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Obalon Therapeutics (OBLN) Competitors

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OBLN vs. PSTV, PETV, ICU, PAVM, BTCY, ALUR, SSKN, CODX, NURO, and INBS

Should you be buying Obalon Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Obalon Therapeutics include Plus Therapeutics (PSTV), PetVivo (PETV), SeaStar Medical (ICU), PAVmed (PAVM), Biotricity (BTCY), Allurion Technologies (ALUR), STRATA Skin Sciences (SSKN), Co-Diagnostics (CODX), NeuroMetrix (NURO), and Intelligent Bio Solutions (INBS). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Obalon Therapeutics vs.

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

3.3% of Plus Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.6% of Obalon Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.5% of Plus 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 company will outperform the market over the long term.

Obalon Therapeutics received 174 more outperform votes than Plus Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.72% of users gave Plus Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 46.68% of users gave Obalon Therapeutics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Plus TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
72
63.72%
Underperform Votes
41
36.28%
Obalon TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
246
46.68%
Underperform Votes
281
53.32%

Plus Therapeutics has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Obalon Therapeutics has a beta of -1.23, suggesting that its share price is 223% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Obalon Therapeutics has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Plus Therapeutics.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Plus Therapeutics$4.91M2.25-$13.32M-$2.50-0.26
Obalon Therapeutics$1.59M2.13-$12.33MN/AN/A

In the previous week, Plus Therapeutics had 1 more articles in the media than Obalon Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Plus Therapeutics and 0 mentions for Obalon Therapeutics. Plus Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Obalon Therapeutics' score of 0.00 indicating that Plus Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Plus Therapeutics Very Positive
Obalon Therapeutics Neutral

Plus Therapeutics has a net margin of -225.07% compared to Obalon Therapeutics' net margin of -776.76%. Plus Therapeutics' return on equity of 0.00% beat Obalon Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Plus Therapeutics-225.07% N/A -154.56%
Obalon Therapeutics -776.76%-161.38%-83.58%

Plus Therapeutics currently has a consensus target price of $11.50, suggesting a potential upside of 1,668.96%. Given Plus Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Plus Therapeutics is more favorable than Obalon Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Plus Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Obalon Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Summary

Plus Therapeutics beats Obalon Therapeutics on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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OBLN vs. The Competition

MetricObalon TherapeuticsSurgical & Medical Instruments IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.39M$4.33B$5.53B$7.93B
Dividend YieldN/A39.93%5.11%4.22%
P/E Ratio-0.2530.0322.5118.54
Price / Sales2.1355.31397.62103.34
Price / CashN/A51.0838.1834.62
Price / Book0.566.056.734.25
Net Income-$12.33M$68.71M$3.22B$248.18M

Obalon Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
OBLN
Obalon Therapeutics
N/A$0.34
-1.7%
N/A+107.5%$3.39M$1.59M-0.252
PSTV
Plus Therapeutics
2.5833 of 5 stars
$0.84
+7.1%
$11.50
+1,262.4%
-58.7%$14.35M$4.91M-0.3320Positive News
PETV
PetVivo
N/A$0.56
+2.8%
N/A-24.1%$13.56M$1.05M-1.2420Gap Down
ICU
SeaStar Medical
0.6426 of 5 stars
$1.27
+0.8%
N/A-89.3%$12.45M$135,000.00-0.112Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
PAVM
PAVmed
4.4114 of 5 stars
$0.72
-5.3%
$19.50
+2,608.3%
-63.8%$12.31M$3.00M-0.1790Short Interest ↓
Gap Up
BTCY
Biotricity
N/A$0.46
+0.0%
N/A-66.4%$11.46M$12.06M-0.4340Gap Up
ALUR
Allurion Technologies
3.426 of 5 stars
$2.38
-0.8%
$22.83
+859.0%
-95.2%$11.42M$32.11M-0.20501Positive News
Gap Down
SSKN
STRATA Skin Sciences
3.5167 of 5 stars
$2.61
-0.2%
$6.00
+129.5%
-40.9%$10.90M$33.56M-0.98120Short Interest ↓
Gap Up
CODX
Co-Diagnostics
4.3206 of 5 stars
$0.37
+6.0%
$5.50
+1,382.1%
-69.7%$10.43M$3.92M-0.27100Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Up
NURO
NeuroMetrix
0.4081 of 5 stars
$4.39
+1.0%
N/A-0.2%$9.03M$3.03M-0.9620Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Up
INBS
Intelligent Bio Solutions
0.4272 of 5 stars
$1.28
-0.8%
N/A-52.4%$8.72M$3.03M0.0010

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This page (NASDAQ:OBLN) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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