ALRN vs. PDSB, UBX, CPIX, VCNX, CRMD, MGNX, NATR, RVNC, XOMA, and AMRN
Should you be buying Aileron Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aileron Therapeutics include PDS Biotechnology (PDSB), Unity Biotechnology (UBX), Cumberland Pharmaceuticals (CPIX), Vaccinex (VCNX), CorMedix (CRMD), MacroGenics (MGNX), Nature's Sunshine Products (NATR), Revance Therapeutics (RVNC), XOMA (XOMA), and Amarin (AMRN). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
Aileron Therapeutics (NASDAQ:ALRN) and PDS Biotechnology (NASDAQ:PDSB) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations and risk.
Aileron Therapeutics received 153 more outperform votes than PDS Biotechnology when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.42% of users gave PDS Biotechnology an outperform vote while only 66.98% of users gave Aileron Therapeutics an outperform vote.
Aileron Therapeutics presently has a consensus target price of $19.00, suggesting a potential upside of 488.24%. PDS Biotechnology has a consensus target price of $17.33, suggesting a potential upside of 528.02%. Given PDS Biotechnology's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe PDS Biotechnology is more favorable than Aileron Therapeutics.
90.9% of Aileron Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.8% of PDS Biotechnology shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.6% of Aileron Therapeutics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.0% of PDS Biotechnology shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Aileron Therapeutics had 3 more articles in the media than PDS Biotechnology. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Aileron Therapeutics and 2 mentions for PDS Biotechnology. PDS Biotechnology's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Aileron Therapeutics' score of -0.02 indicating that PDS Biotechnology is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Aileron Therapeutics' return on equity of -95.55% beat PDS Biotechnology's return on equity.
Aileron Therapeutics has a beta of 2.11, meaning that its stock price is 111% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PDS Biotechnology has a beta of 1.82, meaning that its stock price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500.
PDS Biotechnology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aileron Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Aileron Therapeutics beats PDS Biotechnology on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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