Kezar Life Sciences (KZR) Competitors $6.38 -0.14 (-2.15%) (As of 12/20/2024 05:51 PM ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrends KZR vs. ALEC, LYEL, CHRS, OGI, AMRN, GNFT, OPT, SLDB, KYTX, and GOSSShould you be buying Kezar Life Sciences stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kezar Life Sciences include Alector (ALEC), Lyell Immunopharma (LYEL), Coherus BioSciences (CHRS), Organigram (OGI), Amarin (AMRN), Genfit (GNFT), Opthea (OPT), Solid Biosciences (SLDB), Kyverna Therapeutics (KYTX), and Gossamer Bio (GOSS). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry. Kezar Life Sciences vs. Alector Lyell Immunopharma Coherus BioSciences Organigram Amarin Genfit Opthea Solid Biosciences Kyverna Therapeutics Gossamer Bio Alector (NASDAQ:ALEC) and Kezar Life Sciences (NASDAQ:KZR) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends. Which has more risk and volatility, ALEC or KZR? Alector has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kezar Life Sciences has a beta of 0.25, suggesting that its share price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500. Which has stronger valuation and earnings, ALEC or KZR? Kezar Life Sciences has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Alector. Alector 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 RatioAlector$61.51M2.96-$130.39M-$1.70-1.09Kezar Life Sciences$7M6.65-$101.87M-$13.18-0.48 Does the MarketBeat Community favor ALEC or KZR? Alector received 19 more outperform votes than Kezar Life Sciences when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.02% of users gave Alector an outperform vote while only 56.90% of users gave Kezar Life Sciences an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformAlectorOutperform Votes15561.02% Underperform Votes9938.98% Kezar Life SciencesOutperform Votes13656.90% Underperform Votes10343.10% Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of ALEC or KZR? 85.8% of Alector shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.9% of Kezar Life Sciences shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.1% of Alector shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.3% of Kezar Life Sciences shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Do analysts rate ALEC or KZR? Alector currently has a consensus price target of $3.75, suggesting a potential upside of 101.61%. Kezar Life Sciences has a consensus price target of $39.50, suggesting a potential upside of 519.12%. Given Kezar Life Sciences' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Kezar Life Sciences is more favorable than Alector.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Alector 2 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 3 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.14Kezar Life Sciences 0 Sell rating(s) 3 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00 Is ALEC or KZR more profitable? Kezar Life Sciences has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Alector's net margin of -257.54%. Kezar Life Sciences' return on equity of -54.95% beat Alector's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Alector-257.54% -108.77% -27.03% Kezar Life Sciences N/A -54.95%-46.11% Does the media prefer ALEC or KZR? In the previous week, Alector had 9 more articles in the media than Kezar Life Sciences. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Alector and 2 mentions for Kezar Life Sciences. Kezar Life Sciences' average media sentiment score of -0.37 beat Alector's score of -0.37 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 Alector 2 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 4 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Kezar Life Sciences 0 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral SummaryAlector beats Kezar Life Sciences on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks. Ad Insiders ExposedHas Trump Finally Gone Too Far?Lately, there's been a lot of buzz around a secret loophole executive insiders are using to make millions buying and selling their own stocks. It's so powerful ... so profitable ... that most people immediately assume this is just another example of Trump doing what's best for business executives. 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The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart KZR vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricKezar Life SciencesPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$47.57M$6.57B$5.12B$9.07BDividend YieldN/A2.98%4.91%4.22%P/E Ratio-0.4810.5991.3417.19Price / Sales6.65195.381,116.63116.80Price / CashN/A57.1642.5837.86Price / Book0.255.104.794.78Net Income-$101.87M$151.51M$120.07M$225.60M7 Day Performance-5.48%-2.14%-1.90%-1.24%1 Month Performance-16.27%-3.13%11.43%3.06%1 Year Performance-24.26%11.51%30.59%16.50% Kezar Life Sciences Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)KZRKezar Life Sciences3.7081 of 5 stars$6.38-2.1%$39.50+519.1%-25.0%$47.57M$7M-0.4860Analyst ForecastNews CoverageALECAlector4.2493 of 5 stars$1.99+1.0%$4.00+101.0%-76.4%$194.89M$61.51M-1.16270Analyst DowngradeLYELLyell Immunopharma2.2251 of 5 stars$0.66-1.6%$1.00+50.8%-69.1%$193.76M$63,000.00-0.85270Gap DownCHRSCoherus BioSciences4.0914 of 5 stars$1.68+4.3%$5.38+219.9%-21.6%$193.56M$304.34M-20.13246OGIOrganigram0.7654 of 5 stars$1.53+3.4%N/A+27.9%$193.04M$120.01M-3.65860Earnings ReportAnalyst RevisionNews CoverageAMRNAmarin0.0303 of 5 stars$0.47+3.0%N/A-42.6%$192.61M$241.02M-5.06360Analyst ForecastGNFTGenfit1.1979 of 5 stars$3.85+0.8%$13.00+237.7%+2.2%$192.46M$41.31M0.00120Positive NewsOPTOpthea2.5742 of 5 stars$3.26+0.3%$12.00+268.1%+31.5%$190.37M$124,666.000.008Analyst UpgradeNews CoverageSLDBSolid Biosciences4.0837 of 5 stars$4.75-3.3%$15.22+220.5%-15.8%$189.81M$8.09M-1.61100KYTXKyverna Therapeutics2.4246 of 5 stars$4.36-1.4%$25.71+489.8%N/A$188.23M$7.03M0.0096News CoverageGOSSGossamer Bio3.622 of 5 stars$0.83-10.7%$9.20+1,007.8%-1.4%$188.20M$105.32M-2.61180 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies ALEC Competitors LYEL Competitors CHRS Competitors OGI Competitors AMRN Competitors GNFT Competitors OPT Competitors SLDB Competitors KYTX Competitors GOSS Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NASDAQ:KZR) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersAmazon coin set to soar 25X – starting December 16th?This tiny 3-cent crypto just partnered with one of the biggest companies in the world… Amazon. 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