CLLS vs. SCLX, MOLN, CRDL, DBVT, VXRT, OMGA, VCXB, CGEN, OTLK, and KOD
Should you be buying Cellectis stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cellectis include Scilex (SCLX), Molecular Partners (MOLN), Cardiol Therapeutics (CRDL), DBV Technologies (DBVT), Vaxart (VXRT), Omega Therapeutics (OMGA), 10X Capital Venture Acquisition Corp. III (VCXB), Compugen (CGEN), Outlook Therapeutics (OTLK), and Kodiak Sciences (KOD). These companies are all part of the "biological products, except diagnostic" industry.
Cellectis (NASDAQ:CLLS) and Scilex (NASDAQ:SCLX) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, risk, media sentiment and profitability.
Cellectis received 400 more outperform votes than Scilex when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Scilex an outperform vote while only 68.24% of users gave Cellectis an outperform vote.
Cellectis has a beta of 3.08, suggesting that its stock price is 208% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Scilex has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Scilex has a net margin of -244.60% compared to Cellectis' net margin of -1,087.66%. Scilex's return on equity of 0.00% beat Cellectis' return on equity.
Cellectis currently has a consensus target price of $8.50, indicating a potential upside of 164.80%. Scilex has a consensus target price of $6.00, indicating a potential upside of 599.06%. Given Scilex's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Scilex is more favorable than Cellectis.
Cellectis has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Scilex. Cellectis is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Scilex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
63.9% of Cellectis shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.7% of Scilex shares are held by institutional investors. 16.4% of Cellectis shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.7% of Scilex shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Cellectis had 4 more articles in the media than Scilex. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Cellectis and 3 mentions for Scilex. Scilex's average media sentiment score of -0.15 beat Cellectis' score of -0.53 indicating that Scilex is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Scilex beats Cellectis on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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