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BTAI vs. KZR, PULM, DYAI, MRNS, ALXO, BCAB, ALLK, ONCY, FGEN, and VOR

Should you be buying BioXcel Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BioXcel Therapeutics include Kezar Life Sciences (KZR), Pulmatrix (PULM), Dyadic International (DYAI), Marinus Pharmaceuticals (MRNS), ALX Oncology (ALXO), BioAtla (BCAB), Allakos (ALLK), Oncolytics Biotech (ONCY), FibroGen (FGEN), and Vor Biopharma (VOR). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

BioXcel Therapeutics vs.

BioXcel Therapeutics (NASDAQ:BTAI) and Kezar Life Sciences (NASDAQ:KZR) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, dividends, profitability and media sentiment.

Kezar Life Sciences has a net margin of 0.00% compared to BioXcel Therapeutics' net margin of -3,119.33%. BioXcel Therapeutics' return on equity of 0.00% beat Kezar Life Sciences' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
BioXcel Therapeutics-3,119.33% N/A -105.04%
Kezar Life Sciences N/A -54.95%-46.11%

In the previous week, BioXcel Therapeutics had 2 more articles in the media than Kezar Life Sciences. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for BioXcel Therapeutics and 1 mentions for Kezar Life Sciences. Kezar Life Sciences' average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat BioXcel Therapeutics' score of 0.63 indicating that Kezar Life Sciences is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
BioXcel Therapeutics Positive
Kezar Life Sciences Very Positive

BioXcel Therapeutics received 110 more outperform votes than Kezar Life Sciences when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.49% of users gave BioXcel Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 57.08% of users gave Kezar Life Sciences an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
BioXcel TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
247
67.49%
Underperform Votes
119
32.51%
Kezar Life SciencesOutperform Votes
137
57.08%
Underperform Votes
103
42.92%

Kezar Life Sciences has higher revenue and earnings than BioXcel Therapeutics. Kezar Life Sciences is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BioXcel Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BioXcel Therapeutics$1.85M5.85-$179.05M-$13.55-0.13
Kezar Life Sciences$7M4.99-$101.87M-$10.82-0.44

30.7% of BioXcel Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.9% of Kezar Life Sciences shares are held by institutional investors. 21.2% of BioXcel Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.4% of Kezar Life Sciences shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

BioXcel Therapeutics presently has a consensus target price of $42.60, suggesting a potential upside of 2,279.89%. Kezar Life Sciences has a consensus target price of $39.50, suggesting a potential upside of 726.19%. Given BioXcel Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe BioXcel Therapeutics is more favorable than Kezar Life Sciences.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
BioXcel Therapeutics
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Kezar Life Sciences
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

BioXcel Therapeutics has a beta of -0.12, indicating that its share price is 112% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kezar Life Sciences has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

BioXcel Therapeutics beats Kezar Life Sciences on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BTAI vs. The Competition

MetricBioXcel TherapeuticsPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$10.84M$6.84B$5.57B$8.60B
Dividend YieldN/A2.49%5.27%4.19%
P/E Ratio-0.058.7927.2720.06
Price / Sales5.85255.05409.23156.87
Price / CashN/A65.8538.2534.64
Price / Book-0.066.557.064.70
Net Income-$179.05M$143.71M$3.23B$247.80M
7 Day Performance16.99%3.76%2.69%2.17%
1 Month Performance16.99%13.97%12.06%9.41%
1 Year Performance-92.18%4.76%31.40%14.73%

BioXcel Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BTAI
BioXcel Therapeutics
4.099 of 5 stars
$1.79
-10.1%
$42.60
+2,279.9%
-91.4%$10.84M$1.85M-0.0590Gap Up
KZR
Kezar Life Sciences
4.6185 of 5 stars
$4.37
+4.5%
$39.50
+803.9%
-34.9%$31.93M$7M-0.3360Positive News
PULM
Pulmatrix
0.8099 of 5 stars
$8.58
-4.5%
N/A+333.3%$31.32M$1.92M-3.2520
DYAI
Dyadic International
2.154 of 5 stars
$1.02
-1.6%
$6.00
+488.2%
-52.9%$30.69M$3.34M-4.437Positive News
MRNS
Marinus Pharmaceuticals
1.9491 of 5 stars
$0.55
-0.2%
$4.79
+771.6%
-64.3%$30.32M$30.99M-0.22110News Coverage
ALXO
ALX Oncology
2.9367 of 5 stars
$0.56
+15.1%
$3.30
+490.7%
-93.8%$29.83MN/A-0.1940News Coverage
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
BCAB
BioAtla
2.7651 of 5 stars
$0.51
+24.7%
$5.00
+880.4%
-67.5%$29.79M$11M-0.3060Gap Up
High Trading Volume
ALLK
Allakos
3.9295 of 5 stars
$0.33
flat
$2.00
+507.7%
N/A$29.74MN/A-0.16190
ONCY
Oncolytics Biotech
1.5876 of 5 stars
$0.34
+1.2%
$4.33
+1,159.7%
-58.1%$29.73MN/A-1.2730News Coverage
Gap Up
FGEN
FibroGen
4.1917 of 5 stars
$0.29
+2.2%
$10.00
+3,303.7%
-72.6%$29.69M$7.00M-0.24570
VOR
Vor Biopharma
3.3734 of 5 stars
$0.23
+17.2%
$7.06
+2,912.0%
-82.3%$29.28MN/A-0.14140High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:BTAI) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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