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GALT vs. KROS, TLRY, MNMD, ORGO, ZVRA, TYRA, TSHA, OPT, BCYC, and KURA

Should you be buying Galectin Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Galectin Therapeutics include Keros Therapeutics (KROS), Tilray Brands (TLRY), Mind Medicine (MindMed) (MNMD), Organogenesis (ORGO), Zevra Therapeutics (ZVRA), Tyra Biosciences (TYRA), Taysha Gene Therapies (TSHA), Opthea (OPT), Bicycle Therapeutics (BCYC), and Kura Oncology (KURA). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Galectin Therapeutics vs. Its Competitors

Keros Therapeutics (NASDAQ:KROS) and Galectin Therapeutics (NASDAQ:GALT) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.

Galectin Therapeutics has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Keros Therapeutics. Keros Therapeutics 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
Keros Therapeutics$3.55M165.80-$187.35M-$0.18-80.50
Galectin TherapeuticsN/AN/A-$47.05M-$0.72-3.96

In the previous week, Galectin Therapeutics had 2 more articles in the media than Keros Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Galectin Therapeutics and 1 mentions for Keros Therapeutics. Keros Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Galectin Therapeutics' score of 0.85 indicating that Keros Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Keros Therapeutics Positive
Galectin Therapeutics Positive

Keros Therapeutics presently has a consensus target price of $30.56, indicating a potential upside of 110.87%. Galectin Therapeutics has a consensus target price of $6.00, indicating a potential upside of 110.53%. Given Keros Therapeutics' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Keros Therapeutics is more favorable than Galectin Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Keros Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Galectin Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Keros Therapeutics has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Galectin Therapeutics has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Keros Therapeutics has a net margin of 1.96% compared to Galectin Therapeutics' net margin of 0.00%. Keros Therapeutics' return on equity of 0.75% beat Galectin Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Keros Therapeutics1.96% 0.75% 0.69%
Galectin Therapeutics N/A N/A -216.05%

71.6% of Keros Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.7% of Galectin Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. 20.6% of Keros Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 50.1% of Galectin 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.

Summary

Keros Therapeutics beats Galectin Therapeutics on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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GALT vs. The Competition

MetricGalectin TherapeuticsMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$177.22M$2.42B$5.52B$9.32B
Dividend YieldN/A1.79%4.25%4.05%
P/E Ratio-3.969.1828.1519.68
Price / SalesN/A737.05438.33100.29
Price / CashN/A160.6835.5357.53
Price / Book-1.704.698.235.67
Net Income-$47.05M$30.99M$3.23B$257.51M
7 Day Performance26.67%0.60%-0.01%0.52%
1 Month Performance91.28%7.93%5.61%8.84%
1 Year Performance13.10%-5.48%26.52%14.18%

Galectin Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GALT
Galectin Therapeutics
2.2548 of 5 stars
$2.85
+1.8%
$6.00
+110.5%
+17.6%$177.22MN/A-3.969Positive News
KROS
Keros Therapeutics
2.082 of 5 stars
$13.40
-0.4%
$30.56
+128.0%
-72.1%$546.28M$3.55M-74.44100
TLRY
Tilray Brands
1.8648 of 5 stars
$0.50
-6.6%
$1.92
+280.7%
-68.9%$542.20M$788.94M-0.482,650
MNMD
Mind Medicine (MindMed)
2.199 of 5 stars
$7.20
+0.4%
$25.50
+254.2%
+3.2%$541.72MN/A-5.5840Positive News
ORGO
Organogenesis
4.4734 of 5 stars
$4.25
flat
$6.00
+41.2%
+39.4%$539.13M$482.04M-25.00950News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
ZVRA
Zevra Therapeutics
3.0567 of 5 stars
$11.27
+15.7%
$23.14
+105.3%
+105.3%$532.58M$23.61M-5.9320Trending News
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
TYRA
Tyra Biosciences
3.1012 of 5 stars
$9.61
-3.9%
$30.83
+220.8%
-49.5%$530.90MN/A-5.9020
TSHA
Taysha Gene Therapies
3.9895 of 5 stars
$2.34
-4.5%
$8.20
+250.4%
+2.9%$525.92M$8.33M-6.88180News Coverage
OPT
Opthea
0.3808 of 5 stars
$3.41
+7.2%
$1.33
-60.9%
+63.2%$524.84M$120K0.008Gap Up
BCYC
Bicycle Therapeutics
3.391 of 5 stars
$7.17
-3.5%
$25.00
+248.7%
-66.0%$514.56M$35.28M-2.28240
KURA
Kura Oncology
4.5594 of 5 stars
$5.68
-3.1%
$24.50
+331.3%
-73.1%$507.33M$53.88M-2.70130Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:GALT) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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