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$8.36 +0.27 (+3.34%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:16 PM ET)

KALV vs. XNCR, EVO, ARQT, NRIX, RCUS, KNSA, IMCR, OCUL, MESO, and NTLA

Should you be buying KalVista Pharmaceuticals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of KalVista Pharmaceuticals include Xencor (XNCR), Evotec (EVO), Arcutis Biotherapeutics (ARQT), Nurix Therapeutics (NRIX), Arcus Biosciences (RCUS), Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals (KNSA), Immunocore (IMCR), Ocular Therapeutix (OCUL), Mesoblast (MESO), and Intellia Therapeutics (NTLA). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

KalVista Pharmaceuticals vs.

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

Xencor received 165 more outperform votes than KalVista Pharmaceuticals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.62% of users gave KalVista Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote while only 73.44% of users gave Xencor an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
XencorOutperform Votes
506
73.44%
Underperform Votes
183
26.56%
KalVista PharmaceuticalsOutperform Votes
341
74.62%
Underperform Votes
116
25.38%

KalVista Pharmaceuticals has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Xencor's net margin of -232.77%. Xencor's return on equity of -30.92% beat KalVista Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Xencor-232.77% -30.92% -21.74%
KalVista Pharmaceuticals N/A -103.92%-88.06%

Xencor has higher revenue and earnings than KalVista Pharmaceuticals. Xencor 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
Xencor$85.16M19.83-$126.09M-$3.20-7.54
KalVista PharmaceuticalsN/AN/A-$126.64M-$3.64-2.30

Xencor has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KalVista Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Xencor presently has a consensus price target of $36.56, suggesting a potential upside of 51.49%. KalVista Pharmaceuticals has a consensus price target of $23.33, suggesting a potential upside of 179.11%. Given KalVista Pharmaceuticals' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe KalVista Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than Xencor.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Xencor
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.11
KalVista Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, KalVista Pharmaceuticals had 5 more articles in the media than Xencor. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for KalVista Pharmaceuticals and 5 mentions for Xencor. Xencor's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat KalVista Pharmaceuticals' score of 0.33 indicating that Xencor is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Xencor
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
KalVista Pharmaceuticals
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Xencor beats KalVista Pharmaceuticals on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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KALV vs. The Competition

MetricKalVista PharmaceuticalsPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$413.13M$6.57B$5.14B$9.08B
Dividend YieldN/A3.00%5.09%4.23%
P/E Ratio-2.3010.5989.9717.18
Price / SalesN/A195.801,116.21116.99
Price / CashN/A57.1642.8937.86
Price / Book3.085.094.784.78
Net Income-$126.64M$151.83M$120.23M$225.60M
7 Day Performance-3.80%-2.13%-1.92%-1.23%
1 Month Performance-9.87%-3.10%11.49%3.36%
1 Year Performance-25.82%11.54%30.57%16.60%

KalVista Pharmaceuticals Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KALV
KalVista Pharmaceuticals
3.9529 of 5 stars
$8.36
+3.3%
$23.33
+179.1%
-24.0%$413.13MN/A-2.30150Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
XNCR
Xencor
4.3204 of 5 stars
$24.84
+3.4%
$36.56
+47.2%
+18.4%$1.74B$168.34M-7.51280
EVO
Evotec
2.387 of 5 stars
$4.69
+4.5%
$5.93
+26.5%
-60.5%$1.66B$777.05M0.005,061Positive News
ARQT
Arcutis Biotherapeutics
0.8599 of 5 stars
$13.34
+5.1%
$15.50
+16.2%
+478.8%$1.56B$138.71M-7.58150Options Volume
Positive News
NRIX
Nurix Therapeutics
2.5066 of 5 stars
$21.19
+4.5%
$30.35
+43.2%
+101.7%$1.50B$56.42M-6.97300News Coverage
RCUS
Arcus Biosciences
2.6476 of 5 stars
$16.25
+1.1%
$34.00
+109.2%
-9.3%$1.49B$117M-5.11500News Coverage
KNSA
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals
2.5299 of 5 stars
$20.40
+1.0%
$36.60
+79.4%
+15.4%$1.47B$384.10M-147.36220Positive News
IMCR
Immunocore
2.4974 of 5 stars
$29.05
+0.5%
$65.64
+125.9%
-51.4%$1.45B$296.31M-30.43497Short Interest ↓
OCUL
Ocular Therapeutix
3.6452 of 5 stars
$8.98
+3.3%
$16.71
+86.1%
+116.8%$1.41B$58.44M0.00267Positive News
MESO
Mesoblast
1.0377 of 5 stars
$12.18
+3.6%
$11.50
-5.6%
+590.1%$1.39B$5.90M0.0080Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
News Coverage
Positive News
NTLA
Intellia Therapeutics
4.2166 of 5 stars
$13.50
+4.7%
$54.94
+306.9%
-58.9%$1.37B$36.28M-2.37600

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This page (NASDAQ:KALV) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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