ACXP vs. NRXP, BCTX, FBIO, APRE, SPRB, APLM, DARE, IPA, VIRX, and THTX
Should you be buying Acurx Pharmaceuticals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Acurx Pharmaceuticals include NRx Pharmaceuticals (NRXP), BriaCell Therapeutics (BCTX), Fortress Biotech (FBIO), Aprea Therapeutics (APRE), Spruce Biosciences (SPRB), Apollomics (APLM), Daré Bioscience (DARE), ImmunoPrecise Antibodies (IPA), Viracta Therapeutics (VIRX), and Theratechnologies (THTX). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
Acurx Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ACXP) and NRx Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:NRXP) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking and dividends.
Acurx Pharmaceuticals has a beta of -1.79, meaning that its stock price is 279% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NRx Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Acurx Pharmaceuticals had 5 more articles in the media than NRx Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Acurx Pharmaceuticals and 9 mentions for NRx Pharmaceuticals. NRx Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat Acurx Pharmaceuticals' score of -0.10 indicating that NRx Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Acurx Pharmaceuticals currently has a consensus target price of $12.00, indicating a potential upside of 433.33%. Given Acurx Pharmaceuticals' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Acurx Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than NRx Pharmaceuticals.
Acurx Pharmaceuticals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NRx Pharmaceuticals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Acurx Pharmaceuticals received 4 more outperform votes than NRx Pharmaceuticals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave NRx Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote while only 91.67% of users gave Acurx Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote.
NRx Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of 0.00% beat Acurx Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.
11.5% of Acurx Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.3% of NRx Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by institutional investors. 35.3% of Acurx Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 21.1% of NRx Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Acurx Pharmaceuticals beats NRx Pharmaceuticals on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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