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Aptose Biosciences (APTO) Competitors

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$0.24 -0.03 (-10.95%)
(As of 11/21/2024 ET)

APTO vs. IKT, INAB, AIM, PMCB, NKGN, TSBX, SNTI, EVAX, COEP, and BCLI

Should you be buying Aptose Biosciences stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aptose Biosciences include Inhibikase Therapeutics (IKT), IN8bio (INAB), AIM ImmunoTech (AIM), PharmaCyte Biotech (PMCB), NKGen Biotech (NKGN), Turnstone Biologics (TSBX), Senti Biosciences (SNTI), Evaxion Biotech A/S (EVAX), Coeptis Therapeutics (COEP), and Brainstorm Cell Therapeutics (BCLI). These companies are all part of the "biological products, except diagnostic" industry.

Aptose Biosciences vs.

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

Inhibikase Therapeutics' return on equity of -350.63% beat Aptose Biosciences' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Aptose BiosciencesN/A -5,683.22% -300.44%
Inhibikase Therapeutics N/A -350.63%-201.82%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Aptose BiosciencesN/AN/A-$51.21M-$2.97-0.08
Inhibikase Therapeutics$260K57.67-$19.03M-$2.67-0.75

26.6% of Aptose Biosciences shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.8% of Inhibikase Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. 3.9% of Aptose Biosciences shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 14.7% of Inhibikase Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Aptose Biosciences has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Inhibikase Therapeutics has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Aptose Biosciences had 2 more articles in the media than Inhibikase Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Aptose Biosciences and 4 mentions for Inhibikase Therapeutics. Inhibikase Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Aptose Biosciences' score of 0.01 indicating that Inhibikase Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Aptose Biosciences
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Inhibikase Therapeutics
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Aptose Biosciences presently has a consensus price target of $4.33, suggesting a potential upside of 1,675.96%. Inhibikase Therapeutics has a consensus price target of $6.50, suggesting a potential upside of 223.38%. Given Aptose Biosciences' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Aptose Biosciences is more favorable than Inhibikase Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Aptose Biosciences
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Inhibikase Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Aptose Biosciences received 369 more outperform votes than Inhibikase Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 90.00% of users gave Inhibikase Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 63.32% of users gave Aptose Biosciences an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Aptose BiosciencesOutperform Votes
378
63.32%
Underperform Votes
219
36.68%
Inhibikase TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
9
90.00%
Underperform Votes
1
10.00%

Summary

Inhibikase Therapeutics beats Aptose Biosciences on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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APTO vs. The Competition

MetricAptose BiosciencesBiological Products IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$6.51M$2.93B$5.07B$8.89B
Dividend YieldN/A1.91%4.99%4.07%
P/E Ratio-0.0915.0083.5712.93
Price / SalesN/A280.711,220.3088.33
Price / CashN/A168.0739.4636.25
Price / Book-0.554.696.936.25
Net Income-$51.21M-$41.63M$119.12M$225.93M
7 Day Performance-28.32%-4.73%-1.83%-1.32%
1 Month Performance-29.78%-6.53%-3.64%0.60%
1 Year Performance-89.29%25.63%31.64%26.23%

Aptose Biosciences Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
APTO
Aptose Biosciences
2.22 of 5 stars
$0.24
-10.9%
$4.33
+1,676.0%
-90.0%$4.42MN/A-0.0831Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
IKT
Inhibikase Therapeutics
2.7466 of 5 stars
$2.01
+1.5%
$6.50
+223.4%
+130.1%$15.00M$260,000.00-0.758
INAB
IN8bio
3.2176 of 5 stars
$0.32
flat
$7.75
+2,321.9%
-62.8%$14.97MN/A-0.4320
AIM
AIM ImmunoTech
1.7806 of 5 stars
$0.21
+5.0%
$3.00
+1,317.1%
-52.0%$13.49M$200,000.00-0.4520News Coverage
High Trading Volume
PMCB
PharmaCyte Biotech
0.651 of 5 stars
$1.75
+1.7%
N/A-21.1%$13.44MN/A2.732
NKGN
NKGen Biotech
N/A$0.34
+6.3%
N/A-89.1%$11.94M$80,000.00-0.06N/AGap Up
High Trading Volume
TSBX
Turnstone Biologics
3.2023 of 5 stars
$0.47
+2.1%
$2.13
+352.6%
-84.8%$10.86M$19.31M-0.1482
SNTI
Senti Biosciences
1.0759 of 5 stars
$2.12
flat
N/A-42.1%$9.73M$2.56M-0.144News Coverage
EVAX
Evaxion Biotech A/S
3.1433 of 5 stars
$1.37
-2.1%
$11.00
+702.9%
-81.7%$8.04M$70,000.000.0049
COEP
Coeptis Therapeutics
N/A$0.19
flat
N/A-83.3%$7.81M$80,000.00-0.652
BCLI
Brainstorm Cell Therapeutics
4.4621 of 5 stars
$1.24
-1.6%
$30.00
+2,319.4%
-53.4%$7.07MN/A-0.2640Analyst Upgrade
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This page (NASDAQ:APTO) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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