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$2.88 -0.03 (-1.00%)
As of 04/17/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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DARE vs. ALEC, MCRB, ENTA, FTLF, XBIT, CHRS, SLS, CCCC, BHST, and OPTN

Should you be buying Daré Bioscience stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Daré Bioscience include Alector (ALEC), Seres Therapeutics (MCRB), Enanta Pharmaceuticals (ENTA), FitLife Brands (FTLF), XBiotech (XBIT), Coherus BioSciences (CHRS), SELLAS Life Sciences Group (SLS), C4 Therapeutics (CCCC), BioHarvest Sciences (BHST), and OptiNose (OPTN). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Daré Bioscience vs.

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

85.8% of Alector shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.7% of Daré Bioscience shares are held by institutional investors. 9.1% of Alector shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of Daré Bioscience shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Alector had 1 more articles in the media than Daré Bioscience. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Alector and 2 mentions for Daré Bioscience. Daré Bioscience's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat Alector's score of 0.00 indicating that Daré Bioscience is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Alector
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Daré Bioscience
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Alector$100.56M0.91-$130.39M-$1.23-0.75
Daré Bioscience$9.78K2,623.16-$30.16M-$0.51-5.69

Alector currently has a consensus price target of $3.50, suggesting a potential upside of 280.39%. Daré Bioscience has a consensus price target of $24.00, suggesting a potential upside of 727.59%. Given Daré Bioscience's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Daré Bioscience is more favorable than Alector.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Alector
2 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.14
Daré Bioscience
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Daré Bioscience has a net margin of -191.65% compared to Alector's net margin of -257.54%. Daré Bioscience's return on equity of 0.00% beat Alector's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Alector-257.54% -108.77% -27.03%
Daré Bioscience -191.65%N/A -18.98%

Alector has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Daré Bioscience has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Daré Bioscience received 202 more outperform votes than Alector when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.36% of users gave Daré Bioscience an outperform vote while only 60.94% of users gave Alector an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AlectorOutperform Votes
156
60.94%
Underperform Votes
100
39.06%
Daré BioscienceOutperform Votes
358
73.36%
Underperform Votes
130
26.64%

Summary

Daré Bioscience beats Alector on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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DARE vs. The Competition

MetricDaré BiosciencePharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$25.67M$6.45B$5.30B$7.34B
Dividend YieldN/A3.23%5.12%4.30%
P/E Ratio-4.916.8921.8017.77
Price / Sales2,623.16231.02379.9097.68
Price / CashN/A65.6738.2634.64
Price / Book-4.755.916.443.98
Net Income-$30.16M$142.72M$3.21B$247.52M
7 Day Performance-1.36%4.35%2.84%1.82%
1 Month Performance-2.36%-12.79%-8.65%-6.98%
1 Year Performance-18.11%-9.70%11.38%1.49%

Daré Bioscience Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DARE
Daré Bioscience
1.9394 of 5 stars
$2.90
-0.3%
$24.00
+727.6%
-14.5%$25.67M$9,784.00-4.9130Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
ALEC
Alector
3.0794 of 5 stars
$1.01
-1.0%
$3.50
+246.5%
-81.9%$100.08M$100.56M-0.59270News Coverage
MCRB
Seres Therapeutics
3.0378 of 5 stars
$0.57
-10.6%
$4.00
+598.8%
-41.0%$99.80M$126.33M-2.49330News Coverage
Gap Up
ENTA
Enanta Pharmaceuticals
4.0353 of 5 stars
$4.64
-1.9%
$17.25
+271.8%
-63.6%$98.99M$66.59M-0.94160Positive News
Gap Down
FTLF
FitLife Brands
4.2379 of 5 stars
$10.47
+0.7%
$20.50
+95.8%
-9.9%$96.52M$64.47M12.3920Positive News
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
XBIT
XBiotech
0.8249 of 5 stars
$3.15
+9.8%
N/A-63.7%$96.04M$4.01M-2.92100Positive News
Gap Down
CHRS
Coherus BioSciences
3.621 of 5 stars
$0.82
+5.1%
$5.38
+554.3%
-47.9%$95.21M$266.96M-10.27330Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
SLS
SELLAS Life Sciences Group
0.1761 of 5 stars
$1.04
flat
N/A-7.8%$94.48M$1M-1.5110
CCCC
C4 Therapeutics
2.4695 of 5 stars
$1.33
+1.5%
$12.50
+839.8%
-81.8%$94.42M$35.58M-0.78150News Coverage
BHST
BioHarvest Sciences
N/A$5.60
+1.1%
$13.00
+132.1%
N/A$91.98M$25.19M-4.48N/APositive News
OPTN
OptiNose
3.2933 of 5 stars
$9.10
flat
$9.00
-1.1%
-40.1%$91.66M$78.23M-2.17190Short Interest ↓
Positive News
High Trading Volume

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