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CARA vs. ARTV, HLVX, VOR, SKYE, DBVT, CTOR, ALTS, MGX, RANI, and ORMP

Should you be buying Cara Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cara Therapeutics include Artiva Biotherapeutics (ARTV), HilleVax (HLVX), Vor Biopharma (VOR), Skye Bioscience (SKYE), DBV Technologies (DBVT), Citius Oncology (CTOR), Janone (ALTS), Metagenomi (MGX), Rani Therapeutics (RANI), and Oramed Pharmaceuticals (ORMP). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Cara Therapeutics vs.

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

44.7% of Cara Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of Cara Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Cara Therapeutics received 658 more outperform votes than Artiva Biotherapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Artiva Biotherapeutics an outperform vote while only 72.50% of users gave Cara Therapeutics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Artiva BiotherapeuticsOutperform Votes
9
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes
Cara TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
667
72.50%
Underperform Votes
253
27.50%

Artiva Biotherapeutics has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cara Therapeutics.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Artiva Biotherapeutics$2.60M36.61N/AN/AN/A
Cara Therapeutics$8.69M2.44-$118.51M-$21.01-0.22

Artiva Biotherapeutics presently has a consensus price target of $21.00, suggesting a potential upside of 435.71%. Cara Therapeutics has a consensus price target of $27.84, suggesting a potential upside of 501.30%. Given Cara Therapeutics' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cara Therapeutics is more favorable than Artiva Biotherapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Artiva Biotherapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Cara Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

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

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

In the previous week, Artiva Biotherapeutics and Artiva Biotherapeutics both had 1 articles in the media. Artiva Biotherapeutics' average media sentiment score of 1.87 equaled Cara Therapeutics'average media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Artiva Biotherapeutics Very Positive
Cara Therapeutics Very Positive

Summary

Artiva Biotherapeutics beats Cara Therapeutics on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CARA vs. The Competition

MetricCara TherapeuticsPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$21.16M$7.21B$5.81B$8.39B
Dividend YieldN/A2.79%4.75%3.98%
P/E Ratio-0.226.1524.9519.24
Price / Sales2.44187.68375.54110.22
Price / CashN/A65.6738.0534.58
Price / Book0.376.447.334.28
Net Income-$118.51M$139.03M$3.18B$247.04M
7 Day Performance-7.58%-5.52%-4.42%-4.36%
1 Month Performance-3.14%-8.56%-6.07%-5.60%
1 Year Performance-59.39%-14.59%11.42%3.38%

Cara Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CARA
Cara Therapeutics
3.9153 of 5 stars
$4.63
-3.1%
$27.84
+501.3%
-58.1%$21.16M$8.69M-0.2280Positive News
ARTV
Artiva Biotherapeutics
N/A$3.77
flat
$21.00
+457.0%
N/A$91.57MN/A0.0081Positive News
HLVX
HilleVax
2.6162 of 5 stars
$1.83
flat
$3.00
+63.9%
-90.6%$91.15MN/A-0.5920Positive News
VOR
Vor Biopharma
2.5737 of 5 stars
$1.32
-3.6%
$11.36
+760.4%
-52.4%$90.64MN/A-0.80140News Coverage
SKYE
Skye Bioscience
1.0124 of 5 stars
$2.87
+5.2%
$18.67
+549.7%
-83.0%$90.41MN/A0.0011Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
DBVT
DBV Technologies
3.1714 of 5 stars
$4.38
-0.4%
$22.50
+413.2%
-46.4%$90.17M$15.73M-0.9780Gap Down
CTOR
Citius Oncology
N/A$1.25
+6.8%
$3.00
+140.0%
N/A$89.44MN/A0.00N/APositive News
Gap Down
ALTS
Janone
N/A$6.21
-5.9%
N/AN/A$87.37M$7.11M0.00170Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
MGX
Metagenomi
2.1809 of 5 stars
$2.33
-1.3%
$16.67
+615.3%
-82.9%$87.19M$44.76M0.00236Positive News
RANI
Rani Therapeutics
3.1597 of 5 stars
$1.52
-8.4%
$12.33
+711.4%
-58.5%$87.08MN/A-1.43110Short Interest ↑
Positive News
ORMP
Oramed Pharmaceuticals
1.2533 of 5 stars
$2.16
+0.5%
N/A-38.9%$87.07M$1.34M19.6410Short Interest ↑

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This page (NASDAQ:CARA) was last updated on 3/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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