BCAB vs. CRDF, SCLX, CRDL, MOLN, VCXB, VXRT, DBVT, CLLS, GNFT, and VIGL
Should you be buying BioAtla stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BioAtla include Cardiff Oncology (CRDF), Scilex (SCLX), Cardiol Therapeutics (CRDL), Molecular Partners (MOLN), 10X Capital Venture Acquisition Corp. III (VCXB), Vaxart (VXRT), DBV Technologies (DBVT), Cellectis (CLLS), Genfit (GNFT), and Vigil Neuroscience (VIGL). These companies are all part of the "biological products, except diagnostic" industry.
BioAtla (NASDAQ:BCAB) and Cardiff Oncology (NASDAQ:CRDF) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and risk.
BioAtla has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cardiff Oncology has a beta of 2.02, indicating that its stock price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Cardiff Oncology has higher revenue and earnings than BioAtla. Cardiff Oncology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BioAtla, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
BioAtla presently has a consensus target price of $11.00, indicating a potential upside of 305.90%. Cardiff Oncology has a consensus target price of $10.50, indicating a potential upside of 209.73%. Given BioAtla's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe BioAtla is more favorable than Cardiff Oncology.
In the previous week, Cardiff Oncology had 5 more articles in the media than BioAtla. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Cardiff Oncology and 7 mentions for BioAtla. Cardiff Oncology's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat BioAtla's score of 0.50 indicating that Cardiff Oncology is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Cardiff Oncology received 16 more outperform votes than BioAtla when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave BioAtla an outperform vote while only 62.30% of users gave Cardiff Oncology an outperform vote.
77.2% of BioAtla shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.3% of Cardiff Oncology shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.5% of BioAtla shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of Cardiff Oncology shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
BioAtla has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Cardiff Oncology's net margin of -6,594.92%. Cardiff Oncology's return on equity of -54.54% beat BioAtla's return on equity.
Summary
Cardiff Oncology beats BioAtla on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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