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GALT vs. ENGN, TRVI, SOPH, ATYR, DSGN, CTNM, YMAB, IMMP, ELDN, and ITOS

Should you be buying Galectin Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Galectin Therapeutics include enGene (ENGN), Trevi Therapeutics (TRVI), SOPHiA GENETICS (SOPH), Atyr PHARMA (ATYR), Design Therapeutics (DSGN), Contineum Therapeutics (CTNM), Y-mAbs Therapeutics (YMAB), Immutep (IMMP), Eledon Pharmaceuticals (ELDN), and iTeos Therapeutics (ITOS). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Galectin Therapeutics vs.

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

11.7% of Galectin Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.2% of enGene shares are owned by institutional investors. 50.1% of Galectin Therapeutics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.7% of enGene shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Galectin Therapeutics' return on equity of 0.00% beat enGene's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Galectin TherapeuticsN/A N/A -163.15%
enGene N/A -16.69%-14.27%

Galectin Therapeutics presently has a consensus price target of $11.00, indicating a potential upside of 780.00%. enGene has a consensus price target of $29.78, indicating a potential upside of 344.44%. Given Galectin Therapeutics' higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Galectin Therapeutics is more favorable than enGene.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Galectin Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
enGene
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.09

In the previous week, enGene had 3 more articles in the media than Galectin Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for enGene and 3 mentions for Galectin Therapeutics. Galectin Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat enGene's score of 0.66 indicating that Galectin Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Galectin Therapeutics
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
enGene
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Galectin Therapeutics has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, enGene has a beta of -0.65, suggesting that its stock price is 165% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Galectin Therapeutics received 331 more outperform votes than enGene when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave enGene an outperform vote while only 59.11% of users gave Galectin Therapeutics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Galectin TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
347
59.11%
Underperform Votes
240
40.89%
enGeneOutperform Votes
16
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes

enGene 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
Galectin TherapeuticsN/AN/A-$41.07M-$0.73-1.71
enGeneN/AN/A-$55.14M-$0.58-11.55

Summary

Galectin Therapeutics and enGene tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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GALT vs. The Competition

MetricGalectin TherapeuticsPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$78.45M$6.86B$5.58B$9.11B
Dividend YieldN/A2.90%5.31%3.99%
P/E Ratio-1.719.4588.1918.21
Price / SalesN/A320.211,259.7183.20
Price / CashN/A73.5045.9637.70
Price / Book-1.245.275.124.70
Net Income-$41.07M$136.98M$111.40M$224.47M
7 Day Performance2.46%-0.73%2.33%-0.20%
1 Month Performance-3.10%0.16%3.19%0.57%
1 Year Performance-28.16%7.59%24.62%20.30%

Galectin Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GALT
Galectin Therapeutics
1.5274 of 5 stars
$1.25
flat
$11.00
+780.0%
-26.0%$78.45MN/A-1.719Positive News
ENGN
enGene
3.052 of 5 stars
$6.83
-4.7%
$29.78
+336.3%
-14.5%$303.79MN/A-11.8431Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
TRVI
Trevi Therapeutics
2.5838 of 5 stars
$3.87
-1.2%
$9.31
+140.9%
+177.5%$297.10MN/A-8.7820Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
SOPH
SOPHiA GENETICS
2.8195 of 5 stars
$4.44
+5.6%
$7.40
+66.9%
-23.7%$289.94M$64.49M-4.07520Short Interest ↓
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
ATYR
Atyr PHARMA
2.4713 of 5 stars
$3.44
-4.3%
$19.25
+460.4%
N/A$287.49M$350,000.00-3.6453Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Positive News
DSGN
Design Therapeutics
2.1546 of 5 stars
$5.00
+0.6%
$7.00
+40.0%
+104.6%$282.26MN/A-5.8640Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Gap Down
CTNM
Contineum Therapeutics
3.2561 of 5 stars
$10.93
-2.2%
$29.25
+167.6%
N/A$281.78M$50M0.0031Upcoming Earnings
YMAB
Y-mAbs Therapeutics
2.128 of 5 stars
$6.24
-0.2%
$20.89
+234.9%
-53.3%$279.36M$84.82M-11.55150
IMMP
Immutep
1.8904 of 5 stars
$1.92
-2.5%
$8.50
+343.9%
-3.7%$278.75M$5.14M0.002,021News Coverage
ELDN
Eledon Pharmaceuticals
3.0962 of 5 stars
$4.60
+3.8%
$16.00
+247.8%
+153.9%$274.80MN/A-2.2910Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
ITOS
iTeos Therapeutics
4.117 of 5 stars
$7.52
-1.6%
$22.25
+195.9%
-24.2%$274.71M$12.60M-2.3990Short Interest ↓

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