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$6.43 -0.04 (-0.62%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

KALA vs. AGLE, OVID, IMUX, MCRB, AVTX, IFRX, DERM, ANL, CDTX, and VXRT

Should you be buying KALA BIO stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of KALA BIO include Aeglea BioTherapeutics (AGLE), Ovid Therapeutics (OVID), Immunic (IMUX), Seres Therapeutics (MCRB), Avalo Therapeutics (AVTX), InflaRx (IFRX), Journey Medical (DERM), Adlai Nortye (ANL), Cidara Therapeutics (CDTX), and Vaxart (VXRT). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

KALA BIO vs.

KALA BIO (NASDAQ:KALA) and Aeglea BioTherapeutics (NASDAQ:AGLE) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.

In the previous week, KALA BIO had 4 more articles in the media than Aeglea BioTherapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for KALA BIO and 0 mentions for Aeglea BioTherapeutics. KALA BIO's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat Aeglea BioTherapeutics' score of 0.00 indicating that KALA BIO is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
KALA BIO Neutral
Aeglea BioTherapeutics Neutral

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
KALA BIO$3.89M7.62-$42.20M-$12.47-0.52
Aeglea BioTherapeutics$2.33M0.00-$83.82M-$75.59N/A

KALA BIO has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Aeglea BioTherapeutics' net margin of -22,195.36%. Aeglea BioTherapeutics' return on equity of -132.05% beat KALA BIO's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
KALA BION/A -448.61% -69.37%
Aeglea BioTherapeutics -22,195.36%-132.05%-146.87%

KALA BIO has a beta of -2.13, suggesting that its share price is 313% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aeglea BioTherapeutics has a beta of 2.57, suggesting that its share price is 157% more volatile than the S&P 500.

24.6% of KALA BIO shares are held by institutional investors. 8.3% of KALA BIO shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.6% of Aeglea BioTherapeutics shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

KALA BIO currently has a consensus price target of $15.00, suggesting a potential upside of 133.28%. Given KALA BIO's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe KALA BIO is more favorable than Aeglea BioTherapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
KALA BIO
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Aeglea BioTherapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

KALA BIO received 46 more outperform votes than Aeglea BioTherapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.82% of users gave KALA BIO an outperform vote while only 54.16% of users gave Aeglea BioTherapeutics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
KALA BIOOutperform Votes
300
66.82%
Underperform Votes
149
33.18%
Aeglea BioTherapeuticsOutperform Votes
254
54.16%
Underperform Votes
215
45.84%

Summary

KALA BIO beats Aeglea BioTherapeutics on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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KALA vs. The Competition

MetricKALA BIOPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$29.81M$6.49B$5.07B$8.90B
Dividend YieldN/A8.11%4.99%4.07%
P/E Ratio-0.524.8587.8613.46
Price / Sales7.62374.821,228.8287.66
Price / CashN/A52.5939.5136.27
Price / Book4.3210.216.946.30
Net Income-$42.20M$153.61M$119.12M$225.93M
7 Day Performance-4.88%-2.00%-1.84%-1.32%
1 Month Performance22.71%-7.47%-3.65%0.60%
1 Year Performance7.71%31.80%31.64%26.23%

KALA BIO Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KALA
KALA BIO
4.0824 of 5 stars
$6.43
-0.6%
$15.00
+133.3%
+7.8%$29.81M$3.89M-0.5230
AGLE
Aeglea BioTherapeutics
N/AN/AN/AN/A$48.64M$2.33M-0.1669
OVID
Ovid Therapeutics
4.4265 of 5 stars
$1.04
+1.0%
$4.04
+288.5%
-68.5%$73.14M$390,000.00-2.2160Analyst Revision
News Coverage
IMUX
Immunic
3.0786 of 5 stars
$1.07
+1.9%
$12.25
+1,044.9%
-3.6%$94.58MN/A0.0070
MCRB
Seres Therapeutics
3.8903 of 5 stars
$0.81
+19.0%
$5.08
+524.6%
-16.1%$117.54M$126.32M0.00233Analyst Upgrade
High Trading Volume
AVTX
Avalo Therapeutics
2.3577 of 5 stars
$10.90
-1.4%
N/A-47.4%$114.85M$1.92M0.0040Positive News
IFRX
InflaRx
3.0863 of 5 stars
$2.04
+6.3%
$8.00
+292.2%
+34.2%$113.06M$70,000.000.0060Gap Up
DERM
Journey Medical
3.2183 of 5 stars
$5.23
-2.2%
$9.38
+79.3%
N/A$110.89M$79.18M-5.5690Analyst Revision
Positive News
ANL
Adlai Nortye
2.948 of 5 stars
$2.88
-4.0%
$9.00
+212.5%
-70.7%$110.70M$5M0.00127Gap Up
CDTX
Cidara Therapeutics
4.1784 of 5 stars
$15.12
-3.3%
$30.50
+101.7%
+0.9%$110.14M$63.90M0.0090
VXRT
Vaxart
2.1372 of 5 stars
$0.61
-1.6%
$3.00
+393.6%
-22.1%$110M$7.38M-1.48109Analyst Revision
News Coverage

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