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KalVista Pharmaceuticals (KALV) Competitors

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$8.90 -0.06 (-0.67%)
(As of 10:25 AM ET)

KALV vs. ALIM, ABUS, BYSI, MGTA, BCRX, KNSA, TVTX, SYRE, NTLA, and PRAX

Should you be buying KalVista Pharmaceuticals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of KalVista Pharmaceuticals include Alimera Sciences (ALIM), Arbutus Biopharma (ABUS), BeyondSpring (BYSI), Magenta Therapeutics (MGTA), BioCryst Pharmaceuticals (BCRX), Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals (KNSA), Travere Therapeutics (TVTX), Spyre Therapeutics (SYRE), Intellia Therapeutics (NTLA), and Praxis Precision Medicines (PRAX). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

KalVista Pharmaceuticals vs.

KalVista Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:KALV) and Alimera Sciences (NASDAQ:ALIM) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, profitability and risk.

99.8% of Alimera Sciences shares are held by institutional investors. 10.5% of KalVista Pharmaceuticals shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 31.4% of Alimera Sciences shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Alimera Sciences received 19 more outperform votes than KalVista Pharmaceuticals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.39% of users gave KalVista Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote while only 55.80% of users gave Alimera Sciences an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
KalVista PharmaceuticalsOutperform Votes
337
74.39%
Underperform Votes
116
25.61%
Alimera SciencesOutperform Votes
356
55.80%
Underperform Votes
282
44.20%

KalVista Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alimera Sciences has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

KalVista Pharmaceuticals has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Alimera Sciences' net margin of -14.74%. Alimera Sciences' return on equity of -33.70% beat KalVista Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
KalVista PharmaceuticalsN/A -97.37% -82.39%
Alimera Sciences -14.74%-33.70%-9.63%

In the previous week, KalVista Pharmaceuticals had 7 more articles in the media than Alimera Sciences. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for KalVista Pharmaceuticals and 0 mentions for Alimera Sciences. KalVista Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat Alimera Sciences' score of 0.00 indicating that KalVista Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
KalVista Pharmaceuticals Neutral
Alimera Sciences Neutral

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
KalVista PharmaceuticalsN/AN/A-$126.64M-$3.53-2.52
Alimera Sciences$99.68M2.91-$20.13M-$1.57-3.53

KalVista Pharmaceuticals currently has a consensus price target of $26.00, suggesting a potential upside of 192.13%. Alimera Sciences has a consensus price target of $8.00, suggesting a potential upside of 44.40%. Given KalVista Pharmaceuticals' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe KalVista Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than Alimera Sciences.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
KalVista Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Alimera Sciences
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Summary

Alimera Sciences beats KalVista Pharmaceuticals on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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KALV vs. The Competition

MetricKalVista PharmaceuticalsPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$384.66M$6.48B$5.07B$8.80B
Dividend YieldN/A8.11%4.99%4.07%
P/E Ratio-2.524.9789.5613.60
Price / SalesN/A371.451,224.8087.40
Price / CashN/A52.5939.4536.27
Price / Book1.8310.306.976.33
Net Income-$126.64M$153.61M$119.04M$225.93M
7 Day Performance-9.18%-1.73%-1.78%-0.96%
1 Month Performance-27.76%-7.26%-3.59%1.06%
1 Year Performance15.14%31.10%31.64%26.59%

KalVista Pharmaceuticals Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KALV
KalVista Pharmaceuticals
3.7142 of 5 stars
$8.90
-0.7%
$26.00
+192.1%
+9.1%$384.66MN/A-2.52150Insider Trade
News Coverage
ALIM
Alimera Sciences
N/A$5.54
flat
$8.00
+44.4%
N/A$290.24M$99.68M-3.53150
ABUS
Arbutus Biopharma
2.7999 of 5 stars
$3.45
+0.3%
$5.50
+59.4%
+87.0%$653.74M$18.14M-8.0073Analyst Forecast
BYSI
BeyondSpring
N/A$1.70
-0.6%
N/A+86.1%$66.35M$1.75M0.0080
MGTA
Magenta Therapeutics
0.8555 of 5 stars
$0.70
-7.7%
N/A+0.0%$42.44MN/A0.0067Gap Down
BCRX
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals
4.2315 of 5 stars
$7.16
-1.9%
$15.60
+117.9%
+35.2%$1.48B$331.41M0.00530Short Interest ↓
KNSA
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals
1.9939 of 5 stars
$20.73
-2.3%
$36.60
+76.6%
+33.9%$1.50B$270.26M0.00220
TVTX
Travere Therapeutics
3.0581 of 5 stars
$18.36
+2.8%
$22.62
+23.2%
+210.6%$1.43B$145.24M0.00460
SYRE
Spyre Therapeutics
2.3417 of 5 stars
$27.18
-1.2%
$48.57
+78.7%
N/A$1.40B$890,000.000.00100News Coverage
NTLA
Intellia Therapeutics
4.5424 of 5 stars
$13.54
+3.2%
$54.94
+305.7%
-56.7%$1.38B$36.28M-2.58600Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
PRAX
Praxis Precision Medicines
1.7647 of 5 stars
$73.71
+0.0%
$146.33
+98.5%
+299.3%$1.37B$2.45M0.00110

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