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Krystal Biotech (KRYS) Competitors

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$170.74 -6.65 (-3.75%)
(As of 11/15/2024 ET)

KRYS vs. BCRX, NK, ALEC, TSHA, PRQR, TEVA, BGNE, MRNA, VTRS, and SMMT

Should you be buying Krystal Biotech stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Krystal Biotech include BioCryst Pharmaceuticals (BCRX), NantKwest (NK), Alector (ALEC), Taysha Gene Therapies (TSHA), ProQR Therapeutics (PRQR), Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA), BeiGene (BGNE), Moderna (MRNA), Viatris (VTRS), and Summit Therapeutics (SMMT). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Krystal Biotech vs.

Krystal Biotech (NASDAQ:KRYS) and BioCryst Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:BCRX) are both medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.

86.3% of Krystal Biotech shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.9% of BioCryst Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. 14.1% of Krystal Biotech shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.8% of BioCryst Pharmaceuticals shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals received 197 more outperform votes than Krystal Biotech when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.14% of users gave Krystal Biotech an outperform vote while only 66.53% of users gave BioCryst Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Krystal BiotechOutperform Votes
286
67.14%
Underperform Votes
140
32.86%
BioCryst PharmaceuticalsOutperform Votes
483
66.53%
Underperform Votes
243
33.47%

Krystal Biotech has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BioCryst Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 1.89, suggesting that its share price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Krystal Biotech has a net margin of 21.68% compared to BioCryst Pharmaceuticals' net margin of -30.01%. Krystal Biotech's return on equity of 7.54% beat BioCryst Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Krystal Biotech21.68% 7.54% 6.97%
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals -30.01%N/A -24.06%

In the previous week, Krystal Biotech had 2 more articles in the media than BioCryst Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Krystal Biotech and 5 mentions for BioCryst Pharmaceuticals. BioCryst Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Krystal Biotech's score of 0.62 indicating that BioCryst Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Krystal Biotech
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Krystal Biotech currently has a consensus price target of $197.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.38%. BioCryst Pharmaceuticals has a consensus price target of $14.67, indicating a potential upside of 108.63%. Given BioCryst Pharmaceuticals' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe BioCryst Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than Krystal Biotech.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Krystal Biotech
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83

Krystal Biotech has higher earnings, but lower revenue than BioCryst Pharmaceuticals. BioCryst Pharmaceuticals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Krystal Biotech, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Krystal Biotech$50.70M96.85$10.93M$1.7796.46
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals$331.41M4.39-$226.54M-$0.61-11.52

Summary

Krystal Biotech beats BioCryst Pharmaceuticals on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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KRYS vs. The Competition

MetricKrystal BiotechBiological Products IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$4.91B$2.94B$5.12B$8.72B
Dividend YieldN/A1.81%5.18%4.07%
P/E Ratio96.4620.4872.8114.16
Price / Sales96.85224.491,250.2081.71
Price / CashN/A176.6640.7036.03
Price / Book5.544.056.455.94
Net Income$10.93M-$42.42M$119.73M$225.73M
7 Day Performance-14.46%-10.63%-5.13%-1.34%
1 Month Performance-3.44%-5.81%-2.71%1.15%
1 Year Performance63.92%24.19%31.08%24.02%

Krystal Biotech Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KRYS
Krystal Biotech
4.7252 of 5 stars
$170.74
-3.7%
$197.00
+15.4%
+73.6%$4.91B$50.70M96.46229
BCRX
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals
4.2114 of 5 stars
$7.45
-2.5%
N/A+36.8%$1.54B$331.41M-12.21530Short Interest ↓
NK
NantKwest
N/A$4.83
-2.4%
N/A+9.8%$528.14M$40,000.00-6.80160High Trading Volume
ALEC
Alector
4.3865 of 5 stars
$4.91
-4.1%
N/A+3.2%$480.84M$97.06M-2.89270News Coverage
TSHA
Taysha Gene Therapies
3.8865 of 5 stars
$2.27
+2.7%
N/A+31.2%$465.22M$12.87M-11.35180Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
PRQR
ProQR Therapeutics
2.3708 of 5 stars
$3.95
-0.3%
N/A+169.0%$322.64M$15.41M-12.34180Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
TEVA
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries
2.7975 of 5 stars
$16.75
-1.1%
N/A+87.6%$18.98B$15.85B-19.7137,851Gap Down
BGNE
BeiGene
3.0741 of 5 stars
$193.29
-1.1%
N/A+0.0%$18.83B$2.46B-23.4610,600Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Gap Down
MRNA
Moderna
4.5631 of 5 stars
$39.77
-5.6%
N/A-51.9%$15.30B$5.06B-6.835,600Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
VTRS
Viatris
1.3727 of 5 stars
$12.62
-2.9%
N/A+39.9%$15.06B$15.43B-17.0538,000Insider Selling
SMMT
Summit Therapeutics
2.1933 of 5 stars
$19.45
-0.1%
N/A+884.4%$14.34B$700,000.00-69.46105Gap Up

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This page (NASDAQ:KRYS) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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