CAPR vs. ALIM, GLSI, ME, GOSS, TRVI, VERU, VACC, ATOS, ACET, and OGI
Should you be buying Capricor Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Capricor Therapeutics include Alimera Sciences (ALIM), Greenwich LifeSciences (GLSI), 23andMe (ME), Gossamer Bio (GOSS), Trevi Therapeutics (TRVI), Veru (VERU), Vaccitech (VACC), Atossa Therapeutics (ATOS), Adicet Bio (ACET), and Organigram (OGI). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
Alimera Sciences (NASDAQ:ALIM) and Capricor Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CAPR) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and earnings.
Alimera Sciences has higher revenue and earnings than Capricor Therapeutics. Capricor Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alimera Sciences, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
99.8% of Alimera Sciences shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.7% of Capricor Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. 31.4% of Alimera Sciences shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.0% of Capricor Therapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Alimera Sciences presently has a consensus price target of $7.50, suggesting a potential upside of 111.86%. Capricor Therapeutics has a consensus price target of $24.00, suggesting a potential upside of 385.83%. Given Alimera Sciences' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Capricor Therapeutics is more favorable than Alimera Sciences.
In the previous week, Capricor Therapeutics had 1 more articles in the media than Alimera Sciences. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Capricor Therapeutics and 1 mentions for Alimera Sciences. Capricor Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Alimera Sciences' score of -0.13 indicating that Alimera Sciences is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Alimera Sciences has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Capricor Therapeutics has a beta of 3.99, meaning that its stock price is 299% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Alimera Sciences received 15 more outperform votes than Capricor Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.50% of users gave Capricor Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 57.72% of users gave Alimera Sciences an outperform vote.
Alimera Sciences has a net margin of -24.93% compared to Alimera Sciences' net margin of -88.52%. Capricor Therapeutics' return on equity of -130.90% beat Alimera Sciences' return on equity.
Summary
Alimera Sciences beats Capricor Therapeutics on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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