BPTH vs. GLMD, PRFX, LSDI, QLGN, INM, CMND, ATNF, NBSE, HSTO, and SLRX
Should you be buying Bio-Path stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bio-Path include Galmed Pharmaceuticals (GLMD), PainReform (PRFX), Lucy Scientific Discovery (LSDI), Qualigen Therapeutics (QLGN), InMed Pharmaceuticals (INM), Clearmind Medicine (CMND), 180 Life Sciences (ATNF), NeuBase Therapeutics (NBSE), Histogen (HSTO), and Salarius Pharmaceuticals (SLRX). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
Bio-Path (NASDAQ:BPTH) and Galmed Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:GLMD) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Bio-Path presently has a consensus price target of $40.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1,365.20%. Given Bio-Path's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Bio-Path is more favorable than Galmed Pharmaceuticals.
Galmed Pharmaceuticals received 161 more outperform votes than Bio-Path when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.58% of users gave Galmed Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote while only 55.42% of users gave Bio-Path an outperform vote.
5.7% of Bio-Path shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.1% of Galmed Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Bio-Path shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 19.8% of Galmed Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Bio-Path has a beta of 0.45, meaning that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Galmed Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Bio-Path had 1 more articles in the media than Galmed Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Bio-Path and 1 mentions for Galmed Pharmaceuticals. Bio-Path's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Galmed Pharmaceuticals' score of -0.50 indicating that Bio-Path is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Galmed Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of -53.29% beat Bio-Path's return on equity.
Galmed Pharmaceuticals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bio-Path, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Galmed Pharmaceuticals beats Bio-Path on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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