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GLTO vs. RNXT, LGVN, LVTX, TENX, CGTX, FNCH, DRRX, CARA, CTXR, and TRAW

Should you be buying Galecto stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Galecto include RenovoRx (RNXT), Longeveron (LGVN), LAVA Therapeutics (LVTX), Tenax Therapeutics (TENX), Cognition Therapeutics (CGTX), Finch Therapeutics Group (FNCH), DURECT (DRRX), Cara Therapeutics (CARA), Citius Pharmaceuticals (CTXR), and Traws Pharma (TRAW). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Galecto vs.

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

Galecto received 23 more outperform votes than RenovoRx when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.38% of users gave Galecto an outperform vote while only 47.37% of users gave RenovoRx an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
GalectoOutperform Votes
32
60.38%
Underperform Votes
21
39.62%
RenovoRxOutperform Votes
9
47.37%
Underperform Votes
10
52.63%

14.2% of Galecto shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.1% of RenovoRx shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.9% of Galecto shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.1% of RenovoRx shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Galecto's return on equity of -76.96% beat RenovoRx's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
GalectoN/A -76.96% -66.59%
RenovoRx N/A -205.96%-110.01%

Galecto currently has a consensus target price of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 117.16%. RenovoRx has a consensus target price of $9.00, indicating a potential upside of 773.79%. Given RenovoRx's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe RenovoRx is more favorable than Galecto.

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
RenovoRx
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, Galecto had 1 more articles in the media than RenovoRx. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Galecto and 0 mentions for RenovoRx. Galecto's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled RenovoRx'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Galecto Neutral
RenovoRx Neutral

Galecto has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RenovoRx has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

RenovoRx 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
GalectoN/AN/A-$38.35M-$19.14-0.24
RenovoRxN/AN/A-$10.23M-$0.57-1.81

Summary

Galecto beats RenovoRx on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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GLTO vs. The Competition

MetricGalectoPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$6.37M$7.06B$5.84B$9.15B
Dividend YieldN/A2.75%4.75%3.85%
P/E Ratio-0.245.8226.1519.13
Price / SalesN/A268.05435.3370.72
Price / CashN/A65.6738.0134.83
Price / Book0.156.717.644.62
Net Income-$38.35M$138.55M$3.19B$245.94M
7 Day Performance-3.66%-2.63%-2.11%-2.62%
1 Month Performance-16.27%-2.33%-0.49%-2.15%
1 Year Performance-72.01%-5.33%16.44%12.95%

Galecto Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GLTO
Galecto
3.1022 of 5 stars
$4.61
-4.9%
$10.00
+117.2%
-73.3%$6.37MN/A-0.2440
RNXT
RenovoRx
1.9 of 5 stars
$1.04
+1.0%
$9.00
+765.4%
-24.3%$24.96MN/A-1.826High Trading Volume
LGVN
Longeveron
3.561 of 5 stars
$1.67
+6.4%
$8.67
+419.0%
-70.5%$24.78M$1.89M-0.2720Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
LVTX
LAVA Therapeutics
2.9368 of 5 stars
$0.94
+0.8%
$3.33
+254.6%
-50.9%$24.71M$7.35M-0.9160Gap Up
TENX
Tenax Therapeutics
1.9324 of 5 stars
$7.20
-1.4%
$16.00
+122.2%
+55.2%$24.55MN/A0.009News Coverage
Gap Up
CGTX
Cognition Therapeutics
3.3333 of 5 stars
$0.59
+0.0%
$8.30
+1,306.5%
-70.7%$24.52MN/A-0.6120News Coverage
FNCH
Finch Therapeutics Group
N/A$15.00
-3.2%
N/A+537.1%$24.09M$110,000.00-1.70190News Coverage
High Trading Volume
DRRX
DURECT
3.3392 of 5 stars
$0.77
+2.5%
$5.00
+550.2%
-10.9%$23.87M$8.55M-1.2680News Coverage
CARA
Cara Therapeutics
3.7606 of 5 stars
$5.20
-7.1%
$27.84
+435.4%
-38.8%$23.76M$20.97M-0.2580News Coverage
CTXR
Citius Pharmaceuticals
2.8836 of 5 stars
$2.69
-0.4%
$54.50
+1,926.0%
-90.6%$23.11MN/A-0.4520Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Up
TRAW
Traws Pharma
0.5212 of 5 stars
$6.21
-7.3%
N/AN/A$22.67M$230,000.00-0.0417News Coverage
Gap Down

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This page (NASDAQ:GLTO) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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