CNTA vs. LQDA, INVA, MGNX, SAVA, TYRA, IMNM, OCUL, ABVX, SPRY, and ARQT
Should you be buying Centessa Pharmaceuticals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Centessa Pharmaceuticals include Liquidia (LQDA), Innoviva (INVA), MacroGenics (MGNX), Cassava Sciences (SAVA), Tyra Biosciences (TYRA), Immunome (IMNM), Ocular Therapeutix (OCUL), ABIVAX Société Anonyme (ABVX), ARS Pharmaceuticals (SPRY), and Arcutis Biotherapeutics (ARQT). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
Centessa Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:CNTA) and Liquidia (NASDAQ:LQDA) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.
82.0% of Centessa Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.5% of Liquidia shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.6% of Centessa Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 31.6% of Liquidia shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Centessa Pharmaceuticals has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Liquidia's net margin of -674.42%. Centessa Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of -53.77% beat Liquidia's return on equity.
Centessa Pharmaceuticals presently has a consensus price target of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.36%. Liquidia has a consensus price target of $21.00, suggesting a potential upside of 64.96%. Given Liquidia's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Liquidia is more favorable than Centessa Pharmaceuticals.
Centessa Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liquidia has a beta of 0.24, indicating that its stock price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Liquidia received 165 more outperform votes than Centessa Pharmaceuticals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.55% of users gave Liquidia an outperform vote while only 48.78% of users gave Centessa Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote.
Liquidia has higher revenue and earnings than Centessa Pharmaceuticals. Liquidia is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Centessa Pharmaceuticals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Liquidia had 4 more articles in the media than Centessa Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Liquidia and 11 mentions for Centessa Pharmaceuticals. Centessa Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Liquidia's score of 0.10 indicating that Centessa Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Centessa Pharmaceuticals beats Liquidia on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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