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Fortress Biotech (FBIO) Competitors

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$1.72 -0.02 (-1.15%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM ET)

FBIO vs. LXRX, ACHV, RGLS, AGEN, SABS, CRIS, BOLT, MTEM, AMGN, and VRTX

Should you be buying Fortress Biotech stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fortress Biotech include Lexicon Pharmaceuticals (LXRX), Achieve Life Sciences (ACHV), Regulus Therapeutics (RGLS), Agenus (AGEN), SAB Biotherapeutics (SABS), Curis (CRIS), Bolt Biotherapeutics (BOLT), Molecular Templates (MTEM), Amgen (AMGN), and Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX). These companies are all part of the "biotechnology" industry.

Fortress Biotech vs.

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

Fortress Biotech has higher revenue and earnings than Lexicon Pharmaceuticals. Lexicon Pharmaceuticals 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
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals$5.23M33.66-$177.12M-$0.75-0.95
Fortress Biotech$62.50M0.76-$60.64M-$3.05-0.56

In the previous week, Lexicon Pharmaceuticals had 7 more articles in the media than Fortress Biotech. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Lexicon Pharmaceuticals and 0 mentions for Fortress Biotech. Fortress Biotech's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Lexicon Pharmaceuticals' score of 0.00 indicating that Fortress Biotech is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Neutral
Fortress Biotech Neutral

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals received 153 more outperform votes than Fortress Biotech when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.78% of users gave Lexicon Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote while only 63.62% of users gave Fortress Biotech an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Lexicon PharmaceuticalsOutperform Votes
480
64.78%
Underperform Votes
261
35.22%
Fortress BiotechOutperform Votes
327
63.62%
Underperform Votes
187
36.38%

Fortress Biotech has a net margin of -84.53% compared to Lexicon Pharmaceuticals' net margin of -4,109.41%. Fortress Biotech's return on equity of 0.00% beat Lexicon Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals-4,109.41% -107.38% -64.09%
Fortress Biotech -84.53%N/A -34.93%

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fortress Biotech has a beta of 1.7, meaning that its share price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals currently has a consensus price target of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 739.51%. Fortress Biotech has a consensus price target of $13.67, suggesting a potential upside of 694.57%. Given Lexicon Pharmaceuticals' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Lexicon Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than Fortress Biotech.

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
Fortress Biotech
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

74.7% of Lexicon Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.5% of Fortress Biotech shares are held by institutional investors. 6.8% of Lexicon Pharmaceuticals shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 33.4% of Fortress Biotech shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Fortress Biotech beats Lexicon Pharmaceuticals on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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FBIO vs. The Competition

MetricFortress BiotechPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$47.48M$6.57B$5.13B$9.07B
Dividend YieldN/A2.99%5.08%4.23%
P/E Ratio-0.5610.4289.5817.17
Price / Sales0.76195.801,116.12116.95
Price / CashN/A57.1642.8237.86
Price / Book17.205.094.774.78
Net Income-$60.64M$151.83M$120.15M$225.60M
7 Day Performance-11.34%-2.13%-1.92%-1.23%
1 Month Performance9.21%-3.10%11.47%3.36%
1 Year Performance-32.02%11.54%30.54%16.60%

Fortress Biotech Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FBIO
Fortress Biotech
3.1488 of 5 stars
$1.72
-1.1%
$13.67
+694.6%
-27.1%$47.48M$62.50M-0.56186
LXRX
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals
1.8091 of 5 stars
$0.82
+1.0%
$6.00
+633.4%
-41.4%$201.45M$5.23M-1.08285News Coverage
ACHV
Achieve Life Sciences
2.009 of 5 stars
$4.11
+0.2%
$14.80
+260.1%
+8.8%$141.34MN/A-3.6320
RGLS
Regulus Therapeutics
2.7405 of 5 stars
$1.67
+5.4%
$10.80
+548.6%
+20.5%$109.06MN/A-1.4830News Coverage
Positive News
AGEN
Agenus
3.6862 of 5 stars
$2.87
-5.9%
$10.00
+248.4%
-81.2%$67.33M$160.43M-0.27389
SABS
SAB Biotherapeutics
2.4276 of 5 stars
$3.99
-2.2%
$12.40
+210.8%
+520.0%$36.82M$2.24M0.00140Gap Up
CRIS
Curis
2.7846 of 5 stars
$3.71
+3.9%
$23.00
+519.9%
-74.6%$31.41M$10.26M-0.4849
BOLT
Bolt Biotherapeutics
2.4727 of 5 stars
$0.51
-2.6%
$3.50
+580.9%
-50.5%$19.67M$7.88M-0.31100
MTEM
Molecular Templates
3.1832 of 5 stars
$0.39
-3.1%
N/A-95.7%$2.55M$57.31M-0.1562News Coverage
Gap Down
AMGN
Amgen
4.4715 of 5 stars
$269.39
-0.5%
$319.68
+18.7%
-4.3%$144.81B$32.53B34.8626,700Analyst Downgrade
Gap Up
VRTX
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
4.7526 of 5 stars
$466.88
+0.7%
$505.73
+8.3%
-0.7%$120.24B$9.87B-233.035,400Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:FBIO) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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