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$3.41 0.00 (0.00%)
As of 07/3/2025

AEZS vs. TENX, CARA, FBLG, CVKD, CYTH, BCAB, OVID, ALXO, NNVC, and CALC

Should you be buying Aeterna Zentaris stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aeterna Zentaris include Tenax Therapeutics (TENX), Cara Therapeutics (CARA), FibroBiologics (FBLG), Cadrenal Therapeutics (CVKD), Cyclo Therapeutics (CYTH), BioAtla (BCAB), Ovid Therapeutics (OVID), ALX Oncology (ALXO), NanoViricides (NNVC), and CalciMedica (CALC). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Aeterna Zentaris vs. Its Competitors

Aeterna Zentaris (NASDAQ:AEZS) and Tenax Therapeutics (NASDAQ:TENX) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, media sentiment and profitability.

Tenax Therapeutics has a consensus price target of $17.50, suggesting a potential upside of 193.62%. Given Tenax Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Tenax Therapeutics is more favorable than Aeterna Zentaris.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Aeterna Zentaris
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Tenax Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.25

Aeterna Zentaris has a beta of 1.55, meaning that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tenax Therapeutics has a beta of 1.61, meaning that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Aeterna Zentaris' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Tenax Therapeutics'average media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Aeterna Zentaris Neutral
Tenax Therapeutics Neutral

0.7% of Aeterna Zentaris shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.7% of Tenax Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Aeterna Zentaris shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Tenax Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Tenax Therapeutics has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Aeterna Zentaris' net margin of -760.32%. Tenax Therapeutics' return on equity of -31.51% beat Aeterna Zentaris' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Aeterna Zentaris-760.32% -83.45% -45.76%
Tenax Therapeutics N/A -31.51%-30.35%

Aeterna Zentaris has higher revenue and earnings than Tenax Therapeutics. Tenax Therapeutics 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
Aeterna Zentaris$2.37M2.58-$16.55M-$14.86-0.23
Tenax TherapeuticsN/AN/A-$17.60M-$2.48-2.40

Summary

Tenax Therapeutics beats Aeterna Zentaris on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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AEZS vs. The Competition

MetricAeterna ZentarisPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$6.11M$812.96M$5.56B$9.03B
Dividend YieldN/A4.84%5.22%3.99%
P/E Ratio-0.231.3727.6920.25
Price / Sales2.58228.55389.53161.89
Price / CashN/A23.4436.8958.10
Price / Book0.236.328.035.67
Net Income-$16.55M-$27.99M$3.18B$249.21M
7 Day Performance2.10%2.10%2.93%3.28%
1 Month Performance-8.33%9.39%1.72%3.95%
1 Year Performance-28.21%11.51%34.39%20.98%

Aeterna Zentaris Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AEZS
Aeterna Zentaris
N/A$3.41
flat
N/A-28.2%$6.11M$2.37M-0.2320Gap Down
TENX
Tenax Therapeutics
1.265 of 5 stars
$5.87
+0.3%
$17.50
+198.4%
+89.8%$24.34MN/A-2.369
CARA
Cara Therapeutics
0.335 of 5 stars
N/AN/AN/A$24.33M$7.14M-0.2580News Coverage
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
FBLG
FibroBiologics
2.2861 of 5 stars
$0.63
+1.1%
$13.00
+1,966.8%
-87.0%$24.22MN/A-3.0110Gap Up
CVKD
Cadrenal Therapeutics
2.8547 of 5 stars
$12.05
+0.0%
$32.00
+165.5%
N/A$23.75MN/A-1.304Positive News
Gap Up
CYTH
Cyclo Therapeutics
N/A$0.72
flat
$0.95
+31.8%
N/A$23.72M$870.73K-0.809
BCAB
BioAtla
2.7324 of 5 stars
$0.40
+1.0%
$5.00
+1,150.0%
-71.2%$23.60M$11M-0.3360News Coverage
Gap Down
OVID
Ovid Therapeutics
4.3758 of 5 stars
$0.33
-0.6%
$3.13
+852.7%
-53.9%$23.32M$570K-0.9460
ALXO
ALX Oncology
2.6469 of 5 stars
$0.43
+3.6%
$3.30
+667.4%
-91.4%$22.96MN/A-0.1740Negative News
NNVC
NanoViricides
1.0904 of 5 stars
$1.40
flat
N/A-20.0%$22.50MN/A-1.9420Gap Down
CALC
CalciMedica
3.0917 of 5 stars
$1.71
+6.8%
$18.00
+953.2%
-61.8%$22.17MN/A-1.0230

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This page (NASDAQ:AEZS) was last updated on 7/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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