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SELLAS Life Sciences Group (SLS) Competitors

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$1.68 -0.17 (-9.19%)
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SLS vs. KALV, AKBA, DAWN, TNGX, IMTX, NRIX, OCS, NAGE, VALN, and GYRE

Should you be buying SELLAS Life Sciences Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SELLAS Life Sciences Group include KalVista Pharmaceuticals (KALV), Akebia Therapeutics (AKBA), Day One Biopharmaceuticals (DAWN), Tango Therapeutics (TNGX), Immatics (IMTX), Nurix Therapeutics (NRIX), Oculis (OCS), Niagen Bioscience (NAGE), Valneva (VALN), and Gyre Therapeutics (GYRE). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

SELLAS Life Sciences Group vs. Its Competitors

SELLAS Life Sciences Group (NASDAQ:SLS) and KalVista Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:KALV) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.

SELLAS Life Sciences Group currently has a consensus target price of $7.00, indicating a potential upside of 316.67%. KalVista Pharmaceuticals has a consensus target price of $26.43, indicating a potential upside of 94.04%. Given SELLAS Life Sciences Group's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe SELLAS Life Sciences Group is more favorable than KalVista Pharmaceuticals.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
SELLAS Life Sciences Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
KalVista Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.11

SELLAS Life Sciences Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than KalVista Pharmaceuticals. SELLAS Life Sciences Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than KalVista Pharmaceuticals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
SELLAS Life Sciences Group$1M176.90-$30.88M-$0.32-5.25
KalVista Pharmaceuticals$1.43M480.81-$183.44M-$3.94-3.46

In the previous week, KalVista Pharmaceuticals had 22 more articles in the media than SELLAS Life Sciences Group. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for KalVista Pharmaceuticals and 4 mentions for SELLAS Life Sciences Group. SELLAS Life Sciences Group's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat KalVista Pharmaceuticals' score of 0.53 indicating that SELLAS Life Sciences Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
SELLAS Life Sciences Group
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
KalVista Pharmaceuticals
9 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

SELLAS Life Sciences Group has a beta of 2.54, meaning that its share price is 154% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KalVista Pharmaceuticals has a beta of -0.1, meaning that its share price is 110% less volatile than the S&P 500.

SELLAS Life Sciences Group's return on equity of -132.51% beat KalVista Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
SELLAS Life Sciences GroupN/A -132.51% -92.79%
KalVista Pharmaceuticals N/A -195.62%-89.96%

17.4% of SELLAS Life Sciences Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of SELLAS Life Sciences Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of KalVista Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

KalVista Pharmaceuticals beats SELLAS Life Sciences Group on 9 of the 16 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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SLS vs. The Competition

MetricSELLAS Life Sciences GroupMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$176.90M$3.10B$5.75B$10.27B
Dividend YieldN/A2.32%5.72%4.60%
P/E Ratio-5.2521.3874.9226.41
Price / Sales176.90243.79457.0188.61
Price / CashN/A44.4425.8129.91
Price / Book12.929.6413.256.28
Net Income-$30.88M-$53.20M$3.29B$270.38M
7 Day Performance-11.58%0.44%0.47%2.70%
1 Month Performance3.07%4.26%4.59%5.99%
1 Year Performance27.27%9.43%73.41%25.94%

SELLAS Life Sciences Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SLS
SELLAS Life Sciences Group
1.3644 of 5 stars
$1.68
-9.2%
$7.00
+316.7%
+40.2%$176.90M$1M-5.2510
KALV
KalVista Pharmaceuticals
4.0155 of 5 stars
$15.96
+0.9%
$26.29
+64.7%
+25.8%$796.38MN/A-4.33100Positive News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
AKBA
Akebia Therapeutics
3.7934 of 5 stars
$3.13
+5.7%
$6.75
+115.7%
+102.1%$784.83M$160.18M-18.41430News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
DAWN
Day One Biopharmaceuticals
2.9371 of 5 stars
$7.47
-1.1%
$25.29
+238.5%
-49.6%$773.36M$131.16M-7.8660Positive News
TNGX
Tango Therapeutics
1.9511 of 5 stars
$6.81
-1.9%
$10.50
+54.2%
-37.8%$772.15M$42.07M-5.1290Positive News
IMTX
Immatics
2.764 of 5 stars
$5.81
-7.2%
$14.67
+152.4%
-54.1%$760.90M$168.65M-8.94260Positive News
NRIX
Nurix Therapeutics
2.2302 of 5 stars
$9.70
-2.1%
$29.07
+199.7%
-63.5%$757.61M$54.55M-3.72300Positive News
OCS
Oculis
3.134 of 5 stars
$17.25
+0.2%
$35.75
+107.2%
+45.7%$751.86MN/A-6.462Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↓
NAGE
Niagen Bioscience
2.2282 of 5 stars
$9.45
+0.4%
$13.42
+42.0%
N/A$750.47M$99.60M45.00120Positive News
VALN
Valneva
2.795 of 5 stars
$8.52
-1.5%
$15.00
+76.1%
+40.0%$743.27M$183.52M-8.69700Gap Down
GYRE
Gyre Therapeutics
1.6646 of 5 stars
$7.89
+2.6%
$18.00
+128.1%
-42.0%$740.65M$105.76M789.7940Positive News

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