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KZR vs. BMEA, PYXS, EQ, FATE, ATOS, ZNTL, SPRO, ADAG, ANRO, and HLVX

Should you be buying Kezar Life Sciences stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kezar Life Sciences include Biomea Fusion (BMEA), Pyxis Oncology (PYXS), Equillium (EQ), Fate Therapeutics (FATE), Atossa Genetics (ATOS), Zentalis Pharmaceuticals (ZNTL), Spero Therapeutics (SPRO), Adagene (ADAG), Alto Neuroscience (ANRO), and HilleVax (HLVX). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Kezar Life Sciences vs. Its Competitors

Kezar Life Sciences (NASDAQ:KZR) and Biomea Fusion (NASDAQ:BMEA) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.

In the previous week, Biomea Fusion had 1 more articles in the media than Kezar Life Sciences. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Biomea Fusion and 1 mentions for Kezar Life Sciences. Kezar Life Sciences' average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Biomea Fusion's score of 1.08 indicating that Kezar Life Sciences is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Kezar Life Sciences Very Positive
Biomea Fusion Positive

Kezar Life Sciences has higher revenue and earnings than Biomea Fusion. Biomea Fusion is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kezar Life Sciences, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Kezar Life Sciences$7M3.92-$83.74M-$9.69-0.39
Biomea FusionN/AN/A-$138.43M-$3.03-0.68

Kezar Life Sciences has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Biomea Fusion has a beta of -0.13, indicating that its share price is 113% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Kezar Life Sciences currently has a consensus target price of $9.00, indicating a potential upside of 140.00%. Biomea Fusion has a consensus target price of $14.44, indicating a potential upside of 604.61%. Given Biomea Fusion's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Biomea Fusion is more favorable than Kezar Life Sciences.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Kezar Life Sciences
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Biomea Fusion
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.10

Kezar Life Sciences' return on equity of -63.51% beat Biomea Fusion's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Kezar Life SciencesN/A -63.51% -52.13%
Biomea Fusion N/A -243.95%-140.74%

67.9% of Kezar Life Sciences shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.7% of Biomea Fusion shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.4% of Kezar Life Sciences shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.4% of Biomea Fusion shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Biomea Fusion beats Kezar Life Sciences on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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KZR vs. The Competition

MetricKezar Life SciencesMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$27.83M$3.13B$5.74B$10.39B
Dividend YieldN/A2.39%5.75%4.64%
P/E Ratio-0.3920.6375.7926.11
Price / Sales3.92442.69550.48124.93
Price / CashN/A44.6737.5461.24
Price / Book0.239.6212.246.30
Net Income-$83.74M-$52.73M$3.29B$271.03M
7 Day Performance-0.27%1.81%0.28%-0.20%
1 Month Performance-5.30%5.50%2.78%5.77%
1 Year Performance-29.04%18.12%59.01%27.62%

Kezar Life Sciences Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KZR
Kezar Life Sciences
3.8194 of 5 stars
$3.75
-1.3%
$9.00
+140.0%
-31.7%$27.83M$7M-0.3960Positive News
BMEA
Biomea Fusion
3.3095 of 5 stars
$1.96
+1.6%
$14.80
+655.1%
-76.6%$114.85MN/A-0.6550Positive News
Gap Down
PYXS
Pyxis Oncology
2.3761 of 5 stars
$1.90
+4.4%
$7.75
+307.9%
-41.3%$112.87M$16.15M-1.1960Positive News
EQ
Equillium
0.6052 of 5 stars
$1.71
-8.6%
$1.00
-41.5%
+72.8%$111.27M$16.55M-3.0540Positive News
FATE
Fate Therapeutics
3.8089 of 5 stars
$0.96
-0.8%
$3.30
+245.3%
-71.9%$111.07M$13.63M-0.66550
ATOS
Atossa Genetics
2.5222 of 5 stars
$0.82
-2.6%
$6.17
+653.7%
-41.2%$108.48MN/A-3.568Positive News
ZNTL
Zentalis Pharmaceuticals
1.7313 of 5 stars
$1.45
-2.7%
$5.84
+302.8%
-60.4%$107.48M$67.43M-0.64160Positive News
SPRO
Spero Therapeutics
4.3372 of 5 stars
$1.88
-1.1%
$5.00
+166.0%
+51.6%$106.92M$34.09M-1.92150Positive News
ADAG
Adagene
2.8115 of 5 stars
$2.11
-5.8%
$7.00
+231.8%
-8.2%$105.57M$100K0.00260Positive News
ANRO
Alto Neuroscience
2.2022 of 5 stars
$3.76
-3.5%
$8.50
+126.4%
-67.5%$105.33MN/A-1.57N/A
HLVX
HilleVax
1.4197 of 5 stars
$2.10
+0.5%
$2.00
-4.8%
N/A$104.79MN/A-1.4720

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This page (NASDAQ:KZR) was last updated on 9/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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