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Aileron Therapeutics (ALRN) Competitors

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ALRN vs. ZNTL, HURA, IKT, CYBN, CGEN, CRDF, ACRS, SLN, SCPH, and ALEC

Should you be buying Aileron Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aileron Therapeutics include Zentalis Pharmaceuticals (ZNTL), TuHURA Biosciences (HURA), Inhibikase Therapeutics (IKT), Cybin (CYBN), Compugen (CGEN), Cardiff Oncology (CRDF), Aclaris Therapeutics (ACRS), Silence Therapeutics (SLN), scPharmaceuticals (SCPH), and Alector (ALEC). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Aileron Therapeutics vs.

Zentalis Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ZNTL) and Aileron Therapeutics (NASDAQ:ALRN) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation and institutional ownership.

90.9% of Aileron Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of Zentalis Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of Aileron Therapeutics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Zentalis Pharmaceuticals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aileron Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Zentalis PharmaceuticalsN/AN/A-$292.19M-$2.49-0.90
Aileron TherapeuticsN/AN/A-$15.73M-$3.12N/A

Aileron Therapeutics received 154 more outperform votes than Zentalis Pharmaceuticals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.98% of users gave Aileron Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 63.44% of users gave Zentalis Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Zentalis PharmaceuticalsOutperform Votes
59
63.44%
Underperform Votes
34
36.56%
Aileron TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
213
66.98%
Underperform Votes
105
33.02%

In the previous week, Zentalis Pharmaceuticals had 3 more articles in the media than Aileron Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Zentalis Pharmaceuticals and 1 mentions for Aileron Therapeutics. Zentalis Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Aileron Therapeutics' score of -0.33 indicating that Zentalis Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Zentalis Pharmaceuticals
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Aileron Therapeutics
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Zentalis Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 1.86, meaning that its stock price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aileron Therapeutics has a beta of 2.24, meaning that its stock price is 124% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Zentalis Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of -43.91% beat Aileron Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Zentalis PharmaceuticalsN/A -43.91% -34.96%
Aileron Therapeutics N/A -74.08%-27.93%

Zentalis Pharmaceuticals currently has a consensus price target of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 346.43%. Aileron Therapeutics has a consensus price target of $19.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.00%. Given Zentalis Pharmaceuticals' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Zentalis Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than Aileron Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Zentalis Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.44
Aileron Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.50

Summary

Aileron Therapeutics beats Zentalis Pharmaceuticals on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ALRN vs. The Competition

MetricAileron TherapeuticsPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$45.72M$6.22B$5.21B$9.14B
Dividend YieldN/A2.94%5.13%4.02%
P/E RatioN/A9.9189.4217.36
Price / SalesN/A309.211,240.0477.11
Price / CashN/A61.4443.7535.97
Price / BookN/A6.055.314.79
Net Income-$15.73M$154.90M$122.54M$225.00M

Aileron Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ALRN
Aileron Therapeutics
3.1038 of 5 stars
N/A$19.00
+∞
N/A$45.72MN/A0.009News Coverage
ZNTL
Zentalis Pharmaceuticals
2.9394 of 5 stars
$2.56
-6.9%
$10.00
+290.6%
-82.6%$182.44M$40.56M-1.03160Positive News
HURA
TuHURA Biosciences
N/A$4.31
-11.1%
$13.00
+201.6%
N/A$182.25MN/A0.00N/APositive News
IKT
Inhibikase Therapeutics
1.6593 of 5 stars
$2.66
-9.8%
$6.50
+144.4%
+58.2%$178.73M$260,000.00-1.006Positive News
Gap Down
CYBN
Cybin
2.9361 of 5 stars
$8.90
+0.1%
$138.00
+1,450.6%
N/A$177.93MN/A-1.3450Positive News
CGEN
Compugen
2.2714 of 5 stars
$1.99
+21.3%
$4.00
+101.0%
+16.0%$177.58M$59.85M99.5070Positive News
High Trading Volume
CRDF
Cardiff Oncology
2.1519 of 5 stars
$3.47
-3.9%
$10.33
+197.8%
+128.5%$177.44M$688,000.00-3.6920Positive News
ACRS
Aclaris Therapeutics
4.0912 of 5 stars
$2.48
+0.4%
$11.00
+343.5%
+125.4%$177.15M$27.08M-4.7786Short Interest ↑
Positive News
High Trading Volume
SLN
Silence Therapeutics
2.1074 of 5 stars
$5.90
-1.5%
$57.20
+869.5%
-72.2%$176.58M$16.25M-3.76100
SCPH
scPharmaceuticals
3.3354 of 5 stars
$3.51
+3.2%
$15.00
+327.4%
-38.6%$175.64M$30.28M-1.8530
ALEC
Alector
4.5046 of 5 stars
$1.79
-0.6%
$3.75
+109.5%
-70.9%$175.30M$61.51M-1.05270Short Interest ↓

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This page (NASDAQ:ALRN) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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