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Aeterna Zentaris (AEZS) Competitors

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$3.14 +0.14 (+4.50%)
As of 08/27/2025

AEZS vs. FNCH, CING, AYTU, GDTC, PMN, DARE, MBRX, CMMB, LSB, and XFOR

Should you be buying Aeterna Zentaris stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aeterna Zentaris include Finch Therapeutics Group (FNCH), Cingulate (CING), Aytu BioPharma (AYTU), CytoMed Therapeutics (GDTC), Promis Neurosciences (PMN), Dare Bioscience (DARE), Moleculin Biotech (MBRX), Chemomab Therapeutics (CMMB), LakeShore Biopharma (LSB), and X4 Pharmaceuticals (XFOR). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Aeterna Zentaris vs. Its Competitors

Finch Therapeutics Group (NASDAQ:FNCH) and Aeterna Zentaris (NASDAQ:AEZS) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and dividends.

Aeterna Zentaris has higher revenue and earnings than Finch Therapeutics Group. Finch Therapeutics Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aeterna Zentaris, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Finch Therapeutics GroupN/AN/A-$74.75M-$8.82-1.47
Aeterna Zentaris$2.37M2.37-$16.55M-$14.86-0.21

Finch Therapeutics Group has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aeterna Zentaris has a beta of 1.55, suggesting that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Finch Therapeutics Group has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Aeterna Zentaris' net margin of -760.32%. Finch Therapeutics Group's return on equity of -69.14% beat Aeterna Zentaris' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Finch Therapeutics GroupN/A -69.14% -26.92%
Aeterna Zentaris -760.32%-83.45%-45.76%

In the previous week, Finch Therapeutics Group had 1 more articles in the media than Aeterna Zentaris. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Finch Therapeutics Group and 0 mentions for Aeterna Zentaris. Finch Therapeutics Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Aeterna Zentaris'average media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Finch Therapeutics Group Neutral
Aeterna Zentaris Neutral

21.8% of Finch Therapeutics Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.7% of Aeterna Zentaris shares are owned by institutional investors. 44.9% of Finch Therapeutics Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Aeterna Zentaris shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Finch Therapeutics Group beats Aeterna Zentaris on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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AEZS vs. The Competition

MetricAeterna ZentarisPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$5.62M$848.51M$5.78B$9.79B
Dividend YieldN/A4.84%3.95%4.02%
P/E Ratio-0.211.1331.2426.59
Price / Sales2.3726.55429.49156.00
Price / CashN/A19.5637.7359.36
Price / Book0.216.7310.366.68
Net Income-$16.55M-$4.20M$3.27B$265.59M
7 Day Performance16.11%16.11%1.40%0.62%
1 Month Performance-19.62%17.10%6.21%2.61%
1 Year Performance-17.28%34.92%46.60%22.34%

Aeterna Zentaris Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AEZS
Aeterna Zentaris
N/A$3.14
+4.5%
N/A-17.3%$5.62M$2.37M-0.2120Gap Up
High Trading Volume
FNCH
Finch Therapeutics Group
0.3244 of 5 stars
$12.50
-1.6%
N/A+1.6%$20.08MN/A-1.42190Gap Down
High Trading Volume
CING
Cingulate
2.3899 of 5 stars
$3.76
-9.6%
$26.00
+591.5%
-50.8%$19.78MN/A-0.4420Analyst Revision
AYTU
Aytu BioPharma
3.7648 of 5 stars
$2.20
flat
$10.00
+354.5%
-4.1%$19.75M$81.66M-3.06160Positive News
Gap Up
GDTC
CytoMed Therapeutics
2.5668 of 5 stars
$1.75
-1.7%
$5.00
+185.7%
+31.0%$19.15M$69.50K0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
PMN
Promis Neurosciences
3.237 of 5 stars
$0.57
-8.4%
$4.33
+667.0%
-60.8%$18.47MN/A-2.695Positive News
DARE
Dare Bioscience
2.5093 of 5 stars
$2.02
-4.3%
$12.00
+494.1%
-40.3%$18.24M-$17.70K-0.9430
MBRX
Moleculin Biotech
2.8423 of 5 stars
$0.60
-1.8%
$4.00
+571.0%
-84.3%$18.05MN/A0.0020News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
CMMB
Chemomab Therapeutics
3.2487 of 5 stars
$0.93
-1.1%
$8.50
+814.0%
-54.2%$17.54MN/A-1.5820News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
LSB
LakeShore Biopharma
1.1758 of 5 stars
$0.82
flat
N/A-81.9%$17.03M$85.67M0.00773News Coverage
XFOR
X4 Pharmaceuticals
4.0377 of 5 stars
$2.93
+17.7%
$71.17
+2,328.9%
-80.1%$16.96M$32.77M-0.2080Gap Up
High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:AEZS) was last updated on 8/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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