Free Trial

Eton Pharmaceuticals (ETON) Competitors

Eton Pharmaceuticals logo
$10.02 -0.44 (-4.21%)
(As of 11/15/2024 ET)

ETON vs. LXRX, SBBP, ASMB, GLYC, SLGL, APLT, PAHC, IMTX, COLL, and AVBP

Should you be buying Eton Pharmaceuticals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Eton Pharmaceuticals include Lexicon Pharmaceuticals (LXRX), Strongbridge Biopharma (SBBP), Assembly Biosciences (ASMB), GlycoMimetics (GLYC), Sol-Gel Technologies (SLGL), Applied Therapeutics (APLT), Phibro Animal Health (PAHC), Immatics (IMTX), Collegium Pharmaceutical (COLL), and ArriVent BioPharma (AVBP). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Eton Pharmaceuticals vs.

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:LXRX) and Eton Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ETON) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation.

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals received 391 more outperform votes than Eton Pharmaceuticals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.86% of users gave Lexicon Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote while only 63.57% of users gave Eton Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Lexicon PharmaceuticalsOutperform Votes
480
64.86%
Underperform Votes
260
35.14%
Eton PharmaceuticalsOutperform Votes
89
63.57%
Underperform Votes
51
36.43%

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eton Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Eton Pharmaceuticals has a net margin of -15.81% compared to Lexicon Pharmaceuticals' net margin of -4,109.41%. Eton Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of -36.29% beat Lexicon Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals-4,109.41% -103.65% -63.20%
Eton Pharmaceuticals -15.81%-36.29%-16.84%

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals currently has a consensus target price of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 515.26%. Eton Pharmaceuticals has a consensus target price of $13.00, suggesting a potential upside of 29.74%. Given Lexicon Pharmaceuticals' higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Lexicon Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than Eton Pharmaceuticals.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Eton Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals$3.64M65.95-$177.12M-$0.75-1.30
Eton Pharmaceuticals$31.64M8.18-$940K-$0.22-45.55

74.7% of Lexicon Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.9% of Eton Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. 6.8% of Lexicon Pharmaceuticals shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.9% of Eton Pharmaceuticals shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Lexicon Pharmaceuticals had 1 more articles in the media than Eton Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Lexicon Pharmaceuticals and 20 mentions for Eton Pharmaceuticals. Eton Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Lexicon Pharmaceuticals' score of 0.07 indicating that Eton Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals
2 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Eton Pharmaceuticals
4 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Eton Pharmaceuticals beats Lexicon Pharmaceuticals on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Skip Chart

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.
Skip Chart

ETON vs. The Competition

MetricEton PharmaceuticalsPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$258.92M$6.39B$5.06B$8.67B
Dividend YieldN/A8.04%5.06%4.06%
P/E Ratio-45.5510.1698.9217.12
Price / Sales8.18266.571,205.7371.29
Price / Cash3,316.8553.4940.6936.36
Price / Book16.169.306.325.87
Net Income-$940,000.00$154.14M$119.47M$225.66M
7 Day Performance14.12%-9.49%-5.11%-1.34%
1 Month Performance21.45%-7.23%-3.21%1.00%
1 Year Performance183.85%30.70%32.41%25.27%

Eton Pharmaceuticals Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ETON
Eton Pharmaceuticals
3.5803 of 5 stars
$10.02
-4.2%
$13.00
+29.7%
+183.9%$258.88M$31.64M-45.5520Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
LXRX
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals
2.0164 of 5 stars
$1.06
-3.2%
N/A-8.0%$259.78M$1.20M-1.41285Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
SBBP
Strongbridge Biopharma
N/A$2.00
flat
N/A+0.0%$135.66M$30.73M-2.6772Gap Down
ASMB
Assembly Biosciences
4.18 of 5 stars
$17.48
+4.7%
N/A+92.1%$111.17M$7.16M0.00100Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
GLYC
GlycoMimetics
3.8451 of 5 stars
$0.40
-1.5%
N/A-69.0%$25.52M$10,000.00-0.6850Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
SLGL
Sol-Gel Technologies
3.6619 of 5 stars
$0.52
-1.4%
N/A-65.7%$14.55M$6.56M-0.9750Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Gap Up
APLT
Applied Therapeutics
4.4519 of 5 stars
$9.16
+2.7%
N/A+338.9%$1.07B$-333,000.00-5.6930Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
PAHC
Phibro Animal Health
4.3687 of 5 stars
$24.78
-1.9%
N/A+132.3%$1.00B$1.02B57.631,940Analyst Upgrade
IMTX
Immatics
2.3143 of 5 stars
$8.37
-2.3%
N/A-3.9%$999.04M$58.44M-9.40260Short Interest ↓
COLL
Collegium Pharmaceutical
4.1071 of 5 stars
$30.67
+1.6%
N/A+17.8%$989.11M$599.25M13.22210
AVBP
ArriVent BioPharma
1.029 of 5 stars
$28.38
-10.9%
N/AN/A$953.28MN/A0.0040Analyst Forecast
News Coverage

Related Companies and Tools


This page (NASDAQ:ETON) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
From Our Partners