VTGN vs. PTI, MACK, PGEN, ORGO, VNDA, NLTX, VRCA, XERS, STTK, and NKTX
Should you be buying Vistagen Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vistagen Therapeutics include Proteostasis Therapeutics (PTI), Merrimack Pharmaceuticals (MACK), Precigen (PGEN), Organogenesis (ORGO), Vanda Pharmaceuticals (VNDA), Neoleukin Therapeutics (NLTX), Verrica Pharmaceuticals (VRCA), Xeris Biopharma (XERS), Shattuck Labs (STTK), and Nkarta (NKTX). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Vistagen Therapeutics (NASDAQ:VTGN) and Proteostasis Therapeutics (NASDAQ:PTI) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, risk, community ranking and profitability.
78.4% of Vistagen Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.6% of Proteostasis Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Vistagen Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.8% of Proteostasis Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Vistagen Therapeutics has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Proteostasis Therapeutics has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Vistagen Therapeutics presently has a consensus target price of $19.00, suggesting a potential upside of 401.32%. Given Vistagen Therapeutics' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Vistagen Therapeutics is more favorable than Proteostasis Therapeutics.
Proteostasis Therapeutics received 36 more outperform votes than Vistagen Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.24% of users gave Vistagen Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 59.03% of users gave Proteostasis Therapeutics an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Vistagen Therapeutics had 3 more articles in the media than Proteostasis Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Vistagen Therapeutics and 0 mentions for Proteostasis Therapeutics. Vistagen Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Proteostasis Therapeutics' score of 0.00 indicating that Vistagen Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Proteostasis Therapeutics has higher revenue and earnings than Vistagen Therapeutics.
Proteostasis Therapeutics has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Vistagen Therapeutics' net margin of -3,073.51%. Vistagen Therapeutics' return on equity of -72.10% beat Proteostasis Therapeutics' return on equity.
Summary
Vistagen Therapeutics beats Proteostasis Therapeutics on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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