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PDSB vs. CADL, MOLN, FULC, LRMR, FDMT, ACB, OCGN, SOPH, HURA, and CGEN

Should you be buying PDS Biotechnology stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PDS Biotechnology include Candel Therapeutics (CADL), Molecular Partners (MOLN), Fulcrum Therapeutics (FULC), Larimar Therapeutics (LRMR), 4D Molecular Therapeutics (FDMT), Aurora Cannabis (ACB), Ocugen (OCGN), SOPHiA GENETICS (SOPH), TuHURA Biosciences (HURA), and Compugen (CGEN). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

PDS Biotechnology vs.

Candel Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CADL) and PDS Biotechnology (NASDAQ:PDSB) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.

PDS Biotechnology received 61 more outperform votes than Candel Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.61% of users gave PDS Biotechnology an outperform vote while only 55.56% of users gave Candel Therapeutics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Candel TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
10
55.56%
Underperform Votes
8
44.44%
PDS BiotechnologyOutperform Votes
71
69.61%
Underperform Votes
31
30.39%

Candel Therapeutics has a beta of -1.2, indicating that its stock price is 220% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PDS Biotechnology has a beta of 1.9, indicating that its stock price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Candel Therapeutics$120K1,893.58-$37.94M-$1.73-4.04
PDS BiotechnologyN/AN/A-$42.94M-$1.16-1.41

PDS Biotechnology's return on equity of -139.57% beat Candel Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Candel TherapeuticsN/A -629.29% -173.39%
PDS Biotechnology N/A -139.57%-67.22%

Candel Therapeutics currently has a consensus price target of $19.00, indicating a potential upside of 171.58%. PDS Biotechnology has a consensus price target of $11.67, indicating a potential upside of 615.75%. Given PDS Biotechnology's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe PDS Biotechnology is more favorable than Candel Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Candel Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
PDS Biotechnology
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.25

In the previous week, Candel Therapeutics and Candel Therapeutics both had 1 articles in the media. Candel Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 1.87 equaled PDS Biotechnology'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Candel Therapeutics Very Positive
PDS Biotechnology Very Positive

13.9% of Candel Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.8% of PDS Biotechnology shares are owned by institutional investors. 41.6% of Candel Therapeutics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.5% of PDS Biotechnology shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

PDS Biotechnology beats Candel Therapeutics on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PDSB vs. The Competition

MetricPDS BiotechnologyPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$60.60M$6.83B$5.58B$9.11B
Dividend YieldN/A2.96%5.36%3.98%
P/E Ratio-1.409.7388.4717.54
Price / SalesN/A346.631,263.0482.41
Price / CashN/A65.0944.3037.67
Price / Book1.945.265.104.72
Net Income-$42.94M$154.67M$117.69M$224.52M
7 Day Performance7.95%0.55%0.92%-0.56%
1 Month Performance-3.55%1.18%10.21%4.62%
1 Year Performance-70.79%7.08%26.31%18.89%

PDS Biotechnology Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PDSB
PDS Biotechnology
1.6695 of 5 stars
$1.63
+7.2%
$11.67
+615.7%
-74.2%$60.60MN/A-1.4020Positive News
CADL
Candel Therapeutics
3.5704 of 5 stars
$6.66
-13.4%
$19.00
+185.3%
+439.8%$216.32M$120,000.00-3.8560Positive News
Gap Up
MOLN
Molecular Partners
0.3864 of 5 stars
$5.36
-7.8%
N/A+10.2%$216.13M$7.84M-2.49180Gap Down
FULC
Fulcrum Therapeutics
1.9918 of 5 stars
$3.96
-0.5%
$9.33
+135.7%
-45.5%$213.60M$2.81M-12.77100News Coverage
Positive News
LRMR
Larimar Therapeutics
1.724 of 5 stars
$3.34
+2.8%
$20.43
+511.6%
-27.3%$213.13MN/A-2.9030Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
FDMT
4D Molecular Therapeutics
3.5117 of 5 stars
$4.58
-2.1%
$38.56
+741.8%
-72.3%$211.73M$20.72M-1.61120Short Interest ↓
ACB
Aurora Cannabis
0.2466 of 5 stars
$3.85
-2.8%
N/A-9.5%$211.29M$200.35M-5.071,073Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
OCGN
Ocugen
2.2945 of 5 stars
$0.71
-0.7%
$5.67
+698.1%
+30.6%$206.84M$6.04M-3.9480
SOPH
SOPHiA GENETICS
2.8782 of 5 stars
$3.12
+4.7%
$7.40
+137.2%
-18.6%$203.99M$62.37M-2.86520Short Interest ↓
Gap Down
HURA
TuHURA Biosciences
N/A$4.79
+1.3%
$13.00
+171.4%
N/A$202.55MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
CGEN
Compugen
2.5648 of 5 stars
$2.25
+6.1%
$4.00
+77.8%
-4.1%$200.79M$33.46M112.5070News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:PDSB) was last updated on 1/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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