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Athira Pharma (ATHA) Competitors

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$0.61
+0.18 (+42.26%)
(As of 11/1/2024 ET)

ATHA vs. SQZ, PASG, EPRX, GANX, ENTX, RAPT, CTXR, CNTB, VRCA, and VNRX

Should you be buying Athira Pharma stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Athira Pharma include SQZ Biotechnologies (SQZ), Passage Bio (PASG), Eupraxia Pharmaceuticals (EPRX), Gain Therapeutics (GANX), Entera Bio (ENTX), RAPT Therapeutics (RAPT), Citius Pharmaceuticals (CTXR), Connect Biopharma (CNTB), Verrica Pharmaceuticals (VRCA), and VolitionRx (VNRX). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Athira Pharma vs.

SQZ Biotechnologies (NYSE:SQZ) and Athira Pharma (NASDAQ:ATHA) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.

SQZ Biotechnologies has a beta of 2.34, suggesting that its share price is 134% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Athira Pharma has a beta of 2.83, suggesting that its share price is 183% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Athira Pharma received 10 more outperform votes than SQZ Biotechnologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave SQZ Biotechnologies an outperform vote while only 54.05% of users gave Athira Pharma an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
SQZ BiotechnologiesOutperform Votes
10
66.67%
Underperform Votes
5
33.33%
Athira PharmaOutperform Votes
20
54.05%
Underperform Votes
17
45.95%

Athira Pharma has a net margin of 0.00% compared to SQZ Biotechnologies' net margin of -369.96%. Athira Pharma's return on equity of -95.53% beat SQZ Biotechnologies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
SQZ Biotechnologies-369.96% -119.83% -59.90%
Athira Pharma N/A -95.53%-76.96%

38.5% of SQZ Biotechnologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.1% of Athira Pharma shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.0% of SQZ Biotechnologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.8% of Athira Pharma shares are owned 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.

In the previous week, SQZ Biotechnologies' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Athira Pharma'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
SQZ Biotechnologies Neutral
Athira Pharma Neutral

SQZ Biotechnologies has higher revenue and earnings than Athira Pharma. Athira Pharma is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SQZ Biotechnologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
SQZ Biotechnologies$18.16M0.04-$79.46M-$2.61-0.01
Athira PharmaN/AN/A-$117.67M-$2.97-0.20

Athira Pharma has a consensus target price of $13.83, indicating a potential upside of 2,183.11%. Given Athira Pharma's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Athira Pharma is more favorable than SQZ Biotechnologies.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
SQZ Biotechnologies
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A
Athira Pharma
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Summary

Athira Pharma beats SQZ Biotechnologies on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ATHA vs. The Competition

MetricAthira PharmaBiological Products IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$23.29M$3.14B$5.50B$8.53B
Dividend YieldN/A1.77%5.13%4.14%
P/E Ratio-0.2012.03116.1015.23
Price / SalesN/A400.761,496.2597.74
Price / CashN/A149.0039.7434.10
Price / Book0.184.024.775.07
Net Income-$117.67M-$42.25M$119.06M$225.46M
7 Day Performance29.52%8.04%0.80%0.37%
1 Month Performance37.21%8.69%5.65%3.57%
1 Year Performance-63.50%32.09%36.75%29.43%

Athira Pharma Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ATHA
Athira Pharma
2.5581 of 5 stars
$0.61
+42.3%
$13.83
+2,183.1%
-65.4%$23.29MN/A-0.2040Gap Up
High Trading Volume
SQZ
SQZ Biotechnologies
N/A$0.44
+61.1%
N/AN/A$12.83M$18.16M-0.171,620Gap Up
High Trading Volume
PASG
Passage Bio
2.6315 of 5 stars
$0.60
-6.4%
$8.33
+1,281.1%
-2.3%$37.19MN/A-0.45130Gap Down
EPRX
Eupraxia Pharmaceuticals
N/A$2.58
+3.6%
N/AN/A$70.38MN/A-3.1929News Coverage
Gap Up
GANX
Gain Therapeutics
3.7516 of 5 stars
$2.65
-1.1%
$7.33
+176.7%
-17.1%$67.65M$50,000.00-2.0420Short Interest ↓
ENTX
Entera Bio
2.8872 of 5 stars
$1.88
+3.3%
$10.00
+431.9%
+170.4%$67.27M$130,000.00-7.2320Short Interest ↓
Gap Up
RAPT
RAPT Therapeutics
3.6665 of 5 stars
$1.89
+6.8%
$18.17
+861.2%
-84.3%$65.97M$1.53M-0.6180News Coverage
Positive News
CTXR
Citius Pharmaceuticals
2.301 of 5 stars
$0.36
+5.2%
$4.00
+998.9%
-53.4%$65.77MN/A-1.5220Positive News
CNTB
Connect Biopharma
3.1615 of 5 stars
$1.19
-2.9%
$8.00
+575.1%
-33.3%$65.30M$24.12M0.00110Gap Down
VRCA
Verrica Pharmaceuticals
4.1911 of 5 stars
$1.51
+0.7%
$11.40
+655.0%
-58.1%$64.43M$5.12M-0.8040Gap Up
VNRX
VolitionRx
1.8302 of 5 stars
$0.70
-4.7%
$2.50
+259.5%
-18.3%$64.05M$770,000.00-1.7480News Coverage
Gap Up

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This page (NASDAQ:ATHA) was last updated on 11/2/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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