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EQ vs. ALT, CGEM, RCKT, LBRX, TVRD, IMRX, CTNM, ENGN, AMRN, and TKNO

Should you be buying Equillium stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Equillium include Altimmune (ALT), Cullinan Therapeutics (CGEM), Rocket Pharmaceuticals (RCKT), LB Pharmaceuticals (LBRX), Tvardi Therapeutics (TVRD), Immuneering (IMRX), Contineum Therapeutics (CTNM), enGene (ENGN), Amarin (AMRN), and Alpha Teknova (TKNO). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Equillium vs. Its Competitors

Altimmune (NASDAQ:ALT) and Equillium (NASDAQ:EQ) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.

78.1% of Altimmune shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.1% of Equillium shares are held by institutional investors. 4.4% of Altimmune shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 30.3% of Equillium shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Equillium has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Altimmune's net margin of -438,730.03%. Altimmune's return on equity of -62.63% beat Equillium's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Altimmune-438,730.03% -62.63% -55.29%
Equillium N/A -139.56%-90.56%

Equillium has higher revenue and earnings than Altimmune. Altimmune is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Equillium, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Altimmune$20K17,365.16-$95.06M-$1.18-3.33
Equillium$41.10M2.13-$8.07M-$0.56-2.63

In the previous week, Altimmune had 13 more articles in the media than Equillium. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Altimmune and 4 mentions for Equillium. Equillium's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Altimmune's score of 0.01 indicating that Equillium is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Altimmune
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
13 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Equillium
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Altimmune currently has a consensus price target of $17.40, suggesting a potential upside of 342.19%. Equillium has a consensus price target of $1.00, suggesting a potential downside of 31.97%. Given Altimmune's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Altimmune is more favorable than Equillium.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Altimmune
2 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.38
Equillium
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.67

Altimmune has a beta of 0.07, indicating that its stock price is 93% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equillium has a beta of 1.53, indicating that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Altimmune and Equillium tied by winning 8 of the 16 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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EQ vs. The Competition

MetricEquilliumMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$87.47M$3.35B$6.12B$10.65B
Dividend YieldN/A2.29%5.70%4.74%
P/E Ratio-2.6321.4185.6226.85
Price / Sales2.13466.25620.08135.13
Price / CashN/A47.6737.7861.77
Price / Book2.7210.0613.086.70
Net Income-$8.07M-$52.22M$3.30B$276.44M
7 Day Performance-0.68%4.25%3.94%2.48%
1 Month Performance-21.81%12.50%8.39%8.79%
1 Year Performance54.72%26.68%86.55%34.41%

Equillium Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EQ
Equillium
0.9898 of 5 stars
$1.47
-1.3%
$1.00
-32.0%
+59.5%$87.47M$41.10M-2.6340News Coverage
Gap Down
ALT
Altimmune
3.227 of 5 stars
$3.79
-5.3%
$17.40
+359.1%
-35.6%$353.03M$20K-3.2150
CGEM
Cullinan Therapeutics
1.9961 of 5 stars
$5.97
+0.2%
$26.00
+335.5%
-63.3%$352.08MN/A-1.8530
RCKT
Rocket Pharmaceuticals
4.7683 of 5 stars
$3.28
+0.6%
$16.73
+410.2%
-81.3%$351.77MN/A-1.31240
LBRX
LB Pharmaceuticals
N/A$15.24
-1.3%
N/AN/A$346.52MN/A0.0016Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
TVRD
Tvardi Therapeutics
3.1183 of 5 stars
$36.90
+1.6%
$64.25
+74.1%
N/A$340.59M$7.14M0.0080
IMRX
Immuneering
3.9034 of 5 stars
$6.75
-16.5%
$17.75
+163.0%
+149.4%$335.89MN/A-3.5760Short Interest ↑
High Trading Volume
CTNM
Contineum Therapeutics
2.4854 of 5 stars
$11.82
-0.8%
$22.20
+87.8%
-34.1%$334.26M$50M-5.3731
ENGN
enGene
3.213 of 5 stars
$6.45
-0.6%
$19.50
+202.3%
+4.8%$332.23MN/A-3.3931
AMRN
Amarin
0.4277 of 5 stars
$16.08
+0.5%
$12.00
-25.4%
+67.2%$330.92M$228.61M-4.38360High Trading Volume
TKNO
Alpha Teknova
1.6261 of 5 stars
$5.65
-6.9%
$10.00
+77.0%
+8.3%$324.84M$37.74M-13.45240

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This page (NASDAQ:EQ) was last updated on 10/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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