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Conatus Pharmaceuticals (CNAT) Competitors

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CNAT vs. XBIO, KZIA, ALLR, LIXT, JAGX, EVOK, PPBT, KTTA, CNSP, and GLTO

Should you be buying Conatus Pharmaceuticals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Conatus Pharmaceuticals include Xenetic Biosciences (XBIO), Kazia Therapeutics (KZIA), Allarity Therapeutics (ALLR), Lixte Biotechnology (LIXT), Jaguar Health (JAGX), Evoke Pharma (EVOK), Purple Biotech (PPBT), Pasithea Therapeutics (KTTA), CNS Pharmaceuticals (CNSP), and Galecto (GLTO). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Conatus Pharmaceuticals vs.

Conatus Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:CNAT) and Xenetic Biosciences (NASDAQ:XBIO) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk and valuation.

Conatus Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 1.84, meaning that its stock price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Xenetic Biosciences has a beta of 2.3, meaning that its stock price is 130% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Conatus Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Xenetic Biosciences
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Conatus Pharmaceuticals received 363 more outperform votes than Xenetic Biosciences when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 79.67% of users gave Conatus Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote while only 66.92% of users gave Xenetic Biosciences an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Conatus PharmaceuticalsOutperform Votes
537
79.67%
Underperform Votes
137
20.33%
Xenetic BiosciencesOutperform Votes
174
66.92%
Underperform Votes
86
33.08%

15.2% of Conatus Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.1% of Xenetic Biosciences shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.3% of Conatus Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.7% of Xenetic Biosciences shares are owned 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.

Xenetic Biosciences has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Conatus Pharmaceuticals.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Conatus Pharmaceuticals$21.72M0.04-$11.39MN/AN/A
Xenetic Biosciences$2.50M1.47-$4.14M-$2.57-0.93

In the previous week, Xenetic Biosciences had 2 more articles in the media than Conatus Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Xenetic Biosciences and 0 mentions for Conatus Pharmaceuticals. Xenetic Biosciences' average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat Conatus Pharmaceuticals' score of 0.00 indicating that Xenetic Biosciences is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Conatus Pharmaceuticals Neutral
Xenetic Biosciences Neutral

Conatus Pharmaceuticals has a net margin of -52.42% compared to Xenetic Biosciences' net margin of -161.63%. Conatus Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of -48.22% beat Xenetic Biosciences' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Conatus Pharmaceuticals-52.42% -48.22% -39.32%
Xenetic Biosciences -161.63%-49.51%-43.99%

Summary

Conatus Pharmaceuticals beats Xenetic Biosciences on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CNAT vs. The Competition

MetricConatus PharmaceuticalsPharmaceutical Preparations IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$962,000.00$6.46B$5.31B$7.35B
Dividend YieldN/A3.20%5.45%4.29%
P/E Ratio-0.106.9521.9417.82
Price / Sales0.04231.03380.9597.68
Price / CashN/A65.6738.2634.64
Price / Book0.055.936.453.98
Net Income-$11.39M$143.22M$3.22B$247.81M

Conatus Pharmaceuticals Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CNAT
Conatus Pharmaceuticals
N/A$0.03
flat
N/A-94.2%$962,000.00$21.72M-0.1030
XBIO
Xenetic Biosciences
1.3947 of 5 stars
$2.32
+0.9%
N/A-40.4%$3.58M$2.50M-0.874Short Interest ↓
KZIA
Kazia Therapeutics
3.3191 of 5 stars
$0.71
flat
$11.50
+1,519.7%
-4.7%$3.58M$2.31M0.0012Short Interest ↓
Gap Down
ALLR
Allarity Therapeutics
0.2349 of 5 stars
$0.80
+0.4%
N/A-98.0%$3.56MN/A0.0010Short Interest ↑
LIXT
Lixte Biotechnology
0.9429 of 5 stars
$1.25
+13.6%
N/A-64.8%$3.36MN/A-0.724Short Interest ↓
Gap Up
JAGX
Jaguar Health
0.0665 of 5 stars
$4.93
+2.8%
N/A-97.9%$3.32M$11.69M0.0050Short Interest ↑
Gap Up
EVOK
Evoke Pharma
0.198 of 5 stars
$2.22
-5.5%
N/A-62.6%$3.31M$10.25M-0.204Short Interest ↑
PPBT
Purple Biotech
1.5611 of 5 stars
$2.47
-1.0%
$33.00
+1,238.7%
N/A$3.28MN/A-0.2820News Coverage
KTTA
Pasithea Therapeutics
0.4425 of 5 stars
$1.21
-0.4%
N/A-80.6%$3.26MN/A-0.093Short Interest ↑
CNSP
CNS Pharmaceuticals
1.1506 of 5 stars
$1.10
-1.8%
$25.00
+2,172.7%
-99.8%$3.19MN/A-0.015Short Interest ↑
GLTO
Galecto
2.2704 of 5 stars
$2.38
-6.9%
$10.00
+321.1%
-86.5%$3.15MN/A-0.1240Short Interest ↑
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