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CGTX vs. ALEC, BHST, KYTX, EXOZ, XBIT, TLSA, ORMP, OPTN, COYA, and CLYM

Should you be buying Cognition Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cognition Therapeutics include Alector (ALEC), BioHarvest Sciences (BHST), Kyverna Therapeutics (KYTX), Exozymes (EXOZ), XBiotech (XBIT), Tiziana Life Sciences (TLSA), Oramed Pharmaceuticals (ORMP), OptiNose (OPTN), Coya Therapeutics (COYA), and Climb Bio (CLYM). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Cognition Therapeutics vs.

Cognition Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CGTX) and Alector (NASDAQ:ALEC) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and risk.

Cognition Therapeutics has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Alector. Alector is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cognition Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cognition TherapeuticsN/AN/A-$25.79M-$0.87-0.50
Alector$100.56M1.12-$130.39M-$1.23-0.93

Cognition Therapeutics has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Alector's net margin of -257.54%. Alector's return on equity of -108.77% beat Cognition Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cognition TherapeuticsN/A -150.93% -100.82%
Alector -257.54%-108.77%-27.03%

Cognition Therapeutics currently has a consensus target price of $7.13, suggesting a potential upside of 1,527.46%. Alector has a consensus target price of $3.50, suggesting a potential upside of 207.02%. Given Cognition Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Cognition Therapeutics is more favorable than Alector.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cognition Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Alector
2 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.14

43.3% of Cognition Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.8% of Alector shares are held by institutional investors. 20.8% of Cognition Therapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.1% of Alector shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Cognition Therapeutics has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alector has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Alector had 2 more articles in the media than Cognition Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Alector and 1 mentions for Cognition Therapeutics. Cognition Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Alector's score of 1.61 indicating that Cognition Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Cognition Therapeutics Very Positive
Alector Very Positive

Alector received 132 more outperform votes than Cognition Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.73% of users gave Cognition Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 60.94% of users gave Alector an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Cognition TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
24
72.73%
Underperform Votes
9
27.27%
AlectorOutperform Votes
156
60.94%
Underperform Votes
100
39.06%

Summary

Cognition Therapeutics beats Alector on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CGTX vs. The Competition

MetricCognition TherapeuticsBiological Products IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$27.13M$2.92B$5.44B$7.80B
Dividend YieldN/A1.91%5.43%4.30%
P/E Ratio-0.4529.2222.1418.40
Price / SalesN/A481.28389.70101.29
Price / CashN/A168.6838.2034.62
Price / Book0.583.036.664.18
Net Income-$25.79M-$72.17M$3.21B$247.71M
7 Day Performance17.56%8.86%6.16%6.56%
1 Month Performance-0.86%-3.99%-2.86%-2.25%
1 Year Performance-77.55%-21.17%16.43%4.67%

Cognition Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CGTX
Cognition Therapeutics
3.1221 of 5 stars
$0.44
-0.8%
$7.13
+1,527.5%
-77.3%$27.13MN/A-0.4520Positive News
Gap Down
ALEC
Alector
3.5627 of 5 stars
$0.98
+3.2%
$3.50
+256.9%
-76.3%$97.18M$100.56M-0.58270News Coverage
Positive News
BHST
BioHarvest Sciences
N/A$5.90
+5.2%
$13.00
+120.3%
N/A$96.91M$25.19M-4.72N/AUpcoming Earnings
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
KYTX
Kyverna Therapeutics
1.4663 of 5 stars
$2.23
+8.3%
$18.33
+722.1%
-86.8%$96.37M$7.03M-0.6496Gap Down
EXOZ
Exozymes
N/A$11.39
+4.5%
N/AN/A$95.31MN/A0.0029Gap Up
XBIT
XBiotech
0.9379 of 5 stars
$3.12
-4.9%
N/A-64.6%$95.12M$4.01M-2.89100News Coverage
Positive News
TLSA
Tiziana Life Sciences
1.0185 of 5 stars
$0.80
+1.3%
N/A+60.0%$93.49MN/A0.008Positive News
ORMP
Oramed Pharmaceuticals
1.5031 of 5 stars
$2.27
+7.6%
N/A+1.3%$92.73M$1.34M20.6410News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
OPTN
OptiNose
3.2693 of 5 stars
$9.10
+0.3%
$9.00
-1.1%
-31.6%$91.66M$78.23M-2.17190Positive News
COYA
Coya Therapeutics
2.4945 of 5 stars
$5.45
+5.4%
$17.00
+211.9%
-26.7%$91.15M$3.55M-8.386Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
CLYM
Climb Bio
2.4741 of 5 stars
$1.31
+2.3%
$10.00
+663.4%
N/A$88.39MN/A-0.629

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This page (NASDAQ:CGTX) was last updated on 4/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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