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Kezar Life Sciences Inc's Competitiveness

A competitive positioning analysis and financial ratio benchmarking of Kezar Life Sciences Inc (KZR) against its publicly traded competitors: sales growth, net income, profitability, valuation and market share, plus each peer's market capitalization, revenue, income and employees. Free below: the top 5 peers. Subscriber access adds the full competitor list and CSV downloads.

Peer Data As of Q1 2026
Competitors Tracked
133
Publicly traded peers
Peer Group Market Share
-
Share of combined sales, Q1 2026
Revenue Growth Y/Y
-
Peers: 13.48 %
Net Margin
-
Peers: 15.36 %
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Kezar Life Sciences Inc's Competitor Quality Breadth

Share of each group, trailing 12 months: profitable (net margin > 0), expanding (revenue growth > 0), growing faster than the industry's own median, and financially distressed (Piotroski F-Score of 2 or below).

Entity Profitable Expanding Above Industry Growth Distressed
Kezar Life Sciences Inc - - - No
Competitors combined (131) 36% 73% 48% 44%
High-Confidence Competitors (2) - - - 0%

Source: CSIMarket API, trailing 12 months. Altman Z-Score is not shown here: it is not populated in the underlying data for any company. Percentages are of companies in each group that report the relevant metric, not of the full group size.

KZR Stock Performance relative to its Competitors

KZR Competitors (weighted) Percent change over the selected range

Kezar Life Sciences Inc's Share Price Performance vs Peer Groups

Trailing 12-month total share price return, and the share of each group that outperformed the U.S.A. 500 over the same period. Similar Growth & Profitability Competitors are the closest peers by combined revenue growth, operating margin and ROIC.
47.1%beat U.S.A. 500
Competitors Combined
(56 of 119)
50%beat U.S.A. 500
High-Confidence
(1 of 2)
Entity TTM Share Price Return
(group: median)
vs U.S.A. 500
Kezar Life Sciences Inc 76.90 % Outperformed
Competitors combined (119) 40.4% 63.2%
High-Confidence Competitors (2) 40.4% 63.2%
Similar-Size Competitors (0) 40.4% 63.2%
Similar Growth & Profitability (0) 40.4% 63.2%
Peer Group Share Price Returns

TTM share price return and U.S.A. 500 outperformance for Kezar Life Sciences Inc's competitor groups requires a Commercial License.

Source: CSIMarket API (daily market-structure computation). Outperformance is trailing-12-month total return vs the U.S.A. 500 over the same window, not risk-adjusted.

KZR Stock Performance relative to High-Confidence Competitors

KZR High-Confidence Competitors (equal-weighted, 2) Percent change over the selected range

5 Best-Performing Tracked Competitors, Trailing 12 Months

#CompetitorTTM Share Price Returnvs U.S.A. 500
1 Cypherpunk Technologies Inc 282.9% Outperformed
2 Sellas Life Sciences Group Inc 282.9% Outperformed
3 Iovance Biotherapeutics inc 282.9% Outperformed
4 Rallybio Corporation 282.9% Outperformed
5 Nuvectis Pharma inc 282.9% Outperformed
Best-Performing Competitor Returns

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Source: CSIMarket API, trailing 12 months.

Kezar Life Sciences Inc's Comment on Competition and Industry Peers

The company operates in a highly competitive and rapidly evolving industry influenced by technological advancements. Its competitiveness relies on successfully completing clinical trials, obtaining regulatory approvals, and marketing developed drugs. Competitors include pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, academic institutions, and government agencies. Key factors in competition are efficacy, safety, tolerability, dosing convenience, price, coverage, and reimbursement. Many competitors possess greater financial, technical, and human resources, along with more experience in product development, regulatory approvals, and commercialization. Industry consolidation through mergers and acquisitions may concentrate resources among fewer competitors, potentially enhancing their success in regulatory approval and market acceptance. The development of more effective treatments by competitors could render the company's products non-competitive or obsolete.

