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GLTO vs. LSTA, NNVC, BIVI, EGRX, LSB, LPCN, MTEX, SNTI, CGTX, and INAB

Should you be buying Galecto stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Galecto include Lisata Therapeutics (LSTA), NanoViricides (NNVC), BioVie (BIVI), Eagle Pharmaceuticals (EGRX), Lakeshore Biopharma (LSB), Lipocine (LPCN), Mannatech (MTEX), Senti Biosciences (SNTI), Cognition Therapeutics (CGTX), and IN8bio (INAB). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Galecto vs.

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

14.2% of Galecto shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.9% of Lisata Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.9% of Galecto shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.1% of Lisata Therapeutics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Galecto received 18 more outperform votes than Lisata Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 93.33% of users gave Lisata Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 60.38% of users gave Galecto an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
GalectoOutperform Votes
32
60.38%
Underperform Votes
21
39.62%
Lisata TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
14
93.33%
Underperform Votes
1
6.67%

In the previous week, Galecto had 6 more articles in the media than Lisata Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Galecto and 2 mentions for Lisata Therapeutics. Lisata Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Galecto's score of 0.11 indicating that Lisata Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Galecto Neutral
Lisata Therapeutics Positive

Lisata Therapeutics has higher revenue and earnings than Galecto. Lisata Therapeutics 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-$18.61-0.18
Lisata Therapeutics$1M20.14-$20.84M-$2.40-0.97

Galecto currently has a consensus price target of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 191.55%. Lisata Therapeutics has a consensus price target of $15.00, indicating a potential upside of 542.12%. Given Lisata Therapeutics' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Lisata Therapeutics 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
Lisata Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Galecto has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lisata Therapeutics has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Lisata Therapeutics' return on equity of -51.19% beat Galecto's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
GalectoN/A -76.96% -66.59%
Lisata Therapeutics N/A -51.19%-45.16%

Summary

Lisata Therapeutics beats Galecto on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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GLTO vs. The Competition

MetricGalectoPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$4.53M$6.91B$5.64B$8.06B
Dividend YieldN/A2.73%4.57%4.01%
P/E Ratio-0.187.2023.1419.03
Price / SalesN/A226.01384.1193.17
Price / CashN/A65.6738.1634.64
Price / Book0.126.476.954.33
Net Income-$38.35M$141.90M$3.20B$247.06M
7 Day Performance-43.77%-3.20%-2.28%-0.37%
1 Month Performance-21.69%-5.64%2.88%-3.85%
1 Year Performance-82.41%-7.47%10.87%1.27%

Galecto Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GLTO
Galecto
3.0751 of 5 stars
$3.43
-12.9%
$10.00
+191.5%
-82.4%$4.53MN/A-0.1840Short Interest ↑
LSTA
Lisata Therapeutics
3.0647 of 5 stars
$2.38
-0.4%
$15.00
+530.3%
-27.7%$20.52M$1M-0.9530Short Interest ↓
Gap Down
NNVC
NanoViricides
N/A$1.31
+6.5%
N/A+7.1%$20.49MN/A-1.8220
BIVI
BioVie
2.8889 of 5 stars
$1.10
+1.9%
$3.00
+172.7%
+102.4%$20.30MN/A-0.1110Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
EGRX
Eagle Pharmaceuticals
N/A$1.50
+15.4%
N/A-81.1%$19.48M$257.55M0.00100
LSB
Lakeshore Biopharma
1.5349 of 5 stars
$2.05
+2.3%
N/AN/A$19.03M$672.27M0.00773Positive News
Gap Down
LPCN
Lipocine
2.1241 of 5 stars
$3.50
+4.5%
$10.00
+185.7%
-36.5%$18.72M$7.92M-4.6110
MTEX
Mannatech
0.5404 of 5 stars
$9.92
-3.0%
N/A+9.1%$18.70M$121.55M-12.25250Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
SNTI
Senti Biosciences
3.5418 of 5 stars
$3.87
+10.9%
$10.00
+158.4%
-14.6%$18.69M$2.56M-0.254Short Interest ↓
CGTX
Cognition Therapeutics
3.7723 of 5 stars
$0.45
-0.1%
$8.30
+1,757.2%
-75.2%$18.57MN/A-0.4620Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
INAB
IN8bio
3.2238 of 5 stars
$0.23
+0.4%
$6.75
+2,884.1%
-82.8%$18.38MN/A-0.3020Short Interest ↑
Gap Up
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This page (NASDAQ:GLTO) was last updated on 3/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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