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AURA vs. BGM, AUPH, ETNB, WVE, XFOR, ELVN, COLL, PHVS, SYRE, and MLYS

Should you be buying Aura Biosciences stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aura Biosciences include Qilian International Holding Group (BGM), Aurinia Pharmaceuticals (AUPH), 89bio (ETNB), Wave Life Sciences (WVE), X4 Pharmaceuticals (XFOR), Enliven Therapeutics (ELVN), Collegium Pharmaceutical (COLL), Pharvaris (PHVS), Spyre Therapeutics (SYRE), and Mineralys Therapeutics (MLYS). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Aura Biosciences vs.

Qilian International Holding Group (NASDAQ:BGM) and Aura Biosciences (NASDAQ:AURA) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings and dividends.

Qilian International Holding Group has higher revenue and earnings than Aura Biosciences.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Qilian International Holding Group$25.10M45.32-$1.44MN/AN/A
Aura BiosciencesN/AN/A-$76.41M-$1.75-3.51

Aura Biosciences has a consensus target price of $22.75, suggesting a potential upside of 269.92%. Given Aura Biosciences' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Aura Biosciences is more favorable than Qilian International Holding Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Qilian International Holding Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Aura Biosciences
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.25

96.8% of Aura Biosciences shares are owned by institutional investors. 58.7% of Qilian International Holding Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Aura Biosciences shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Qilian International Holding Group has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aura Biosciences has a beta of 0.43, indicating that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Aura Biosciences received 26 more outperform votes than Qilian International Holding Group when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Qilian International Holding GroupN/AN/A
Aura BiosciencesOutperform Votes
26
61.90%
Underperform Votes
16
38.10%

Qilian International Holding Group's return on equity of 0.00% beat Aura Biosciences' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Qilian International Holding GroupN/A N/A N/A
Aura Biosciences N/A -41.57%-36.43%

In the previous week, Aura Biosciences had 1 more articles in the media than Qilian International Holding Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Aura Biosciences and 2 mentions for Qilian International Holding Group. Qilian International Holding Group's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Aura Biosciences' score of 0.75 indicating that Qilian International Holding Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Qilian International Holding Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Aura Biosciences
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Qilian International Holding Group and Aura Biosciences tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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AURA vs. The Competition

MetricAura BiosciencesBiological Products IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$308.88M$2.97B$5.55B$8.04B
Dividend YieldN/A1.87%5.09%4.22%
P/E Ratio-3.5530.5222.6918.83
Price / SalesN/A494.70404.28106.72
Price / CashN/A168.6838.1834.62
Price / Book1.343.216.794.33
Net Income-$76.41M-$72.35M$3.22B$247.97M
7 Day Performance14.31%13.48%3.37%3.18%
1 Month Performance7.71%12.33%6.95%8.13%
1 Year Performance-22.05%-23.51%16.13%5.01%

Aura Biosciences Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AURA
Aura Biosciences
2.1228 of 5 stars
$6.15
+1.3%
$22.75
+269.9%
-20.8%$308.88MN/A-3.5550Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
BGM
Qilian International Holding Group
N/A$11.27
+1.6%
N/AN/A$1.10B$25.10M0.00298News Coverage
AUPH
Aurinia Pharmaceuticals
2.672 of 5 stars
$8.00
-2.2%
$11.50
+43.8%
+58.8%$1.09B$235.13M-53.33300Positive News
ETNB
89bio
3.0472 of 5 stars
$7.40
+6.6%
$27.25
+268.2%
-1.5%$1.08BN/A-2.5440Earnings Report
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
WVE
Wave Life Sciences
4.3231 of 5 stars
$6.83
+1.5%
$22.18
+224.8%
+37.8%$1.05B$108.30M-6.15240Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
XFOR
X4 Pharmaceuticals
4.0839 of 5 stars
$5.34
-6.3%
$85.00
+1,491.8%
-88.5%$927.36M$2.56M-59.3380Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Stock Split
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
ELVN
Enliven Therapeutics
2.3164 of 5 stars
$18.91
+3.8%
$40.33
+113.3%
-2.3%$926.67MN/A-9.9550News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
COLL
Collegium Pharmaceutical
3.9849 of 5 stars
$26.87
+0.3%
$43.60
+62.3%
-26.3%$904.19M$631.45M11.58210Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
PHVS
Pharvaris
2.2087 of 5 stars
$17.06
+1.3%
$42.67
+150.1%
-21.9%$892.07MN/A-6.0930Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
SYRE
Spyre Therapeutics
1.9539 of 5 stars
$14.67
+3.8%
$49.57
+237.9%
-58.3%$884.25M$890,000.00-1.96100Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
MLYS
Mineralys Therapeutics
2.4595 of 5 stars
$13.56
+1.6%
$33.00
+143.4%
+17.8%$879.72MN/A-3.7328Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage

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