Publicly Traded Peers of Kezar Life Sciences Inc

Revenue and income for trailing 12 months, in millions of $, except employees
Company Market Cap Revenues Income Employees
Kezar Life Sciences Inc 53.54 - -45.23 9
Eli Lilly And Company 1,034,082.40 79,665.80 26,711.20 50,000
Johnson and Johnson 645,992.07 97,929.00 21,037.00 140,800
Beone Medicines Ltd 550,872.13 6,128.24 655.71 12,000
Merck and Co Inc 359,088.60 66,569.00 3,170.00 75,000
Novartis Ag 278,724.35 56,674.00 13,967.00 75,267
SUBTOTAL 4,238,317.58 633,138.55 101,740.05 653,752
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Sources: Kezar Life Sciences Inc's official press releases and regulatory filings; CSIMarket.com's market research; and the financial filings and press releases of the other companies cited.
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Kezar Life Sciences Inc's Competitors Named by the Company

Competitive relationships identified from SEC filings and corroborating sources, each with a basis and confidence.
Competitor Basis Confidence Active Sources
Immunovant Inc Named by the company 85% 2022 to 2026 3
Gri Bio Inc Named by the company 85% 2022 to 2026 3
Equillium Inc Named by the company 85% 2022 to 2026 3
Competitor Evidence Detail

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Methodology: relationships are extracted from SEC filings (named-competitor disclosures) and corroborating sources. Named by the company = explicitly disclosed as a competitor; Inferred = derived from corroborating signals. Confidence reflects evidence strength.

Kezar Life Sciences Inc's Business Segment Mix vs Peers

Revenue by operating segment or division, as named and reported by each company. Segment names are the filer's own and are not standardized across companies. Do not assume a same-named or similarly-named segment is defined identically between two companies. Shares are of each company's own total revenue and are not required to sum to 100% (intersegment revenue, unallocated items).
Company Largest Segment 2nd Segment 3rd Segment
Eli Lilly And Company Reportable 100.00 % - -
Johnson and Johnson Oncology 29.26 % Immunology 15.19 % Surgery 10.48 %
Merck and Co Inc Pharmaceutical segment 88.88 % Animal Health segment 10.69 % Corporate and Unallocated 0.43 %
Amgen Inc Reportable 100.00 % - -
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc Pharmaceuticals 100.00 % - -

Source: operating segment revenue as reported in each company's SEC filings (10-K/10-Q), via the CSIMarket API, leaf-level reportable segments only (parent roll-up segments are excluded where sub-segments are separately disclosed).

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Kezar Life Sciences Inc's Productivity vs Peers Comparison

Revenue and income per employee, trailing 12 months, in $; market cap in millions of $
CompanyMarket CapRevenue / EmployeeIncome / Employee
Kezar Life Sciences Inc 54 - -5,025,889
Eli Lilly And Company 1,034,082 1,593,316 534,224
Johnson and Johnson 645,992 695,518 149,411
Beone Medicines Ltd 550,872 510,686 54,642
Merck and Co Inc 359,089 887,587 42,267
Novartis Ag 278,724 752,973 185,566
PEERS TOTAL 4,238,264 968,482 155,696
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Kezar Life Sciences Inc's Geographic Revenue Exposure vs Peers

Revenue by country/region as reported in each company's most recent filing. Disclosure granularity varies by filer (some report by country, others by broad region) and is shown as disclosed.
Company Largest Market 2nd Market 3rd Market
Eli Lilly And Company United States 61.21 % Europe 18.42 % Rest of world 14.00 %
Johnson and Johnson United States 57.42 % Europe 22.62 % Asia-Pacific, Africa 14.78 %
Beone Medicines Ltd United States 51.69 % China 31.19 % Europe 12.82 %
Merck and Co Inc EMEA 23.60 % Latin America 5.27 % Asia Pacific 4.94 %
Gilead Sciences Inc United States 70.78 % Europe 16.44 % Rest of World 12.77 %

Source: revenue geography as reported in each company's SEC filings (10-K/10-Q), via the CSIMarket API. Percentages are of that company's own total consolidated revenue for its most recent reported period.

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Kezar Life Sciences Inc's Position in Industry Market Structure

Market-capitalization share and concentration across all 498 companies in Kezar Life Sciences Inc's industry classification, broader than the peer set above. Market cap in millions of $.

