GLTO vs. LMNL, LTRN, CELU, VHAQ, MNOV, CKPT, RLYB, AFMD, LPTX, and MURA
Should you be buying Galecto stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Galecto include Liminal BioSciences (LMNL), Lantern Pharma (LTRN), Celularity (CELU), Viveon Health Acquisition (VHAQ), MediciNova (MNOV), Checkpoint Therapeutics (CKPT), Rallybio (RLYB), Affimed (AFMD), Leap Therapeutics (LPTX), and Mural Oncology (MURA). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
Galecto (NASDAQ:GLTO) and Liminal BioSciences (NASDAQ:LMNL) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, risk, community ranking and dividends.
In the previous week, Galecto had 3 more articles in the media than Liminal BioSciences. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Galecto and 0 mentions for Liminal BioSciences. Galecto's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Liminal BioSciences' score of 0.00 indicating that Galecto is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Galecto currently has a consensus target price of $5.33, indicating a potential upside of 753.74%. Given Galecto's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Galecto is more favorable than Liminal BioSciences.
Galecto received 16 more outperform votes than Liminal BioSciences when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.82% of users gave Galecto an outperform vote while only 48.28% of users gave Liminal BioSciences an outperform vote.
Liminal BioSciences has higher revenue and earnings than Galecto. Galecto is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Liminal BioSciences, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
14.2% of Galecto shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.7% of Liminal BioSciences shares are held by institutional investors. 12.1% of Galecto shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Liminal BioSciences shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Liminal BioSciences has a net margin of 248.35% compared to Galecto's net margin of 0.00%. Galecto's return on equity of -87.11% beat Liminal BioSciences' return on equity.
Galecto has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liminal BioSciences has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Galecto beats Liminal BioSciences on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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