KZR vs. VAXX, GMTX, RPHM, FIXX, VHAQ, IMRX, CKPT, HCWB, SCYX, and EGRX
Should you be buying Kezar Life Sciences stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kezar Life Sciences include Vaxxinity (VAXX), Gemini Therapeutics (GMTX), Reneo Pharmaceuticals (RPHM), Homology Medicines (FIXX), Viveon Health Acquisition (VHAQ), Immuneering (IMRX), Checkpoint Therapeutics (CKPT), HCW Biologics (HCWB), SCYNEXIS (SCYX), and Eagle Pharmaceuticals (EGRX). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
Vaxxinity (NASDAQ:VAXX) and Kezar Life Sciences (NASDAQ:KZR) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment and profitability.
Vaxxinity currently has a consensus target price of $7.00, indicating a potential upside of 1,406.02%. Kezar Life Sciences has a consensus target price of $11.00, indicating a potential upside of 1,296.65%. Given Kezar Life Sciences' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Vaxxinity is more favorable than Kezar Life Sciences.
Vaxxinity has a beta of 2.39, suggesting that its stock price is 139% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kezar Life Sciences has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Kezar Life Sciences received 128 more outperform votes than Vaxxinity when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.83% of users gave Kezar Life Sciences an outperform vote while only 38.46% of users gave Vaxxinity an outperform vote.
83.0% of Vaxxinity shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.9% of Kezar Life Sciences shares are owned by institutional investors. 59.1% of Vaxxinity shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.9% of Kezar Life Sciences shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Kezar Life Sciences had 3 more articles in the media than Vaxxinity. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Kezar Life Sciences and 0 mentions for Vaxxinity. Vaxxinity's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat Kezar Life Sciences' score of 0.00 indicating that Kezar Life Sciences is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Vaxxinity's return on equity of -43.08% beat Kezar Life Sciences' return on equity.
Vaxxinity has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Kezar Life Sciences. Vaxxinity 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.
Summary
Vaxxinity and Kezar Life Sciences tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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