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BioCardia (BCDA) Competitors

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BCDA vs. LTRN, PEPG, NBRV, RNXT, ATHE, AADI, ANVS, GRCE, JSPR, and IPSC

Should you be buying BioCardia stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BioCardia include Lantern Pharma (LTRN), PepGen (PEPG), Nabriva Therapeutics (NBRV), RenovoRx (RNXT), Alterity Therapeutics (ATHE), Aadi Bioscience (AADI), Annovis Bio (ANVS), Grace Therapeutics (GRCE), Jasper Therapeutics (JSPR), and Century Therapeutics (IPSC). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

BioCardia vs. Its Competitors

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

BioCardia presently has a consensus target price of $25.00, indicating a potential upside of 1,992.05%. Lantern Pharma has a consensus target price of $25.00, indicating a potential upside of 516.52%. Given BioCardia's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe BioCardia is more favorable than Lantern Pharma.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
BioCardia
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.50
Lantern Pharma
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Lantern Pharma's return on equity of -99.89% beat BioCardia's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
BioCardiaN/A -19,117.42% -246.92%
Lantern Pharma N/A -99.89%-81.58%

20.6% of BioCardia shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.6% of Lantern Pharma shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.0% of BioCardia shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.5% of Lantern Pharma shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BioCardia$60K115.52-$7.95M-$1.85-0.65
Lantern PharmaN/AN/A-$20.78M-$1.78-2.28

In the previous week, BioCardia had 1 more articles in the media than Lantern Pharma. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for BioCardia and 5 mentions for Lantern Pharma. BioCardia's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Lantern Pharma's score of -0.46 indicating that BioCardia is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
BioCardia
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Lantern Pharma
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

BioCardia has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lantern Pharma has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

BioCardia beats Lantern Pharma on 9 of the 14 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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BCDA vs. The Competition

MetricBioCardiaMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$6.82M$3.13B$5.75B$10.36B
Dividend YieldN/A2.37%5.86%4.62%
P/E Ratio-0.6421.2176.6126.83
Price / Sales115.52255.25452.6189.74
Price / CashN/A45.4837.2260.63
Price / Book6.649.6513.926.37
Net Income-$7.95M-$53.02M$3.29B$271.28M
7 Day Performance-47.36%0.49%0.26%1.87%
1 Month Performance-36.44%4.93%4.92%7.43%
1 Year Performance-61.20%11.01%85.89%30.62%

BioCardia Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BCDA
BioCardia
3.2616 of 5 stars
$1.20
-22.1%
$25.00
+1,992.1%
-45.0%$6.82M$60K-0.6440News Coverage
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
LTRN
Lantern Pharma
2.0575 of 5 stars
$4.06
-5.8%
$25.00
+515.8%
+2.6%$46.54MN/A-2.2820
PEPG
PepGen
2.6476 of 5 stars
$1.49
+6.4%
$7.67
+414.5%
-79.5%$45.92MN/A-0.5030
NBRV
Nabriva Therapeutics
N/AN/AN/AN/A$45.46M$35.59M0.0070
RNXT
RenovoRx
2.2122 of 5 stars
$1.14
-8.1%
$7.50
+557.9%
+20.8%$45.44M$40K-3.006News Coverage
Negative News
Short Interest ↑
ATHE
Alterity Therapeutics
2.0023 of 5 stars
$5.17
+2.0%
$12.00
+132.1%
+247.9%$44.96MN/A0.0010Gap Down
High Trading Volume
AADI
Aadi Bioscience
N/A$1.82
+0.6%
N/A+6.0%$44.95M$25.07M-0.8040
ANVS
Annovis Bio
2.1749 of 5 stars
$2.34
+2.1%
$17.33
+641.4%
-73.3%$44.62MN/A-1.153
GRCE
Grace Therapeutics
2.8674 of 5 stars
$3.24
+1.3%
$12.00
+270.4%
N/A$44.25MN/A-3.77N/ANews Coverage
JSPR
Jasper Therapeutics
3.105 of 5 stars
$2.65
-2.6%
$28.75
+984.9%
-89.9%$44.21MN/A-0.4420Gap Up
IPSC
Century Therapeutics
1.845 of 5 stars
$0.51
+1.1%
$3.75
+634.9%
-70.4%$43.60M$6.59M-1.76170

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This page (NASDAQ:BCDA) was last updated on 9/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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