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AURA vs. CDTX, PAHC, ARDX, TWST, VERA, AVDL, COGT, SNDX, JANX, and SDGR

Should you be buying Aura Biosciences stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aura Biosciences include Cidara Therapeutics (CDTX), Phibro Animal Health (PAHC), Ardelyx (ARDX), Twist Bioscience (TWST), Vera Therapeutics (VERA), Avadel Pharmaceuticals (AVDL), Cogent Biosciences (COGT), Syndax Pharmaceuticals (SNDX), Janux Therapeutics (JANX), and Schrodinger (SDGR). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Aura Biosciences vs. Its Competitors

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

35.8% of Cidara Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.8% of Aura Biosciences shares are held by institutional investors. 7.6% of Cidara Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of Aura Biosciences shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Cidara Therapeutics has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aura Biosciences has a beta of 0.45, meaning that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cidara Therapeutics$1.27M1,308.04-$169.83M-$11.13-5.89
Aura BiosciencesN/AN/A-$86.92M-$1.96-3.08

In the previous week, Cidara Therapeutics and Cidara Therapeutics both had 3 articles in the media. Cidara Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat Aura Biosciences' score of 1.55 indicating that Cidara Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cidara Therapeutics
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Aura Biosciences
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Cidara Therapeutics' return on equity of -50.81% beat Aura Biosciences' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cidara TherapeuticsN/A -50.81% -42.46%
Aura Biosciences N/A -64.44%-54.24%

Cidara Therapeutics currently has a consensus target price of $64.14, suggesting a potential downside of 2.08%. Aura Biosciences has a consensus target price of $22.00, suggesting a potential upside of 264.24%. Given Aura Biosciences' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Aura Biosciences is more favorable than Cidara Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cidara Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.11
Aura Biosciences
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.11

Summary

Cidara Therapeutics beats Aura Biosciences on 7 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

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AURA vs. The Competition

MetricAura BiosciencesMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$375.21M$3.11B$5.75B$10.26B
Dividend YieldN/A2.32%5.72%4.60%
P/E Ratio-3.0821.3775.2626.44
Price / SalesN/A240.13456.1288.47
Price / CashN/A44.4425.8129.91
Price / Book1.999.6413.256.27
Net Income-$86.92M-$53.20M$3.29B$270.47M
7 Day Performance-6.65%0.17%0.68%2.74%
1 Month Performance-10.12%3.98%4.54%5.95%
1 Year Performance-40.02%9.16%73.36%25.97%

Aura Biosciences Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AURA
Aura Biosciences
2.2403 of 5 stars
$6.04
-2.3%
$22.00
+264.2%
-38.6%$375.21MN/A-3.0850Positive News
CDTX
Cidara Therapeutics
3.1685 of 5 stars
$62.15
-1.6%
$64.14
+3.2%
+449.6%$1.60B$1.27M-5.5890Positive News
PAHC
Phibro Animal Health
4.4517 of 5 stars
$39.43
-0.1%
$28.40
-28.0%
+80.2%$1.60B$1.30B33.422,475Analyst Revision
ARDX
Ardelyx
4.6217 of 5 stars
$6.59
+1.1%
$11.70
+77.5%
+4.8%$1.57B$333.61M-28.6590Positive News
TWST
Twist Bioscience
3.9681 of 5 stars
$26.25
+1.9%
$49.40
+88.2%
-46.1%$1.55B$312.97M-18.10990
VERA
Vera Therapeutics
2.745 of 5 stars
$24.75
+2.3%
$63.00
+154.5%
-36.6%$1.54BN/A-6.9140Positive News
AVDL
Avadel Pharmaceuticals
3.0866 of 5 stars
$15.38
-2.4%
$20.86
+35.6%
+12.4%$1.53B$221.08M-512.6770Positive News
COGT
Cogent Biosciences
3.0485 of 5 stars
$12.68
-2.8%
$20.00
+57.7%
+19.1%$1.49BN/A-7.1280Positive News
SNDX
Syndax Pharmaceuticals
3.9171 of 5 stars
$16.33
-4.2%
$38.89
+138.1%
-18.7%$1.47B$23.68M-4.20110
JANX
Janux Therapeutics
3.1036 of 5 stars
$24.81
+3.5%
$85.55
+244.8%
-51.9%$1.44B$10.59M-13.7830
SDGR
Schrodinger
3.4053 of 5 stars
$19.44
+1.6%
$27.83
+43.2%
-10.4%$1.41B$207.54M-7.84790Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:AURA) was last updated on 9/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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