CLLS vs. LXEO, KYTX, ADPT, CABA, ALEC, VYGR, TCRX, OCGN, EDIT, and ALLO
Should you be buying Cellectis stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cellectis include Lexeo Therapeutics (LXEO), Kyverna Therapeutics (KYTX), Adaptive Biotechnologies (ADPT), Cabaletta Bio (CABA), Alector (ALEC), Voyager Therapeutics (VYGR), TScan Therapeutics (TCRX), Ocugen (OCGN), Editas Medicine (EDIT), and Allogene Therapeutics (ALLO). These companies are all part of the "biological products, except diagnostic" industry.
Cellectis (NASDAQ:CLLS) and Lexeo Therapeutics (NASDAQ:LXEO) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, risk and valuation.
In the previous week, Lexeo Therapeutics had 5 more articles in the media than Cellectis. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Lexeo Therapeutics and 4 mentions for Cellectis. Lexeo Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Cellectis' score of 0.27 indicating that Lexeo Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Cellectis received 398 more outperform votes than Lexeo Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Lexeo Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 67.84% of users gave Cellectis an outperform vote.
Lexeo Therapeutics has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Cellectis. Cellectis is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lexeo Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Cellectis presently has a consensus price target of $8.50, suggesting a potential upside of 225.67%. Lexeo Therapeutics has a consensus price target of $21.00, suggesting a potential upside of 22.88%. Given Cellectis' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Cellectis is more favorable than Lexeo Therapeutics.
63.9% of Cellectis shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.7% of Lexeo Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. 16.4% of Cellectis shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of Lexeo Therapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Lexeo Therapeutics has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Cellectis' net margin of -529.81%. Cellectis' return on equity of -67.41% beat Lexeo Therapeutics' return on equity.
Summary
Cellectis and Lexeo Therapeutics tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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