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Cara Therapeutics (CARA) Competitors

$0.65
+0.05 (+8.34%)
(As of 05/31/2024 ET)

CARA vs. CYBN, SCPH, RGLS, CTMX, RPTX, GOSS, CRVS, SYRS, OPTN, and ACET

Should you be buying Cara Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cara Therapeutics include Cybin (CYBN), scPharmaceuticals (SCPH), Regulus Therapeutics (RGLS), CytomX Therapeutics (CTMX), Repare Therapeutics (RPTX), Gossamer Bio (GOSS), Corvus Pharmaceuticals (CRVS), Syros Pharmaceuticals (SYRS), OptiNose (OPTN), and Adicet Bio (ACET). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.

Cara Therapeutics vs.

Cara Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CARA) and Cybin (NYSE:CYBN) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk and community ranking.

Cara Therapeutics received 666 more outperform votes than Cybin when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Cybin an outperform vote while only 75.03% of users gave Cara Therapeutics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Cara TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
667
75.03%
Underperform Votes
222
24.97%
CybinOutperform Votes
1
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes

Cara Therapeutics presently has a consensus target price of $11.12, indicating a potential upside of 1,612.35%. Cybin has a consensus target price of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 1,328.57%. Given Cara Therapeutics' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Cara Therapeutics is more favorable than Cybin.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cara Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Cybin
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

44.7% of Cara Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.9% of Cybin shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Cara Therapeutics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.0% of Cybin shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Cara Therapeutics has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cybin has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Cybin has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Cara Therapeutics' net margin of -723.49%. Cybin's return on equity of -109.05% beat Cara Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cara Therapeutics-723.49% -174.15% -105.26%
Cybin N/A -109.05%-97.85%

Cybin has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Cara Therapeutics. Cybin is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cara Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cara Therapeutics$20.97M1.69-$118.51M-$2.25-0.29
CybinN/AN/A-$35.93M-$0.21-1.67

In the previous week, Cara Therapeutics had 5 more articles in the media than Cybin. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Cara Therapeutics and 1 mentions for Cybin. Cara Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Cybin's score of 0.00 indicating that Cara Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cara Therapeutics
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Cybin
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Cara Therapeutics beats Cybin on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CARA and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CARA vs. The Competition

MetricCara TherapeuticsPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$35.51M$6.72B$5.12B$7.96B
Dividend YieldN/A2.68%2.75%4.00%
P/E Ratio-0.2912.52127.4515.73
Price / Sales1.69407.192,432.9793.31
Price / CashN/A32.8835.1831.51
Price / Book1.186.085.534.59
Net Income-$118.51M$138.60M$105.96M$213.90M
7 Day Performance-3.25%3.29%1.14%0.87%
1 Month Performance-14.39%1.09%1.43%3.60%
1 Year Performance-78.98%-1.29%4.09%7.91%

Cara Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CYBN
Cybin
0.9493 of 5 stars
$0.34
-2.3%
$5.00
+1,362.8%
N/A$140.43MN/A-1.63N/APositive News
SCPH
scPharmaceuticals
3.9199 of 5 stars
$3.85
+1.0%
$19.00
+393.5%
-63.2%$138.79M$13.59M-2.60135Positive News
RGLS
Regulus Therapeutics
3.2218 of 5 stars
$2.09
+2.0%
$7.25
+246.9%
+76.2%$136.83MN/A-1.4330Short Interest ↓
Positive News
CTMX
CytomX Therapeutics
4.7385 of 5 stars
$1.75
-2.2%
$5.77
+229.9%
-0.6%$136.36M$101.21M8.75120Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↑
RPTX
Repare Therapeutics
3.6452 of 5 stars
$3.14
-3.7%
$17.33
+452.0%
-67.2%$133.26M$51.13M-2.85179Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
GOSS
Gossamer Bio
3.9652 of 5 stars
$0.59
-0.9%
$7.65
+1,198.8%
-56.0%$133.24MN/A-0.56135Positive News
CRVS
Corvus Pharmaceuticals
3.0759 of 5 stars
$2.13
+5.4%
$6.88
+222.8%
-28.9%$133.23MN/A-4.1028Short Interest ↓
SYRS
Syros Pharmaceuticals
4.096 of 5 stars
$4.95
-1.0%
$14.00
+182.8%
+32.5%$132.30M$6.98M-0.9968Positive News
OPTN
OptiNose
3.8848 of 5 stars
$1.15
-2.1%
$3.67
+220.2%
-13.6%$129.43M$70.99M-4.24132Short Interest ↑
ACET
Adicet Bio
2.6966 of 5 stars
$1.50
-3.8%
$12.83
+755.6%
-73.5%$123.26M$24.99M-0.51143Short Interest ↓
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This page (NASDAQ:CARA) was last updated on 6/1/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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