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Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ) (CALT) Competitors

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$40.00 0.00 (0.00%)
As of 01/16/2025

CALT vs. VKTX, CRNX, ADMA, KRYS, TGTX, APLS, ACLX, SRRK, ALVO, and OGN

Should you be buying Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ) stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ) include Viking Therapeutics (VKTX), Crinetics Pharmaceuticals (CRNX), ADMA Biologics (ADMA), Krystal Biotech (KRYS), TG Therapeutics (TGTX), Apellis Pharmaceuticals (APLS), Arcellx (ACLX), Scholar Rock (SRRK), Alvotech (ALVO), and Organon & Co. (OGN). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ) vs.

Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ) (NASDAQ:CALT) and Viking Therapeutics (NASDAQ:VKTX) are both medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk and earnings.

Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ) has higher revenue and earnings than Viking Therapeutics. Viking Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ), indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ)$1.60B0.74-$43.96M-$1.85-21.62
Viking TherapeuticsN/AN/A-$85.89M-$0.93-35.11

Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ) presently has a consensus target price of $39.25, indicating a potential downside of 1.88%. Viking Therapeutics has a consensus target price of $106.75, indicating a potential upside of 226.95%. Given Viking Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Viking Therapeutics is more favorable than Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ).

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ)
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Viking Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.15

Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ) has a beta of 1.77, suggesting that its share price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Viking Therapeutics has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Viking Therapeutics had 10 more articles in the media than Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ). MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Viking Therapeutics and 0 mentions for Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ). Viking Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ)'s score of 0.00 indicating that Viking Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ) Neutral
Viking Therapeutics Neutral

2.8% of Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ) shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.0% of Viking Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ) shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of Viking Therapeutics 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.

Viking Therapeutics received 594 more outperform votes than Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ) when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 79.92% of users gave Viking Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 55.10% of users gave Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ) an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ)Outperform Votes
27
55.10%
Underperform Votes
22
44.90%
Viking TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
621
79.92%
Underperform Votes
156
20.08%

Viking Therapeutics has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ)'s net margin of -30.18%. Viking Therapeutics' return on equity of -12.73% beat Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ)'s return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ)-30.18% -212.04% -27.96%
Viking Therapeutics N/A -12.73%-12.31%

Summary

Viking Therapeutics beats Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ) on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CALT vs. The Competition

MetricCalliditas Therapeutics AB (publ)Pharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.19B$6.58B$5.36B$9.14B
Dividend YieldN/A2.94%5.13%4.04%
P/E Ratio-21.629.8389.4717.33
Price / Sales0.74305.831,262.70136.43
Price / CashN/A61.4443.7535.97
Price / Book37.746.055.324.80
Net Income-$43.96M$154.62M$122.60M$224.91M
7 Day PerformanceN/A-1.68%0.69%1.77%
1 Month PerformanceN/A-2.35%1.55%2.22%
1 Year Performance67.22%1.02%27.25%20.67%

Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ) Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CALT
Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ)
N/A$40.00
flat
$39.25
-1.9%
N/A$1.19B$1.60B-21.62180
VKTX
Viking Therapeutics
3.922 of 5 stars
$42.58
-0.7%
$106.75
+150.7%
+52.4%$4.74BN/A-45.7820Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
CRNX
Crinetics Pharmaceuticals
3.72 of 5 stars
$50.48
-5.0%
$74.40
+47.4%
+1.5%$4.68B$1.04M-13.53210Short Interest ↑
ADMA
ADMA Biologics
3.9377 of 5 stars
$19.08
+3.5%
$21.25
+11.4%
+224.9%$4.51B$382.81M68.14530Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
Positive News
Gap Down
KRYS
Krystal Biotech
4.8312 of 5 stars
$156.74
-1.0%
$206.67
+31.9%
+17.8%$4.51B$241.52M88.55229Short Interest ↓
TGTX
TG Therapeutics
4.4921 of 5 stars
$28.07
-6.6%
$40.67
+44.9%
+93.1%$4.37B$264.79M-280.67290Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
APLS
Apellis Pharmaceuticals
4.4045 of 5 stars
$34.28
+2.5%
$49.94
+45.7%
-54.6%$4.26B$715.22M-16.89702Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Short Interest ↑
Gap Up
ACLX
Arcellx
3.1778 of 5 stars
$75.36
-4.8%
$105.93
+40.6%
+21.2%$4.08B$155.82M-106.14130Short Interest ↑
SRRK
Scholar Rock
3.1277 of 5 stars
$43.01
-4.8%
$40.43
-6.0%
+176.7%$4.03B$33.19M-18.30140Positive News
ALVO
Alvotech
2.552 of 5 stars
$13.33
+0.5%
$18.00
+35.0%
+7.4%$4.02B$391.87M-7.211,026Positive News
OGN
Organon & Co.
4.8105 of 5 stars
$15.41
-0.2%
$21.33
+38.4%
-0.8%$3.97B$6.41B3.0610,000Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:CALT) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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