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KALA vs. LRMR, HURA, NLTX, CYBN, ADCT, SCPH, ACTU, NKTX, CGEN, and OGI

Should you be buying KALA BIO stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of KALA BIO include Larimar Therapeutics (LRMR), TuHURA Biosciences (HURA), Neoleukin Therapeutics (NLTX), Cybin (CYBN), ADC Therapeutics (ADCT), scPharmaceuticals (SCPH), Actuate Therapeutics (ACTU), Nkarta (NKTX), Compugen (CGEN), and Organigram (OGI). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

KALA BIO vs.

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

Larimar Therapeutics' return on equity of -35.87% beat KALA BIO's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Larimar TherapeuticsN/A -35.87% -32.37%
KALA BIO N/A -448.61%-69.37%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Larimar TherapeuticsN/AN/A-$36.95M-$1.30-1.65
KALA BIO$3.89M8.97-$42.20M-$12.47-0.46

KALA BIO received 256 more outperform votes than Larimar Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.43% of users gave Larimar Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 66.89% of users gave KALA BIO an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Larimar TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
45
71.43%
Underperform Votes
18
28.57%
KALA BIOOutperform Votes
301
66.89%
Underperform Votes
149
33.11%

Larimar Therapeutics has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KALA BIO has a beta of -2.19, suggesting that its share price is 319% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Larimar Therapeutics had 37 more articles in the media than KALA BIO. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for Larimar Therapeutics and 4 mentions for KALA BIO. KALA BIO's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Larimar Therapeutics' score of 0.04 indicating that KALA BIO is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Larimar Therapeutics
5 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
KALA BIO
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

91.9% of Larimar Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.6% of KALA BIO shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.5% of Larimar Therapeutics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.3% of KALA BIO 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.

Larimar Therapeutics presently has a consensus target price of $20.22, indicating a potential upside of 840.57%. KALA BIO has a consensus target price of $15.00, indicating a potential upside of 161.78%. Given Larimar Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Larimar Therapeutics is more favorable than KALA BIO.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Larimar Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.08
KALA BIO
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Larimar Therapeutics beats KALA BIO on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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KALA vs. The Competition

MetricKALA BIOPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$34.90M$6.89B$5.63B$7.79B
Dividend YieldN/A2.81%5.37%4.04%
P/E Ratio-0.467.4223.6118.68
Price / Sales8.97207.04373.3989.80
Price / CashN/A65.6738.1734.64
Price / Book2.056.206.734.12
Net Income-$42.20M$142.11M$3.20B$247.10M
7 Day Performance-14.48%-7.28%-5.33%-3.82%
1 Month Performance-17.32%-10.45%-0.40%-6.61%
1 Year Performance-27.65%-12.86%7.89%-1.67%

KALA BIO Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KALA
KALA BIO
3.9127 of 5 stars
$5.73
-5.3%
$15.00
+161.8%
-28.1%$34.90M$3.89M-0.4630Earnings Report
Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Gap Down
LRMR
Larimar Therapeutics
1.9133 of 5 stars
$2.15
-8.5%
$20.22
+840.6%
-71.7%$137.66MN/A-1.8730Gap Down
HURA
TuHURA Biosciences
N/A$3.23
-8.5%
$13.00
+302.5%
N/A$136.58MN/A0.00N/A
NLTX
Neoleukin Therapeutics
N/A$14.52
-5.3%
N/A-71.5%$136.46MN/A-4.6790
CYBN
Cybin
1.7637 of 5 stars
$6.34
-5.7%
$86.00
+1,256.5%
N/A$136.16MN/A-1.4550Gap Down
ADCT
ADC Therapeutics
2.2885 of 5 stars
$1.41
-5.7%
$7.75
+451.6%
-68.7%$135.85M$70.72M-0.59310Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Gap Down
SCPH
scPharmaceuticals
4.0201 of 5 stars
$2.63
-5.4%
$14.00
+432.3%
-47.6%$132.25M$36.33M-1.3830Positive News
High Trading Volume
ACTU
Actuate Therapeutics
N/A$6.77
-14.3%
$20.00
+195.4%
N/A$132.23MN/A0.0010
NKTX
Nkarta
2.637 of 5 stars
$1.84
-8.0%
$14.86
+707.5%
-83.0%$130.56MN/A-0.98140Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Gap Down
CGEN
Compugen
1.9729 of 5 stars
$1.46
-4.6%
$4.00
+174.0%
-43.4%$130.29M$27.86M73.0070
OGI
Organigram
0.7088 of 5 stars
$1.01
-1.9%
N/A-53.0%$127.52M$166.12M-2.66860Gap Down
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This page (NASDAQ:KALA) was last updated on 4/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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