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ATHA vs. XCUR, ADVM, ALGS, IPA, STTK, MRSN, NBRV, KLRS, MURA, and CELU

Should you be buying Athira Pharma stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Athira Pharma include Exicure (XCUR), Adverum Biotechnologies (ADVM), Aligos Therapeutics (ALGS), ImmunoPrecise Antibodies (IPA), Shattuck Labs (STTK), Mersana Therapeutics (MRSN), Nabriva Therapeutics (NBRV), Kalaris Therapeutics (KLRS), Mural Oncology (MURA), and Celularity (CELU). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Athira Pharma vs. Its Competitors

Exicure (NASDAQ:XCUR) and Athira Pharma (NASDAQ:ATHA) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations and valuation.

42.8% of Exicure shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.1% of Athira Pharma shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.9% of Exicure shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 22.1% of Athira Pharma shares are owned by 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.

In the previous week, Athira Pharma had 1 more articles in the media than Exicure. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Athira Pharma and 4 mentions for Exicure. Athira Pharma's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Exicure's score of 0.57 indicating that Athira Pharma is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Exicure
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Athira Pharma
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Athira Pharma's return on equity of -142.99% beat Exicure's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
ExicureN/A -353.47% -96.50%
Athira Pharma N/A -142.99%-106.40%

Exicure has higher revenue and earnings than Athira Pharma. Exicure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Athira Pharma, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Exicure$500K75.33-$9.70M-$4.81-1.24
Athira PharmaN/AN/A-$96.94M-$2.07-0.15

Exicure has a beta of 3.57, suggesting that its share price is 257% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Athira Pharma has a beta of 2.99, suggesting that its share price is 199% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Athira Pharma has a consensus price target of $11.25, indicating a potential upside of 3,636.30%. Given Athira Pharma's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Athira Pharma is more favorable than Exicure.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Exicure
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Athira Pharma
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Summary

Athira Pharma beats Exicure on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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ATHA vs. The Competition

MetricAthira PharmaMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$11.71M$2.88B$5.54B$8.87B
Dividend YieldN/A2.64%5.39%4.10%
P/E Ratio-0.1521.3126.1719.90
Price / SalesN/A278.47414.67113.66
Price / CashN/A41.4736.1356.90
Price / Book0.267.518.055.38
Net Income-$96.94M-$55.05M$3.15B$248.50M
7 Day Performance-3.49%2.45%1.85%2.97%
1 Month Performance5.61%7.33%4.81%6.02%
1 Year Performance-88.05%5.38%34.86%20.39%

Athira Pharma Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ATHA
Athira Pharma
2.8387 of 5 stars
$0.30
+0.4%
$11.25
+3,636.3%
-88.0%$11.71MN/A-0.1540News Coverage
Positive News
XCUR
Exicure
1.9881 of 5 stars
$6.50
-13.0%
N/A+1,835.9%$47.19M$500K-1.3550Earnings Report
Gap Down
ADVM
Adverum Biotechnologies
4.3304 of 5 stars
$2.23
-0.9%
$26.40
+1,083.9%
-67.3%$47M$1M-0.35190
ALGS
Aligos Therapeutics
4.2166 of 5 stars
$7.18
-4.9%
$70.00
+874.9%
-19.9%$46.16M$3.27M-0.4190Positive News
IPA
ImmunoPrecise Antibodies
2.5169 of 5 stars
$0.96
-4.5%
$4.00
+316.6%
+9.6%$45.99M$24.00M-0.8380Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up
STTK
Shattuck Labs
3.3554 of 5 stars
$1.01
+5.5%
$7.50
+642.6%
-79.6%$45.84M$4.61M-0.73100News Coverage
MRSN
Mersana Therapeutics
3.8223 of 5 stars
$0.34
-6.9%
$5.20
+1,426.7%
-85.8%$45.60M$40.50M-0.58150News Coverage
NBRV
Nabriva Therapeutics
N/AN/AN/AN/A$45.46M$35.59M0.0070
KLRS
Kalaris Therapeutics
N/A$2.36
-1.7%
N/AN/A$44.89MN/A0.00110Positive News
Gap Up
MURA
Mural Oncology
3.5399 of 5 stars
$2.50
+2.0%
$13.00
+420.0%
-19.6%$42.31MN/A-0.33119Positive News
CELU
Celularity
0.1379 of 5 stars
$2.01
+14.2%
N/A-35.7%$42.15M$54.22M-0.76220News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up

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This page (NASDAQ:ATHA) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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