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Alector (ALEC) Competitors

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$5.10 -0.03 (-0.58%)
(As of 12:35 PM ET)

ALEC vs. RGNX, CCCC, NK, ITOS, INBX, SYRE, MIRM, RXRX, NRIX, and IRON

Should you be buying Alector stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alector include REGENXBIO (RGNX), C4 Therapeutics (CCCC), NantKwest (NK), iTeos Therapeutics (ITOS), Inhibrx (INBX), Spyre Therapeutics (SYRE), Mirum Pharmaceuticals (MIRM), Recursion Pharmaceuticals (RXRX), Nurix Therapeutics (NRIX), and Disc Medicine (IRON). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Alector vs.

REGENXBIO (NASDAQ:RGNX) and Alector (NASDAQ:ALEC) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.

88.1% of REGENXBIO shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.8% of Alector shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.1% of REGENXBIO shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.1% of Alector shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

REGENXBIO currently has a consensus price target of $37.00, suggesting a potential upside of 224.85%. Alector has a consensus price target of $17.75, suggesting a potential upside of 252.88%. Given Alector's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Alector is more favorable than REGENXBIO.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
REGENXBIO
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.91
Alector
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

REGENXBIO received 280 more outperform votes than Alector when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.75% of users gave REGENXBIO an outperform vote while only 61.54% of users gave Alector an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
REGENXBIOOutperform Votes
432
65.75%
Underperform Votes
225
34.25%
AlectorOutperform Votes
152
61.54%
Underperform Votes
95
38.46%

REGENXBIO has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alector has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Alector has a net margin of -257.54% compared to REGENXBIO's net margin of -283.19%. REGENXBIO's return on equity of -70.65% beat Alector's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
REGENXBIO-283.19% -70.65% -41.68%
Alector -257.54%-108.77%-27.03%

In the previous week, REGENXBIO had 4 more articles in the media than Alector. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for REGENXBIO and 16 mentions for Alector. Alector's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat REGENXBIO's score of 0.14 indicating that Alector is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
REGENXBIO
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Alector
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
REGENXBIO$84.33M6.69-$263.49M-$5.03-2.26
Alector$97.06M5.08-$130.39M-$1.70-2.96

Summary

REGENXBIO beats Alector on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ALEC vs. The Competition

MetricAlectorBiological Products IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$492.59M$3.09B$5.18B$8.91B
Dividend YieldN/A1.76%4.98%4.03%
P/E Ratio-2.9646.44135.1217.44
Price / Sales5.08299.541,248.6491.11
Price / CashN/A179.8138.8936.42
Price / Book4.164.406.305.92
Net Income-$130.39M-$42.42M$118.33M$224.86M
7 Day Performance-10.82%-3.93%-1.54%-0.45%
1 Month Performance2.65%3.75%2.98%4.16%
1 Year Performance16.98%36.20%36.39%27.33%

Alector Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ALEC
Alector
4.4145 of 5 stars
$5.10
-0.6%
$17.75
+248.0%
+35.9%$499.44M$97.06M-3.00270Analyst Revision
RGNX
REGENXBIO
4.3878 of 5 stars
$11.16
-0.3%
N/A-39.9%$552.92M$90.24M-2.22344Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
CCCC
C4 Therapeutics
2.026 of 5 stars
$6.06
+0.3%
N/A+207.2%$421.42M$20.76M-3.56150Short Interest ↓
NK
NantKwest
N/A$5.57
+5.1%
N/A+40.4%$609.05M$40,000.00-7.85160High Trading Volume
ITOS
iTeos Therapeutics
3.1407 of 5 stars
$9.27
+1.0%
N/A-8.0%$338.56M$35M-3.0990Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
INBX
Inhibrx
3.9789 of 5 stars
$16.21
-0.3%
N/A-21.5%$234.66M$1.69M0.00166Short Interest ↑
SYRE
Spyre Therapeutics
2.4719 of 5 stars
$39.58
+5.0%
N/AN/A$2.02B$890,000.00-2.56100Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
MIRM
Mirum Pharmaceuticals
4.4495 of 5 stars
$42.00
+2.2%
N/A+44.0%$2.00B$186.37M-18.34140Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
RXRX
Recursion Pharmaceuticals
2.122 of 5 stars
$7.10
+2.5%
N/A+25.6%$2.00B$44.58M-4.64400Analyst Revision
NRIX
Nurix Therapeutics
0.9893 of 5 stars
$27.34
+0.4%
N/A+416.2%$1.94B$56.42M-9.40300
IRON
Disc Medicine
3.0589 of 5 stars
$65.00
+2.6%
N/A+27.2%$1.93BN/A-17.7178Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision

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This page (NASDAQ:ALEC) was last updated on 11/14/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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