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Galecto (GLTO) Competitors

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$17.92 +14.21 (+383.02%)
Closing price 04:00 PM Eastern
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$13.19 -4.73 (-26.40%)
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GLTO vs. SYBX, FNCH, PRPH, LEXX, NAII, AYTU, ABP, EDSA, THAR, and CLRB

Should you be buying Galecto stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Galecto include Synlogic (SYBX), Finch Therapeutics Group (FNCH), ProPhase Labs (PRPH), Lexaria Bioscience (LEXX), Natural Alternatives International (NAII), Aytu BioPharma (AYTU), Abpro (ABP), Edesa Biotech (EDSA), Tharimmune (THAR), and Cellectar Biosciences (CLRB). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Galecto vs. Its Competitors

Galecto (NASDAQ:GLTO) and Synlogic (NASDAQ:SYBX) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.

Galecto currently has a consensus target price of $10.00, indicating a potential downside of 44.20%. Given Galecto's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Galecto is more favorable than Synlogic.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Galecto
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Synlogic
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00

Galecto has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Synlogic has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Synlogic's return on equity of -8.09% beat Galecto's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
GalectoN/A -115.70% -95.42%
Synlogic N/A -8.09%-5.50%

Synlogic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Galecto, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
GalectoN/AN/A-$21.44M-$13.13-1.36
SynlogicN/AN/A-$23.36M-$0.08-21.19

In the previous week, Galecto had 10 more articles in the media than Synlogic. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Galecto and 0 mentions for Synlogic. Galecto's average media sentiment score of 0.02 beat Synlogic's score of 0.00 indicating that Galecto is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Galecto Neutral
Synlogic Neutral

14.2% of Galecto shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.4% of Synlogic shares are held by institutional investors. 10.8% of Galecto shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Synlogic shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Galecto beats Synlogic on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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GLTO vs. The Competition

MetricGalectoMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$23.74M$3.32B$6.10B$10.53B
Dividend YieldN/A2.29%5.51%4.67%
P/E Ratio-1.3621.5485.6826.86
Price / SalesN/A422.92582.47185.05
Price / CashN/A46.3226.3031.10
Price / Book1.6310.0613.246.72
Net Income-$21.44M-$52.22M$3.30B$276.35M
7 Day Performance381.72%5.85%4.67%3.10%
1 Month Performance502.35%12.06%8.40%10.19%
1 Year Performance111.70%26.14%88.01%40.34%

Galecto Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GLTO
Galecto
0.6817 of 5 stars
$17.92
+383.0%
$10.00
-44.2%
-68.2%$23.74MN/A-1.3640Trending News
Gap Up
Trading Halted
High Trading Volume
SYBX
Synlogic
N/A$1.65
-2.9%
N/A+11.6%$19.32M$10K-20.6480Positive News
Gap Down
FNCH
Finch Therapeutics Group
0.8021 of 5 stars
$12.00
-2.0%
N/A+3.8%$19.27MN/A-1.36190News Coverage
PRPH
ProPhase Labs
0.4397 of 5 stars
$0.45
+3.5%
N/A-75.8%$18.82M$5.59M-0.36130Gap Up
LEXX
Lexaria Bioscience
2.601 of 5 stars
$0.91
-7.1%
$4.00
+338.1%
-73.7%$17.86M$460K-1.367
NAII
Natural Alternatives International
1.2787 of 5 stars
$2.89
-0.7%
N/A-40.9%$17.86M$125.48M-1.27290Gap Up
AYTU
Aytu BioPharma
3.3621 of 5 stars
$1.79
+4.7%
$9.17
+412.1%
-6.8%$17.74M$66.38M-0.63160Gap Up
ABP
Abpro
2.7833 of 5 stars
$0.22
-14.4%
$4.00
+1,719.0%
N/A$17.63M$183K0.0015
EDSA
Edesa Biotech
2.581 of 5 stars
$2.46
+0.4%
$5.00
+103.3%
-32.4%$17.32MN/A-1.8620
THAR
Tharimmune
2.7559 of 5 stars
$2.90
-0.2%
$17.00
+487.2%
+40.9%$17.08MN/A-0.472News Coverage
Gap Down
CLRB
Cellectar Biosciences
2.4936 of 5 stars
$5.33
-1.6%
$375.00
+6,940.9%
-90.7%$17.01MN/A-0.2710News Coverage
Gap Down

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