VXRT vs. ATHA, ALGS, INO, EXAI, KYTX, ADPT, CABA, LXEO, ALEC, and TCRX
Should you be buying Vaxart stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vaxart include Athira Pharma (ATHA), Aligos Therapeutics (ALGS), Inovio Pharmaceuticals (INO), Exscientia (EXAI), Kyverna Therapeutics (KYTX), Adaptive Biotechnologies (ADPT), Cabaletta Bio (CABA), Lexeo Therapeutics (LXEO), Alector (ALEC), and TScan Therapeutics (TCRX). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Vaxart (NASDAQ:VXRT) and Athira Pharma (NASDAQ:ATHA) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk and profitability.
Athira Pharma has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Vaxart's net margin of -920.00%. Athira Pharma's return on equity of -80.59% beat Vaxart's return on equity.
In the previous week, Athira Pharma had 2 more articles in the media than Vaxart. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Athira Pharma and 3 mentions for Vaxart. Athira Pharma's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Vaxart's score of 1.09 indicating that Athira Pharma is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Vaxart presently has a consensus target price of $3.00, suggesting a potential upside of 268.60%. Athira Pharma has a consensus target price of $19.00, suggesting a potential upside of 650.99%. Given Athira Pharma's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Athira Pharma is more favorable than Vaxart.
Vaxart has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Athira Pharma has a beta of 2.83, meaning that its share price is 183% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Vaxart received 291 more outperform votes than Athira Pharma when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.47% of users gave Vaxart an outperform vote while only 58.06% of users gave Athira Pharma an outperform vote.
Vaxart has higher revenue and earnings than Athira Pharma. Vaxart is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Athira Pharma, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
18.1% of Vaxart shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.1% of Athira Pharma shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Vaxart shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.8% of Athira Pharma shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Athira Pharma beats Vaxart on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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