Athersys (ATHX) Competitors

Galecto (NASDAQ:GLTO) and Athersys (NASDAQ:ATHX) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, dividends, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GLTO or ATHX?

Athersys received 333 more outperform votes than Galecto when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.38% of users gave Galecto an outperform vote while only 56.33% of users gave Athersys an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Galecto	Outperform Votes 32 60.38%	Underperform Votes 21 39.62%
Athersys	Outperform Votes 365 56.33%	Underperform Votes 283 43.67%

Do analysts recommend GLTO or ATHX?

Galecto presently has a consensus target price of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 257.14%. Given Galecto's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Galecto is more favorable than Athersys.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Galecto	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Athersys	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is GLTO or ATHX more profitable?

Athersys' return on equity of 0.00% beat Galecto's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Galecto	N/A	-76.96%	-66.59%
Athersys	N/A	N/A	-223.03%

Does the media prefer GLTO or ATHX?

In the previous week, Galecto and Galecto both had 1 articles in the media. Galecto's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Athersys' score of 0.00 indicating that Galecto is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Galecto	Very Positive
Athersys	Neutral

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, GLTO or ATHX?

Galecto has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Athersys. Galecto is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Athersys, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Galecto	N/A	N/A	-$38.35M	-$18.61	-0.15
Athersys	$146K	0.00	-$72.53M	-$2.03	N/A

Which has more risk and volatility, GLTO or ATHX?

Galecto has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Athersys has a beta of -0.9, meaning that its share price is 190% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in GLTO or ATHX?

14.2% of Galecto shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.4% of Athersys shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.9% of Galecto shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Athersys 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

Galecto beats Athersys on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.