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Kezar Life Sciences (KZR) Competitors

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KZR vs. ZNTL, CNTB, ZURA, CRBP, CGTX, SAVA, CRDL, SKYE, SPRO, and ONCY

Should you be buying Kezar Life Sciences stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kezar Life Sciences include Zentalis Pharmaceuticals (ZNTL), Connect Biopharma (CNTB), Zura Bio (ZURA), Corbus Pharmaceuticals (CRBP), Cognition Therapeutics (CGTX), Cassava Sciences (SAVA), Cardiol Therapeutics (CRDL), Skye Bioscience (SKYE), Spero Therapeutics (SPRO), and Oncolytics Biotech (ONCY). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Kezar Life Sciences vs. Its Competitors

Zentalis Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ZNTL) and Kezar Life Sciences (NASDAQ:KZR) 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, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Zentalis Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of -51.62% beat Kezar Life Sciences' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Zentalis PharmaceuticalsN/A -51.62% -40.28%
Kezar Life Sciences N/A -63.51%-52.13%

Zentalis Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 1.71, indicating that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kezar Life Sciences has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Zentalis Pharmaceuticals$67.43M1.81-$165.84M-$2.26-0.75
Kezar Life Sciences$7M4.13-$83.74M-$9.69-0.41

In the previous week, Zentalis Pharmaceuticals had 2 more articles in the media than Kezar Life Sciences. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Zentalis Pharmaceuticals and 2 mentions for Kezar Life Sciences. Kezar Life Sciences' average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Zentalis Pharmaceuticals' score of 0.54 indicating that Kezar Life Sciences is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Zentalis Pharmaceuticals
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Kezar Life Sciences
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

67.9% of Kezar Life Sciences shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Zentalis Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.4% of Kezar Life Sciences shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Zentalis Pharmaceuticals currently has a consensus price target of $8.20, suggesting a potential upside of 385.21%. Kezar Life Sciences has a consensus price target of $9.00, suggesting a potential upside of 127.85%. Given Zentalis Pharmaceuticals' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Zentalis Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than Kezar Life Sciences.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Zentalis Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Kezar Life Sciences
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

Summary

Zentalis Pharmaceuticals beats Kezar Life Sciences on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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KZR vs. The Competition

MetricKezar Life SciencesMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$29.07M$3.08B$5.69B$9.86B
Dividend YieldN/A2.29%3.99%4.02%
P/E Ratio-0.4120.7879.6626.58
Price / Sales4.13392.01536.52112.00
Price / CashN/A44.0537.7059.65
Price / Book0.328.0710.576.59
Net Income-$83.74M-$53.98M$3.27B$265.83M
7 Day Performance-2.71%-0.88%0.61%0.18%
1 Month Performance-8.78%5.67%5.43%2.13%
1 Year Performance-33.95%9.07%50.37%21.07%

Kezar Life Sciences Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KZR
Kezar Life Sciences
3.8423 of 5 stars
$3.95
-0.5%
$9.00
+127.8%
-35.4%$29.07M$7M-0.4160News Coverage
ZNTL
Zentalis Pharmaceuticals
1.9163 of 5 stars
$1.64
+3.1%
$8.20
+400.0%
-42.5%$114.69M$67.43M-0.73160
CNTB
Connect Biopharma
3.2922 of 5 stars
$1.92
-6.3%
$7.00
+264.6%
+72.5%$114.23M$26.03M0.00110Upcoming Earnings
ZURA
Zura Bio
3.0086 of 5 stars
$1.74
+4.8%
$14.17
+714.2%
-49.8%$113.50MN/A-2.493
CRBP
Corbus Pharmaceuticals
4.4055 of 5 stars
$9.25
flat
$49.00
+429.7%
-82.3%$113.36MN/A-1.9440News Coverage
Positive News
CGTX
Cognition Therapeutics
2.4052 of 5 stars
$1.49
-3.2%
$2.83
+90.2%
+262.0%$113.15MN/A-2.2220Gap Up
SAVA
Cassava Sciences
1.7009 of 5 stars
$2.27
-3.0%
$2.00
-11.9%
-91.1%$113.04MN/A-0.8930
CRDL
Cardiol Therapeutics
2.4278 of 5 stars
$1.22
-6.9%
$8.00
+555.7%
-43.2%$109.66MN/A-3.5920Positive News
Gap Up
SKYE
Skye Bioscience
1.5988 of 5 stars
$3.39
-3.4%
$15.50
+357.2%
-42.7%$108.77MN/A-3.2011
SPRO
Spero Therapeutics
4.0369 of 5 stars
$1.91
flat
$5.00
+161.8%
+46.0%$107.49M$47.98M-1.95150Positive News
ONCY
Oncolytics Biotech
1.7586 of 5 stars
$1.01
-6.5%
$5.00
+395.0%
+11.5%$105.20MN/A-3.7430

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This page (NASDAQ:KZR) was last updated on 8/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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