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Athersys (ATHX) Competitors

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ATHX vs. KTTA, SHPH, ZVSA, DWTX, INM, MTNB, QLGN, ARAV, QNRX, and DRMA

Should you be buying Athersys stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Athersys include Pasithea Therapeutics (KTTA), Shuttle Pharmaceuticals (SHPH), ZyVersa Therapeutics (ZVSA), Dogwood Therapeutics (DWTX), InMed Pharmaceuticals (INM), Matinas Biopharma (MTNB), Qualigen Therapeutics (QLGN), Aravive (ARAV), Quoin Pharmaceuticals (QNRX), and Dermata Therapeutics (DRMA). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.

Athersys vs.

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

Athersys has a beta of -0.9, meaning that its share price is 190% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pasithea Therapeutics has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Athersys and Athersys both had 1 articles in the media. Pasithea Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat Athersys' score of 0.00 indicating that Pasithea Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Athersys
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Pasithea Therapeutics
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Pasithea Therapeutics has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Athersys.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Athersys$146K0.00-$72.53M-$2.03N/A
Pasithea TherapeuticsN/AN/A-$15.96MN/AN/A

Athersys' return on equity of 0.00% beat Pasithea Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
AthersysN/A N/A -223.03%
Pasithea Therapeutics N/A -81.57%-74.31%

19.4% of Athersys shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.9% of Pasithea Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Athersys shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.3% of Pasithea Therapeutics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Athersys received 363 more outperform votes than Pasithea Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.48% of users gave Athersys an outperform vote while only 40.00% of users gave Pasithea Therapeutics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AthersysOutperform Votes
365
57.48%
Underperform Votes
270
42.52%
Pasithea TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
2
40.00%
Underperform Votes
3
60.00%

Summary

Pasithea Therapeutics beats Athersys on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ATHX vs. The Competition

MetricAthersysPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$833,000.00$6.52B$5.34B$9.11B
Dividend YieldN/A2.96%5.37%4.00%
P/E Ratio-0.014.4457.4913.22
Price / SalesN/A310.281,275.6876.05
Price / CashN/A22.6336.6032.90
Price / BookN/A4.964.874.58
Net Income-$72.53M$154.90M$118.05M$224.84M

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
KTTA
Pasithea Therapeutics
0.784 of 5 stars
$2.62
+2.3%
N/A-65.2%$3.32M$20,000.000.003
SHPH
Shuttle Pharmaceuticals
0.6628 of 5 stars
$0.90
+3.4%
N/AN/A$3.30MN/A-0.225Positive News
ZVSA
ZyVersa Therapeutics
3.1908 of 5 stars
$1.33
-9.5%
$120.00
+8,922.6%
-74.2%$3.11MN/A0.002Positive News
Gap Down
DWTX
Dogwood Therapeutics
N/A$2.32
-1.7%
N/AN/A$3.09MN/A-0.355Positive News
INM
InMed Pharmaceuticals
1.0061 of 5 stars
$4.22
-2.1%
N/A-31.0%$3.06M$4.96M-0.3010Positive News
MTNB
Matinas Biopharma
N/A$0.60
-3.6%
N/AN/A$3.04M$1.10M-0.1230
QLGN
Qualigen Therapeutics
N/A$4.10
-4.2%
N/A-83.8%$3.02M$4.98M0.0050Positive News
ARAV
Aravive
N/A$0.04
flat
N/AN/A$2.95M$6.99M-0.0420
QNRX
Quoin Pharmaceuticals
3.3496 of 5 stars
$0.57
-8.0%
$4.00
+599.8%
-84.8%$2.89MN/A-0.144
DRMA
Dermata Therapeutics
1.7647 of 5 stars
$1.38
+15.0%
$6.00
+334.8%
-77.9%$2.82MN/A-0.088Short Interest ↑
Positive News
High Trading Volume

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