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$3.41 +0.23 (+7.23%)
As of 07/14/2025

OPT vs. BLTE, CNTA, VCEL, IRON, HRMY, IDYA, CGON, ARQT, SRPT, and OCUL

Should you be buying Opthea stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Opthea include Belite Bio (BLTE), Centessa Pharmaceuticals (CNTA), Vericel (VCEL), Disc Medicine (IRON), Harmony Biosciences (HRMY), IDEAYA Biosciences (IDYA), CG Oncology (CGON), Arcutis Biotherapeutics (ARQT), Sarepta Therapeutics (SRPT), and Ocular Therapeutix (OCUL). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Opthea vs. Its Competitors

Opthea (NASDAQ:OPT) and Belite Bio (NASDAQ:BLTE) are both medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.

56.0% of Opthea shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.5% of Belite Bio shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.2% of Opthea shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.3% of Belite Bio shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Belite Bio has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Opthea.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Opthea$120K4,373.61-$220.24MN/AN/A
Belite BioN/AN/A-$36.14M-$1.36-46.56

In the previous week, Belite Bio had 12 more articles in the media than Opthea. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Belite Bio and 1 mentions for Opthea. Opthea's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Belite Bio's score of 0.52 indicating that Opthea is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Opthea Very Positive
Belite Bio Positive

Opthea has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Belite Bio has a beta of -1.5, indicating that its share price is 250% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Opthea currently has a consensus target price of $1.33, indicating a potential downside of 60.90%. Belite Bio has a consensus target price of $96.67, indicating a potential upside of 52.66%. Given Belite Bio's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Belite Bio is more favorable than Opthea.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Opthea
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.17
Belite Bio
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Opthea's return on equity of 0.00% beat Belite Bio's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
OptheaN/A N/A N/A
Belite Bio N/A -32.07%-30.91%

Summary

Opthea beats Belite Bio on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding OPT and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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OPT vs. The Competition

MetricOptheaMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$524.84M$2.96B$5.61B$9.29B
Dividend YieldN/A2.43%4.23%4.03%
P/E RatioN/A20.2228.5419.58
Price / Sales4,373.61299.17429.2495.01
Price / CashN/A43.1536.0257.93
Price / Book-6.097.568.145.54
Net Income-$220.24M-$55.11M$3.24B$257.73M
7 Day PerformanceN/A3.81%0.18%-0.08%
1 Month PerformanceN/A11.60%5.96%8.09%
1 Year Performance60.09%-2.11%26.24%13.02%

Opthea Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
OPT
Opthea
0.3789 of 5 stars
$3.41
+7.2%
$1.33
-60.9%
+63.2%$524.84M$120K0.008Gap Up
BLTE
Belite Bio
1.9899 of 5 stars
$63.58
+0.6%
$96.67
+52.0%
+29.2%$2.02BN/A-46.7510High Trading Volume
CNTA
Centessa Pharmaceuticals
3.1598 of 5 stars
$15.13
+4.9%
$27.89
+84.3%
+58.1%$2.02B$15M-8.36200High Trading Volume
VCEL
Vericel
3.6933 of 5 stars
$39.82
-0.3%
$61.14
+53.5%
-25.6%$2.00B$238.54M1,327.78300News Coverage
Positive News
IRON
Disc Medicine
3.2038 of 5 stars
$57.74
+1.5%
$96.70
+67.5%
+14.3%$2.00BN/A-14.7330Insider Trade
HRMY
Harmony Biosciences
4.8358 of 5 stars
$34.71
+2.1%
$51.33
+47.9%
+2.4%$1.99B$714.73M13.25200News Coverage
Positive News
IDYA
IDEAYA Biosciences
3.5609 of 5 stars
$22.58
+0.4%
$47.55
+110.6%
-48.2%$1.98B$7M-6.2980
CGON
CG Oncology
2.5901 of 5 stars
$25.90
-3.1%
$56.80
+119.3%
-31.9%$1.97B$1.14M-17.1561News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
ARQT
Arcutis Biotherapeutics
1.2759 of 5 stars
$15.90
+5.9%
$18.80
+18.2%
+43.0%$1.90B$196.54M-15.29150Insider Trade
SRPT
Sarepta Therapeutics
4.7301 of 5 stars
$19.23
+5.8%
$58.54
+204.4%
-88.1%$1.89B$2.23B-7.151,372Trending News
High Trading Volume
OCUL
Ocular Therapeutix
3.8921 of 5 stars
$11.27
+2.2%
$17.33
+53.8%
+31.6%$1.80B$63.72M-9.80230

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