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VXRT vs. ORKA, CMPS, AUTL, CYRX, CKPT, SNDL, TRDA, OLMA, ARCT, and HRTX

Should you be buying Vaxart stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vaxart include Oruka Therapeutics (ORKA), COMPASS Pathways (CMPS), Autolus Therapeutics (AUTL), Cryoport (CYRX), Checkpoint Therapeutics (CKPT), SNDL (SNDL), Entrada Therapeutics (TRDA), Olema Pharmaceuticals (OLMA), Arcturus Therapeutics (ARCT), and Heron Therapeutics (HRTX). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Vaxart vs.

Vaxart (NASDAQ:VXRT) and Oruka Therapeutics (NASDAQ:ORKA) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, community ranking, risk, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.

Vaxart currently has a consensus target price of $3.00, suggesting a potential upside of 556.02%. Oruka Therapeutics has a consensus target price of $39.86, suggesting a potential upside of 276.72%. Given Vaxart's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Vaxart is more favorable than Oruka Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Vaxart
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Oruka Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.22

Vaxart received 293 more outperform votes than Oruka Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Oruka Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 65.61% of users gave Vaxart an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
VaxartOutperform Votes
311
65.61%
Underperform Votes
163
34.39%
Oruka TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
18
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes

Vaxart has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oruka Therapeutics has a beta of 0.25, meaning that its share price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Oruka Therapeutics has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Vaxart's net margin of -431.61%. Oruka Therapeutics' return on equity of -24.96% beat Vaxart's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Vaxart-431.61% -110.46% -62.78%
Oruka Therapeutics N/A -24.96%-21.22%

Oruka Therapeutics has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Vaxart. Oruka Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vaxart, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Vaxart$28.70M3.64-$82.46M-$0.27-1.69
Oruka TherapeuticsN/AN/A-$5.34M-$4.51-2.35

In the previous week, Oruka Therapeutics had 12 more articles in the media than Vaxart. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Oruka Therapeutics and 8 mentions for Vaxart. Vaxart's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Oruka Therapeutics' score of 0.73 indicating that Vaxart is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Vaxart
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Oruka Therapeutics
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

18.0% of Vaxart shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.4% of Oruka Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.9% of Vaxart shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.7% of Oruka Therapeutics shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Oruka Therapeutics beats Vaxart on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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VXRT vs. The Competition

MetricVaxartBiological Products IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$104.37M$2.93B$5.35B$8.38B
Dividend YieldN/A1.72%5.22%4.10%
P/E Ratio-1.1230.5026.8419.71
Price / Sales3.64400.15391.39116.98
Price / CashN/A168.6838.2534.62
Price / Book1.203.286.794.50
Net Income-$82.46M-$72.17M$3.23B$248.18M
7 Day Performance14.33%4.28%4.07%1.14%
1 Month Performance43.76%7.62%12.52%15.18%
1 Year Performance-46.82%-28.15%16.83%6.55%

Vaxart Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VXRT
Vaxart
2.3856 of 5 stars
$0.46
-10.0%
$3.00
+556.0%
-43.3%$104.37M$28.70M-1.12120News Coverage
ORKA
Oruka Therapeutics
2.6029 of 5 stars
$9.75
+2.2%
$39.86
+308.8%
N/A$365.05MN/A-1.56N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
CMPS
COMPASS Pathways
2.2275 of 5 stars
$3.91
+3.2%
$20.20
+416.6%
-41.7%$363.04MN/A-1.78120Positive News
AUTL
Autolus Therapeutics
3.222 of 5 stars
$1.35
+2.3%
$9.32
+590.4%
-61.9%$359.23M$10.12M-1.12330High Trading Volume
CYRX
Cryoport
3.0174 of 5 stars
$7.15
+1.1%
$11.00
+53.8%
-43.2%$358.48M$214.83M-2.121,020News Coverage
Positive News
CKPT
Checkpoint Therapeutics
2.0613 of 5 stars
$4.16
-0.2%
$4.33
+4.2%
+104.9%$348.46M$41,000.00-2.2610News Coverage
Positive News
SNDL
SNDL
3.0889 of 5 stars
$1.32
+2.3%
$3.63
+174.6%
-44.6%$346.86M$927.61M-4.26580News Coverage
Positive News
TRDA
Entrada Therapeutics
2.9644 of 5 stars
$8.82
+5.3%
$25.67
+191.0%
-46.2%$334.75M$172.22M5.55110News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
OLMA
Olema Pharmaceuticals
2.2991 of 5 stars
$4.76
+3.5%
$27.67
+481.2%
-46.6%$325.40MN/A-2.1770Positive News
Gap Up
ARCT
Arcturus Therapeutics
2.9583 of 5 stars
$11.59
+5.6%
$59.20
+410.8%
-58.4%$314.33M$138.39M-5.22180Gap Up
HRTX
Heron Therapeutics
3.8862 of 5 stars
$2.05
-2.8%
$5.50
+168.3%
-43.5%$312.76M$148.52M-11.39300

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