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Opthea (OPT) Competitors

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$3.41 +0.23 (+7.23%)
As of 08/14/2025

OPT vs. BLTE, IBRX, IRON, AGIO, TWST, CGON, HRMY, DNLI, MESO, and OCUL

Should you be buying Opthea stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Opthea include Belite Bio (BLTE), ImmunityBio (IBRX), Disc Medicine (IRON), Agios Pharmaceuticals (AGIO), Twist Bioscience (TWST), CG Oncology (CGON), Harmony Biosciences (HRMY), Denali Therapeutics (DNLI), Mesoblast (MESO), 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 investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.

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 -34.90%-33.56%

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 13.3% of Belite Bio shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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-$1.55-42.99

Opthea has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Belite Bio has a beta of -1.49, indicating that its stock price is 249% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Opthea currently has a consensus price target of $1.33, indicating a potential downside of 60.90%. Belite Bio has a consensus price target of $96.67, indicating a potential upside of 45.08%. Given Belite Bio's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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

In the previous week, Belite Bio had 18 more articles in the media than Opthea. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Belite Bio and 2 mentions for Opthea. Opthea's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Belite Bio's score of -0.14 indicating that Opthea is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Opthea
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Belite Bio
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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

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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$3.10B$5.67B$9.82B
Dividend YieldN/A2.23%3.79%4.08%
P/E RatioN/A20.3830.5825.12
Price / Sales4,373.61368.96464.24116.42
Price / CashN/A42.3037.4059.05
Price / Book-6.098.659.096.18
Net Income-$220.24M-$54.65M$3.25B$264.89M
7 Day PerformanceN/A6.58%7.42%4.22%
1 Month PerformanceN/A7.54%5.50%2.02%
1 Year Performance32.68%13.73%30.67%24.22%

Opthea Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
OPT
Opthea
0.4082 of 5 stars
$3.41
+7.2%
$1.33
-60.9%
+41.5%$524.84M$120K0.008News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
BLTE
Belite Bio
2.5524 of 5 stars
$69.79
+6.2%
$96.67
+38.5%
+33.5%$2.09BN/A-51.3210News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
IBRX
ImmunityBio
2.245 of 5 stars
$2.41
+1.7%
$12.25
+408.3%
-35.9%$2.09B$14.74M-4.16590News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
IRON
Disc Medicine
3.3143 of 5 stars
$59.79
+1.4%
$95.73
+60.1%
+23.9%$2.04BN/A-15.2530Insider Trade
AGIO
Agios Pharmaceuticals
4.377 of 5 stars
$36.16
+3.3%
$56.33
+55.8%
-17.6%$2.03B$36.50M3.29390Insider Trade
High Trading Volume
TWST
Twist Bioscience
3.9459 of 5 stars
$30.21
-10.3%
$50.40
+66.8%
-37.5%$2.02B$312.97M-9.30990Positive News
High Trading Volume
CGON
CG Oncology
1.3342 of 5 stars
$26.09
-0.8%
$55.30
+112.0%
-25.3%$2.01B$1.14M-17.2861Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
HRMY
Harmony Biosciences
4.5038 of 5 stars
$35.54
+3.3%
$51.00
+43.5%
+4.6%$1.98B$714.73M13.56200
DNLI
Denali Therapeutics
4.1655 of 5 stars
$14.44
+7.4%
$33.85
+134.4%
-37.9%$1.95B$330.53M-5.41430Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
MESO
Mesoblast
2.4236 of 5 stars
$15.43
+1.7%
$18.00
+16.7%
+153.9%$1.94B$5.90M0.0080
OCUL
Ocular Therapeutix
4.0768 of 5 stars
$12.35
+3.6%
$17.33
+40.4%
+50.8%$1.90B$63.72M-10.74230

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This page (NASDAQ:OPT) was last updated on 8/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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