LYRA vs. PYPD, NEPH, MHUA, PAVM, RVP, IINN, FEMY, NMTC, MBOT, and NXGL
Should you be buying Lyra Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lyra Therapeutics include PolyPid (PYPD), Nephros (NEPH), Meihua International Medical Technologies (MHUA), PAVmed (PAVM), Retractable Technologies (RVP), Inspira Technologies Oxy B.H.N. (IINN), Femasys (FEMY), NeuroOne Medical Technologies (NMTC), Microbot Medical (MBOT), and NEXGEL (NXGL). These companies are all part of the "surgical & medical instruments" industry.
PolyPid (NASDAQ:PYPD) and Lyra Therapeutics (NASDAQ:LYRA) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.
PolyPid received 1 more outperform votes than Lyra Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.19% of users gave PolyPid an outperform vote while only 61.11% of users gave Lyra Therapeutics an outperform vote.
PolyPid currently has a consensus price target of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 211.80%. Lyra Therapeutics has a consensus price target of $7.13, suggesting a potential upside of 2,036.43%. Given PolyPid's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Lyra Therapeutics is more favorable than PolyPid.
PolyPid has a net margin of 0.00% compared to PolyPid's net margin of -4,099.82%. PolyPid's return on equity of -77.34% beat Lyra Therapeutics' return on equity.
26.5% of PolyPid shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.6% of Lyra Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. 24.7% of PolyPid shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.4% of Lyra Therapeutics shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
PolyPid has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lyra Therapeutics. PolyPid is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lyra Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
PolyPid has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lyra Therapeutics has a beta of 0.31, suggesting that its share price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, PolyPid and PolyPid both had 3 articles in the media. Lyra Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat PolyPid's score of 0.15 indicating that PolyPid is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
PolyPid beats Lyra Therapeutics on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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