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GLTO vs. PRPH, ABP, LEXX, SYBX, LPCN, CASI, BLRX, ATNF, GELS, and ATHA

Should you be buying Galecto stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Galecto include ProPhase Labs (PRPH), Abpro (ABP), Lexaria Bioscience (LEXX), Synlogic (SYBX), Lipocine (LPCN), CASI Pharmaceuticals (CASI), BioLineRx (BLRX), 180 Life Sciences (ATNF), Gelteq (GELS), and Athira Pharma (ATHA). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Galecto vs. Its Competitors

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

Galecto's return on equity of -98.27% beat ProPhase Labs' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
ProPhase LabsN/A -184.38% -64.59%
Galecto N/A -98.27%-84.29%

ProPhase Labs has a beta of -0.41, indicating that its stock price is 141% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Galecto has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

9.4% of ProPhase Labs shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.2% of Galecto shares are held by institutional investors. 9.6% of ProPhase Labs shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.8% of Galecto shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Galecto has a consensus target price of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 210.08%. Given Galecto's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Galecto is more favorable than ProPhase Labs.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
ProPhase Labs
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Galecto
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Galecto has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ProPhase Labs. ProPhase Labs 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
ProPhase Labs$5.85M2.32-$53.36M-$1.26-0.26
GalectoN/AN/A-$21.44M-$15.53-0.21

In the previous week, ProPhase Labs and ProPhase Labs both had 1 articles in the media. ProPhase Labs' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Galecto'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
ProPhase Labs
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Galecto
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Galecto beats ProPhase Labs on 9 of the 12 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$4.35M$3.00B$5.49B$9.52B
Dividend YieldN/A2.43%4.73%4.09%
P/E Ratio-0.2117.6228.7823.81
Price / SalesN/A179.21372.2066.04
Price / CashN/A41.9535.4557.96
Price / Book0.298.508.275.54
Net Income-$21.44M-$55.06M$3.25B$259.28M
7 Day Performance-14.00%-3.99%-3.70%-4.64%
1 Month Performance-7.33%9.58%4.34%4.41%
1 Year Performance-75.38%6.70%25.90%17.95%

Galecto Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GLTO
Galecto
2.3469 of 5 stars
$3.23
-2.0%
$10.00
+210.1%
-76.6%$4.35MN/A-0.2140News Coverage
PRPH
ProPhase Labs
0.6315 of 5 stars
$0.44
-4.7%
N/A-89.1%$19.36M$6.77M-0.35130Gap Down
ABP
Abpro
N/A$0.32
+1.3%
$4.00
+1,152.0%
N/A$19.17M$180K0.0015Gap Down
High Trading Volume
LEXX
Lexaria Bioscience
2.7019 of 5 stars
$0.90
-8.5%
$5.00
+458.7%
-78.6%$19.13M$460K-1.347News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
SYBX
Synlogic
1.0261 of 5 stars
$1.62
+1.9%
N/A-14.0%$18.60M$10K-0.6580Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
LPCN
Lipocine
2.6247 of 5 stars
$3.33
-3.2%
$9.00
+170.2%
-38.0%$18.41M$11.20M-3.2710Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
CASI
CASI Pharmaceuticals
3.9515 of 5 stars
$1.62
+9.5%
$4.00
+146.9%
-81.7%$18.20M$28.54M-0.64180Positive News
Gap Up
BLRX
BioLineRx
2.0932 of 5 stars
$4.16
-2.1%
$26.00
+525.0%
-86.1%$18.12M$28.94M-0.4740Gap Down
ATNF
180 Life Sciences
0.6218 of 5 stars
$2.91
-3.0%
N/A+68.6%$18.12MN/A-0.197News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
GELS
Gelteq
N/A$1.83
-4.2%
N/AN/A$18.03MN/A0.00N/A
ATHA
Athira Pharma
3.2455 of 5 stars
$0.41
-9.9%
$11.25
+2,625.3%
-88.6%$17.88MN/A-0.2040News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down

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This page (NASDAQ:GLTO) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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