VACC vs. SKYE, SBTX, NKTX, NBTX, URGN, QTTB, AVIR, VTYX, KMDA, and LLY
Should you be buying Vaccitech stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vaccitech include Skye Bioscience (SKYE), Silverback Therapeutics (SBTX), Nkarta (NKTX), Nanobiotix (NBTX), UroGen Pharma (URGN), Q32 Bio (QTTB), Atea Pharmaceuticals (AVIR), Ventyx Biosciences (VTYX), Kamada (KMDA), and Eli Lilly and Company (LLY). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
Vaccitech (NASDAQ:VACC) and Skye Bioscience (NASDAQ:SKYE) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, risk and analyst recommendations.
26.1% of Vaccitech shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.1% of Skye Bioscience shares are held by institutional investors. 6.0% of Vaccitech shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Skye Bioscience shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Skye Bioscience had 2 more articles in the media than Vaccitech. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Skye Bioscience and 0 mentions for Vaccitech. Skye Bioscience's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Vaccitech's score of 0.00 indicating that Skye Bioscience is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Vaccitech has higher revenue and earnings than Skye Bioscience.
Skye Bioscience has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Vaccitech's net margin of -409.18%. Vaccitech's return on equity of -23.41% beat Skye Bioscience's return on equity.
Vaccitech presently has a consensus target price of $7.63, suggesting a potential upside of 299.21%. Skye Bioscience has a consensus target price of $22.00, suggesting a potential upside of 89.49%. Given Vaccitech's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Vaccitech is more favorable than Skye Bioscience.
Vaccitech has a beta of -0.4, suggesting that its stock price is 140% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Skye Bioscience has a beta of 1.74, suggesting that its stock price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Vaccitech received 15 more outperform votes than Skye Bioscience when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Skye Bioscience an outperform vote while only 70.83% of users gave Vaccitech an outperform vote.
Summary
Vaccitech beats Skye Bioscience on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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