VTL vs. ELDN, CKPT, BLRX, GANX, CALC, RPHM, KRON, IMRX, SCYX, and JAGX
Should you be buying Vital Therapies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vital Therapies include Eledon Pharmaceuticals (ELDN), Checkpoint Therapeutics (CKPT), BioLineRx (BLRX), Gain Therapeutics (GANX), CalciMedica (CALC), Reneo Pharmaceuticals (RPHM), Kronos Bio (KRON), Immuneering (IMRX), SCYNEXIS (SCYX), and Jaguar Health (JAGX). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Vital Therapies (NASDAQ:VTL) and Eledon Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ELDN) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk and community ranking.
15.5% of Vital Therapies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.8% of Eledon Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by institutional investors. 33.9% of Vital Therapies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.4% of Eledon Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Eledon Pharmaceuticals has a consensus target price of $10.67, indicating a potential upside of 359.77%. Given Eledon Pharmaceuticals' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Eledon Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than Vital Therapies.
Vital Therapies received 345 more outperform votes than Eledon Pharmaceuticals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.40% of users gave Vital Therapies an outperform vote while only 70.59% of users gave Eledon Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote.
Eledon Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of -46.15% beat Vital Therapies' return on equity.
Vital Therapies has a beta of 3.51, indicating that its stock price is 251% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eledon Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Eledon Pharmaceuticals had 1 more articles in the media than Vital Therapies. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Eledon Pharmaceuticals and 1 mentions for Vital Therapies. Eledon Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Vital Therapies' score of 0.00 indicating that Eledon Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Eledon Pharmaceuticals beats Vital Therapies on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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