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$13.41 +0.45 (+3.47%)
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KALV vs. RXRX, CPRX, KNSA, OGN, ALVO, CNTA, IBRX, TARS, OCUL, and AGIO

Should you be buying KalVista Pharmaceuticals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of KalVista Pharmaceuticals include Recursion Pharmaceuticals (RXRX), Catalyst Pharmaceuticals (CPRX), Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International (KNSA), Organon & Co. (OGN), Alvotech (ALVO), Centessa Pharmaceuticals (CNTA), ImmunityBio (IBRX), Tarsus Pharmaceuticals (TARS), Ocular Therapeutix (OCUL), and Agios Pharmaceuticals (AGIO). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

KalVista Pharmaceuticals vs. Its Competitors

Recursion Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:RXRX) and KalVista Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:KALV) are both medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and valuation.

KalVista Pharmaceuticals has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Recursion Pharmaceuticals. KalVista Pharmaceuticals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Recursion Pharmaceuticals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Recursion Pharmaceuticals$58.84M36.45-$463.66M-$1.78-2.78
KalVista PharmaceuticalsN/AN/A-$183.44M-$3.69-3.63

89.1% of Recursion Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.4% of Recursion Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of KalVista Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Recursion Pharmaceuticals had 13 more articles in the media than KalVista Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Recursion Pharmaceuticals and 2 mentions for KalVista Pharmaceuticals. KalVista Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Recursion Pharmaceuticals' score of 0.79 indicating that KalVista Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Recursion Pharmaceuticals
7 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
KalVista Pharmaceuticals
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Recursion Pharmaceuticals presently has a consensus target price of $7.00, indicating a potential upside of 41.70%. KalVista Pharmaceuticals has a consensus target price of $26.29, indicating a potential upside of 96.02%. Given KalVista Pharmaceuticals' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe KalVista Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than Recursion Pharmaceuticals.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Recursion Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
KalVista Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.11

KalVista Pharmaceuticals has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Recursion Pharmaceuticals' net margin of -1,004.91%. Recursion Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of -76.09% beat KalVista Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Recursion Pharmaceuticals-1,004.91% -76.09% -54.29%
KalVista Pharmaceuticals N/A -134.07%-82.65%

Recursion Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KalVista Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.05, indicating that its stock price is 95% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Recursion Pharmaceuticals beats KalVista Pharmaceuticals on 9 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

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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KALV vs. The Competition

MetricKalVista PharmaceuticalsMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$675.06M$2.54B$5.82B$9.76B
Dividend YieldN/A1.67%4.40%4.04%
P/E Ratio-3.6322.7131.3826.05
Price / SalesN/A752.44472.41122.40
Price / CashN/A26.0925.7828.78
Price / Book6.985.599.526.07
Net Income-$183.44M$31.83M$3.26B$265.39M
7 Day Performance4.11%1.89%2.14%2.00%
1 Month Performance-14.04%1.62%3.22%0.46%
1 Year Performance6.18%9.25%30.19%18.88%

KalVista Pharmaceuticals Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KALV
KalVista Pharmaceuticals
3.9019 of 5 stars
$13.41
+3.5%
$26.29
+96.0%
+6.2%$675.06MN/A-3.63100Positive News
RXRX
Recursion Pharmaceuticals
2.3551 of 5 stars
$5.52
-4.3%
$7.00
+26.8%
-36.7%$2.51B$58.84M-3.10400News Coverage
Insider Trade
CPRX
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals
4.8925 of 5 stars
$20.23
flat
$33.20
+64.1%
+3.7%$2.48B$491.73M12.2680News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
KNSA
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International
2.6174 of 5 stars
$33.72
+1.0%
$41.17
+22.1%
+23.3%$2.47B$423.24M843.21220News Coverage
Insider Trade
OGN
Organon & Co.
4.7095 of 5 stars
$9.27
-1.8%
$18.00
+94.2%
-57.9%$2.45B$6.40B3.454,000Positive News
ALVO
Alvotech
2.7494 of 5 stars
$9.00
+12.2%
$14.00
+55.6%
-28.9%$2.42B$491.98M39.131,032News Coverage
Short Interest ↓
High Trading Volume
CNTA
Centessa Pharmaceuticals
2.3618 of 5 stars
$17.59
-2.5%
$28.10
+59.7%
+32.4%$2.42B$6.85M-9.83200
IBRX
ImmunityBio
2.5329 of 5 stars
$2.43
-4.7%
$10.75
+342.4%
-45.6%$2.41B$14.74M-5.06590
TARS
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals
1.8866 of 5 stars
$54.61
+0.7%
$66.67
+22.1%
+124.2%$2.29B$182.95M-23.4450News Coverage
Positive News
OCUL
Ocular Therapeutix
4.0761 of 5 stars
$12.31
-2.5%
$17.20
+39.7%
+35.0%$2.20B$63.72M-9.62230Positive News
AGIO
Agios Pharmaceuticals
4.3694 of 5 stars
$37.45
+1.2%
$56.33
+50.4%
-16.1%$2.15B$36.50M3.40390Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:KALV) was last updated on 8/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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