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Belite Bio, Inc. ADRBLTECompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Health Care›Pharmaceuticals: Major

Clinical-stage biotech developing tinlarebant, an oral drug to slow vision loss in inherited and age-related retinal diseases.

Momentum neutral 47
Mkt cap
$6.20B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
98%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$23.7M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
n/m
no positive forecast
ROIC−WACC
-25.2 pp
WACC 6.4%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
11 days
17 Nov 2026
Close · USD$154.19
1D+7.7%
1W-0.4%
1M+1.1%
3M-7.8%
6M-0.5%
YTD-3.6%
1Y+37.2%
ATR %4.6%
Beta1.03
52w lowhigh22.9% off high

What Belite Bio, Inc. ADR does

Clinical-stage biotech developing tinlarebant, an oral drug to slow vision loss in inherited and age-related retinal diseases.

Has no product to sell, so its costs are paid from investor money raised in share sales. Its value hinges on late-stage trial results for tinlarebant and on regulatory approvals.

Products and services

  • Tinlarebant (Stargardt disease/geographic atrophy, pipeline)

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Biotech
  • Ophthalmology - retinal disease

What could go right

  • First approved oral therapy for Stargardt disease
  • Large unmet need in geographic atrophy

What could go wrong

  • Pre-revenue clinical/regulatory risk
  • Small company scale vs larger ophthalmology rivals

Moat: none (IP / patents). Pre-commercial; edge rests on being an oral alternative to injectable treatments for retinal disease.

Headquarters: San Diego, California, United States · Founded: 2018 · Employees: 41

Named competitors

Belite Bio, Inc. ADR at a glance

Size Belite Bio, Inc. ADR (BLTE) is a United States Health Care company (Pharmaceuticals: Major) with a market value of $6.20B, the 1041st largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $154.19 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 0.5%, against -4.5% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 9th highest of 20 in its peer set.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 25.2 points below its cost of capital (6.4% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 17 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026BLTE 101Peer median 96
Six months, rebased to 100: Belite Bio, Inc. ADR against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Belite Bio, Inc. ADR financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$0$0$0$0$0
Revenue growth—————
Gross profit$0-$464,000-$449,000-$399,000-$198,000
EBITDAn/a-$83.7M-$39.5M-$31.3M-$12.6M
Net income-$102M-$77.6M-$36.1M-$31.6M-$12.6M
Free cash flown/a-$37.1M-$29.4M-$29.9M-$11.9M
Capital expendituren/a$71,000$151,000$63,000$394,000
Total debtn/a$429,000$537,000$886,000$866,000

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Belite Bio, Inc. ADR competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-50%0%+50%-25%0%+25%LGNDBIOCONMIRM0126Z0603087000999ABBOTINDIA688578IONSMANEORKA688331GLANDAMRXSUPN000963BLTE6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Belite Bio, Inc. ADR is the large dot.

Belite Bio, Inc. ADR competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (BLTE vs IONS vs 4503.T vs ANNX)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginEV / SalesReq g
Belite Bio, Inc. ADR BLTE$6.20B0%n/an/an/an/a
Ionis Pharmaceuticals IONS$6.55B-48%-7%-68%7.7×n/a
Astellas Pharma 4503.T$28.2B+11%+19%23%1.9×-11.0%
Annexon ANNX$796M-26%n/an/an/an/a
Ocugen OCGN$314M-39%-11%-1,444%66.5×n/a

How Belite Bio, Inc. ADR compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Belite Bio, Inc. ADR against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureBLTEPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+1.1%+2.0%10th lowest of 21
6-month return-0.5%-4.5%9th highest of 20
Distance from 52-week high-22.9%-14.8%9th lowest of 21
ROIC minus cost of capital-25.2 pp+1.5 pp4th lowest of 18

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginEV / SalesReq gDelivered g
Belite Bio, Inc. ADR BLTEUnited States$6.20B0%n/an/an/an/an/a
Ligand Pharmaceuticals LGNDUnited States$6.12B+38%+1%14%26.9×57.8%+7.5%
Biocon BIOCON.NSIndia$6.28B-4%+6%8%4.3×n/an/a
Mirum Pharmaceuticals MIRMUnited States$6.12B-13%+42%-21%9.7×n/an/a
Samsung Epis 0126Z0.KSSouth Korea$6.39B-36%n/a-25%34.5×n/an/a
Gan & Lee Pharmaceuticals 603087.SSChina$6.40B+21%+14%20%8.8×n/an/a
China Resources Sanjiu Medical & Pharmaceutical 000999.SZChina$6.48B0%+4%14%1.9×-6.3%+18.4%
Abbott India ABBOTINDIA.NSIndia$5.93B-1%+6%28%8.0×11.4%+10.0%
Shanghai Allist Pharmaceuticals 688578.SSChina$5.90B-6%+39%47%5.4×1.8%+519.6%
Ionis Pharmaceuticals IONSUnited States$6.55B-48%-7%-68%7.7×n/an/a
Veradermics MANEUnited States$5.80B+31%n/an/an/an/an/a
Alkem Laboratories ALKEM.NSIndia$6.67B-5%+13%17%4.2×24.3%+10.7%
Oruka Therapeutics ORKAUnited States$6.81B+59%n/an/an/an/an/a
Apotex Health APTX.TOCanada$5.62Bn/a+4%32%3.0×-13.5%+4.2%
RemeGen 688331.SSChina$6.90B-26%+272%61%4.9×2.8%+303.3%
Gland Pharma GLAND.NSIndia$5.53B+69%+18%20%7.8×28.0%+13.3%
ONO Pharmaceutical 4528.TJapan$7.01B+2%-2%22%2.0×-8.2%+10.8%
Amneal Pharmaceuticals AMRXUnited States$7.01B+53%+9%17%3.2×15.2%+8.7%
PTC Therapeutics PTCTUnited States$5.47B-11%-35%22%3.4×8.0%+35.4%
Supernus Pharmaceuticals SUPNUnited States$5.43B-49%+16%45%4.1×4.2%+13.9%
Huadong Medicine 000963.SZChina$7.29B-17%+2%9%1.1×-2.7%+5.3%

Questions

Who are Belite Bio, Inc. ADR's main competitors?
Named competitors: Ionis Pharmaceuticals (IONS), Alkeus Pharmaceuticals (private or unlisted), Apellis Pharmaceuticals (private or unlisted), Astellas Pharma (4503.T), Annexon (ANNX), Ocugen (OCGN). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Ligand Pharmaceuticals (LGND), Biocon (BIOCON.NS), Mirum Pharmaceuticals (MIRM), Samsung Epis (0126Z0.KS), Gan & Lee Pharmaceuticals (603087.SS), China Resources Sanjiu Medical & Pharmaceutical (000999.SZ).
How has Belite Bio, Inc. ADR stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -0.5% against -4.5% for the median peer; over one year +37.2%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.