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Kezar Life Sciences (KZR) Competitors

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$6.38 -0.14 (-2.15%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:51 PM ET)

KZR vs. ALEC, LYEL, CHRS, OGI, AMRN, GNFT, OPT, SLDB, KYTX, and GOSS

Should 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 (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.

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.

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 Ratio
Alector$61.51M2.96-$130.39M-$1.70-1.09
Kezar Life Sciences$7M6.65-$101.87M-$13.18-0.48

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AlectorOutperform Votes
155
61.02%
Underperform Votes
99
38.98%
Kezar Life SciencesOutperform Votes
136
56.90%
Underperform Votes
103
43.10%

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.

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)
2.14
Kezar Life Sciences
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

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%

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

Summary

Alector beats Kezar Life Sciences on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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KZR vs. The Competition

MetricKezar Life SciencesPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$47.57M$6.57B$5.12B$9.07B
Dividend YieldN/A2.98%4.91%4.22%
P/E Ratio-0.4810.5991.3417.19
Price / Sales6.65195.381,116.63116.80
Price / CashN/A57.1642.5837.86
Price / Book0.255.104.794.78
Net Income-$101.87M$151.51M$120.07M$225.60M
7 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

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KZR
Kezar Life Sciences
3.7081 of 5 stars
$6.38
-2.1%
$39.50
+519.1%
-25.0%$47.57M$7M-0.4860Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
ALEC
Alector
4.2493 of 5 stars
$1.99
+1.0%
$4.00
+101.0%
-76.4%$194.89M$61.51M-1.16270Analyst Downgrade
LYEL
Lyell Immunopharma
2.2251 of 5 stars
$0.66
-1.6%
$1.00
+50.8%
-69.1%$193.76M$63,000.00-0.85270Gap Down
CHRS
Coherus BioSciences
4.0914 of 5 stars
$1.68
+4.3%
$5.38
+219.9%
-21.6%$193.56M$304.34M-20.13246
OGI
Organigram
0.7654 of 5 stars
$1.53
+3.4%
N/A+27.9%$193.04M$120.01M-3.65860Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
AMRN
Amarin
0.0303 of 5 stars
$0.47
+3.0%
N/A-42.6%$192.61M$241.02M-5.06360Analyst Forecast
GNFT
Genfit
1.1979 of 5 stars
$3.85
+0.8%
$13.00
+237.7%
+2.2%$192.46M$41.31M0.00120Positive News
OPT
Opthea
2.5742 of 5 stars
$3.26
+0.3%
$12.00
+268.1%
+31.5%$190.37M$124,666.000.008Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
SLDB
Solid Biosciences
4.0837 of 5 stars
$4.75
-3.3%
$15.22
+220.5%
-15.8%$189.81M$8.09M-1.61100
KYTX
Kyverna Therapeutics
2.4246 of 5 stars
$4.36
-1.4%
$25.71
+489.8%
N/A$188.23M$7.03M0.0096News Coverage
GOSS
Gossamer Bio
3.622 of 5 stars
$0.83
-10.7%
$9.20
+1,007.8%
-1.4%$188.20M$105.32M-2.61180

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