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Alector (ALEC) Competitors

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ALEC vs. ANAB, KURA, CRMD, ABUS, PHAR, IMTX, ORIC, RAPP, SEPN, and PGEN

Should you be buying Alector stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alector include AnaptysBio (ANAB), Kura Oncology (KURA), CorMedix (CRMD), Arbutus Biopharma (ABUS), Pharming Group (PHAR), Immatics (IMTX), ORIC Pharmaceuticals (ORIC), Rapport Therapeutics (RAPP), Septerna (SEPN), and Precigen (PGEN). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Alector vs.

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

85.8% of Alector shares are held by institutional investors. 9.1% of Alector shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 33.7% of AnaptysBio shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Alector has a net margin of -257.54% compared to AnaptysBio's net margin of -289.75%. Alector's return on equity of -108.77% beat AnaptysBio's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Alector-257.54% -108.77% -27.03%
AnaptysBio -289.75%-287.94%-37.25%

AnaptysBio received 217 more outperform votes than Alector when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.19% of users gave AnaptysBio an outperform vote while only 61.02% of users gave Alector an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AlectorOutperform Votes
155
61.02%
Underperform Votes
99
38.98%
AnaptysBioOutperform Votes
372
66.19%
Underperform Votes
190
33.81%

Alector presently has a consensus price target of $3.75, indicating a potential upside of 100.53%. AnaptysBio has a consensus price target of $36.20, indicating a potential upside of 94.44%. Given Alector's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Alector is more favorable than AnaptysBio.

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
AnaptysBio
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.73

Alector has higher revenue and earnings than AnaptysBio. AnaptysBio 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$97.06M1.89-$130.39M-$1.70-1.10
AnaptysBio$17.16M33.02-$163.62M-$6.08-3.06

In the previous week, AnaptysBio had 5 more articles in the media than Alector. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for AnaptysBio and 3 mentions for Alector. Alector's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat AnaptysBio's score of 0.13 indicating that Alector is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Alector
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
AnaptysBio
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Alector beats AnaptysBio on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ALEC vs. The Competition

MetricAlectorBiological Products IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$182.15M$3.12B$5.85B$9.15B
Dividend YieldN/A1.56%4.76%3.85%
P/E RatioN/A10.3116.5114.19
Price / Sales1.89327.11450.0276.60
Price / CashN/A168.8538.0134.95
Price / Book1.333.687.644.63
Net Income-$130.39M-$71.72M$3.18B$245.69M
7 Day Performance10.00%-2.46%-1.95%-2.68%
1 Month Performance5.06%-0.25%-0.23%-2.16%
1 Year Performance-71.10%-12.31%16.69%12.90%

Alector Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ALEC
Alector
4.0749 of 5 stars
$1.87
+0.5%
$3.75
+100.5%
-69.9%$182.15M$97.06M-1.10270Upcoming Earnings
ANAB
AnaptysBio
3.77 of 5 stars
$21.22
+10.0%
$37.45
+76.5%
-27.0%$645.73M$17.16M-3.49100High Trading Volume
KURA
Kura Oncology
4.4041 of 5 stars
$8.28
flat
$27.13
+227.6%
-58.7%$643.85MN/A-3.51130
CRMD
CorMedix
1.325 of 5 stars
$10.48
+0.4%
$15.67
+49.5%
+211.7%$635.90M$12.26M-12.9430News Coverage
Positive News
ABUS
Arbutus Biopharma
1.6623 of 5 stars
$3.29
-0.3%
$5.50
+67.2%
+18.9%$623.42M$18.14M-7.6590
PHAR
Pharming Group
2.9186 of 5 stars
$9.13
+3.2%
$27.00
+195.7%
-19.7%$621.19M$285.75M-35.12280Positive News
Gap Up
IMTX
Immatics
1.6069 of 5 stars
$5.05
-0.8%
$16.67
+230.0%
-61.7%$602.77M$58.44M-7.65260
ORIC
ORIC Pharmaceuticals
4.5393 of 5 stars
$8.36
+1.1%
$18.71
+123.9%
-25.6%$589.97MN/A-4.6480Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
RAPP
Rapport Therapeutics
1.8127 of 5 stars
$15.90
+0.8%
$35.00
+120.1%
N/A$581.62MN/A0.00N/AUpcoming Earnings
SEPN
Septerna
2.177 of 5 stars
$12.96
+12.2%
$43.67
+236.9%
N/A$575.42MN/A0.00N/AAnalyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Gap Up
PGEN
Precigen
3.9524 of 5 stars
$1.96
-1.0%
$7.00
+257.1%
+34.5%$574.03M$6.22M-3.56190Gap Up

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This page (NASDAQ:ALEC) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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