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HLVX vs. KMDA, CGEM, AURA, PRTC, FULC, SLDB, YMAB, MBX, IMAB, and DMAC

Should you be buying HilleVax stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HilleVax include Kamada (KMDA), Cullinan Therapeutics (CGEM), Aura Biosciences (AURA), PureTech Health (PRTC), Fulcrum Therapeutics (FULC), Solid Biosciences (SLDB), Y-mAbs Therapeutics (YMAB), MBX Biosciences (MBX), I-Mab (IMAB), and DiaMedica Therapeutics (DMAC). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

HilleVax vs. Its Competitors

HilleVax (NASDAQ:HLVX) and Kamada (NASDAQ:KMDA) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, valuation and risk.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
HilleVaxN/AN/A-$147.27M-$1.43-1.46
Kamada$160.95M2.51$14.46M$0.3420.65

Kamada has a net margin of 11.22% compared to HilleVax's net margin of 0.00%. Kamada's return on equity of 7.41% beat HilleVax's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
HilleVaxN/A -34.29% -28.50%
Kamada 11.22%7.41%5.18%

HilleVax has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kamada has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

86.4% of HilleVax shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.4% of Kamada shares are held by institutional investors. 24.9% of HilleVax shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 36.1% of Kamada shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

HilleVax presently has a consensus price target of $2.00, suggesting a potential downside of 4.31%. Kamada has a consensus price target of $13.00, suggesting a potential upside of 85.19%. Given Kamada's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kamada is more favorable than HilleVax.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
HilleVax
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Kamada
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

In the previous week, Kamada had 1 more articles in the media than HilleVax. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Kamada and 2 mentions for HilleVax. Kamada's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat HilleVax's score of 0.45 indicating that Kamada is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
HilleVax Neutral
Kamada Positive

Summary

Kamada beats HilleVax on 14 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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HLVX vs. The Competition

MetricHilleVaxMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$104.79M$3.20B$5.87B$10.13B
Dividend YieldN/A2.30%5.68%4.60%
P/E Ratio-1.4621.1774.5225.93
Price / SalesN/A427.59516.43181.21
Price / CashN/A46.6837.5660.44
Price / Book0.679.6112.166.29
Net Income-$147.27M-$53.29M$3.28B$270.77M
7 Day Performance-0.48%0.12%0.78%3.84%
1 Month Performance0.97%5.60%4.87%4.85%
1 Year Performance14.21%10.47%60.72%26.00%

HilleVax Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HLVX
HilleVax
1.5971 of 5 stars
$2.09
flat
$2.00
-4.3%
+20.8%$104.79MN/A-1.4620Short Interest ↑
KMDA
Kamada
4.4742 of 5 stars
$7.19
-0.5%
$13.00
+80.9%
+29.5%$413.17M$169.52M21.13360Short Interest ↓
CGEM
Cullinan Therapeutics
2.2087 of 5 stars
$6.92
+1.2%
$26.80
+287.3%
-62.9%$409.24MN/A-2.1430News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
AURA
Aura Biosciences
2.2678 of 5 stars
$6.47
flat
$22.00
+240.0%
-36.9%$402.29MN/A-3.3050Positive News
PRTC
PureTech Health
0.5658 of 5 stars
$16.61
+1.1%
N/A-21.2%$400.83M$6.17M0.00100Short Interest ↑
FULC
Fulcrum Therapeutics
2.6324 of 5 stars
$7.31
+0.6%
$7.57
+3.6%
+103.5%$395.40M$80M-5.99100News Coverage
Positive News
Short Interest ↓
SLDB
Solid Biosciences
3.0042 of 5 stars
$5.02
-2.1%
$15.00
+198.8%
-30.2%$391.30M$8.09M-1.79100Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
YMAB
Y-mAbs Therapeutics
2.0888 of 5 stars
$8.59
-0.1%
$9.62
+12.1%
-35.1%$390.10M$87.68M-17.17150News Coverage
Positive News
MBX
MBX Biosciences
0.1348 of 5 stars
$11.35
+4.1%
N/AN/A$381.29MN/A-2.50N/ANews Coverage
Analyst Upgrade
IMAB
I-Mab
2.7945 of 5 stars
$4.57
+7.0%
$7.00
+53.2%
+293.3%$373.27M$3.89M0.00380Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
DMAC
DiaMedica Therapeutics
2.2293 of 5 stars
$7.16
flat
$12.33
+72.3%
+65.3%$372.17MN/A-10.4320Positive News
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This page (NASDAQ:HLVX) was last updated on 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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