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CARA vs. BYSI, CLRB, ALVR, ALGS, CELU, ALXO, IMRX, MGX, SPRO, and INCR

Should you be buying Cara Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cara Therapeutics include BeyondSpring (BYSI), Cellectar Biosciences (CLRB), AlloVir (ALVR), Aligos Therapeutics (ALGS), Celularity (CELU), ALX Oncology (ALXO), Immuneering (IMRX), Metagenomi (MGX), Spero Therapeutics (SPRO), and InterCure (INCR). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Cara Therapeutics vs.

Cara Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CARA) and BeyondSpring (NASDAQ:BYSI) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, community ranking, profitability, earnings and analyst recommendations.

BeyondSpring has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Cara Therapeutics' net margin of -1,099.76%. BeyondSpring's return on equity of 0.00% beat Cara Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cara Therapeutics-1,099.76% -367.97% -107.43%
BeyondSpring N/A N/A N/A

In the previous week, Cara Therapeutics had 3 more articles in the media than BeyondSpring. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Cara Therapeutics and 0 mentions for BeyondSpring. BeyondSpring's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Cara Therapeutics' score of -0.18 indicating that BeyondSpring is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Cara Therapeutics Neutral
BeyondSpring Neutral

Cara Therapeutics has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BeyondSpring has a beta of 0.3, meaning that its share price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Cara Therapeutics received 482 more outperform votes than BeyondSpring when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.98% of users gave Cara Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 66.79% of users gave BeyondSpring an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Cara TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
667
72.98%
Underperform Votes
247
27.02%
BeyondSpringOutperform Votes
185
66.79%
Underperform Votes
92
33.21%

Cara Therapeutics currently has a consensus target price of $2.32, suggesting a potential upside of 660.66%. Given Cara Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Cara Therapeutics is more favorable than BeyondSpring.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cara Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
BeyondSpring
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

44.7% of Cara Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.3% of BeyondSpring shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Cara Therapeutics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 29.3% of BeyondSpring shares are owned by 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.

BeyondSpring has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Cara Therapeutics.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cara Therapeutics$20.97M0.80-$118.51M-$1.75-0.17
BeyondSpring$1.75M38.14-$21.03MN/AN/A

Summary

Cara Therapeutics beats BeyondSpring on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CARA vs. The Competition

MetricCara TherapeuticsPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$16.73M$6.45B$5.04B$8.81B
Dividend YieldN/A8.11%5.16%4.07%
P/E Ratio-0.1710.78130.5317.82
Price / Sales0.80243.701,183.8674.55
Price / CashN/A22.1633.6132.53
Price / Book0.295.474.684.68
Net Income-$118.51M$153.61M$119.23M$226.08M
7 Day Performance-6.90%-2.00%-1.83%-1.04%
1 Month Performance14.83%-7.46%-3.61%1.04%
1 Year Performance-69.80%31.82%31.74%26.28%

Cara Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CARA
Cara Therapeutics
3.9339 of 5 stars
$0.31
flat
$2.32
+660.7%
-71.2%$16.73M$20.97M-0.1755Analyst Forecast
BYSI
BeyondSpring
N/A$1.71
-0.6%
N/A+86.1%$66.74M$1.75M0.0080
CLRB
Cellectar Biosciences
2.4949 of 5 stars
$1.56
-3.1%
$20.00
+1,182.1%
-27.8%$66.44MN/A-0.9110Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
ALVR
AlloVir
2.6268 of 5 stars
$0.57
+1.8%
N/A-65.2%$65.87MN/A-0.65110Positive News
ALGS
Aligos Therapeutics
4.3215 of 5 stars
$18.20
-1.6%
$75.00
+312.1%
+5.5%$65.30M$6.00M-1.3990High Trading Volume
CELU
Celularity
0.5369 of 5 stars
$2.94
+0.7%
N/A+42.7%$64.19M$22.77M0.00220News Coverage
ALXO
ALX Oncology
3.3343 of 5 stars
$1.21
-1.6%
$12.50
+933.1%
-87.7%$63.82MN/A-0.4140
IMRX
Immuneering
3.1656 of 5 stars
$2.04
flat
$12.80
+527.5%
-63.4%$63.34M$320,000.000.0060Analyst Forecast
MGX
Metagenomi
2.8114 of 5 stars
$1.65
-2.4%
$15.50
+839.4%
N/A$63.25M$44.76M0.00236Analyst Forecast
SPRO
Spero Therapeutics
4.5933 of 5 stars
$1.20
+3.4%
$5.00
+316.7%
-2.4%$63.24M$103.78M17.1546Analyst Forecast
INCR
InterCure
1.2491 of 5 stars
$1.33
-3.6%
N/A+16.0%$62.89M$96.61M0.00350Positive News

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