APTO vs. TIL, PASG, AVRO, CVM, CRIS, IKNA, TSBX, GNTA, CRTX, and TARA
Should you be buying Aptose Biosciences stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aptose Biosciences include Instil Bio (TIL), Passage Bio (PASG), AVROBIO (AVRO), CEL-SCI (CVM), Curis (CRIS), Ikena Oncology (IKNA), Turnstone Biologics (TSBX), Genenta Science (GNTA), Cortexyme (CRTX), and Protara Therapeutics (TARA). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Aptose Biosciences (NASDAQ:APTO) and Instil Bio (NASDAQ:TIL) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
26.6% of Aptose Biosciences shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.6% of Instil Bio shares are held by institutional investors. 4.6% of Aptose Biosciences shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 46.5% of Instil Bio shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Instil Bio's return on equity of -51.27% beat Aptose Biosciences' return on equity.
Aptose Biosciences received 282 more outperform votes than Instil Bio when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.62% of users gave Aptose Biosciences an outperform vote while only 52.51% of users gave Instil Bio an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Aptose Biosciences had 1 more articles in the media than Instil Bio. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Aptose Biosciences and 4 mentions for Instil Bio. Aptose Biosciences' average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Instil Bio's score of 0.69 indicating that Aptose Biosciences is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Instil Bio is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aptose Biosciences, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Aptose Biosciences currently has a consensus target price of $17.50, suggesting a potential upside of 1,435.09%. Instil Bio has a consensus target price of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 135.85%. Given Aptose Biosciences' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Aptose Biosciences is more favorable than Instil Bio.
Aptose Biosciences has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Instil Bio has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Aptose Biosciences beats Instil Bio on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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