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KalVista Pharmaceuticals (KALV) Competitors

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$10.61
+0.34 (+3.31%)
(As of 11/1/2024 ET)

KALV vs. ALIM, ABUS, BYSI, MGTA, BCRX, HRMY, GMTX, KNSA, RXRX, and GLPG

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), Harmony Biosciences (HRMY), Gemini Therapeutics (GMTX), Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals (KNSA), Recursion Pharmaceuticals (RXRX), and Galapagos (GLPG). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

KalVista Pharmaceuticals vs.

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

Alimera Sciences currently has a consensus target price of $8.00, suggesting a potential upside of 44.40%. KalVista Pharmaceuticals has a consensus target price of $26.00, suggesting a potential upside of 145.05%. 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
Alimera Sciences
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
KalVista Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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
Alimera Sciences-14.74% -33.70% -9.63%
KalVista Pharmaceuticals N/A -97.37%-82.39%

Alimera Sciences has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KalVista Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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 55.97% of users gave Alimera Sciences an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Alimera SciencesOutperform Votes
356
55.97%
Underperform Votes
280
44.03%
KalVista PharmaceuticalsOutperform Votes
337
74.39%
Underperform Votes
116
25.61%

99.8% of Alimera Sciences shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.4% of Alimera Sciences shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.5% of KalVista Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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
Alimera Sciences$99.68M2.91-$20.13M-$1.57-3.53
KalVista PharmaceuticalsN/AN/A-$126.64M-$3.53-3.01

In the previous week, KalVista Pharmaceuticals had 1 more articles in the media than Alimera Sciences. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for KalVista Pharmaceuticals and 0 mentions for Alimera Sciences. Alimera Sciences' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled KalVista Pharmaceuticals'average media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Alimera Sciences Neutral
KalVista Pharmaceuticals Neutral

Summary

Alimera Sciences beats KalVista Pharmaceuticals on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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KALV vs. The Competition

MetricKalVista PharmaceuticalsPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$458.51M$7.02B$5.40B$8.53B
Dividend YieldN/A7.96%5.13%4.14%
P/E Ratio-3.019.74115.4815.20
Price / SalesN/A381.431,483.2092.69
Price / CashN/A47.3339.6534.06
Price / Book2.185.324.665.02
Net Income-$126.64M$153.56M$119.06M$225.46M
7 Day Performance-9.16%0.12%0.80%0.37%
1 Month Performance-10.39%15.23%5.66%3.57%
1 Year Performance22.45%41.16%36.76%29.43%

KalVista Pharmaceuticals Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KALV
KalVista Pharmaceuticals
3.3891 of 5 stars
$10.61
+3.3%
$26.00
+145.1%
+21.0%$458.51MN/A-3.01150
ALIM
Alimera Sciences
N/A$5.54
flat
$8.00
+44.4%
N/A$290.24M$99.68M-3.53150Analyst Forecast
ABUS
Arbutus Biopharma
2.2958 of 5 stars
$4.05
+2.0%
$5.25
+29.6%
+115.2%$749.21M$10.06M-9.0073Upcoming Earnings
BYSI
BeyondSpring
N/A$2.20
-2.7%
N/A+120.4%$85.86M$1.88M0.0080Positive News
MGTA
Magenta Therapeutics
N/A$0.70
-7.7%
N/A+0.0%$42.44MN/A0.0067Gap Down
BCRX
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals
3.9428 of 5 stars
$8.15
+2.5%
$14.17
+73.8%
+47.1%$1.68B$382.24M-11.16530Upcoming Earnings
HRMY
Harmony Biosciences
4.9032 of 5 stars
$35.75
+3.6%
$44.38
+24.1%
+34.9%$2.03B$582.02M18.33200Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Insider Selling
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
GMTX
Gemini Therapeutics
N/A$46.19
+0.4%
N/A+2.9%$2.00BN/A-46.1930
KNSA
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals
2.6664 of 5 stars
$27.59
+0.5%
$33.60
+21.8%
+48.4%$1.96B$338.93M-172.43220Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
RXRX
Recursion Pharmaceuticals
2.9187 of 5 stars
$6.87
+6.0%
$9.40
+36.8%
+25.7%$1.93B$44.58M-4.24400Upcoming Earnings
GLPG
Galapagos
0.5723 of 5 stars
$28.76
-0.7%
$31.00
+7.8%
-19.3%$1.90B$261.40M0.001,123Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:KALV) was last updated on 11/2/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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