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GALT vs. SION, STOK, MLYS, PHAR, NUVB, SYRE, CRON, ORIC, ATAI, and PRAX

Should you be buying Galectin Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Galectin Therapeutics include Sionna Therapeutics (SION), Stoke Therapeutics (STOK), Mineralys Therapeutics (MLYS), Pharming Group (PHAR), Nuvation Bio (NUVB), Spyre Therapeutics (SYRE), Cronos Group (CRON), Oric Pharmaceuticals (ORIC), atai Life Sciences (ATAI), and Praxis Precision Medicines (PRAX). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Galectin Therapeutics vs. Its Competitors

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

11.7% of Galectin Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. 3.9% of Sionna Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 50.1% of Galectin Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Sionna TherapeuticsN/AN/A-$61.69MN/AN/A
Galectin TherapeuticsN/AN/A-$47.05M-$0.64-8.39

Sionna Therapeutics currently has a consensus price target of $38.00, suggesting a potential upside of 66.45%. Galectin Therapeutics has a consensus price target of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.73%. Given Sionna Therapeutics' higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Sionna Therapeutics is more favorable than Galectin Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Sionna Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Galectin Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Sionna TherapeuticsN/A N/A N/A
Galectin Therapeutics N/A N/A -225.32%

In the previous week, Sionna Therapeutics had 10 more articles in the media than Galectin Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Sionna Therapeutics and 3 mentions for Galectin Therapeutics. Galectin Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Sionna Therapeutics' score of 0.76 indicating that Galectin Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Sionna Therapeutics
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
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

Summary

Sionna Therapeutics beats Galectin Therapeutics on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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$380.52M$2.59B$5.87B$10.14B
Dividend YieldN/A56.51%5.68%4.59%
P/E Ratio-8.3923.5374.5225.93
Price / SalesN/A699.42549.78198.13
Price / CashN/A171.1637.5660.44
Price / Book-3.205.3712.166.29
Net Income-$47.05M$32.95M$3.28B$270.77M
7 Day Performance16.74%1.28%0.87%3.88%
1 Month Performance46.32%6.09%4.96%4.88%
1 Year Performance87.11%-2.15%60.74%26.01%

Galectin Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GALT
Galectin Therapeutics
1.3317 of 5 stars
$5.37
-9.6%
$6.00
+11.7%
+98.2%$380.52MN/A-8.399Positive News
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
SION
Sionna Therapeutics
2.8099 of 5 stars
$24.62
-4.3%
$38.50
+56.4%
N/A$1.09BN/A0.0035Gap Up
STOK
Stoke Therapeutics
3.9686 of 5 stars
$19.76
-0.1%
$25.57
+29.4%
+71.1%$1.08B$36.56M23.25100Positive News
MLYS
Mineralys Therapeutics
3 of 5 stars
$15.48
+1.7%
$34.40
+122.2%
+220.1%$1.03BN/A-4.3528Analyst Forecast
PHAR
Pharming Group
2.0718 of 5 stars
$14.84
+1.7%
$30.00
+102.2%
+95.1%$1.02B$297.20M-114.15280News Coverage
Positive News
Short Interest ↑
Gap Up
NUVB
Nuvation Bio
2.6187 of 5 stars
$2.98
+1.9%
$7.33
+146.5%
+3.0%$1.02B$7.87M-4.7260Gap Down
SYRE
Spyre Therapeutics
2.3307 of 5 stars
$16.49
-1.4%
$53.40
+223.8%
-45.0%$996.01M$890K-4.8573Positive News
CRON
Cronos Group
2.517 of 5 stars
$2.60
flat
N/A+17.1%$995.90M$117.61M52.00450
ORIC
Oric Pharmaceuticals
4.5439 of 5 stars
$10.23
+2.0%
$17.63
+72.3%
+19.0%$993.57MN/A-5.4180Positive News
ATAI
atai Life Sciences
2.8896 of 5 stars
$4.58
-1.5%
$11.25
+145.6%
+276.4%$981.67M$310K-6.6480Positive News
PRAX
Praxis Precision Medicines
2.4564 of 5 stars
$45.54
-1.0%
$85.88
+88.6%
-35.8%$958.42M$8.55M-3.71110Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:GALT) was last updated on 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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