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Acurx Pharmaceuticals (ACXP) Competitors

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$1.39 -0.28 (-16.77%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

ACXP vs. INDP, AGRX, MNOV, GBIO, MIST, ORMP, ADAG, IVVD, SLS, and ASRT

Should you be buying Acurx Pharmaceuticals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Acurx Pharmaceuticals include Indaptus Therapeutics (INDP), Agile Therapeutics (AGRX), MediciNova (MNOV), Generation Bio (GBIO), Milestone Pharmaceuticals (MIST), Oramed Pharmaceuticals (ORMP), Adagene (ADAG), Invivyd (IVVD), SELLAS Life Sciences Group (SLS), and Assertio (ASRT). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Acurx Pharmaceuticals vs.

Indaptus Therapeutics (NASDAQ:INDP) and Acurx Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ACXP) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking, dividends and earnings.

Indaptus Therapeutics currently has a consensus target price of $8.50, suggesting a potential upside of 694.39%. Acurx Pharmaceuticals has a consensus target price of $12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 763.31%. Given Acurx Pharmaceuticals' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Acurx Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than Indaptus Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Indaptus Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Acurx Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Acurx Pharmaceuticals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Indaptus Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Indaptus TherapeuticsN/AN/A-$15.42M-$1.71-0.63
Acurx PharmaceuticalsN/AN/A-$14.58M-$1.09-1.28

Indaptus Therapeutics' return on equity of -177.27% beat Acurx Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Indaptus TherapeuticsN/A -177.27% -141.06%
Acurx Pharmaceuticals N/A -392.36%-223.78%

Indaptus Therapeutics has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Acurx Pharmaceuticals has a beta of -1.73, meaning that its stock price is 273% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Acurx Pharmaceuticals had 17 more articles in the media than Indaptus Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Acurx Pharmaceuticals and 1 mentions for Indaptus Therapeutics. Acurx Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Indaptus Therapeutics' score of 0.28 indicating that Acurx Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Indaptus Therapeutics
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Acurx Pharmaceuticals
2 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

7.1% of Indaptus Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.5% of Acurx Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. 29.5% of Indaptus Therapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 29.6% of Acurx Pharmaceuticals shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Indaptus Therapeutics and Acurx Pharmaceuticals both received 13 outperform votes by MarketBeat users. However, 92.86% of users gave Acurx Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote while only 86.67% of users gave Indaptus Therapeutics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Indaptus TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
13
86.67%
Underperform Votes
2
13.33%
Acurx PharmaceuticalsOutperform Votes
13
92.86%
Underperform Votes
1
7.14%

Summary

Acurx Pharmaceuticals beats Indaptus Therapeutics on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ACXP vs. The Competition

MetricAcurx PharmaceuticalsPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$23.48M$6.48B$5.05B$8.87B
Dividend YieldN/A8.12%4.97%4.06%
P/E Ratio-1.285.5697.3414.18
Price / SalesN/A348.141,218.4289.42
Price / CashN/A22.1533.5132.79
Price / Book4.097.885.805.12
Net Income-$14.58M$153.61M$119.07M$225.99M
7 Day Performance-21.47%-2.00%-1.83%-1.32%
1 Month Performance-29.08%-7.47%-3.64%0.60%
1 Year Performance-62.63%31.80%31.62%26.23%

Acurx Pharmaceuticals Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ACXP
Acurx Pharmaceuticals
2.3812 of 5 stars
$1.39
-16.8%
$12.00
+763.3%
-61.6%$23.48MN/A-1.283Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
INDP
Indaptus Therapeutics
3.0922 of 5 stars
$1.07
+3.9%
$8.50
+694.4%
-48.7%$10.50MN/A0.006
AGRX
Agile Therapeutics
0.132 of 5 stars
$1.51
flat
N/A-28.8%$10.35M$19.98M-0.4130
MNOV
MediciNova
0.668 of 5 stars
$1.95
+2.6%
N/A-5.3%$93.19M$1M0.0010News Coverage
Gap Up
GBIO
Generation Bio
3.359 of 5 stars
$1.35
-2.9%
$7.50
+455.6%
+7.1%$92.84M$5.90M0.00150
MIST
Milestone Pharmaceuticals
2.6273 of 5 stars
$1.86
+6.9%
$12.00
+545.2%
-18.4%$92.79M$1M0.0030
ORMP
Oramed Pharmaceuticals
1.4846 of 5 stars
$2.26
-1.7%
N/A+4.6%$92.72M$1.34M4.4310News Coverage
ADAG
Adagene
2.974 of 5 stars
$2.09
-5.9%
$5.00
+139.2%
+52.6%$92.53M$815,746.000.00260News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
IVVD
Invivyd
2.5274 of 5 stars
$0.77
flat
$7.52
+878.6%
-48.8%$91.88M$11.56M-0.39100Analyst Forecast
SLS
SELLAS Life Sciences Group
1.424 of 5 stars
$1.24
-3.9%
$3.00
+141.9%
+26.3%$90.79M$1M0.0016Gap Up
ASRT
Assertio
3.1511 of 5 stars
$0.95
-2.1%
$3.25
+242.1%
-23.4%$90.71M$152.07M-1.3020

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This page (NASDAQ:ACXP) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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