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EDSA vs. CVM, ELYM, OSTX, ALGS, PRLD, LIMN, JMAC, APLT, INKT, and VNRX

Should you be buying Edesa Biotech stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Edesa Biotech include CEL-SCI (CVM), Eliem Therapeutics (ELYM), OS Therapies (OSTX), Aligos Therapeutics (ALGS), Prelude Therapeutics (PRLD), Liminatus Pharma (LIMN), Maxpro Capital Acquisition (JMAC), Applied Therapeutics (APLT), MiNK Therapeutics (INKT), and VolitionRx (VNRX). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Edesa Biotech vs. Its Competitors

CEL-SCI (NYSE:CVM) and Edesa Biotech (NASDAQ:EDSA) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

12.1% of CEL-SCI shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.5% of Edesa Biotech shares are held by institutional investors. 9.9% of CEL-SCI shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 22.6% of Edesa Biotech shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Edesa Biotech is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CEL-SCI, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
CEL-SCIN/AN/A-$26.92M-$9.77-1.01
Edesa BiotechN/AN/A-$6.17M-$1.32-1.87

Edesa Biotech has a consensus price target of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 102.84%. Given Edesa Biotech's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Edesa Biotech is more favorable than CEL-SCI.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
CEL-SCI
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Edesa Biotech
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
4.00

Edesa Biotech's return on equity of -162.95% beat CEL-SCI's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
CEL-SCIN/A -238.05% -104.65%
Edesa Biotech N/A -162.95%-60.33%

CEL-SCI has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Edesa Biotech has a beta of 0.1, indicating that its stock price is 90% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, CEL-SCI had 1 more articles in the media than Edesa Biotech. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for CEL-SCI and 2 mentions for Edesa Biotech. CEL-SCI's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Edesa Biotech's score of 0.95 indicating that CEL-SCI is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
CEL-SCI
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Edesa Biotech
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Edesa Biotech beats CEL-SCI on 9 of the 13 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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EDSA vs. The Competition

MetricEdesa BiotechMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$17.35M$3.10B$5.74B$10.24B
Dividend YieldN/A2.32%5.69%4.59%
P/E Ratio-1.8721.3874.9326.41
Price / SalesN/A244.04457.2789.16
Price / CashN/A44.4425.8129.91
Price / Book4.049.6413.256.28
Net Income-$6.17M-$53.20M$3.29B$270.38M
7 Day Performance1.86%0.44%0.47%2.70%
1 Month Performance10.54%4.26%4.60%5.99%
1 Year Performance-43.58%9.43%73.42%25.94%

Edesa Biotech Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EDSA
Edesa Biotech
1.4499 of 5 stars
$2.47
+2.7%
$5.00
+102.8%
-43.9%$17.35MN/A-1.8720Gap Up
CVM
CEL-SCI
1.3473 of 5 stars
$10.35
-1.3%
N/A-73.3%$71.23MN/A-21.5643Positive News
Short Interest ↓
ELYM
Eliem Therapeutics
N/A$2.39
+2.6%
N/A-73.4%$71.11MN/A-4.519News Coverage
OSTX
OS Therapies
2.0734 of 5 stars
$2.24
+1.8%
$18.00
+703.6%
-34.6%$70.89MN/A-2.84N/AAnalyst Forecast
ALGS
Aligos Therapeutics
3.9816 of 5 stars
$11.11
-2.0%
$50.00
+350.0%
-31.1%$69.76M$3.94M-0.5690Positive News
Analyst Forecast
PRLD
Prelude Therapeutics
3.1797 of 5 stars
$1.25
+1.6%
$4.00
+220.0%
-59.2%$69.62M$7M-0.76120
LIMN
Liminatus Pharma
N/A$2.31
-13.5%
N/AN/A$69.46MN/A0.00N/APositive News
JMAC
Maxpro Capital Acquisition
N/A$5.16
-5.8%
N/A+4,922.1%$69.29MN/A0.002,021
APLT
Applied Therapeutics
4.0521 of 5 stars
$0.44
-7.1%
$6.10
+1,285.4%
-91.4%$68.25M$460K-0.9830Positive News
INKT
MiNK Therapeutics
3.5999 of 5 stars
$15.83
+7.0%
$37.50
+136.9%
+85.7%$66.94MN/A-5.5030Positive News
Short Interest ↓
VNRX
VolitionRx
2.1525 of 5 stars
$0.61
+1.5%
$3.50
+472.8%
-3.5%$65.74M$1.32M-1.7080Gap Up

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