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Vital Therapies (VTL) Competitors

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VTL vs. AMRN, TNGX, ACRS, RZLT, ALMS, ACRV, PRQR, RAPT, PBYI, and NBTX

Should you be buying Vital Therapies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vital Therapies include Amarin (AMRN), Tango Therapeutics (TNGX), Aclaris Therapeutics (ACRS), Rezolute (RZLT), Alumis (ALMS), Acrivon Therapeutics (ACRV), ProQR Therapeutics (PRQR), RAPT Therapeutics (RAPT), Puma Biotechnology (PBYI), and Nanobiotix (NBTX). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Vital Therapies vs.

Amarin (NASDAQ:AMRN) and Vital Therapies (NASDAQ:VTL) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk and earnings.

Amarin received 475 more outperform votes than Vital Therapies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.40% of users gave Vital Therapies an outperform vote while only 73.46% of users gave Amarin an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AmarinOutperform Votes
844
73.46%
Underperform Votes
305
26.54%
Vital TherapiesOutperform Votes
369
74.40%
Underperform Votes
127
25.60%

In the previous week, Amarin had 3 more articles in the media than Vital Therapies. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Amarin and 1 mentions for Vital Therapies. Amarin's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Vital Therapies' score of 0.00 indicating that Amarin is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Amarin
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Vital Therapies
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Amarin has a beta of 1.82, meaning that its stock price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vital Therapies has a beta of 3.51, meaning that its stock price is 251% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Vital Therapies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Amarin.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Amarin$228.61M0.78-$59.11M-$0.20-2.16
Vital TherapiesN/AN/A-$41.47MN/AN/A

Vital Therapies has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Amarin's net margin of -16.33%. Amarin's return on equity of -7.22% beat Vital Therapies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Amarin-16.33% -7.22% -4.96%
Vital Therapies N/A -235.33%-182.35%

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Amarin
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Vital Therapies
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

22.3% of Amarin shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.5% of Vital Therapies shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Amarin shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 33.9% of Vital Therapies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Amarin beats Vital Therapies on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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VTL vs. The Competition

MetricVital TherapiesPharmaceutical Preparations IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$45.12M$6.77B$5.58B$7.92B
Dividend YieldN/A2.80%5.35%4.04%
P/E RatioN/A7.1123.1218.81
Price / SalesN/A205.89369.1988.69
Price / CashN/A65.6738.1634.64
Price / Book3.676.146.704.18
Net Income-$41.47M$142.11M$3.20B$247.10M

Vital Therapies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VTL
Vital Therapies
N/A$1.07
-2.3%
N/A-19.9%$45.12MN/A0.0010Gap Up
AMRN
Amarin
0.9537 of 5 stars
$0.46
+1.6%
N/A-49.9%$190.76M$228.61M-5.16360Analyst Forecast
TNGX
Tango Therapeutics
1.6884 of 5 stars
$1.74
-1.1%
$12.33
+608.8%
-83.2%$188.11M$42.07M-1.4790Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Gap Down
ACRS
Aclaris Therapeutics
2.2953 of 5 stars
$1.70
+6.3%
$11.67
+586.3%
+17.5%$183.46M$18.72M-3.27100Short Interest ↑
RZLT
Rezolute
2.8573 of 5 stars
$3.03
-0.7%
$24.38
+704.5%
+20.7%$183.42MN/A-2.4840News Coverage
Positive News
ALMS
Alumis
N/A$3.78
+0.8%
$26.00
+587.8%
N/A$178.50MN/A0.00N/AGap Down
ACRV
Acrivon Therapeutics
2.3176 of 5 stars
$5.61
+4.7%
$23.67
+321.9%
-76.8%$174.67MN/A-2.0858Earnings Report
PRQR
ProQR Therapeutics
1.9488 of 5 stars
$1.65
flat
$9.50
+475.8%
-41.1%$173.60M$18.91M-5.16180Positive News
RAPT
RAPT Therapeutics
3.4884 of 5 stars
$1.53
+16.8%
$5.29
+245.5%
-86.2%$172.93M$1.53M-0.5580Gap Down
PBYI
Puma Biotechnology
4.3514 of 5 stars
$3.47
-1.1%
$7.00
+101.7%
-44.5%$172.15M$230.47M7.23200News Coverage
Positive News
NBTX
Nanobiotix
2.5973 of 5 stars
$3.62
-0.1%
$12.00
+231.9%
-43.7%$170.43M$36.22M0.00100
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This page (NASDAQ:VTL) was last updated on 4/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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