Kezar Life Sciences Inc ranks #0 of 498 companies by market capitalization in its industry, holding 0.00 % of total industry market cap. The industry's Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) is 817, indicating a unconcentrated market structure (U.S. antitrust guidance: below 1,500 unconcentrated, 1,500 to 2,500 moderately concentrated, above 2,500 highly concentrated).

Rank Company Market Cap Industry Share
1 Eli Lilly And Company 1,034,082 19.14 %
2 Johnson and Johnson 645,992 11.96 %
3 Beone Medicines Ltd 550,872 10.19 %
4 Abbvie Inc 463,276 8.57 %
5 Merck and Co Inc 1,234 5.2%
6 Novartis Ag 1,234 5.2%
7 Abbott Laboratories 1,234 5.2%
8 Novo Nordisk A 1,234 5.2%
9 Pfizer Inc 1,234 5.2%
10 Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc 1,234 5.2%
0 Kezar Life Sciences Inc 54 0.00 %
Full Industry Market Structure

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Source: CSIMarket API (daily market-structure computation) across CSIMarket's industry classification, market capitalization as of 2026-05-11.

Kezar Life Sciences Inc's Valuation vs Competitive Position

Valuation multiples vs the Major Pharmaceutical Preparations industry average (345 companies, excluding loss-making/negative-equity outliers), alongside returns on capital for context on whether a premium or discount lines up with measurably stronger or weaker returns. See the full Major Pharmaceutical Preparations industry valuation benchmarks.
Metric Company Industry Average Difference
P/E - 24.9x -
EV / EBITDA - 17.1x -
P/B 0.7x 4.5x -3.9x
Return on Equity -58.35 % industry aggregate -75.24 %
Return on Invested Capital -31.17 % -2.85 % (avg) -28.32 %

Source: CSIMarket API, trailing 12 months. A valuation premium or discount is not, by itself, a judgment of over- or under-valuation. Compare it against the return and growth context shown elsewhere on this page.

Kezar Life Sciences Inc's Multi-Year Financial Trajectory

Fiscal-year revenue growth, operating margin, return on invested capital and P/E, as reported in SEC filings.
Metric 201920202021202320242025
Revenue Growth ------
Operating Margin ------
Return on Invested Capital -20.03 %-14.76 %-18.25 %-24.16 %-30.61 %-33.41 %
P/E ------

Source: CSIMarket API, fiscal-year figures. P/E is this company's own historical ratio at each fiscal year end and can swing sharply around an earnings trough: that is real, not a data error.

Kezar Life Sciences Inc's Competitive Forces (Porter's Five Forces)

Only the forces this data can support honestly are shown; the other three are marked as such rather than guessed.
Force Assessment Basis
Competitive Rivalry High Industry HHI of 817 (see Industry Market Structure & Concentration above)
Supplier Power Not covered on this page See Kezar Life Sciences Inc's dedicated suppliers page for concentration and dependency data
Buyer Power Not covered on this page See Kezar Life Sciences Inc's dedicated customers page for concentration and dependency data
Threat of Substitutes - No systematic data source for cross-product substitution exists in this system; not estimated

Note: this is a partial, data-grounded application of the framework, not a complete strategic assessment. Rivalry and barriers-to-entry readings are mechanical translations of the HHI and capital-intensity figures shown elsewhere on this page, not independent judgments.

Kezar Life Sciences Inc's SWOT

Every point below is a fixed rule applied to a metric already shown elsewhere on this page (Market Structure, Profitability, Valuation, Run-Rate, Stock Performance, Quality Breadth) not an independent strategic assessment. A blank quadrant means no rule was met, not that none apply.

Strengths

  • Outperforming the U.S.A. 500 over the trailing 12 months.

Weaknesses

  • Return on equity 75.2 points below the industry aggregate.

Opportunities

  • A meaningful share of tracked competitors (43.60 %) show financial-distress signals, a possible opening to gain share.

Threats

  • Tracked peer group's revenue run-rate is broadly decelerating (-3.5% annualized).

Methodology: mechanical, rule-based SWOT. Each bullet reuses a figure already sourced and cited elsewhere on this page; nothing here is generated narrative or independent analyst judgment.

