EQ vs. KZR, ZVRA, OMER, PBYI, CAPR, GALT, OGI, ATOS, IVA, and VERU
Should you be buying Equillium stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Equillium include Kezar Life Sciences (KZR), Zevra Therapeutics (ZVRA), Omeros (OMER), Puma Biotechnology (PBYI), Capricor Therapeutics (CAPR), Galectin Therapeutics (GALT), Organigram (OGI), Atossa Therapeutics (ATOS), Inventiva (IVA), and Veru (VERU). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
Kezar Life Sciences (NASDAQ:KZR) and Equillium (NASDAQ:EQ) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk and dividends.
Kezar Life Sciences received 100 more outperform votes than Equillium when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 82.93% of users gave Equillium an outperform vote while only 58.01% of users gave Kezar Life Sciences an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Equillium had 3 more articles in the media than Kezar Life Sciences. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Equillium and 2 mentions for Kezar Life Sciences. Kezar Life Sciences' average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Equillium's score of 1.25 indicating that Equillium is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Kezar Life Sciences currently has a consensus price target of $11.00, indicating a potential upside of 1,444.94%. Equillium has a consensus price target of $3.90, indicating a potential upside of 167.12%. Given Equillium's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Kezar Life Sciences is more favorable than Equillium.
Kezar Life Sciences has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equillium has a beta of 1.77, suggesting that its share price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Equillium has higher revenue and earnings than Kezar Life Sciences. Equillium is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kezar Life Sciences, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
67.9% of Kezar Life Sciences shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.1% of Equillium shares are held by institutional investors. 9.3% of Kezar Life Sciences shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 30.3% of Equillium shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Kezar Life Sciences has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Kezar Life Sciences' net margin of -32.01%. Equillium's return on equity of -47.28% beat Kezar Life Sciences' return on equity.
Summary
Equillium beats Kezar Life Sciences on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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