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LightWave Acquisition (LWAC) Competitors

LWAC vs. CALT, ZYME, MBX, SBTX, BIOA, CYBN, WHWK, AVTE, ELYM, and OSTX

Should you be buying LightWave Acquisition stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LightWave Acquisition include Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ) (CALT), Zymeworks (ZYME), MBX Biosciences (MBX), Silverback Therapeutics (SBTX), BioAge Labs (BIOA), Cybin (CYBN), Whitehawk Therapeutics (WHWK), Aerovate Therapeutics (AVTE), Eliem Therapeutics (ELYM), and OS Therapies (OSTX).

LightWave Acquisition vs. Its Competitors

Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ) (NASDAQ:CALT) and LightWave Acquisition (NASDAQ:LWAC) are both small-cap pharmaceutical preparations industry companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and valuation.

In the previous week, Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ) and Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ) both had 1 articles in the media. LightWave Acquisition's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ)'s score of -0.71 indicating that LightWave Acquisition is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ) Negative
LightWave Acquisition Neutral

LightWave Acquisition has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ)'s net margin of -30.18%. LightWave Acquisition's return on equity of 0.00% beat Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ)'s return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ)-30.18% -212.04% -27.96%
LightWave Acquisition N/A N/A N/A

2.8% of Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ) shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ) shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

LightWave Acquisition has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ).

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ)$1.60B0.74-$43.96M-$1.85-21.62
LightWave AcquisitionN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Summary

LightWave Acquisition beats Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ) on 4 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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LWAC vs. The Competition

MetricLightWave AcquisitionPharmaceutical Preparations Industry SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$299.84M$736.37M$2.41B$10.14B
Dividend YieldN/A4.84%13.78%4.60%
P/E RatioN/A1.1725.4025.98
Price / SalesN/A26.6412,660.08181.13
Price / CashN/A19.5660.0160.44
Price / BookN/A6.683.166.29
Net IncomeN/A-$4.13M-$445.27M$271.07M

LightWave Acquisition Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LWAC
LightWave Acquisition
N/A$9.97
+0.1%
N/AN/A$299.84MN/A0.00N/A
CALT
Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ)
N/A$40.00
flat
N/AN/A$1.19B$1.60B-21.62180News Coverage
ZYME
Zymeworks
2.4361 of 5 stars
$15.05
+6.9%
$21.43
+42.4%
+25.5%$1.13B$122.87M-10.03460Positive News
MBX
MBX Biosciences
2.8653 of 5 stars
$11.55
-10.6%
$37.63
+225.8%
N/A$388.01MN/A-2.5436News Coverage
Positive News
SBTX
Silverback Therapeutics
N/A$10.07
-5.8%
N/A-20.6%$211.66MN/A-4.1683News Coverage
High Trading Volume
BIOA
BioAge Labs
0.1263 of 5 stars
$4.76
+1.1%
N/AN/A$170.65M$3.86M0.00N/A
CYBN
Cybin
2.6883 of 5 stars
$6.73
+12.5%
$85.00
+1,163.0%
N/A$158.76MN/A-1.5450News Coverage
High Trading Volume
WHWK
Whitehawk Therapeutics
1.1847 of 5 stars
$1.82
+0.6%
N/AN/A$85.30M$25.98M-30.3321
AVTE
Aerovate Therapeutics
N/A$7.77
-0.1%
N/A-88.4%$77.68MN/A-2.6020Positive News
High Trading Volume
ELYM
Eliem Therapeutics
N/A$2.39
+2.6%
N/A-73.4%$71.11MN/A-4.519News Coverage
OSTX
OS Therapies
2.0725 of 5 stars
$2.20
+5.3%
$18.00
+718.2%
-34.6%$69.62MN/A-2.78N/AAnalyst Forecast

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