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Athersys (ATHX) Competitors

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ATHX vs. OGEN, SHPH, REVB, DWTX, LIPO, QNRX, VRPX, ENVB, PBM, and INM

Should you be buying Athersys stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Athersys include Oragenics (OGEN), Shuttle Pharmaceuticals (SHPH), Revelation Biosciences (REVB), Dogwood Therapeutics (DWTX), Lipella Pharmaceuticals (LIPO), Quoin Pharmaceuticals (QNRX), Virpax Pharmaceuticals (VRPX), Enveric Biosciences (ENVB), Psyence Biomedical (PBM), and InMed Pharmaceuticals (INM). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.

Athersys vs.

Oragenics (NYSE:OGEN) and Athersys (NASDAQ:ATHX) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking and media sentiment.

Oragenics has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Athersys. Oragenics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Athersys, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Oragenics$40K82.45-$20.66M-$7.07-0.04
Athersys$146K0.00-$72.53M-$2.03N/A

Oragenics has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Athersys has a beta of -0.9, meaning that its stock price is 190% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Athersys had 1 more articles in the media than Oragenics. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Athersys and 0 mentions for Oragenics. Oragenics' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Athersys'average media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Oragenics Neutral
Athersys Neutral

Athersys' return on equity of 0.00% beat Oragenics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
OragenicsN/A -2,087.95% -486.56%
Athersys N/A N/A -223.03%

Athersys received 365 more outperform votes than Oragenics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.21% of users gave Athersys an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Oragenics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
OragenicsOutperform Votes
No Votes
Underperform Votes
33
100.00%
AthersysOutperform Votes
365
58.21%
Underperform Votes
262
41.79%

18.7% of Oragenics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.4% of Athersys shares are held by institutional investors. 10.1% of Oragenics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Athersys shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Athersys beats Oragenics on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ATHX vs. The Competition

MetricAthersysPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$833,000.00$6.48B$5.07B$8.80B
Dividend YieldN/A8.11%4.99%4.07%
P/E Ratio-0.014.9789.5613.60
Price / SalesN/A371.451,224.8087.40
Price / CashN/A52.5939.4536.27
Price / BookN/A10.306.976.33
Net Income-$72.53M$153.61M$119.04M$225.93M

Athersys Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ATHX
Athersys
N/AN/AN/AN/A$833,000.00$146,000.00-0.0124
OGEN
Oragenics
N/A$0.27
-6.2%
N/AN/A$3.30M$40,000.000.005Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
SHPH
Shuttle Pharmaceuticals
0.5243 of 5 stars
$0.90
+0.2%
N/AN/A$3.29MN/A0.005
REVB
Revelation Biosciences
0.5809 of 5 stars
$0.76
flat
N/A-96.1%$3.26MN/A0.0010Positive News
Gap Up
DWTX
Dogwood Therapeutics
N/A$2.36
-2.9%
N/AN/A$3.14MN/A-0.374Negative News
Gap Down
LIPO
Lipella Pharmaceuticals
2.9825 of 5 stars
$2.57
+6.6%
$16.00
+522.6%
-74.3%$3.11M$450,000.000.004News Coverage
QNRX
Quoin Pharmaceuticals
2.2225 of 5 stars
$0.61
-2.3%
$4.00
+554.8%
-84.9%$3.09MN/A0.004Negative News
VRPX
Virpax Pharmaceuticals
2.8869 of 5 stars
$0.63
+2.1%
$3.00
+376.2%
-90.7%$3.08MN/A0.007Gap Up
ENVB
Enveric Biosciences
2.461 of 5 stars
$0.31
-12.1%
$10.00
+3,149.9%
-76.0%$3.06MN/A0.007Gap Down
PBM
Psyence Biomedical
N/A$0.05
-4.0%
N/AN/A$3.04MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
Gap Down
INM
InMed Pharmaceuticals
0.2095 of 5 stars
$4.11
-2.8%
N/A-47.8%$2.96M$4.60M0.0013

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This page (NASDAQ:ATHX) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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