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Tocagen (TOCA) Competitors

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TOCA vs. KALV, XNCR, CYCC, COGT, SION, BCYC, KROS, TYRA, MRVI, and GHRS

Should you be buying Tocagen stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tocagen include KalVista Pharmaceuticals (KALV), Xencor (XNCR), Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals (CYCC), Cogent Biosciences (COGT), Sionna Therapeutics (SION), Bicycle Therapeutics (BCYC), Keros Therapeutics (KROS), Tyra Biosciences (TYRA), Maravai LifeSciences (MRVI), and GH Research (GHRS). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Tocagen vs.

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

KalVista Pharmaceuticals received 106 more outperform votes than Tocagen when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.05% of users gave KalVista Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote while only 66.03% of users gave Tocagen an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
KalVista PharmaceuticalsOutperform Votes
349
75.05%
Underperform Votes
116
24.95%
TocagenOutperform Votes
243
66.03%
Underperform Votes
125
33.97%

21.4% of Tocagen shares are held by institutional investors. 10.5% of KalVista Pharmaceuticals shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.9% of Tocagen shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

KalVista Pharmaceuticals has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Tocagen's net margin of -176,433.34%. KalVista Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of -103.92% beat Tocagen's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
KalVista PharmaceuticalsN/A -103.92% -88.06%
Tocagen -176,433.34%-327.74%-111.87%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
KalVista PharmaceuticalsN/AN/A-$126.64M-$3.72-3.19
Tocagen$40K4,550.59-$63.52M-$2.69-2.83

In the previous week, KalVista Pharmaceuticals had 8 more articles in the media than Tocagen. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for KalVista Pharmaceuticals and 0 mentions for Tocagen. KalVista Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Tocagen's score of 0.00 indicating that KalVista Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
KalVista Pharmaceuticals Positive
Tocagen Neutral

KalVista Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.05, suggesting that its stock price is 95% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tocagen has a beta of 0.01, suggesting that its stock price is 99% less volatile than the S&P 500.

KalVista Pharmaceuticals presently has a consensus price target of $24.83, suggesting a potential upside of 109.21%. Given KalVista Pharmaceuticals' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe KalVista Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than Tocagen.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
KalVista Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.13
Tocagen
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Summary

KalVista Pharmaceuticals beats Tocagen on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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TOCA vs. The Competition

MetricTocagenPharmaceutical Preparations IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$182.02M$6.52B$5.37B$8.38B
Dividend YieldN/A2.65%5.22%4.11%
P/E Ratio-3.218.9226.8419.71
Price / Sales4,550.59253.80392.34117.39
Price / CashN/A65.8538.2534.62
Price / Book16.916.466.794.50
Net Income-$63.52M$143.98M$3.23B$248.18M

Tocagen Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TOCA
Tocagen
N/A$7.61
+1.5%
N/A+1,135.4%$182.02M$40,000.00-3.2177Gap Up
KALV
KalVista Pharmaceuticals
4.3055 of 5 stars
$11.64
-4.4%
$24.83
+113.3%
+3.0%$578.69MN/A-3.20100News Coverage
Positive News
XNCR
Xencor
3.7047 of 5 stars
$8.11
-7.5%
$29.50
+263.7%
-65.7%$577.04M$127.23M-2.53280
CYCC
Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals
0.4929 of 5 stars
$2.75
-23.4%
N/A-95.0%$570.17M$43,000.00-0.2914Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
COGT
Cogent Biosciences
2.3651 of 5 stars
$4.99
-2.7%
$14.29
+186.3%
-32.3%$568.14MN/A-2.0180News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
SION
Sionna Therapeutics
N/A$12.82
-0.6%
$38.50
+200.3%
N/A$565.67MN/A0.0035
BCYC
Bicycle Therapeutics
3.7903 of 5 stars
$8.11
-5.7%
$25.00
+208.3%
-60.8%$561.65M$25.72M-2.47240
KROS
Keros Therapeutics
3.2291 of 5 stars
$13.47
-2.0%
$37.00
+174.7%
-73.0%$547.08M$214.71M-2.59100Positive News
TYRA
Tyra Biosciences
1.678 of 5 stars
$9.98
-2.7%
$30.83
+209.0%
-46.7%$529.84MN/A-6.2020News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
MRVI
Maravai LifeSciences
4.0768 of 5 stars
$2.06
-2.8%
$6.64
+222.3%
-78.8%$523.93M$259.19M-1.26610
GHRS
GH Research
2.5594 of 5 stars
$10.06
-1.0%
$30.43
+202.5%
-6.3%$523.40MN/A-12.7310

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This page (NASDAQ:TOCA) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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