ITRM vs. FBRX, ONCT, BIOR, QLI, LPCN, LUMO, UBX, ACST, APRE, and LSTA
Should you be buying Iterum Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Iterum Therapeutics include Forte Biosciences (FBRX), Oncternal Therapeutics (ONCT), Biora Therapeutics (BIOR), Qilian International Holding Group (QLI), Lipocine (LPCN), Lumos Pharma (LUMO), Unity Biotechnology (UBX), Acasti Pharma (ACST), Aprea Therapeutics (APRE), and Lisata Therapeutics (LSTA). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
Iterum Therapeutics (NASDAQ:ITRM) and Forte Biosciences (NASDAQ:FBRX) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and profitability.
9.2% of Iterum Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.6% of Forte Biosciences shares are held by institutional investors. 5.4% of Iterum Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.5% of Forte Biosciences shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Iterum Therapeutics has a beta of 2.33, suggesting that its share price is 133% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Forte Biosciences has a beta of 0.46, suggesting that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Iterum Therapeutics had 5 more articles in the media than Forte Biosciences. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Iterum Therapeutics and 6 mentions for Forte Biosciences. Forte Biosciences' average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Iterum Therapeutics' score of 0.68 indicating that Forte Biosciences is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Iterum Therapeutics received 112 more outperform votes than Forte Biosciences when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.27% of users gave Iterum Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 56.82% of users gave Forte Biosciences an outperform vote.
Iterum Therapeutics currently has a consensus target price of $6.00, indicating a potential upside of 302.68%. Forte Biosciences has a consensus target price of $2.75, indicating a potential upside of 329.69%. Given Forte Biosciences' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Forte Biosciences is more favorable than Iterum Therapeutics.
Forte Biosciences' return on equity of -95.85% beat Iterum Therapeutics' return on equity.
Forte Biosciences is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Iterum Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Forte Biosciences beats Iterum Therapeutics on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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