDAQ:BGXX) and Aeterna Zentaris (NASDAQ:AEZS) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, risk, community ranking, profitability and dividends.

In the previous week, Bright Green's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Aeterna Zentaris'average media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Bright Green Neutral
Aeterna Zentaris Neutral

Aeterna Zentaris received 419 more outperform votes than Bright Green when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Bright GreenN/AN/A
Aeterna ZentarisOutperform Votes
419
60.37%
Underperform Votes
275
39.63%

Bright Green has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Aeterna Zentaris. Bright Green is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aeterna Zentaris, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Bright GreenN/AN/A-$13.13M-$0.06-2.17
Aeterna Zentaris$2.37M2.69-$16.55M-$14.86-0.24

Bright Green has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aeterna Zentaris has a beta of 1.55, suggesting that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.

7.8% of Bright Green shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.7% of Aeterna Zentaris shares are owned by institutional investors. 62.6% of Bright Green shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Aeterna Zentaris shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Bright Green has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Aeterna Zentaris' net margin of -760.32%. Bright Green's return on equity of -83.40% beat Aeterna Zentaris' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Bright GreenN/A -83.40% -53.83%
Aeterna Zentaris -760.32%-83.45%-45.76%

Aeterna Zentaris has a consensus target price of $60.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1,585.39%. Given Aeterna Zentaris' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Aeterna Zentaris is more favorable than Bright Green.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Bright Green
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A
Aeterna Zentaris
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Aeterna Zentaris beats Bright Green on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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AEZS vs. The Competition

MetricAeterna ZentarisPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$6.38M$7.02B$5.40B$8.53B
Dividend YieldN/A7.96%5.15%4.14%
P/E Ratio-0.249.36112.5515.07
Price / Sales2.69386.151,478.8293.55
Price / CashN/A47.3339.8334.04
Price / Book0.245.324.645.01
Net Income-$16.55M$153.56M$119.13M$225.46M
7 Day Performance-3.52%0.12%0.78%0.37%
1 Month Performance-6.32%15.23%5.65%3.57%
1 Year Performance-37.32%41.16%36.90%29.42%

Aeterna Zentaris Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AEZS
Aeterna Zentaris
N/A$3.56
+0.6%
$60.00
+1,585.4%
-39.0%$6.38M$2.37M-0.2420Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
BGXX
Bright Green
N/A$0.13
-7.1%
N/A-63.5%$24.85MN/A-2.172Gap Down
GLYC
GlycoMimetics
4.3859 of 5 stars
$0.38
-5.0%
$10.00
+2,513.7%
-69.6%$24.67M$10,000.00-0.6650Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
News Coverage
RNXT
RenovoRx
1.6731 of 5 stars
$1.02
+2.0%
$6.13
+500.5%
-3.8%$24.47MN/A-1.706Positive News
IBIO
iBio
1.0468 of 5 stars
$2.67
+3.1%
$4.30
+61.0%
N/A$24.40M$225,000.000.00100
ATHA
Athira Pharma
2.5581 of 5 stars
$0.61
+42.3%
$13.83
+2,183.1%
-65.4%$23.29MN/A-0.2040Gap Up
High Trading Volume
TPST
Tempest Therapeutics
2.245 of 5 stars
$0.91
-1.1%
$20.75
+2,181.7%
-75.4%$23.07MN/A-0.5720
PIRS
Pieris Pharmaceuticals
2.3762 of 5 stars
$17.30
+0.3%
N/A-14.4%$22.77M$42.81M-0.92140Gap Down
SPRB
Spruce Biosciences
3.0101 of 5 stars
$0.55
+3.8%
$5.00
+812.1%
-51.1%$22.64M$10.09M-0.5320
UBX
Unity Biotechnology
3.9281 of 5 stars
$1.31
-3.7%
$6.67
+408.9%
-29.2%$22.07M$240,000.00-0.6660Positive News
APRE
Aprea Therapeutics
3.5958 of 5 stars
$3.92
+0.3%
$15.50
+295.4%
+13.3%$21.29M$580,000.00-1.297Short Interest ↑

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This page (NASDAQ:AEZS) was last updated on 11/2/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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