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AKTX vs. VTYX, LXEO, THTX, BDTX, ALTS, LYEL, IKT, SKYE, GALT, and GLSI

Should you be buying Akari Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Akari Therapeutics include Ventyx Biosciences (VTYX), Lexeo Therapeutics (LXEO), Theratechnologies (THTX), Black Diamond Therapeutics (BDTX), ALT5 Sigma (ALTS), Lyell Immunopharma (LYEL), Inhibikase Therapeutics (IKT), Skye Bioscience (SKYE), Galectin Therapeutics (GALT), and Greenwich LifeSciences (GLSI). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Akari Therapeutics vs. Its Competitors

Ventyx Biosciences (NASDAQ:VTYX) and Akari Therapeutics (NASDAQ:AKTX) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and institutional ownership.

In the previous week, Akari Therapeutics had 1 more articles in the media than Ventyx Biosciences. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Akari Therapeutics and 2 mentions for Ventyx Biosciences. Ventyx Biosciences' average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Akari Therapeutics' score of 0.49 indicating that Ventyx Biosciences is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ventyx Biosciences
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Akari Therapeutics
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Ventyx Biosciences currently has a consensus target price of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 219.49%. Given Ventyx Biosciences' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ventyx Biosciences is more favorable than Akari Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ventyx Biosciences
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Akari Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Ventyx Biosciences' return on equity of -47.45% beat Akari Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ventyx BiosciencesN/A -47.45% -43.49%
Akari Therapeutics N/A -213.59%-65.60%

97.9% of Ventyx Biosciences shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.1% of Akari Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. 14.5% of Ventyx Biosciences shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 38.1% of Akari Therapeutics shares are held by company 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.

Ventyx Biosciences has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Akari Therapeutics has a beta of 0.21, indicating that its stock price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ventyx BiosciencesN/AN/A-$135.12M-$1.75-1.79
Akari TherapeuticsN/AN/A-$19.79MN/AN/A

Summary

Ventyx Biosciences beats Akari Therapeutics on 8 of the 11 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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AKTX vs. The Competition

MetricAkari TherapeuticsMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$35.07M$2.91B$5.52B$9.32B
Dividend YieldN/A2.46%4.25%4.05%
P/E RatioN/A20.3628.1519.68
Price / SalesN/A302.56437.63100.28
Price / CashN/A42.3835.5357.53
Price / Book1.327.768.235.67
Net Income-$19.79M-$55.11M$3.23B$257.51M
7 Day Performance-1.46%0.95%-0.01%0.52%
1 Month Performance1.83%8.44%5.61%8.84%
1 Year Performance-70.00%-2.38%26.52%14.18%

Akari Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AKTX
Akari Therapeutics
0.8749 of 5 stars
$1.11
+1.9%
N/A-70.9%$35.07MN/A0.009News Coverage
VTYX
Ventyx Biosciences
3.4748 of 5 stars
$2.04
-1.9%
$10.00
+390.2%
+6.7%$148.01MN/A-1.1730Positive News
LXEO
Lexeo Therapeutics
2.0172 of 5 stars
$4.54
+2.0%
$16.60
+265.6%
-68.3%$147.73M$650K-1.3858Gap Up
High Trading Volume
THTX
Theratechnologies
N/A$3.17
-0.9%
N/A+103.9%$147.14M$85.87M-39.63140Earnings Report
High Trading Volume
BDTX
Black Diamond Therapeutics
2.8633 of 5 stars
$2.50
-3.1%
$12.80
+412.0%
-51.0%$146.71MN/A41.6790News Coverage
Positive News
ALTS
ALT5 Sigma
0.1376 of 5 stars
$7.54
-8.4%
N/AN/A$143.65M$12.53M0.00170
LYEL
Lyell Immunopharma
3.2442 of 5 stars
$9.15
-5.6%
$15.00
+63.9%
-73.5%$143.49M$60K-0.37270News Coverage
IKT
Inhibikase Therapeutics
1.1922 of 5 stars
$1.93
+2.1%
$6.50
+236.8%
+20.8%$143.48MN/A-0.726
SKYE
Skye Bioscience
2.1421 of 5 stars
$4.39
-4.8%
$16.60
+278.1%
-40.6%$142.80MN/A-5.3511
GALT
Galectin Therapeutics
2.2552 of 5 stars
$2.15
-1.4%
$6.00
+179.1%
+17.6%$137.98MN/A-2.999
GLSI
Greenwich LifeSciences
2.1453 of 5 stars
$10.07
+0.4%
$39.00
+287.3%
-35.6%$134.08MN/A-7.993

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This page (NASDAQ:AKTX) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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