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CADL vs. EVO, AVDL, PAHC, XERS, CVAC, ELVN, CALT, COLL, NTLA, and PHVS

Should you be buying Candel Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Candel Therapeutics include Evotec (EVO), Avadel Pharmaceuticals (AVDL), Phibro Animal Health (PAHC), Xeris Biopharma (XERS), CureVac (CVAC), Enliven Therapeutics (ELVN), Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ) (CALT), Collegium Pharmaceutical (COLL), Intellia Therapeutics (NTLA), and Pharvaris (PHVS). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Candel Therapeutics vs. Its Competitors

Candel Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CADL) and Evotec (NASDAQ:EVO) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.

Candel Therapeutics has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Evotec's net margin of -20.14%. Evotec's return on equity of -16.94% beat Candel Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Candel TherapeuticsN/A -41.00% -26.81%
Evotec -20.14%-16.94%-8.14%

13.9% of Candel Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.8% of Evotec shares are held by institutional investors. 16.6% of Candel Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Evotec shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Candel Therapeutics has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Evotec.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Candel Therapeutics$120K2,612.33-$55.18M-$0.69-8.28
Evotec$777.33M1.63-$212.18MN/AN/A

In the previous week, Evotec had 2 more articles in the media than Candel Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Evotec and 2 mentions for Candel Therapeutics. Candel Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 0.14 beat Evotec's score of -0.09 indicating that Candel Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Candel Therapeutics
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Evotec
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Candel Therapeutics currently has a consensus price target of $22.00, suggesting a potential upside of 285.29%. Evotec has a consensus price target of $5.40, suggesting a potential upside of 51.26%. Given Candel Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Candel Therapeutics is more favorable than Evotec.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Candel Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.20
Evotec
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Candel Therapeutics has a beta of -0.88, suggesting that its stock price is 188% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Evotec has a beta of 1.67, suggesting that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Candel Therapeutics beats Evotec on 10 of the 15 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$326.63M$3.12B$5.82B$9.75B
Dividend YieldN/A2.24%4.40%4.08%
P/E Ratio-8.2820.6430.1425.84
Price / Sales2,612.33390.51469.15120.64
Price / CashN/A43.2325.7828.79
Price / Book4.059.649.425.99
Net Income-$55.18M-$54.08M$3.27B$265.29M
7 Day Performance-4.19%2.62%2.05%2.53%
1 Month Performance-18.66%4.05%3.58%0.92%
1 Year Performance0.53%9.48%30.09%18.70%

Candel Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CADL
Candel Therapeutics
2.3152 of 5 stars
$5.71
-4.0%
$22.00
+285.3%
+4.8%$326.63M$120K-8.2860
EVO
Evotec
1.5238 of 5 stars
$3.68
-2.1%
$5.40
+46.7%
+8.7%$1.34B$862.40M0.004,827
AVDL
Avadel Pharmaceuticals
2.6594 of 5 stars
$13.48
-1.5%
$18.67
+38.5%
-7.6%$1.33B$169.12M-449.3370
PAHC
Phibro Animal Health
3.4286 of 5 stars
$31.25
+1.9%
$24.40
-21.9%
+55.0%$1.24B$1.02B40.061,940News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
XERS
Xeris Biopharma
3.3949 of 5 stars
$7.36
-4.2%
$6.58
-10.6%
+169.1%$1.24B$203.07M-35.05290News Coverage
Analyst Revision
CVAC
CureVac
4.6185 of 5 stars
$5.45
-0.5%
$6.83
+25.4%
+64.4%$1.23B$579.18M5.92880Earnings Report
ELVN
Enliven Therapeutics
2.8149 of 5 stars
$19.75
-2.3%
$41.20
+108.6%
-9.3%$1.20BN/A-9.8850
CALT
Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ)
N/A$40.00
flat
N/AN/A$1.19B$1.60B-21.62180
COLL
Collegium Pharmaceutical
2.288 of 5 stars
$38.19
+1.2%
$42.33
+10.8%
+7.9%$1.19B$631.45M36.72210News Coverage
NTLA
Intellia Therapeutics
4.6053 of 5 stars
$10.73
-2.4%
$29.05
+170.8%
-55.5%$1.18B$57.88M-2.29600Positive News
Insider Trade
Gap Up
PHVS
Pharvaris
2.9484 of 5 stars
$22.16
-0.6%
$35.60
+60.6%
+29.5%$1.17BN/A-6.6030

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This page (NASDAQ:CADL) was last updated on 8/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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