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ALEC vs. TYRA, UPB, CGEM, OPT, AKBA, PGEN, ANAB, MAZE, TRVI, and SAGE

Should you be buying Alector stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alector include Tyra Biosciences (TYRA), Upstream Bio (UPB), Cullinan Therapeutics (CGEM), Opthea (OPT), Akebia Therapeutics (AKBA), Precigen (PGEN), AnaptysBio (ANAB), Maze Therapeutics (MAZE), Trevi Therapeutics (TRVI), and Sage Therapeutics (SAGE). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Alector vs.

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

Alector currently has a consensus target price of $3.50, indicating a potential upside of 163.16%. Tyra Biosciences has a consensus target price of $30.50, indicating a potential upside of 215.73%. Given Tyra Biosciences' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Tyra Biosciences is more favorable than Alector.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Alector
2 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.14
Tyra Biosciences
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Alector received 122 more outperform votes than Tyra Biosciences when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.56% of users gave Tyra Biosciences an outperform vote while only 60.94% of users gave Alector an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AlectorOutperform Votes
156
60.94%
Underperform Votes
100
39.06%
Tyra BiosciencesOutperform Votes
34
75.56%
Underperform Votes
11
24.44%

In the previous week, Tyra Biosciences had 3 more articles in the media than Alector. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Tyra Biosciences and 1 mentions for Alector. Tyra Biosciences' average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Alector's score of 0.66 indicating that Tyra Biosciences is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Alector Positive
Tyra Biosciences Positive

Alector has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tyra Biosciences has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

85.8% of Alector shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.1% of Tyra Biosciences shares are held by institutional investors. 9.1% of Alector shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.4% of Tyra Biosciences shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Tyra Biosciences has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Alector's net margin of -257.54%. Tyra Biosciences' return on equity of -24.56% beat Alector's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Alector-257.54% -108.77% -27.03%
Tyra Biosciences N/A -24.56%-23.31%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Alector$100.56M1.31-$130.39M-$1.23-1.08
Tyra BiosciencesN/AN/A-$69.13M-$1.61-6.00

Summary

Tyra Biosciences beats Alector on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ALEC vs. The Competition

MetricAlectorBiological Products IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$131.78M$3.04B$5.64B$8.06B
Dividend YieldN/A1.54%4.57%4.01%
P/E Ratio-0.7829.2923.1319.03
Price / Sales1.31436.17383.8993.17
Price / CashN/A168.6838.1634.64
Price / Book0.943.956.944.33
Net Income-$130.39M-$71.95M$3.20B$247.06M
7 Day Performance-1.48%-3.76%-2.33%-0.37%
1 Month Performance-18.90%-10.33%2.84%-3.85%
1 Year Performance-77.91%-27.15%10.75%1.27%

Alector Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ALEC
Alector
3.8691 of 5 stars
$1.33
+2.3%
$3.50
+163.2%
-78.1%$131.78M$100.56M-0.78270Gap Up
TYRA
Tyra Biosciences
2.2376 of 5 stars
$10.74
-6.6%
$30.50
+184.0%
-40.7%$543.48MN/A-6.6720Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
UPB
Upstream Bio
N/A$9.87
+2.7%
$56.50
+472.4%
N/A$529.44M$2.37M0.0038Positive News
CGEM
Cullinan Therapeutics
2.2088 of 5 stars
$9.03
+2.7%
$32.86
+263.9%
-53.2%$528.37MN/A-3.1830
OPT
Opthea
0.7079 of 5 stars
$3.41
+7.1%
$12.00
+252.4%
-12.8%$524.07M$87,666.000.008Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Gap Up
AKBA
Akebia Therapeutics
3.5918 of 5 stars
$2.40
+6.2%
$6.75
+181.3%
-13.8%$523.63M$169.88M-10.43430
PGEN
Precigen
3.5938 of 5 stars
$1.78
-1.1%
$7.00
+293.3%
+13.1%$521.31M$3.96M-3.24190Gap Up
ANAB
AnaptysBio
3.0142 of 5 stars
$16.51
-1.3%
$35.11
+112.7%
-12.8%$506.31M$91.28M-2.72100Buyback Announcement
High Trading Volume
MAZE
Maze Therapeutics
N/A$11.49
+4.5%
$25.67
+123.4%
N/A$503.00M$167.50M0.00121
TRVI
Trevi Therapeutics
3.6909 of 5 stars
$6.54
-3.1%
$15.94
+143.7%
+88.2%$502.70MN/A-14.8620Short Interest ↑
High Trading Volume
SAGE
Sage Therapeutics
2.9592 of 5 stars
$8.02
+3.9%
$8.81
+9.9%
-54.5%$493.08M$41.24M-1.22690
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This page (NASDAQ:ALEC) was last updated on 3/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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