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Vital Therapies (VTL) Competitors

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VTL vs. ACTU, CYBN, LFVN, AARD, NBTX, DMAC, TNGX, ACIU, DERM, and PBYI

Should you be buying Vital Therapies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vital Therapies include Actuate Therapeutics (ACTU), Cybin (CYBN), LifeVantage (LFVN), Aardvark Therapeutics (AARD), Nanobiotix (NBTX), DiaMedica Therapeutics (DMAC), Tango Therapeutics (TNGX), AC Immune (ACIU), Journey Medical (DERM), and Puma Biotechnology (PBYI). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Vital Therapies vs.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Vital TherapiesN/AN/A-$41.47MN/AN/A
Actuate TherapeuticsN/AN/A-$24.75MN/AN/A

In the previous week, Actuate Therapeutics had 7 more articles in the media than Vital Therapies. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Actuate Therapeutics and 0 mentions for Vital Therapies. Actuate Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat Vital Therapies' score of 0.00 indicating that Actuate Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Vital Therapies Neutral
Actuate Therapeutics Neutral

Actuate Therapeutics has a consensus target price of $20.50, suggesting a potential upside of 129.05%. Given Actuate Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Actuate Therapeutics 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
Actuate Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Vital Therapies received 367 more outperform votes than Actuate Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Actuate Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 74.40% of users gave Vital Therapies an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Vital TherapiesOutperform Votes
369
74.40%
Underperform Votes
127
25.60%
Actuate TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
2
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes

Actuate Therapeutics' return on equity of 0.00% beat Vital Therapies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Vital TherapiesN/A -235.33% -182.35%
Actuate Therapeutics N/A N/A N/A

15.5% of Vital Therapies shares are owned by institutional investors. 33.9% of Vital Therapies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 69.3% of Actuate Therapeutics shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Actuate Therapeutics beats Vital Therapies on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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VTL vs. The Competition

MetricVital TherapiesPharmaceutical Preparations IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$48.30M$6.68B$5.44B$7.80B
Dividend YieldN/A3.17%5.43%4.31%
P/E RatioN/A7.1422.1418.40
Price / SalesN/A238.89389.70101.30
Price / CashN/A65.6738.2034.62
Price / Book3.936.266.664.18
Net Income-$41.47M$142.48M$3.21B$247.71M

Vital Therapies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VTL
Vital Therapies
N/A$1.14
+3.6%
N/A-11.3%$48.30MN/A0.0010
ACTU
Actuate Therapeutics
N/A$8.37
+4.6%
$20.00
+138.9%
N/A$163.48MN/A0.0010Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
CYBN
Cybin
1.6662 of 5 stars
$7.29
-0.8%
$86.00
+1,079.7%
N/A$156.57MN/A-1.6650News Coverage
LFVN
LifeVantage
3.9568 of 5 stars
$12.38
-7.8%
$30.50
+146.4%
+105.3%$155.38M$212.15M22.11260Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
AARD
Aardvark Therapeutics
N/A$7.12
+1.7%
$31.50
+342.4%
N/A$154.48MN/A0.0018
NBTX
Nanobiotix
1.7698 of 5 stars
$3.23
-1.8%
$8.00
+147.7%
-44.1%$152.24M$-11,609,000.000.00100
DMAC
DiaMedica Therapeutics
1.7877 of 5 stars
$3.53
-0.3%
$8.00
+126.6%
+70.2%$151.28MN/A-6.3020News Coverage
Positive News
TNGX
Tango Therapeutics
1.9024 of 5 stars
$1.38
+7.0%
$12.33
+793.7%
-81.2%$149.19M$42.07M-1.1790
ACIU
AC Immune
2.3035 of 5 stars
$1.48
flat
$12.00
+710.8%
-30.0%$148.61M$27.31M-3.22140Positive News
DERM
Journey Medical
2.8103 of 5 stars
$6.33
+1.3%
$9.88
+56.0%
+122.4%$146.25M$56.13M-6.7390
PBYI
Puma Biotechnology
3.493 of 5 stars
$2.86
flat
$7.00
+144.8%
-37.7%$141.89M$230.47M5.96200Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:VTL) was last updated on 4/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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