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Vital Therapies (VTL) Competitors

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VTL vs. GOSS, NBTX, ELDN, GLSI, ATOS, ACRS, GALT, DMAC, SGMT, and IXHL

Should you be buying Vital Therapies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vital Therapies include Gossamer Bio (GOSS), Nanobiotix (NBTX), Eledon Pharmaceuticals (ELDN), Greenwich LifeSciences (GLSI), Atossa Therapeutics (ATOS), Aclaris Therapeutics (ACRS), Galectin Therapeutics (GALT), DiaMedica Therapeutics (DMAC), Sagimet Biosciences (SGMT), and Incannex Healthcare (IXHL). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Vital Therapies vs.

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

Vital Therapies has a beta of 3.51, indicating that its stock price is 251% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gossamer Bio has a beta of 1.96, indicating that its stock price is 96% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Gossamer Bio had 14 more articles in the media than Vital Therapies. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Gossamer Bio and 1 mentions for Vital Therapies. Gossamer Bio's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Vital Therapies' score of 0.00 indicating that Gossamer Bio is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Vital Therapies
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Gossamer Bio
1 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Gossamer Bio's return on equity of -127.28% beat Vital Therapies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Vital TherapiesN/A -235.33% -182.35%
Gossamer Bio N/A -127.28%-22.12%

15.5% of Vital Therapies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.2% of Gossamer Bio shares are held by institutional investors. 33.9% of Vital Therapies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.0% of Gossamer Bio shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Gossamer Bio has a consensus price target of $9.20, indicating a potential upside of 1,028.00%. Given Gossamer Bio's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Gossamer Bio is more favorable than Vital Therapies.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Vital Therapies
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Gossamer Bio
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Vital TherapiesN/AN/A-$41.47MN/AN/A
Gossamer BioN/AN/A-$179.82M-$0.32-2.55

Vital Therapies received 218 more outperform votes than Gossamer Bio when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.40% of users gave Vital Therapies an outperform vote while only 66.23% of users gave Gossamer Bio an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Vital TherapiesOutperform Votes
369
74.40%
Underperform Votes
127
25.60%
Gossamer BioOutperform Votes
151
66.23%
Underperform Votes
77
33.77%

Summary

Gossamer Bio beats Vital Therapies on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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VTL vs. The Competition

MetricVital TherapiesPharmaceutical Preparations IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$48.73M$6.73B$5.12B$8.94B
Dividend YieldN/A8.07%5.00%4.03%
P/E RatioN/A5.4887.1013.96
Price / SalesN/A402.901,293.4592.37
Price / CashN/A49.2239.0036.42
Price / Book3.979.326.425.97
Net Income-$41.47M$153.51M$114.18M$224.84M

Vital Therapies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VTL
Vital Therapies
N/A$1.15
-6.5%
N/A+8.5%$48.73MN/A0.0010
GOSS
Gossamer Bio
4.4943 of 5 stars
$0.88
-0.9%
N/A+29.5%$198.83M$95.84M-2.25180Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
NBTX
Nanobiotix
2.381 of 5 stars
$4.20
-2.3%
N/A-32.4%$197.96M$36.22M0.00100News Coverage
ELDN
Eledon Pharmaceuticals
2.7243 of 5 stars
$4.83
-2.6%
N/A+255.8%$191.56MN/A-2.3710Earnings Report
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Gap Down
GLSI
Greenwich LifeSciences
2.5803 of 5 stars
$14.39
+4.2%
N/A+29.7%$189.16MN/A-18.223Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
ATOS
Atossa Therapeutics
1.3742 of 5 stars
$1.50
flat
N/A+117.0%$188.64MN/A-7.148Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
ACRS
Aclaris Therapeutics
2.157 of 5 stars
$2.64
+7.8%
N/A+278.4%$188.36M$31.25M-5.0886Earnings Report
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
GALT
Galectin Therapeutics
2.1157 of 5 stars
$3.00
+5.6%
N/A+48.7%$186.84MN/A-3.809Analyst Downgrade
DMAC
DiaMedica Therapeutics
2.2391 of 5 stars
$4.30
+2.9%
N/A+82.1%$183.82MN/A-8.1120News Coverage
SGMT
Sagimet Biosciences
2.3363 of 5 stars
$5.94
-4.0%
N/A+170.0%$182.18M$2M0.008Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
IXHL
Incannex Healthcare
1.283 of 5 stars
$2.77
+14.5%
N/A+140.9%$175.84M$10,000.000.003Short Interest ↓
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:VTL) was last updated on 11/14/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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