AEZS vs. CALC, CMMB, NRSN, NNVC, CARA, TENX, XFOR, CYTH, OVID, and IMNN
Should you be buying Aeterna Zentaris stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aeterna Zentaris include CalciMedica (CALC), Chemomab Therapeutics (CMMB), NeuroSense Therapeutics (NRSN), NanoViricides (NNVC), Cara Therapeutics (CARA), Tenax Therapeutics (TENX), X4 Pharmaceuticals (XFOR), Cyclo Therapeutics (CYTH), Ovid Therapeutics (OVID), and Imunon (IMNN). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.
Aeterna Zentaris vs. Its Competitors
Aeterna Zentaris (NASDAQ:AEZS) and CalciMedica (NASDAQ:CALC) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.
Aeterna Zentaris has higher revenue and earnings than CalciMedica. CalciMedica is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aeterna Zentaris, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Aeterna Zentaris has a beta of 1.55, indicating that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CalciMedica has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
CalciMedica has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Aeterna Zentaris' net margin of -760.32%. Aeterna Zentaris' return on equity of -83.45% beat CalciMedica's return on equity.
In the previous week, CalciMedica had 4 more articles in the media than Aeterna Zentaris. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for CalciMedica and 0 mentions for Aeterna Zentaris. CalciMedica's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Aeterna Zentaris' score of 0.00 indicating that CalciMedica is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
CalciMedica has a consensus target price of $18.00, suggesting a potential upside of 943.48%. Given CalciMedica's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe CalciMedica is more favorable than Aeterna Zentaris.
Aeterna Zentaris received 401 more outperform votes than CalciMedica when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 94.74% of users gave CalciMedica an outperform vote while only 58.28% of users gave Aeterna Zentaris an outperform vote.
0.7% of Aeterna Zentaris shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Aeterna Zentaris shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 41.5% of CalciMedica shares are held by company 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.
Summary
CalciMedica beats Aeterna Zentaris on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:AEZS) was last updated on 6/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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