Kezar Life Sciences Inc's Financial Strength vs Peers Comparison

Quick ratio, working capital, debt to equity and asset turnover, trailing 12 months
CompanyQuick RatioWorking CapitalDebt / EquityAsset Turnover
Kezar Life Sciences Inc 5.70 9.24 0.05 -
Eli Lilly And Company 0.20 1.48 1.59 0.66
Johnson and Johnson 0.37 1.05 0.60 0.49
Beone Medicines Ltd 2.30 3.16 0.23 0.73
Merck and Co Inc 0.40 1.46 1.01 0.51
Novartis Ag 0.42 1.12 0.02 0.51
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Quick ratio = cash / current liabilities; working capital ratio = current assets / current liabilities; asset turnover = revenue / total assets. Peers in the Blank Checks industry are excluded.

Kezar Life Sciences Inc's Revenue and Income Growth vs Peers

Quarterly revenue and net income growth, year over year and quarter over quarter
CompanyPeriodRevenue Y/YRevenue Q/QIncome Y/YIncome Q/Q
Kezar Life Sciences Inc Q1 2026----
Eli Lilly And CompanyQ2 2026+47.7 %+16.0 %+25.3 %-4.1 %
Johnson and JohnsonQ2 2026+6.6 %+5.2 %-0.1 %+5.7 %
Beone Medicines Ltd Q2 2026+29.7 %+12.7 %+151.3 %+4.2 %
Merck and Co Inc Q2 2026+5.1 %+2.0 %--
Novartis AgQ4 2025+9.6 %+9.6 %+17.0 %+17.0 %
PEERS TOTAL+10.5 %+9.1 %-13.7 %-2.6 %
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Growth is shown only where both periods are positive. Peers in the Blank Checks industry are excluded.

Kezar Life Sciences Inc's Peers' Costs of Sales and Capital Expenditures

Context for revenue growth: peer costs and capex, year over year and quarter over quarter
CompanyPeriodCosts Y/YCosts Q/QCapex Y/YCapex Q/Q
Kezar Life Sciences Inc Q1 2026----
Eli Lilly And CompanyQ2 2026+33.5 %-8.6 %+72.8 %+26.1 %
Johnson and JohnsonQ2 2026+5.5 %-0.7 %+26.7 %+25.9 %
Beone Medicines Ltd Q2 2026+6.4 %+4.5 %-57.0 %-32.6 %
Merck and Co Inc Q2 2026+23.6 %+4.8 %+16.9 %-9.9 %
Novartis AgQ4 2025+18.3 %+18.3 %+13.3 %+13.3 %
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Kezar Life Sciences Inc's Returns and Turnover vs Peers

ROA, ROI and ROE (trailing 12 months), receivables and inventory turnover
CompanyROAROIROEReceivables TurnoverInventory Turnover
Kezar Life Sciences Inc -----
Eli Lilly And Company21.97%33.95%92.54%4.400.92
Johnson and Johnson10.60%13.30%25.74%5.472.17
Beone Medicines Ltd 7.82%10.32%14.24%6.581.07
Merck and Co Inc 2.42%3.24%6.59%5.472.79
Novartis Ag12.59%12.62%30.00%6.34-
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ROA = net income / total assets; ROI = net income / investments; ROE = net income / equity; turnover ratios use trailing 12 month revenue (receivables) and cost of sales (inventory).

Kezar Life Sciences Inc's Valuation vs Peers

P/E, price to sales, PEG, price to cash flow and price to book
CompanyP/EPrice / SalesPEGP/CFPrice / Book
Kezar Life Sciences Inc ---1.830.82
Eli Lilly And Company38.8412.980.27185.5030.52
Johnson and Johnson30.646.60-350.137.60
Beone Medicines Ltd 831.6889.89-220.83106.47
Merck and Co Inc 117.245.39--8.55
Novartis Ag19.934.9226.7524.325.99
PEERS AVERAGE41.666.69104.207.90
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P/E = price / diluted EPS (trailing 12 months); PEG = P/E divided by EPS growth; the average row divides the peers' combined market cap by their combined income, sales, cash flow and equity.

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