GLTO vs. APM, INDP, NRSN, KALA, BIVI, VINC, AVTX, SLGL, TLPH, and ORGS
Should you be buying Galecto stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Galecto include Aptorum Group (APM), Indaptus Therapeutics (INDP), NeuroSense Therapeutics (NRSN), KALA BIO (KALA), BioVie (BIVI), Vincerx Pharma (VINC), Avalo Therapeutics (AVTX), Sol-Gel Technologies (SLGL), Talphera (TLPH), and Orgenesis (ORGS). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
Galecto (NASDAQ:GLTO) and Aptorum Group (NASDAQ:APM) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
Aptorum Group received 11 more outperform votes than Galecto when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.33% of users gave Aptorum Group an outperform vote while only 58.82% of users gave Galecto an outperform vote.
Galecto currently has a consensus price target of $5.33, indicating a potential upside of 651.17%. Given Galecto's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Galecto is more favorable than Aptorum Group.
In the previous week, Galecto had 3 more articles in the media than Aptorum Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Galecto and 0 mentions for Aptorum Group. Galecto's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Aptorum Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Galecto is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Galecto has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aptorum Group has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
14.2% of Galecto shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.8% of Aptorum Group shares are held by institutional investors. 12.1% of Galecto shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 64.0% of Aptorum Group shares are held 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.
Aptorum Group's return on equity of 0.00% beat Galecto's return on equity.
Aptorum Group has higher revenue and earnings than Galecto.
Summary
Aptorum Group beats Galecto on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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