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$12.82 -0.48 (-3.61%)
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LYEL vs. AMLX, PHAT, AKBA, AVXL, IMNM, IOVA, AVBP, TSHA, NAGE, and DNTH

Should you be buying Lyell Immunopharma stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lyell Immunopharma include Amylyx Pharmaceuticals (AMLX), Phathom Pharmaceuticals (PHAT), Akebia Therapeutics (AKBA), Anavex Life Sciences (AVXL), Immunome (IMNM), Iovance Biotherapeutics (IOVA), ArriVent BioPharma (AVBP), Taysha Gene Therapies (TSHA), Niagen Bioscience (NAGE), and Dianthus Therapeutics (DNTH). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Lyell Immunopharma vs. Its Competitors

Amylyx Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:AMLX) and Lyell Immunopharma (NASDAQ:LYEL) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings and dividends.

95.8% of Amylyx Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.1% of Lyell Immunopharma shares are held by institutional investors. 12.3% of Amylyx Pharmaceuticals shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 22.3% of Lyell Immunopharma shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Amylyx Pharmaceuticals had 8 more articles in the media than Lyell Immunopharma. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Amylyx Pharmaceuticals and 4 mentions for Lyell Immunopharma. Lyell Immunopharma's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Amylyx Pharmaceuticals' score of 1.13 indicating that Lyell Immunopharma is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Amylyx Pharmaceuticals
5 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Lyell Immunopharma
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Amylyx Pharmaceuticals has a beta of -0.44, meaning that its share price is 144% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lyell Immunopharma has a beta of -0.19, meaning that its share price is 119% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Amylyx Pharmaceuticals has higher revenue and earnings than Lyell Immunopharma. Amylyx Pharmaceuticals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lyell Immunopharma, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Amylyx Pharmaceuticals$87.37M11.89-$301.74M-$2.50-4.66
Lyell Immunopharma$60K4,104.54-$342.99M-$24.29-0.53

Amylyx Pharmaceuticals has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Lyell Immunopharma's net margin of -552,328.31%. Amylyx Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of -82.48% beat Lyell Immunopharma's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Amylyx PharmaceuticalsN/A -82.48% -70.15%
Lyell Immunopharma -552,328.31%-85.58%-68.85%

Amylyx Pharmaceuticals presently has a consensus target price of $12.25, suggesting a potential upside of 5.15%. Lyell Immunopharma has a consensus target price of $15.00, suggesting a potential upside of 17.00%. Given Lyell Immunopharma's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Lyell Immunopharma is more favorable than Amylyx Pharmaceuticals.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Amylyx Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Lyell Immunopharma
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.50

Summary

Amylyx Pharmaceuticals beats Lyell Immunopharma on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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LYEL vs. The Competition

MetricLyell ImmunopharmaMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$255.51M$2.59B$5.87B$10.14B
Dividend YieldN/A56.51%5.68%4.59%
P/E Ratio-0.5323.5374.5225.93
Price / Sales4,104.54699.42549.78198.13
Price / CashN/A171.1637.5660.44
Price / Book0.495.3712.166.29
Net Income-$342.99M$32.95M$3.28B$270.77M
7 Day Performance5.51%1.28%0.87%3.88%
1 Month Performance18.37%6.09%4.96%4.88%
1 Year Performance-47.89%-2.15%60.74%26.01%

Lyell Immunopharma Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LYEL
Lyell Immunopharma
2.8028 of 5 stars
$12.82
-3.6%
$15.00
+17.0%
-44.3%$255.51M$60K-0.53270Positive News
AMLX
Amylyx Pharmaceuticals
1.9504 of 5 stars
$9.61
+2.4%
$12.25
+27.5%
+367.9%$856.03M$87.37M-3.84200Positive News
PHAT
Phathom Pharmaceuticals
2.5199 of 5 stars
$11.94
-2.0%
$17.50
+46.6%
-39.3%$846.10M$55.25M-2.52110Positive News
AKBA
Akebia Therapeutics
3.8047 of 5 stars
$3.11
-1.1%
$6.75
+117.4%
+104.9%$823.26M$160.18M-18.26430Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
AVXL
Anavex Life Sciences
3.6534 of 5 stars
$9.47
-1.8%
$44.00
+364.6%
+79.8%$812.09MN/A-16.5940News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
IMNM
Immunome
2.1052 of 5 stars
$9.27
-2.5%
$22.50
+142.7%
-37.4%$806.43M$9.04M-3.0140
IOVA
Iovance Biotherapeutics
4.3371 of 5 stars
$2.21
-1.1%
$11.90
+439.7%
-76.0%$797.88M$164.07M-1.79500
AVBP
ArriVent BioPharma
1.9481 of 5 stars
$19.60
+2.5%
$39.14
+99.7%
-17.2%$794.75MN/A-4.8740Positive News
TSHA
Taysha Gene Therapies
2.1254 of 5 stars
$2.89
-1.2%
$8.29
+187.2%
+40.2%$786.76M$8.33M-8.48180Insider Trade
NAGE
Niagen Bioscience
2.0209 of 5 stars
$9.70
-2.0%
$13.42
+38.4%
N/A$773.58M$99.60M46.19120Analyst Downgrade
DNTH
Dianthus Therapeutics
2.8783 of 5 stars
$23.99
+1.8%
$54.00
+125.1%
+33.6%$770.47M$6.24M-7.3680Trending News
Analyst Forecast
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This page (NASDAQ:LYEL) was last updated on 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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