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$1.43 -0.02 (-1.38%)
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MIST vs. CADL, AURA, ABEO, PRTA, ATXS, ALT, AMRN, PVLA, RCKT, and IVA

Should you be buying Milestone Pharmaceuticals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Milestone Pharmaceuticals include Candel Therapeutics (CADL), Aura Biosciences (AURA), Abeona Therapeutics (ABEO), Prothena (PRTA), Astria Therapeutics (ATXS), Altimmune (ALT), Amarin (AMRN), Palvella Therapeutics (PVLA), Rocket Pharmaceuticals (RCKT), and Inventiva (IVA). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Milestone Pharmaceuticals vs. Its Competitors

Milestone Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:MIST) and Candel Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CADL) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.

Milestone Pharmaceuticals currently has a consensus target price of $7.00, indicating a potential upside of 389.51%. Candel Therapeutics has a consensus target price of $22.00, indicating a potential upside of 249.76%. Given Milestone Pharmaceuticals' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Milestone Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than Candel Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Milestone Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40
Candel Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.20

In the previous week, Candel Therapeutics had 1 more articles in the media than Milestone Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Candel Therapeutics and 1 mentions for Milestone Pharmaceuticals. Candel Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of -0.50 beat Milestone Pharmaceuticals' score of -1.00 indicating that Candel Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Milestone Pharmaceuticals Negative
Candel Therapeutics Negative

Milestone Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Candel Therapeutics has a beta of -0.91, meaning that its stock price is 191% less volatile than the S&P 500.

86.2% of Milestone Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.9% of Candel Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.5% of Milestone Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.6% of Candel Therapeutics shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Milestone Pharmaceuticals$1M76.45-$41.52M-$0.78-1.83
Candel TherapeuticsN/AN/A-$55.18M-$1.34-4.69

Candel Therapeutics' return on equity of -136.74% beat Milestone Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Milestone PharmaceuticalsN/A -329.85% -67.20%
Candel Therapeutics N/A -136.74%-63.13%

Summary

Milestone Pharmaceuticals beats Candel Therapeutics on 8 of the 15 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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MIST vs. The Competition

MetricMilestone PharmaceuticalsMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$77.52M$2.99B$5.48B$9.53B
Dividend YieldN/A2.43%4.73%4.09%
P/E Ratio-1.8317.7428.8923.83
Price / Sales76.45178.71371.1466.13
Price / CashN/A41.9535.4557.96
Price / Book5.728.508.265.54
Net Income-$41.52M-$55.06M$3.25B$259.28M
7 Day Performance-9.49%-3.99%-3.73%-4.67%
1 Month Performance-25.52%9.58%4.28%4.37%
1 Year Performance6.72%6.70%25.85%17.90%

Milestone Pharmaceuticals Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MIST
Milestone Pharmaceuticals
1.8266 of 5 stars
$1.43
-1.4%
$7.00
+389.5%
+2.9%$77.52M$1M-1.8330Negative News
Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
Gap Down
CADL
Candel Therapeutics
2.1825 of 5 stars
$6.57
-2.5%
$22.00
+234.9%
+13.5%$337.69M$120K-4.9060Gap Down
AURA
Aura Biosciences
1.5503 of 5 stars
$6.77
+0.9%
$22.00
+225.0%
-31.6%$337.30MN/A-3.5650
ABEO
Abeona Therapeutics
3.8493 of 5 stars
$6.75
+2.4%
$19.25
+185.2%
+34.9%$337.12M$3.50M-5.3190News Coverage
PRTA
Prothena
3.2437 of 5 stars
$6.29
+0.5%
$31.50
+400.8%
-69.5%$336.96M$135.16M-3.02130News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
ATXS
Astria Therapeutics
2.3924 of 5 stars
$6.26
+4.9%
$30.00
+379.2%
-41.4%$336.91MN/A-3.3530News Coverage
ALT
Altimmune
2.2333 of 5 stars
$4.05
-0.7%
$18.20
+349.4%
-40.7%$330.92M$20K-3.2150Upcoming Earnings
AMRN
Amarin
0.5783 of 5 stars
$15.55
-1.7%
$12.00
-22.8%
+22.0%$327.58M$228.61M-4.27360News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
PVLA
Palvella Therapeutics
2.6798 of 5 stars
$31.00
+5.0%
$47.50
+53.2%
N/A$326.25M$42.81M-2.56N/AGap Up
RCKT
Rocket Pharmaceuticals
4.8342 of 5 stars
$3.13
+3.0%
$18.60
+494.2%
-86.5%$324.63MN/A-1.19240Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
IVA
Inventiva
2.5018 of 5 stars
$3.21
-5.3%
$10.40
+224.0%
+42.5%$324.29M$9.95M0.00100News Coverage
Short Interest ↑
Gap Down

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This page (NASDAQ:MIST) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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