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Opthea (OPT) Competitors

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$3.41 +0.23 (+7.23%)
As of 09/16/2025

OPT vs. OCUL, BLTE, IDYA, AGIO, ANIP, RXRX, TVTX, BEAM, TARS, and IRON

Should you be buying Opthea stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Opthea include Ocular Therapeutix (OCUL), Belite Bio (BLTE), IDEAYA Biosciences (IDYA), Agios Pharmaceuticals (AGIO), ANI Pharmaceuticals (ANIP), Recursion Pharmaceuticals (RXRX), Travere Therapeutics (TVTX), Beam Therapeutics (BEAM), Tarsus Pharmaceuticals (TARS), and Disc Medicine (IRON). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Opthea vs. Its Competitors

Ocular Therapeutix (NASDAQ:OCUL) and Opthea (NASDAQ:OPT) are both medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and dividends.

Ocular Therapeutix currently has a consensus price target of $17.83, indicating a potential upside of 43.60%. Opthea has a consensus price target of $1.33, indicating a potential downside of 60.90%. Given Ocular Therapeutix's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Ocular Therapeutix is more favorable than Opthea.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ocular Therapeutix
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Opthea
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.17

59.2% of Ocular Therapeutix shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.0% of Opthea shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Ocular Therapeutix shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Opthea shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Ocular Therapeutix had 6 more articles in the media than Opthea. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Ocular Therapeutix and 0 mentions for Opthea. Ocular Therapeutix's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Opthea's score of 0.00 indicating that Ocular Therapeutix is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Ocular Therapeutix Positive
Opthea Neutral

Ocular Therapeutix has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Opthea has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Opthea has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ocular Therapeutix.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ocular Therapeutix$63.72M33.91-$193.51M-$1.28-9.70
Opthea$30K19,437.00-$162.79MN/AN/A

Opthea has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Ocular Therapeutix's net margin of -382.51%. Opthea's return on equity of 0.00% beat Ocular Therapeutix's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ocular Therapeutix-382.51% -71.92% -49.36%
Opthea N/A N/A N/A

Summary

Ocular Therapeutix beats Opthea 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

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OPT vs. The Competition

MetricOptheaMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$583.11M$3.13B$5.75B$10.36B
Dividend YieldN/A2.37%5.86%4.62%
P/E RatioN/A21.2176.6126.83
Price / Sales19,437.00255.25452.6189.74
Price / CashN/A45.4837.2260.63
Price / Book-2.609.6513.926.37
Net Income-$162.79M-$53.02M$3.29B$271.28M
7 Day PerformanceN/A0.49%0.26%1.87%
1 Month PerformanceN/A4.93%4.92%7.43%
1 Year Performance-2.57%11.01%85.89%30.62%

Opthea Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
OPT
Opthea
0.1524 of 5 stars
$3.41
+7.2%
$1.33
-60.9%
+1.5%$583.11M$30K0.008Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
OCUL
Ocular Therapeutix
3.9896 of 5 stars
$12.54
-2.1%
$17.83
+42.2%
+38.8%$2.23B$63.72M-9.80230Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
BLTE
Belite Bio
2.8552 of 5 stars
$66.80
-3.9%
$96.00
+43.7%
+50.5%$2.21BN/A-43.1010Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
IDYA
IDEAYA Biosciences
3.968 of 5 stars
$24.53
-0.3%
$42.85
+74.7%
-31.7%$2.16B$7M-6.4780Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
AGIO
Agios Pharmaceuticals
4.3278 of 5 stars
$36.30
-1.3%
$56.00
+54.3%
-20.3%$2.14B$36.50M3.30390Gap Up
ANIP
ANI Pharmaceuticals
4.0414 of 5 stars
$98.81
+1.1%
$88.25
-10.7%
+58.8%$2.12B$614.38M-128.32600Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
RXRX
Recursion Pharmaceuticals
2.1702 of 5 stars
$4.77
-1.2%
$7.25
+52.0%
-30.3%$2.10B$58.84M-2.68400
TVTX
Travere Therapeutics
3.1802 of 5 stars
$23.01
-2.0%
$34.20
+48.6%
+64.2%$2.09B$233.18M-11.28460
BEAM
Beam Therapeutics
3.1839 of 5 stars
$21.28
+3.3%
$46.40
+118.0%
-12.2%$2.08B$60.27M-4.73510Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
TARS
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals
2.6202 of 5 stars
$49.59
+0.5%
$66.67
+34.4%
+66.5%$2.08B$182.95M-21.2850Positive News
IRON
Disc Medicine
3.1132 of 5 stars
$59.90
+0.1%
$98.30
+64.1%
+28.9%$2.08BN/A-13.4030Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:OPT) was last updated on 9/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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