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$3.53 +0.04 (+1.15%)
Closing price 04/15/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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KALA vs. CLYM, ZNTL, VOR, CCCC, PLRX, ANIX, SNTI, CRDL, GALT, and CRVO

Should you be buying KALA BIO stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of KALA BIO include Climb Bio (CLYM), Zentalis Pharmaceuticals (ZNTL), Vor Biopharma (VOR), C4 Therapeutics (CCCC), Pliant Therapeutics (PLRX), Anixa Biosciences (ANIX), Senti Biosciences (SNTI), Cardiol Therapeutics (CRDL), Galectin Therapeutics (GALT), and CervoMed (CRVO). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

KALA BIO vs.

KALA BIO (NASDAQ:KALA) and Climb Bio (NASDAQ:CLYM) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

In the previous week, Climb Bio had 1 more articles in the media than KALA BIO. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Climb Bio and 1 mentions for KALA BIO. KALA BIO's average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Climb Bio's score of 0.94 indicating that KALA BIO is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
KALA BIO Very Positive
Climb Bio Positive

KALA BIO received 300 more outperform votes than Climb Bio when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Climb Bio an outperform vote while only 66.96% of users gave KALA BIO an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
KALA BIOOutperform Votes
302
66.96%
Underperform Votes
149
33.04%
Climb BioOutperform Votes
2
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes

24.6% of KALA BIO shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.8% of Climb Bio shares are held by institutional investors. 8.3% of KALA BIO shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Climb Bio shares are held by company 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.

KALA BIO has a beta of -1.71, suggesting that its stock price is 271% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Climb Bio has a beta of -0.1, suggesting that its stock price is 110% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Climb Bio has lower revenue, but higher earnings than KALA BIO. Climb Bio 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
KALA BIO$3.89M5.85-$42.20M-$11.03-0.32
Climb BioN/AN/A-$35.12M-$2.13-0.64

Climb Bio's return on equity of -42.21% beat KALA BIO's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
KALA BION/A -448.61% -69.37%
Climb Bio N/A -42.21%-41.39%

KALA BIO currently has a consensus target price of $15.00, suggesting a potential upside of 324.93%. Climb Bio has a consensus target price of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 635.29%. Given Climb Bio's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Climb Bio is more favorable than KALA BIO.

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
Climb Bio
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.50

Summary

Climb Bio beats KALA BIO on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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KALA vs. The Competition

MetricKALA BIOPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$22.78M$6.33B$5.33B$7.57B
Dividend YieldN/A3.24%5.11%4.32%
P/E Ratio-0.286.7921.7317.82
Price / Sales5.85225.96379.2094.61
Price / CashN/A65.6738.1534.64
Price / Book1.275.866.464.00
Net Income-$42.20M$141.86M$3.20B$247.23M
7 Day Performance-8.31%4.50%2.86%1.45%
1 Month Performance-46.11%-12.65%-8.55%-6.24%
1 Year Performance-48.77%-11.06%10.47%0.60%

KALA BIO Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KALA
KALA BIO
3.5809 of 5 stars
$3.53
+1.1%
$15.00
+324.9%
-49.6%$22.78M$3.89M-0.2830Positive News
Gap Down
CLYM
Climb Bio
3.1786 of 5 stars
$1.31
+2.3%
$10.00
+663.4%
N/A$88.39MN/A-0.629Gap Down
ZNTL
Zentalis Pharmaceuticals
2.435 of 5 stars
$1.22
-0.8%
$8.24
+575.8%
-90.4%$87.61M$67.43M-0.49160
VOR
Vor Biopharma
1.651 of 5 stars
$0.69
-1.3%
$8.86
+1,181.8%
-61.1%$87.40MN/A-0.42140
CCCC
C4 Therapeutics
2.4537 of 5 stars
$1.23
-0.8%
$12.50
+916.3%
-82.7%$87.32M$35.58M-0.72150
PLRX
Pliant Therapeutics
4.2236 of 5 stars
$1.42
+6.0%
$13.31
+837.5%
-89.2%$86.96M$1.58M-0.4390Positive News
ANIX
Anixa Biosciences
2.9188 of 5 stars
$2.65
+2.7%
$9.00
+239.6%
-9.8%$85.32M$210,000.00-6.795Gap Up
SNTI
Senti Biosciences
2.7645 of 5 stars
$3.28
+0.6%
$10.00
+204.9%
+21.8%$85.29M$2.56M-0.214Short Interest ↑
CRDL
Cardiol Therapeutics
1.8048 of 5 stars
$1.03
+7.6%
$8.40
+715.5%
-40.8%$85.09MN/A-2.6420News Coverage
GALT
Galectin Therapeutics
1.4749 of 5 stars
$1.34
-0.7%
$11.00
+720.9%
-65.7%$84.66MN/A-1.849Gap Down
High Trading Volume
CRVO
CervoMed
3.5627 of 5 stars
$9.68
+14.0%
$27.50
+184.1%
-58.2%$84.25M$7.14M-4.774Short Interest ↓
Gap Up
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This page (NASDAQ:KALA) was last updated on 4/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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