CKPT vs. LPTX, ENTA, IMMP, EBS, FHTX, ACRV, XBIT, DSGN, RANI, and QURE
Should you be buying Checkpoint Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Checkpoint Therapeutics include Leap Therapeutics (LPTX), Enanta Pharmaceuticals (ENTA), Immutep (IMMP), Emergent BioSolutions (EBS), Foghorn Therapeutics (FHTX), Acrivon Therapeutics (ACRV), XBiotech (XBIT), Design Therapeutics (DSGN), Rani Therapeutics (RANI), and uniQure (QURE). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
Leap Therapeutics (NASDAQ:LPTX) and Checkpoint Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CKPT) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, profitability and risk.
30.5% of Leap Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.0% of Checkpoint Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.3% of Leap Therapeutics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Checkpoint Therapeutics 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.
Leap Therapeutics has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Checkpoint Therapeutics has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
Leap Therapeutics received 119 more outperform votes than Checkpoint Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.72% of users gave Leap Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 66.28% of users gave Checkpoint Therapeutics an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Checkpoint Therapeutics had 10 more articles in the media than Leap Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Checkpoint Therapeutics and 1 mentions for Leap Therapeutics. Checkpoint Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Leap Therapeutics' score of 0.09 indicating that Leap Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Leap Therapeutics has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Leap Therapeutics' net margin of -50,336.89%. Leap Therapeutics' return on equity of 0.00% beat Checkpoint Therapeutics' return on equity.
Leap Therapeutics presently has a consensus price target of $11.00, suggesting a potential upside of 352.67%. Checkpoint Therapeutics has a consensus price target of $22.60, suggesting a potential upside of 1,089.47%. Given Leap Therapeutics' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Checkpoint Therapeutics is more favorable than Leap Therapeutics.
Checkpoint Therapeutics has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Leap Therapeutics. Leap Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Checkpoint Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Leap Therapeutics beats Checkpoint Therapeutics on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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