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$5.84 +0.03 (+0.52%)
(As of 10:25 AM ET)

GLTO vs. LMNL, RNXT, SRZN, ALTS, BIVI, LTRN, BLRX, HCWB, CTXR, and KALA

Should you be buying Galecto stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Galecto include Liminal BioSciences (LMNL), RenovoRx (RNXT), Surrozen (SRZN), Janone (ALTS), BioVie (BIVI), Lantern Pharma (LTRN), BioLineRx (BLRX), HCW Biologics (HCWB), Citius Pharmaceuticals (CTXR), and KALA BIO (KALA).

Galecto vs.

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

Liminal BioSciences has a net margin of 248.35% compared to Galecto's net margin of 0.00%. Galecto's return on equity of -76.96% beat Liminal BioSciences' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
GalectoN/A -76.96% -66.59%
Liminal BioSciences 248.35%-88.44%-64.15%

Galecto received 18 more outperform votes than Liminal BioSciences when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.38% of users gave Galecto an outperform vote while only 48.28% of users gave Liminal BioSciences an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
GalectoOutperform Votes
32
60.38%
Underperform Votes
21
39.62%
Liminal BioSciencesOutperform Votes
14
48.28%
Underperform Votes
15
51.72%

Galecto currently has a consensus price target of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 72.12%. Given Galecto's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Galecto is more favorable than Liminal BioSciences.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Galecto
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Liminal BioSciences
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
GalectoN/AN/A-$38.35M-$19.14-0.30
Liminal BioSciences$310K85.00$380K$0.2929.31

In the previous week, Galecto had 2 more articles in the media than Liminal BioSciences. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Galecto and 0 mentions for Liminal BioSciences. Galecto's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Liminal BioSciences' score of 0.00 indicating that Galecto is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Galecto Positive
Liminal BioSciences Neutral

Galecto has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liminal BioSciences has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

14.2% of Galecto shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.7% of Liminal BioSciences shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.9% of Galecto shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Liminal BioSciences shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Galecto beats Liminal BioSciences on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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GLTO vs. The Competition

MetricGalectoPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$7.65M$6.45B$5.04B$8.81B
Dividend YieldN/A8.11%5.16%4.07%
P/E Ratio-0.3010.78130.5317.82
Price / SalesN/A243.701,183.8674.55
Price / CashN/A22.1633.6132.53
Price / Book0.195.474.684.68
Net Income-$38.35M$153.61M$119.23M$226.08M
7 Day Performance-14.81%-2.00%-1.83%-1.04%
1 Month Performance-17.35%-7.46%-3.61%1.04%
1 Year Performance-58.87%31.82%31.74%26.28%

Galecto Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GLTO
Galecto
3.1146 of 5 stars
$5.84
+0.5%
$10.00
+71.2%
-60.6%$7.71MN/A-0.3140Gap Up
LMNL
Liminal BioSciences
N/A$8.50
+0.1%
N/A+0.0%$26.35M$310,000.0029.31251
RNXT
RenovoRx
2.6223 of 5 stars
$1.27
+6.7%
$6.13
+382.3%
+98.7%$30.48MN/A-2.126News Coverage
Positive News
SRZN
Surrozen
1.4586 of 5 stars
$9.32
+4.7%
N/A+25.6%$30.29M$12.50M0.0042Gap Up
ALTS
Janone
1.2188 of 5 stars
$2.15
-1.8%
N/AN/A$30.25M$39.61M0.00170
BIVI
BioVie
0.625 of 5 stars
$3.23
-3.9%
$4.00
+23.8%
-24.0%$30.14MN/A0.0010
LTRN
Lantern Pharma
1.0942 of 5 stars
$2.79
-5.1%
N/A-27.0%$30.08MN/A0.0020Positive News
BLRX
BioLineRx
1.9751 of 5 stars
$0.37
-31.8%
$21.00
+5,545.2%
-67.9%$29.74M$4.80M0.0040News Coverage
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
HCWB
HCW Biologics
1.1093 of 5 stars
$0.78
-17.3%
N/A-12.3%$29.63M$2.84M0.0040Gap Down
CTXR
Citius Pharmaceuticals
3.1588 of 5 stars
$0.16
-3.9%
$4.00
+2,351.0%
-77.9%$29.50MN/A-0.7120Short Interest ↓
KALA
KALA BIO
4.0824 of 5 stars
$6.20
-3.6%
$15.00
+141.9%
+7.8%$28.58M$3.89M0.0030

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This page (NASDAQ:GLTO) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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