GRTS vs. ATHA, JATT, PLX, ELUT, DTIL, CGTX, ALVR, TIL, PASG, and CVM
Should you be buying Gritstone bio stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gritstone bio include Athira Pharma (ATHA), JATT Acquisition (JATT), Protalix BioTherapeutics (PLX), Elutia (ELUT), Precision BioSciences (DTIL), Cognition Therapeutics (CGTX), AlloVir (ALVR), Instil Bio (TIL), Passage Bio (PASG), and CEL-SCI (CVM). These companies are all part of the "biological products, except diagnostic" industry.
Gritstone bio (NASDAQ:GRTS) and Athira Pharma (NASDAQ:ATHA) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and profitability.
In the previous week, Gritstone bio had 1 more articles in the media than Athira Pharma. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Gritstone bio and 12 mentions for Athira Pharma. Athira Pharma's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Gritstone bio's score of 0.40 indicating that Athira Pharma is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Gritstone bio received 122 more outperform votes than Athira Pharma when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.31% of users gave Gritstone bio an outperform vote while only 58.06% of users gave Athira Pharma an outperform vote.
Athira Pharma has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Gritstone bio. Athira Pharma is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gritstone bio, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Gritstone bio presently has a consensus target price of $5.33, indicating a potential upside of 590.31%. Athira Pharma has a consensus target price of $19.00, indicating a potential upside of 669.23%. Given Athira Pharma's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Athira Pharma is more favorable than Gritstone bio.
48.5% of Gritstone bio shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.1% of Athira Pharma shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.6% of Gritstone bio shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.8% of Athira Pharma shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Gritstone bio has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Athira Pharma has a beta of 2.83, indicating that its share price is 183% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Athira Pharma has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Gritstone bio's net margin of -926.13%. Athira Pharma's return on equity of -80.59% beat Gritstone bio's return on equity.
Summary
Athira Pharma beats Gritstone bio on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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