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Galectin Therapeutics (GALT) Competitors

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$1.42 +0.08 (+5.97%)
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GALT vs. OLMA, BNTC, CMPS, TKNO, ALLO, TRDA, ARCT, TSHA, HRTX, and ATYR

Should you be buying Galectin Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Galectin Therapeutics include Olema Pharmaceuticals (OLMA), Benitec Biopharma (BNTC), COMPASS Pathways (CMPS), Alpha Teknova (TKNO), Allogene Therapeutics (ALLO), Entrada Therapeutics (TRDA), Arcturus Therapeutics (ARCT), Taysha Gene Therapies (TSHA), Heron Therapeutics (HRTX), and Atyr PHARMA (ATYR). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Galectin Therapeutics vs.

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

Galectin Therapeutics received 311 more outperform votes than Olema Pharmaceuticals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.59% of users gave Olema Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote while only 59.01% of users gave Galectin Therapeutics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Olema PharmaceuticalsOutperform Votes
36
70.59%
Underperform Votes
15
29.41%
Galectin TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
347
59.01%
Underperform Votes
241
40.99%

91.8% of Olema Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.7% of Galectin Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. 19.4% of Olema Pharmaceuticals shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 50.1% of Galectin Therapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Galectin Therapeutics' return on equity of 0.00% beat Olema Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Olema PharmaceuticalsN/A -53.56% -47.86%
Galectin Therapeutics N/A N/A -163.15%

Olema Pharmaceuticals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Galectin Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Olema PharmaceuticalsN/AN/A-$96.65M-$2.21-2.29
Galectin TherapeuticsN/AN/A-$41.07M-$0.76-1.83

In the previous week, Olema Pharmaceuticals had 6 more articles in the media than Galectin Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Olema Pharmaceuticals and 0 mentions for Galectin Therapeutics. Olema Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat Galectin Therapeutics' score of 0.00 indicating that Olema Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Olema Pharmaceuticals Very Positive
Galectin Therapeutics Neutral

Olema Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 2.1, suggesting that its share price is 110% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Galectin Therapeutics has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Olema Pharmaceuticals presently has a consensus price target of $27.67, indicating a potential upside of 446.56%. Galectin Therapeutics has a consensus price target of $11.00, indicating a potential upside of 693.08%. Given Galectin Therapeutics' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Galectin Therapeutics is more favorable than Olema Pharmaceuticals.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Olema Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Galectin Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Summary

Olema Pharmaceuticals beats Galectin Therapeutics on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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GALT vs. The Competition

MetricGalectin TherapeuticsPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$87.19M$6.57B$5.40B$7.68B
Dividend YieldN/A3.21%5.44%4.33%
P/E Ratio-1.897.0922.2118.29
Price / SalesN/A263.59392.81105.26
Price / CashN/A65.6738.2034.62
Price / Book-1.376.396.774.22
Net Income-$41.07M$142.49M$3.21B$247.51M
7 Day Performance0.51%7.35%4.84%5.54%
1 Month Performance-15.94%-8.25%-6.33%-4.23%
1 Year Performance-57.84%-1.81%16.11%4.29%

Galectin Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GALT
Galectin Therapeutics
0.911 of 5 stars
$1.42
+6.0%
$11.00
+674.6%
-60.0%$89.72MN/A-1.959
OLMA
Olema Pharmaceuticals
2.7177 of 5 stars
$4.75
+7.5%
$27.67
+482.5%
-49.6%$324.58MN/A-2.1770News Coverage
Positive News
BNTC
Benitec Biopharma
2.4854 of 5 stars
$13.80
+0.4%
$24.71
+79.1%
+99.1%$323.62M$80,000.00-9.1420Positive News
CMPS
COMPASS Pathways
2.3009 of 5 stars
$3.38
+8.0%
$20.20
+497.6%
-52.1%$313.24MN/A-1.54120News Coverage
Positive News
TKNO
Alpha Teknova
1.4485 of 5 stars
$5.78
+0.3%
$8.50
+47.1%
+267.4%$308.87M$37.75M-7.81240News Coverage
ALLO
Allogene Therapeutics
2.964 of 5 stars
$1.42
-2.1%
$9.29
+554.1%
-52.2%$308.52M$22,000.00-0.91310News Coverage
TRDA
Entrada Therapeutics
2.8146 of 5 stars
$7.95
-2.2%
$25.67
+222.9%
-32.4%$298.88M$210.78M5.00110Positive News
High Trading Volume
ARCT
Arcturus Therapeutics
2.8033 of 5 stars
$11.00
+4.5%
$59.20
+438.2%
-54.7%$298.32M$138.39M-4.95180
TSHA
Taysha Gene Therapies
3.2198 of 5 stars
$1.45
+16.9%
$6.63
+356.9%
-28.1%$297.33M$8.33M2.30180News Coverage
Positive News
HRTX
Heron Therapeutics
3.3448 of 5 stars
$1.93
+4.9%
$5.67
+193.6%
-21.3%$294.00M$144.29M-10.72300News Coverage
Positive News
ATYR
Atyr PHARMA
2.2344 of 5 stars
$3.28
+5.8%
$18.60
+467.1%
N/A$291.46M$235,000.00-3.4953Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NASDAQ:GALT) was last updated on 4/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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