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Obalon Therapeutics (OBLN) Competitors

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OBLN vs. CATX, INFU, NSPR, CTCX, HSAQ, GBS, RVP, PETV, BTCY, and IVF

Should you be buying Obalon Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Obalon Therapeutics include Perspective Therapeutics (CATX), InfuSystem (INFU), InspireMD (NSPR), Carmell (CTCX), Health Sciences Acquisitions Co. 2 (HSAQ), GBS (GBS), Retractable Technologies (RVP), PetVivo (PETV), Biotricity (BTCY), and INVO Fertility (IVF). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Obalon Therapeutics vs. Its Competitors

Perspective Therapeutics (NYSE:CATX) and Obalon Therapeutics (NASDAQ:OBLN) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.

Perspective Therapeutics has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Obalon Therapeutics has a beta of -1.23, meaning that its stock price is 223% less volatile than the S&P 500.

54.7% of Perspective Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.6% of Obalon Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of Perspective Therapeutics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.1% of Obalon Therapeutics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Obalon Therapeutics has a net margin of -776.76% compared to Perspective Therapeutics' net margin of -4,096.66%. Perspective Therapeutics' return on equity of -27.40% beat Obalon Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Perspective Therapeutics-4,096.66% -27.40% -23.16%
Obalon Therapeutics -776.76%-161.38%-83.58%

Perspective Therapeutics presently has a consensus target price of $12.56, indicating a potential upside of 249.74%. Given Perspective Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Perspective Therapeutics is more favorable than Obalon Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Perspective Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.18
Obalon Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Obalon Therapeutics has higher revenue and earnings than Perspective Therapeutics.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Perspective TherapeuticsN/AN/A-$46.51MN/AN/A
Obalon Therapeutics$1.59M46.01-$12.33MN/AN/A

In the previous week, Perspective Therapeutics had 2 more articles in the media than Obalon Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Perspective Therapeutics and 0 mentions for Obalon Therapeutics. Perspective Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat Obalon Therapeutics' score of 0.00 indicating that Perspective Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Perspective Therapeutics Very Positive
Obalon Therapeutics Neutral

Summary

Perspective Therapeutics beats Obalon Therapeutics on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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OBLN vs. The Competition

MetricObalon TherapeuticsSurgical & Medical Instruments IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$73.16M$80.73M$5.75B$10.24B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A5.69%4.60%
P/E Ratio-5.4111.5874.9326.41
Price / Sales46.0180.44452.3586.56
Price / CashN/A18.4125.8129.91
Price / Book12.1710.9313.256.28
Net Income-$12.33M-$26.48M$3.29B$270.38M

Obalon Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
OBLN
Obalon Therapeutics
N/A$7.30
-3.2%
N/A+4,250.4%$73.16M$1.59M-5.412Gap Down
CATX
Perspective Therapeutics
2.1354 of 5 stars
$3.37
-1.7%
$12.56
+272.6%
-77.0%$250.27MN/A0.0070Positive News
INFU
InfuSystem
3.1113 of 5 stars
$10.42
+1.6%
$12.50
+20.0%
+53.5%$212.84M$139.89M173.70410Positive News
NSPR
InspireMD
3.6376 of 5 stars
$2.46
+2.5%
$4.50
+82.9%
-12.6%$102.63M$7.07M-3.2850News Coverage
Positive News
Short Interest ↓
Gap Up
CTCX
Carmell
N/A$2.43
-4.7%
N/A+307.7%$50.80M$32.84K0.0014
HSAQ
Health Sciences Acquisitions Co. 2
N/A$2.73
-0.7%
N/A-55.8%$30.61MN/A0.004
GBS
GBS
N/A$1.65
+6.1%
N/A-10.5%$24.49MN/A-2.947
RVP
Retractable Technologies
1.2347 of 5 stars
$0.81
+1.6%
N/A-9.7%$23.83M$38.16M-1.50240Short Interest ↑
PETV
PetVivo
N/A$0.85
+3.2%
N/A+50.8%$22.99M$1.05M-1.8920News Coverage
Gap Up
BTCY
Biotricity
N/A$0.61
-14.1%
N/A+86.4%$17.69M$12.06M-0.5640Gap Down
IVF
INVO Fertility
0.2177 of 5 stars
$0.96
-4.8%
N/A-95.9%$4.41M$6.62M-0.0110

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This page (NASDAQ:OBLN) was last updated on 9/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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