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GALT vs. URGN, PHAR, MGTX, GYRE, MNMD, ZVRA, DNTH, DAWN, ATAI, and AUTL

Should you be buying Galectin Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Galectin Therapeutics include Urogen Pharma (URGN), Pharming Group (PHAR), MeiraGTx (MGTX), Gyre Therapeutics (GYRE), Mind Medicine (MindMed) (MNMD), Zevra Therapeutics (ZVRA), Dianthus Therapeutics (DNTH), Day One Biopharmaceuticals (DAWN), atai Life Sciences (ATAI), and Autolus Therapeutics (AUTL). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Galectin Therapeutics vs. Its Competitors

Galectin Therapeutics (NASDAQ:GALT) and Urogen Pharma (NASDAQ:URGN) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

11.7% of Galectin Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.3% of Urogen Pharma shares are held by institutional investors. 50.1% of Galectin Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of Urogen Pharma 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.

Galectin Therapeutics has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Urogen Pharma's net margin of -150.68%. Galectin Therapeutics' return on equity of 0.00% beat Urogen Pharma's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Galectin TherapeuticsN/A N/A -216.05%
Urogen Pharma -150.68%-97,487.15%-49.57%

Galectin Therapeutics presently has a consensus target price of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 64.38%. Urogen Pharma has a consensus target price of $32.86, suggesting a potential upside of 69.37%. Given Urogen Pharma's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Urogen Pharma is more favorable than Galectin Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Galectin Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Urogen Pharma
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Galectin Therapeutics has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Urogen Pharma. Urogen Pharma is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Galectin Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Galectin TherapeuticsN/AN/A-$47.05M-$0.72-5.07
Urogen Pharma$90.40M9.91-$126.87M-$3.18-6.10

Galectin Therapeutics has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Urogen Pharma has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Urogen Pharma had 11 more articles in the media than Galectin Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Urogen Pharma and 2 mentions for Galectin Therapeutics. Galectin Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Urogen Pharma's score of 0.47 indicating that Galectin Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Galectin Therapeutics
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Urogen Pharma
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Urogen Pharma beats Galectin Therapeutics on 8 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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GALT vs. The Competition

MetricGalectin TherapeuticsMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$230.38M$2.46B$5.48B$9.51B
Dividend YieldN/A1.81%4.73%4.08%
P/E Ratio-5.078.9728.6723.80
Price / SalesN/A437.63373.9066.65
Price / CashN/A157.7635.4557.96
Price / Book-2.174.838.275.55
Net Income-$47.05M$31.62M$3.24B$259.03M
7 Day Performance25.43%-5.28%-3.69%-4.59%
1 Month Performance68.20%4.38%4.33%4.46%
1 Year Performance64.79%-2.49%25.95%18.03%

Galectin Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GALT
Galectin Therapeutics
2.5126 of 5 stars
$3.65
+0.3%
$6.00
+64.4%
+63.3%$230.38MN/A-5.079Positive News
URGN
Urogen Pharma
4.6169 of 5 stars
$15.46
+1.2%
$32.86
+112.5%
+22.6%$705.49M$90.40M-4.86200News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Insider Trade
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
PHAR
Pharming Group
3.0169 of 5 stars
$10.14
-1.0%
$30.00
+195.7%
+43.1%$702.52M$297.20M-50.72280News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Gap Down
MGTX
MeiraGTx
4.145 of 5 stars
$8.69
+0.8%
$24.00
+176.2%
+56.8%$692.75M$33.28M-3.75300
GYRE
Gyre Therapeutics
N/A$7.10
-1.5%
N/A-52.4%$676.00M$100.64M355.1840
MNMD
Mind Medicine (MindMed)
1.9042 of 5 stars
$9.95
+12.0%
$25.50
+156.3%
+0.7%$670.91MN/A-7.7140News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
ZVRA
Zevra Therapeutics
2.0927 of 5 stars
$11.73
-2.8%
$23.71
+102.2%
+76.3%$659.98M$23.61M-6.1720Trending News
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
DNTH
Dianthus Therapeutics
1.2237 of 5 stars
$20.74
+1.7%
$53.00
+155.5%
-26.5%$656.06M$6.24M-7.2080Upcoming Earnings
DAWN
Day One Biopharmaceuticals
2.2584 of 5 stars
$6.40
flat
$29.00
+353.1%
-53.1%$648.72M$131.16M-9.0160Upcoming Earnings
ATAI
atai Life Sciences
2.9973 of 5 stars
$3.53
+9.3%
$9.00
+155.0%
+193.7%$647.09M$310K-3.8880Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
AUTL
Autolus Therapeutics
2.3438 of 5 stars
$2.43
+0.8%
$9.32
+283.5%
-47.9%$641.40M$10.12M-2.76330Gap Down

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