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CADL vs. ETNB, VERA, BHVN, COGT, TVTX, HROW, WVE, CDTX, CVAC, and AUPH

Should you be buying Candel Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Candel Therapeutics include 89BIO (ETNB), Vera Therapeutics (VERA), Biohaven (BHVN), Cogent Biosciences (COGT), Travere Therapeutics (TVTX), Harrow (HROW), WAVE Life Sciences (WVE), Cidara Therapeutics (CDTX), CureVac (CVAC), and Aurinia Pharmaceuticals (AUPH). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Candel Therapeutics vs. Its Competitors

89BIO (NASDAQ:ETNB) and Candel Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CADL) 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, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and profitability.

13.9% of Candel Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of 89BIO shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.6% of Candel Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

89BIO's return on equity of -81.44% beat Candel Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
89BION/A -81.44% -70.17%
Candel Therapeutics N/A -136.74%-63.13%

89BIO currently has a consensus target price of $26.43, indicating a potential upside of 182.96%. Candel Therapeutics has a consensus target price of $22.00, indicating a potential upside of 248.65%. Given Candel Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Candel Therapeutics is more favorable than 89BIO.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
89BIO
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Candel Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.20

89BIO has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Candel Therapeutics has a beta of -0.89, meaning that its stock price is 189% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, 89BIO had 5 more articles in the media than Candel Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for 89BIO and 2 mentions for Candel Therapeutics. 89BIO's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Candel Therapeutics' score of -0.50 indicating that 89BIO is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
89BIO
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Candel Therapeutics
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Negative

Candel Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than 89BIO, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
89BION/AN/A-$367.08M-$3.38-2.76
Candel TherapeuticsN/AN/A-$55.18M-$1.34-4.71

Summary

Candel Therapeutics beats 89BIO on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CADL vs. The Competition

MetricCandel TherapeuticsMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$315.15M$3.02B$5.51B$9.35B
Dividend YieldN/A2.46%4.74%4.15%
P/E Ratio-4.7118.0629.1424.41
Price / SalesN/A272.86435.05101.09
Price / CashN/A40.5624.4827.20
Price / Book4.488.628.525.77
Net Income-$55.18M-$54.98M$3.24B$264.99M
7 Day Performance-3.96%-0.87%0.65%-0.68%
1 Month Performance23.73%16.08%7.97%7.08%
1 Year Performance23.97%14.18%30.98%23.80%

Candel Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CADL
Candel Therapeutics
2.1924 of 5 stars
$6.31
+0.3%
$22.00
+248.7%
+16.6%$315.15MN/A-4.7160Upcoming Earnings
ETNB
89BIO
2.3615 of 5 stars
$9.53
-0.6%
$26.43
+177.3%
+4.8%$1.40BN/A-2.8240
VERA
Vera Therapeutics
3.4136 of 5 stars
$20.87
-4.3%
$65.00
+211.5%
-45.3%$1.39BN/A-6.9640News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
Gap Down
BHVN
Biohaven
2.3734 of 5 stars
$13.10
-3.0%
$58.46
+346.3%
-59.0%$1.38BN/A-1.40239
COGT
Cogent Biosciences
3.0766 of 5 stars
$12.09
+0.2%
$18.70
+54.7%
+28.2%$1.37BN/A-6.5780
TVTX
Travere Therapeutics
1.9169 of 5 stars
$15.40
+0.5%
$32.14
+108.7%
+77.3%$1.36B$233.18M-5.48460Upcoming Earnings
HROW
Harrow
2.4981 of 5 stars
$34.86
-3.7%
$63.83
+83.1%
+41.6%$1.33B$212.86M-62.25180Upcoming Earnings
WVE
WAVE Life Sciences
4.749 of 5 stars
$8.18
-2.6%
$20.43
+149.7%
+47.3%$1.31B$108.30M-9.74240Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
CDTX
Cidara Therapeutics
2.8916 of 5 stars
$62.68
+1.3%
$57.29
-8.6%
+425.8%$1.25B$1.27M-2.1390Upcoming Earnings
CVAC
CureVac
4.4476 of 5 stars
$5.42
-0.7%
$6.83
+26.1%
+58.3%$1.22B$579.18M5.89880Positive News
AUPH
Aurinia Pharmaceuticals
1.679 of 5 stars
$8.89
-0.4%
$11.50
+29.4%
+108.2%$1.21B$235.13M31.75300Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Revision

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