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DERM vs. FBIO, ABUS, KALV, KURA, BCAX, TSHA, VIR, TERN, RLAY, and SIGA

Should you be buying Journey Medical stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Journey Medical include Fortress Biotech (FBIO), Arbutus Biopharma (ABUS), KalVista Pharmaceuticals (KALV), Kura Oncology (KURA), Bicara Therapeutics (BCAX), Taysha Gene Therapies (TSHA), Vir Biotechnology (VIR), Terns Pharmaceuticals (TERN), Relay Therapeutics (RLAY), and Siga Technologies (SIGA). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Journey Medical vs. Its Competitors

Journey Medical (NASDAQ:DERM) and Fortress Biotech (NASDAQ:FBIO) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, earnings and profitability.

Journey Medical has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fortress Biotech has a beta of 1.76, meaning that its stock price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Fortress Biotech had 4 more articles in the media than Journey Medical. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Fortress Biotech and 13 mentions for Journey Medical. Fortress Biotech's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Journey Medical's score of 0.16 indicating that Fortress Biotech is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Journey Medical
4 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Fortress Biotech
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

7.3% of Journey Medical shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.5% of Fortress Biotech shares are held by institutional investors. 15.0% of Journey Medical shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 27.9% of Fortress Biotech shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Journey Medical has a net margin of -15.49% compared to Fortress Biotech's net margin of -24.84%. Journey Medical's return on equity of -48.69% beat Fortress Biotech's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Journey Medical-15.49% -48.69% -11.26%
Fortress Biotech -24.84%-301.81%-27.48%

Journey Medical presently has a consensus price target of $11.75, suggesting a potential upside of 57.30%. Fortress Biotech has a consensus price target of $16.50, suggesting a potential upside of 626.87%. Given Fortress Biotech's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Fortress Biotech is more favorable than Journey Medical.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Journey Medical
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Fortress Biotech
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Journey Medical has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Fortress Biotech. Journey Medical is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fortress Biotech, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Journey Medical$56.13M3.10-$14.67M-$0.38-19.66
Fortress Biotech$57.67M1.17-$46M-$1.05-2.16

Summary

Fortress Biotech beats Journey Medical on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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DERM vs. The Competition

MetricJourney MedicalMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$164.93M$2.54B$5.75B$9.62B
Dividend YieldN/A1.57%4.40%4.10%
P/E Ratio-19.6622.9131.3026.05
Price / Sales3.10554.08432.98193.75
Price / CashN/A180.4637.7358.48
Price / Book9.005.939.536.61
Net Income-$14.67M$31.83M$3.26B$265.65M
7 Day Performance7.48%1.89%2.13%2.02%
1 Month Performance1.08%1.33%2.80%-0.31%
1 Year Performance54.66%8.84%30.68%19.06%

Journey Medical Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DERM
Journey Medical
1.6232 of 5 stars
$7.47
+5.5%
$11.75
+57.3%
+65.6%$164.93M$56.13M-19.6690
FBIO
Fortress Biotech
2.7933 of 5 stars
$2.25
+6.1%
$21.00
+833.3%
+8.6%$62.69M$57.78M-2.14170News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
ABUS
Arbutus Biopharma
2.736 of 5 stars
$3.38
+0.3%
$5.50
+62.7%
-5.8%$645.07M$6.17M-11.6690News Coverage
KALV
KalVista Pharmaceuticals
4.0138 of 5 stars
$13.34
+3.6%
$26.29
+97.0%
+8.0%$643.41MN/A-3.62100
KURA
Kura Oncology
3.9439 of 5 stars
$7.48
+1.9%
$24.10
+222.2%
-61.2%$637.09M$53.88M-3.31130
BCAX
Bicara Therapeutics
1.6238 of 5 stars
$11.47
-1.5%
$31.86
+177.8%
N/A$635.11MN/A-3.6232Analyst Forecast
TSHA
Taysha Gene Therapies
3.3992 of 5 stars
$2.93
-0.3%
$8.29
+182.8%
+33.9%$631.10M$8.33M-8.62180
VIR
Vir Biotechnology
3.4197 of 5 stars
$4.48
-0.9%
$30.25
+575.2%
-45.0%$627.90M$74.21M-1.12580Positive News
TERN
Terns Pharmaceuticals
3.7615 of 5 stars
$6.76
-4.1%
$15.63
+131.1%
-11.9%$616.95MN/A-6.5040
RLAY
Relay Therapeutics
1.8228 of 5 stars
$3.47
-2.0%
$17.25
+397.1%
-46.8%$610.34M$10.01M-1.78330
SIGA
Siga Technologies
2.0758 of 5 stars
$8.92
+4.9%
N/A-2.2%$608.65M$138.72M7.8940Options Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:DERM) was last updated on 8/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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