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$7.91 -1.07 (-11.92%)
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CADL vs. KNSA, DYN, SNDX, VIR, NRIX, PRAX, ADPT, DAWN, ARDX, and GPCR

Should you be buying Candel Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Candel Therapeutics include Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals (KNSA), Dyne Therapeutics (DYN), Syndax Pharmaceuticals (SNDX), Vir Biotechnology (VIR), Nurix Therapeutics (NRIX), Praxis Precision Medicines (PRAX), Adaptive Biotechnologies (ADPT), Day One Biopharmaceuticals (DAWN), Ardelyx (ARDX), and Structure Therapeutics (GPCR). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Candel Therapeutics vs.

Candel Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CADL) and Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:KNSA) 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, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.

Candel Therapeutics has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals' net margin of -2.36%. Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of -7.31% beat Candel Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Candel TherapeuticsN/A -629.29% -173.39%
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals -2.36%-7.31%-5.95%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Candel Therapeutics$120K2,140.71-$37.94M-$1.73-4.57
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals$423.24M3.66$14.08M-$0.61-35.18

Candel Therapeutics has a beta of -1.25, suggesting that its share price is 225% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.32, suggesting that its share price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals received 157 more outperform votes than Candel Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.22% of users gave Candel Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 65.15% of users gave Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Candel TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
15
65.22%
Underperform Votes
8
34.78%
Kiniksa PharmaceuticalsOutperform Votes
172
65.15%
Underperform Votes
92
34.85%

Candel Therapeutics currently has a consensus price target of $21.00, indicating a potential upside of 165.49%. Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals has a consensus price target of $36.60, indicating a potential upside of 70.55%. Given Candel Therapeutics' higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Candel Therapeutics is more favorable than Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Candel Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals had 6 more articles in the media than Candel Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals and 20 mentions for Candel Therapeutics. Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat Candel Therapeutics' score of 0.15 indicating that Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Candel Therapeutics
4 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals
4 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

13.9% of Candel Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.0% of Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. 41.6% of Candel Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 54.6% of Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals shares are held 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.

Summary

Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals beats Candel Therapeutics on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CADL vs. The Competition

MetricCandel TherapeuticsBiological Products IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$256.89M$3.08B$5.81B$8.40B
Dividend YieldN/A1.51%4.75%3.98%
P/E Ratio-4.5728.6624.9519.25
Price / Sales2,140.71403.87375.55110.22
Price / CashN/A168.6838.0534.58
Price / Book17.983.487.334.28
Net Income-$37.94M-$71.55M$3.18B$247.04M
7 Day Performance-5.72%-5.00%-2.87%-3.25%
1 Month Performance1.28%-10.68%-6.77%-6.55%
1 Year Performance379.39%-22.37%12.32%4.01%

Candel Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CADL
Candel Therapeutics
2.9947 of 5 stars
$7.91
-11.9%
$21.00
+165.5%
+365.3%$256.89M$120,000.00-4.5760Short Interest ↑
KNSA
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals
2.4049 of 5 stars
$19.63
-1.9%
$36.60
+86.4%
-1.3%$1.42B$270.26M-140.20220Earnings Report
Short Interest ↑
DYN
Dyne Therapeutics
3.192 of 5 stars
$13.59
-3.0%
$49.91
+267.2%
-57.7%$1.38BN/A-3.82100Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
SNDX
Syndax Pharmaceuticals
3.6184 of 5 stars
$15.67
-4.3%
$36.20
+131.0%
-34.7%$1.34B$16M-4.32110Earnings Report
News Coverage
Gap Up
VIR
Vir Biotechnology
3.7777 of 5 stars
$9.47
-1.0%
$34.83
+267.8%
-29.5%$1.30B$86.18M-2.42580Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Gap Down
NRIX
Nurix Therapeutics
2.0084 of 5 stars
$16.86
-0.1%
$31.81
+88.7%
+4.6%$1.28B$54.55M-5.83300News Coverage
Positive News
PRAX
Praxis Precision Medicines
2.309 of 5 stars
$66.71
-10.4%
$145.20
+117.7%
-32.3%$1.24B$2.45M-6.48110Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
ADPT
Adaptive Biotechnologies
3.5748 of 5 stars
$8.42
+1.8%
$9.10
+8.1%
+101.0%$1.24B$178.96M-7.72790Positive News
DAWN
Day One Biopharmaceuticals
2.5667 of 5 stars
$12.18
-2.0%
$35.71
+193.2%
-52.7%$1.23BN/A-11.8360Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
ARDX
Ardelyx
4.5864 of 5 stars
$5.13
+1.4%
$9.93
+93.5%
-45.6%$1.22B$251.85M-32.0690
GPCR
Structure Therapeutics
2.7457 of 5 stars
$21.03
-11.5%
$81.29
+286.5%
-45.8%$1.20BN/A-28.42136Earnings Report

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