SPRO vs. AGLE, TTPH, NBTX, URGN, QTTB, AVIR, VTYX, KMDA, ADCT, and VNDA
Should you be buying Spero Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Spero Therapeutics include Aeglea BioTherapeutics (AGLE), Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals (TTPH), Nanobiotix (NBTX), UroGen Pharma (URGN), Q32 Bio (QTTB), Atea Pharmaceuticals (AVIR), Ventyx Biosciences (VTYX), Kamada (KMDA), ADC Therapeutics (ADCT), and Vanda Pharmaceuticals (VNDA). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Spero Therapeutics (NASDAQ:SPRO) and Aeglea BioTherapeutics (NASDAQ:AGLE) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
25.6% of Spero Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. 4.5% of Spero Therapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.6% of Aeglea BioTherapeutics shares are held 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.
Spero Therapeutics has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aeglea BioTherapeutics has a beta of 2.57, suggesting that its share price is 157% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Spero Therapeutics has higher revenue and earnings than Aeglea BioTherapeutics. Aeglea BioTherapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Spero Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Aeglea BioTherapeutics received 53 more outperform votes than Spero Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.31% of users gave Spero Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 56.82% of users gave Aeglea BioTherapeutics an outperform vote.
Spero Therapeutics currently has a consensus target price of $7.00, suggesting a potential upside of 391.23%. Aeglea BioTherapeutics has a consensus target price of $17.50, suggesting a potential upside of ∞. Given Aeglea BioTherapeutics' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Aeglea BioTherapeutics is more favorable than Spero Therapeutics.
Spero Therapeutics has a net margin of 21.09% compared to Aeglea BioTherapeutics' net margin of -22,195.36%. Spero Therapeutics' return on equity of 35.42% beat Aeglea BioTherapeutics' return on equity.
In the previous week, Spero Therapeutics had 3 more articles in the media than Aeglea BioTherapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Spero Therapeutics and 0 mentions for Aeglea BioTherapeutics. Spero Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Aeglea BioTherapeutics' score of 0.00 indicating that Spero Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Spero Therapeutics beats Aeglea BioTherapeutics on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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