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Calithera Biosciences (CALA) Competitors

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As of 04/17/2025

CALA vs. SMFL, SCPS, EVLO, CMRA, GNCAQ, GNCA, ARDS, STAB, AMPE, and EFTR

Should you be buying Calithera Biosciences stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Calithera Biosciences include Smart for Life (SMFL), Scopus BioPharma (SCPS), Evelo Biosciences (EVLO), Comera Life Sciences (CMRA), Genocea Biosciences (GNCAQ), Genocea Biosciences (GNCA), Aridis Pharmaceuticals (ARDS), Statera Biopharma (STAB), Ampio Pharmaceuticals (AMPE), and eFFECTOR Therapeutics (EFTR). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Calithera Biosciences vs.

Smart for Life (NASDAQ:SMFL) and Calithera Biosciences (NASDAQ:CALA) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability and community ranking.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Smart for LifeN/A N/A N/A
Calithera Biosciences N/A N/A N/A

In the previous week, Calithera Biosciences had 1 more articles in the media than Smart for Life. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Calithera Biosciences and 0 mentions for Smart for Life. Smart for Life's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Calithera Biosciences'average media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Smart for Life Neutral
Calithera Biosciences Neutral

Calithera Biosciences received 340 more outperform votes than Smart for Life when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Smart for Life an outperform vote while only 55.45% of users gave Calithera Biosciences an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Smart for LifeOutperform Votes
1
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes
Calithera BiosciencesOutperform Votes
341
55.45%
Underperform Votes
274
44.55%

Smart for Life has higher revenue and earnings than Calithera Biosciences.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Smart for Life$11.11M0.00-$22.68MN/AN/A
Calithera BiosciencesN/AN/A-$39.65MN/AN/A

28.4% of Smart for Life shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.7% of Smart for Life shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.6% of Calithera Biosciences shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Smart for Life has a beta of 1.57, suggesting that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Calithera Biosciences has a beta of -1.13, suggesting that its share price is 213% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Smart for Life beats Calithera Biosciences on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CALA vs. The Competition

MetricCalithera BiosciencesPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$24,000.00$6.44B$5.30B$7.34B
Dividend YieldN/A3.21%5.45%4.30%
P/E RatioN/A6.8921.8617.80
Price / SalesN/A230.51380.5297.73
Price / CashN/A65.6738.2634.64
Price / BookN/A5.936.453.98
Net Income-$39.65M$142.99M$3.22B$247.81M
1 Month PerformanceN/A-13.57%-9.71%-7.84%
1 Year PerformanceN/A-8.90%11.52%1.60%

Calithera Biosciences Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CALA
Calithera Biosciences
N/A$0.01
flat
N/A-80.0%$24,000.00N/A0.0060Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
SMFL
Smart for Life
N/A$0.00
-27.8%
N/A-100.0%$18,000.00$11.11M0.00110Gap Down
SCPS
Scopus BioPharma
N/A$0.00
flat
N/AN/A$13,000.00N/A0.009
EVLO
Evelo Biosciences
N/A$0.00
flat
N/AN/A$9,000.00N/A0.00120Options Volume
News Coverage
CMRA
Comera Life Sciences
N/A$0.00
flat
N/AN/A$6,000.00$1.00M0.002
GNCAQ
Genocea Biosciences
N/AN/AN/AN/A$6,000.00N/A0.0070
GNCA
Genocea Biosciences
N/AN/AN/AN/A$6,000.00$1.91M0.0070
ARDS
Aridis Pharmaceuticals
N/A$0.00
flat
N/AN/A$5,000.00$3.09M0.0030
STAB
Statera Biopharma
N/A$0.00
flat
N/A-83.3%$5,000.00N/A0.0020
AMPE
Ampio Pharmaceuticals
N/A$0.00
+250.0%
N/A-99.1%$2,000.00N/A0.0020Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Up
EFTR
eFFECTOR Therapeutics
N/A$0.00
flat
N/A-100.0%$1,000.00$3.55M0.0010

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This page (NASDAQ:CALA) was last updated on 4/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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