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Galecto (GLTO) Competitors

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$4.70 +0.04 (+0.86%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:16 PM ET)

GLTO vs. LPCN, PLUR, LVTX, NAII, ENLV, LSB, EQ, SNTI, AKTX, and CMMB

Should you be buying Galecto stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Galecto include Lipocine (LPCN), Pluri (PLUR), LAVA Therapeutics (LVTX), Natural Alternatives International (NAII), Enlivex Therapeutics (ENLV), Lakeshore Biopharma (LSB), Equillium (EQ), Senti Biosciences (SNTI), Akari Therapeutics (AKTX), and Chemomab Therapeutics (CMMB). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Galecto vs.

Lipocine (NASDAQ:LPCN) and Galecto (NASDAQ:GLTO) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and media sentiment.

Lipocine's return on equity of -19.17% beat Galecto's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
LipocineN/A -19.17% -17.60%
Galecto N/A -76.96%-66.59%

Lipocine has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Galecto has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Lipocine has higher revenue and earnings than Galecto. Lipocine is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Galecto, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Lipocine$7.92M3.29-$16.35M-$0.76-6.41
GalectoN/AN/A-$38.35M-$19.14-0.25

Lipocine received 315 more outperform votes than Galecto when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.26% of users gave Lipocine an outperform vote while only 60.38% of users gave Galecto an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
LipocineOutperform Votes
347
69.26%
Underperform Votes
154
30.74%
GalectoOutperform Votes
32
60.38%
Underperform Votes
21
39.62%

Lipocine presently has a consensus target price of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 105.34%. Galecto has a consensus target price of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 112.77%. Given Galecto's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Galecto is more favorable than Lipocine.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Lipocine
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Galecto
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

9.1% of Lipocine shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.2% of Galecto shares are held by institutional investors. 6.1% of Lipocine shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.9% of Galecto 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.

In the previous week, Lipocine had 6 more articles in the media than Galecto. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Lipocine and 0 mentions for Galecto. Lipocine's average media sentiment score of 0.23 beat Galecto's score of 0.00 indicating that Lipocine is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Lipocine Neutral
Galecto Neutral

Summary

Lipocine beats Galecto on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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GLTO vs. The Competition

MetricGalectoPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$6.19M$6.57B$5.12B$9.07B
Dividend YieldN/A2.98%4.91%4.22%
P/E Ratio-0.2510.5991.3417.19
Price / SalesN/A195.381,116.59116.80
Price / CashN/A57.1642.6437.86
Price / Book0.165.104.794.78
Net Income-$38.35M$151.51M$120.07M$225.60M
7 Day Performance-7.48%-2.15%-1.89%-1.24%
1 Month Performance-19.59%-3.14%11.45%3.36%
1 Year Performance-70.16%11.50%30.61%16.58%

Galecto Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GLTO
Galecto
2.1612 of 5 stars
$4.70
+0.9%
$10.00
+112.8%
-69.2%$6.19MN/A-0.2540
LPCN
Lipocine
1.5341 of 5 stars
$4.97
-1.0%
$10.00
+101.2%
+63.4%$26.58M$7.92M-6.6110News Coverage
PLUR
Pluri
0.4281 of 5 stars
$4.71
-0.2%
N/A+10.5%$26.19M$330,000.000.00150News Coverage
Positive News
LVTX
LAVA Therapeutics
3.0647 of 5 stars
$1.03
-7.2%
$4.67
+353.1%
-31.3%$26.11M$7.35M-1.0860Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
NAII
Natural Alternatives International
N/A$4.21
-2.1%
N/A-37.1%$26.10M$112.98M-2.99290Analyst Forecast
ENLV
Enlivex Therapeutics
2.3234 of 5 stars
$1.17
-2.5%
$9.50
+712.0%
-36.6%$25.05MN/A0.0070
LSB
Lakeshore Biopharma
0.5004 of 5 stars
$2.69
+8.0%
N/AN/A$25.04M$80.82M0.00773News Coverage
Gap Up
EQ
Equillium
2.9048 of 5 stars
$0.68
-2.8%
$5.00
+630.0%
-16.5%$24.27M$45.91M-5.0440Gap Down
SNTI
Senti Biosciences
2.3435 of 5 stars
$5.24
-5.9%
$10.00
+90.8%
-5.2%$24.05M$2.56M-0.334News Coverage
Gap Up
AKTX
Akari Therapeutics
N/A$0.97
-0.3%
N/A-67.2%$24.02MN/A0.009Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
CMMB
Chemomab Therapeutics
3.3163 of 5 stars
$1.65
+4.4%
$7.33
+344.4%
+230.1%$23.69MN/A-1.5820Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:GLTO) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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