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LightWave Acquisition (LWAC) Competitors

LWAC vs. CALT, ZYME, SBTX, MBX, AVTE, NLTX, CYBN, BIOA, VIRI, and WHWK

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), Silverback Therapeutics (SBTX), MBX Biosciences (MBX), Aerovate Therapeutics (AVTE), Neoleukin Therapeutics (NLTX), Cybin (CYBN), BioAge Labs (BIOA), Virios Therapeutics (VIRI), and Whitehawk Therapeutics (WHWK).

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 superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, risk and media sentiment.

In the previous week, Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ)'s average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled LightWave Acquisition'saverage media sentiment score.

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

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

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 held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ) shares are held 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.

Summary

Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ) and LightWave Acquisition tied by winning 3 of the 6 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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LWAC vs. The Competition

MetricLightWave AcquisitionPharmaceutical Preparations Industry SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$215.17M$827.18M$2.09B$9.75B
Dividend YieldN/A4.84%13.77%4.09%
P/E RatioN/A1.1312.2825.96
Price / SalesN/A25.942,737,138.77120.82
Price / CashN/A19.5657.5358.38
Price / BookN/A6.633.066.37
Net IncomeN/A-$4.90M-$456.46M$265.56M

LightWave Acquisition Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LWAC
LightWave Acquisition
N/A$9.98
flat
N/AN/A$215.17MN/A0.00N/AHigh Trading Volume
CALT
Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ)
N/A$40.00
flat
N/AN/A$1.19B$1.60B-21.62180
ZYME
Zymeworks
1.8325 of 5 stars
$14.36
+0.4%
$21.43
+49.2%
+29.6%$1.08B$122.87M-9.57460
SBTX
Silverback Therapeutics
N/A$14.53
+0.4%
N/A+9.0%$523.92MN/A-6.0083Positive News
High Trading Volume
MBX
MBX Biosciences
2.6152 of 5 stars
$14.72
+11.4%
$37.63
+155.6%
N/A$443.78MN/A-3.2436
AVTE
Aerovate Therapeutics
N/A$7.36
+8.7%
N/A-88.8%$213.33MN/A-2.4620Gap Up
High Trading Volume
NLTX
Neoleukin Therapeutics
N/A$20.51
+1.5%
N/A-45.0%$192.75MN/A-6.5990High Trading Volume
CYBN
Cybin
2.5036 of 5 stars
$7.06
-1.5%
$85.00
+1,104.0%
N/A$169.14MN/A-1.6150News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Revision
BIOA
BioAge Labs
N/A$4.55
+2.0%
N/AN/A$159.89M$3.86M0.00N/AHigh Trading Volume
VIRI
Virios Therapeutics
N/A$4.93
+0.2%
$5.00
+1.4%
+2,052.3%$94.94MN/A-18.265
WHWK
Whitehawk Therapeutics
N/A$1.60
-1.2%
N/AN/A$76.35M$25.98M-26.6740High Trading Volume

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