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LVTX vs. IMRX, ENTA, SPRO, LXEO, THTX, GLSI, RAPT, IKT, MOLN, and LYEL

Should you be buying LAVA Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LAVA Therapeutics include Immuneering (IMRX), Enanta Pharmaceuticals (ENTA), Spero Therapeutics (SPRO), Lexeo Therapeutics (LXEO), Theratechnologies (THTX), Greenwich LifeSciences (GLSI), Rapt Therapeutics (RAPT), Inhibikase Therapeutics (IKT), Molecular Partners (MOLN), and Lyell Immunopharma (LYEL). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

LAVA Therapeutics vs. Its Competitors

Immuneering (NASDAQ:IMRX) and LAVA Therapeutics (NASDAQ:LVTX) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and valuation.

In the previous week, Immuneering had 1 more articles in the media than LAVA Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Immuneering and 1 mentions for LAVA Therapeutics. LAVA Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Immuneering's score of 0.95 indicating that LAVA Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Immuneering Positive
LAVA Therapeutics Very Positive

Immuneering currently has a consensus target price of $13.25, indicating a potential upside of 216.99%. LAVA Therapeutics has a consensus target price of $3.17, indicating a potential upside of 126.19%. Given Immuneering's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Immuneering is more favorable than LAVA Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Immuneering
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
LAVA Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

LAVA Therapeutics has higher revenue and earnings than Immuneering. Immuneering is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LAVA Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Immuneering$320K470.12-$61.04M-$1.96-2.13
LAVA Therapeutics$11.98M3.07-$25.11M-$1.04-1.35

LAVA Therapeutics' return on equity of -86.38% beat Immuneering's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
ImmuneeringN/A -119.22% -99.22%
LAVA Therapeutics N/A -86.38%-34.12%

Immuneering has a beta of 0.38, suggesting that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LAVA Therapeutics has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

67.7% of Immuneering shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.9% of Immuneering shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.5% of LAVA Therapeutics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

LAVA Therapeutics beats Immuneering on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. 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.
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LVTX vs. The Competition

MetricLAVA TherapeuticsMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$38.93M$2.96B$5.61B$9.29B
Dividend YieldN/A2.43%4.23%4.03%
P/E Ratio-1.3520.2228.5419.58
Price / Sales3.07298.23430.1194.56
Price / CashN/A43.1536.0257.93
Price / Book1.327.568.145.54
Net Income-$25.11M-$55.11M$3.24B$257.73M
7 Day Performance2.94%3.81%0.17%-0.08%
1 Month Performance8.53%11.60%5.95%8.09%
1 Year Performance-33.65%-2.11%26.22%13.02%

LAVA Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LVTX
LAVA Therapeutics
2.197 of 5 stars
$1.40
-5.4%
$3.17
+126.2%
-22.2%$38.93M$11.98M-1.3560
IMRX
Immuneering
3.3779 of 5 stars
$4.17
-5.7%
$13.25
+217.7%
+242.6%$150.06MN/A-2.1360
ENTA
Enanta Pharmaceuticals
3.9191 of 5 stars
$6.96
+6.1%
$18.00
+158.6%
-60.2%$148.81M$67.64M-1.53160News Coverage
SPRO
Spero Therapeutics
3.9053 of 5 stars
$2.64
-6.0%
$5.00
+89.4%
+72.3%$147.60M$47.98M-2.06150Positive News
LXEO
Lexeo Therapeutics
2.0204 of 5 stars
$4.44
-0.7%
$16.60
+273.9%
-68.3%$147.41M$650K-1.3558
THTX
Theratechnologies
N/A$3.15
flat
N/A+103.9%$144.84M$85.87M-16.58140Earnings Report
GLSI
Greenwich LifeSciences
2.1436 of 5 stars
$10.81
-0.3%
$39.00
+260.8%
-35.6%$144.53MN/A-8.583High Trading Volume
RAPT
Rapt Therapeutics
4.3594 of 5 stars
$8.72
+3.1%
$19.80
+127.1%
-62.9%$144.23M$1.53M-0.4580News Coverage
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
IKT
Inhibikase Therapeutics
1.2001 of 5 stars
$1.94
+4.9%
$6.50
+235.1%
+20.8%$144.22MN/A-0.736
MOLN
Molecular Partners
3.0793 of 5 stars
$3.55
-1.1%
$12.00
+238.0%
-43.5%$143.33M$2.23M-1.85180Positive News
Gap Down
LYEL
Lyell Immunopharma
3.2501 of 5 stars
$9.67
-0.8%
$15.00
+55.1%
-73.5%$143.19M$65K-0.39270News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:LVTX) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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