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Citius Pharmaceuticals (CTXR) Competitors

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$0.20 -0.13 (-39.39%)
(As of 11/15/2024 ET)

CTXR vs. VTGN, DARE, PTI, MACK, CMPS, SAGE, YSB, RZLT, ITOS, and STRO

Should you be buying Citius Pharmaceuticals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Citius Pharmaceuticals include Vistagen Therapeutics (VTGN), Daré Bioscience (DARE), Proteostasis Therapeutics (PTI), Merrimack Pharmaceuticals (MACK), COMPASS Pathways (CMPS), Sage Therapeutics (SAGE), YS Biopharma (YSB), Rezolute (RZLT), iTeos Therapeutics (ITOS), and Sutro Biopharma (STRO). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Citius Pharmaceuticals vs.

Vistagen Therapeutics (NASDAQ:VTGN) and Citius Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:CTXR) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

Vistagen Therapeutics currently has a consensus price target of $15.00, suggesting a potential upside of 470.34%. Citius Pharmaceuticals has a consensus price target of $4.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1,900.00%. Given Citius Pharmaceuticals' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Citius Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than Vistagen Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Vistagen Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.50
Citius Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.50

In the previous week, Citius Pharmaceuticals had 9 more articles in the media than Vistagen Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Citius Pharmaceuticals and 8 mentions for Vistagen Therapeutics. Vistagen Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Citius Pharmaceuticals' score of 0.59 indicating that Vistagen Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Vistagen Therapeutics
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Citius Pharmaceuticals
3 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Vistagen Therapeutics has higher revenue and earnings than Citius Pharmaceuticals. Vistagen Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Citius Pharmaceuticals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Vistagen Therapeutics$1.06M69.07-$29.36M-$1.24-2.12
Citius PharmaceuticalsN/AN/A-$32.54M-$0.24-0.83

Citius Pharmaceuticals has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Vistagen Therapeutics' net margin of -4,521.71%. Vistagen Therapeutics' return on equity of -36.35% beat Citius Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Vistagen Therapeutics-4,521.71% -36.35% -33.62%
Citius Pharmaceuticals N/A -44.65%-39.39%

78.4% of Vistagen Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.9% of Citius Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Vistagen Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.0% of Citius Pharmaceuticals shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Vistagen Therapeutics has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Citius Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 1.66, indicating that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Vistagen Therapeutics received 73 more outperform votes than Citius Pharmaceuticals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.31% of users gave Vistagen Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 62.39% of users gave Citius Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Vistagen TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
282
72.31%
Underperform Votes
108
27.69%
Citius PharmaceuticalsOutperform Votes
209
62.39%
Underperform Votes
126
37.61%

Summary

Vistagen Therapeutics beats Citius Pharmaceuticals on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CTXR vs. The Competition

MetricCitius PharmaceuticalsPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$36.15M$6.53B$5.15B$8.74B
Dividend YieldN/A8.15%5.18%4.08%
P/E Ratio-0.834.4062.6013.00
Price / SalesN/A377.651,277.9088.72
Price / CashN/A51.2139.7935.27
Price / Book0.349.636.455.92
Net Income-$32.54M$154.43M$119.73M$225.73M
7 Day Performance-51.40%-9.46%-5.13%-1.34%
1 Month Performance-51.22%-7.27%-2.71%1.15%
1 Year Performance-74.12%28.13%31.08%24.02%

Citius Pharmaceuticals Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CTXR
Citius Pharmaceuticals
3.0338 of 5 stars
$0.20
-39.4%
$4.00
+1,900.0%
-73.8%$36.15MN/A-0.8320Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
VTGN
Vistagen Therapeutics
3.8962 of 5 stars
$2.95
+0.7%
N/A-20.8%$82.13M$1.06M-2.3840Short Interest ↓
Positive News
DARE
Daré Bioscience
2.101 of 5 stars
$4.69
+6.3%
N/A-20.1%$40.08M$2.84M-4.1830Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
PTI
Proteostasis Therapeutics
N/AN/AN/AN/A$37.57M$5M-0.6244Gap Up
MACK
Merrimack Pharmaceuticals
N/A$15.13
flat
N/AN/A$223.77MN/A1.09426Analyst Forecast
CMPS
COMPASS Pathways
3.0359 of 5 stars
$5.14
+1.8%
N/A-11.0%$351.68MN/A-2.34120Short Interest ↓
Gap Up
SAGE
Sage Therapeutics
4.4458 of 5 stars
$5.71
-0.3%
N/A-72.6%$349.28M$86.46M-1.02690
YSB
YS Biopharma
N/AN/AN/AN/A$344.32M$560.76M0.00773
RZLT
Rezolute
4.2541 of 5 stars
$5.82
-2.3%
N/A+554.3%$337.21MN/A-4.5840Positive News
ITOS
iTeos Therapeutics
3.0713 of 5 stars
$9.19
-2.0%
N/A-15.9%$335.62M$12.60M-3.0690Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
STRO
Sutro Biopharma
4.3748 of 5 stars
$4.08
-7.3%
N/A+23.0%$334.40M$153.73M-2.23240Analyst Revision
News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:CTXR) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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