LYEL vs. ALEC, ERAS, VERV, BCYC, ALLO, FOLD, MOR, IDYA, MRVI, and DYN
Should you be buying Lyell Immunopharma stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lyell Immunopharma include Alector (ALEC), Erasca (ERAS), Verve Therapeutics (VERV), Bicycle Therapeutics (BCYC), Allogene Therapeutics (ALLO), Amicus Therapeutics (FOLD), MorphoSys (MOR), IDEAYA Biosciences (IDYA), Maravai LifeSciences (MRVI), and Dyne Therapeutics (DYN). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Lyell Immunopharma (NASDAQ:LYEL) and Alector (NASDAQ:ALEC) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and community ranking.
66.1% of Lyell Immunopharma shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.8% of Alector shares are held by institutional investors. 25.1% of Lyell Immunopharma shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.1% of Alector shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Lyell Immunopharma had 1 more articles in the media than Alector. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Lyell Immunopharma and 2 mentions for Alector. Alector's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Lyell Immunopharma's score of 0.93 indicating that Alector is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Alector received 133 more outperform votes than Lyell Immunopharma when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.58% of users gave Alector an outperform vote while only 56.52% of users gave Lyell Immunopharma an outperform vote.
Alector has a net margin of -125.11% compared to Lyell Immunopharma's net margin of -335,794.09%. Lyell Immunopharma's return on equity of -33.92% beat Alector's return on equity.
Alector has higher revenue and earnings than Lyell Immunopharma. Alector is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lyell Immunopharma, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lyell Immunopharma currently has a consensus target price of $5.50, suggesting a potential upside of 100.73%. Alector has a consensus target price of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 180.00%. Given Alector's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Alector is more favorable than Lyell Immunopharma.
Lyell Immunopharma has a beta of -0.54, suggesting that its stock price is 154% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alector has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Alector beats Lyell Immunopharma on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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