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Flex Pharma (FLKS) Competitors

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FLKS vs. MNPR, TLSA, COYA, IMUX, AVTX, ADAG, MIST, ANIX, MNOV, and KPTI

Should you be buying Flex Pharma stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Flex Pharma include Monopar Therapeutics (MNPR), Tiziana Life Sciences (TLSA), Coya Therapeutics (COYA), Immunic (IMUX), Avalo Therapeutics (AVTX), Adagene (ADAG), Milestone Pharmaceuticals (MIST), Anixa Biosciences (ANIX), MediciNova (MNOV), and Karyopharm Therapeutics (KPTI). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Flex Pharma vs.

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

Monopar Therapeutics has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Flex Pharma's net margin of -1,208.42%. Flex Pharma's return on equity of -98.04% beat Monopar Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Monopar TherapeuticsN/A -107.21% -87.57%
Flex Pharma -1,208.42%-98.04%-83.37%

Monopar Therapeutics has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Flex Pharma.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Monopar TherapeuticsN/AN/A-$8.40M-$1.97-10.01
Flex Pharma$840K31.41-$21.92MN/AN/A

1.8% of Monopar Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.4% of Flex Pharma shares are held by institutional investors. 34.9% of Monopar Therapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.6% of Flex Pharma shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Monopar Therapeutics had 5 more articles in the media than Flex Pharma. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Monopar Therapeutics and 0 mentions for Flex Pharma. Monopar Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Flex Pharma's score of 0.00 indicating that Monopar Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Monopar Therapeutics Positive
Flex Pharma Neutral

Flex Pharma received 319 more outperform votes than Monopar Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.23% of users gave Flex Pharma an outperform vote while only 72.41% of users gave Monopar Therapeutics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Monopar TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
42
72.41%
Underperform Votes
16
27.59%
Flex PharmaOutperform Votes
361
73.23%
Underperform Votes
132
26.77%

Monopar Therapeutics currently has a consensus target price of $27.33, indicating a potential upside of 38.68%. Given Monopar Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Monopar Therapeutics is more favorable than Flex Pharma.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Monopar Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Flex Pharma
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Monopar Therapeutics has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Flex Pharma has a beta of 1.65, meaning that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Monopar Therapeutics beats Flex Pharma on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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FLKS vs. The Competition

MetricFlex PharmaPharmaceutical Preparations IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$26.38M$6.58B$5.14B$8.84B
Dividend YieldN/A8.11%5.05%4.07%
P/E RatioN/A10.93132.3717.61
Price / Sales31.41363.851,231.9986.52
Price / CashN/A52.5940.0636.27
Price / Book2.8610.176.956.36
Net Income-$21.92M$153.36M$119.48M$226.00M

Flex Pharma Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FLKS
Flex Pharma
N/A$1.46
+4.3%
N/A+104.3%$26.38M$840,000.000.004Gap Up
MNPR
Monopar Therapeutics
3.6035 of 5 stars
$19.71
+3.7%
$27.33
+38.7%
+1,213.5%$104.07MN/A-10.0110
TLSA
Tiziana Life Sciences
0.5447 of 5 stars
$0.97
-3.0%
N/A+75.4%$102.24MN/A0.008Positive News
COYA
Coya Therapeutics
3.0604 of 5 stars
$6.08
+0.8%
$16.67
+174.1%
+10.6%$101.60M$6M-9.356
IMUX
Immunic
3.1511 of 5 stars
$1.12
+3.7%
$12.25
+998.7%
-3.6%$100.44MN/A-0.9170Positive News
AVTX
Avalo Therapeutics
2.1387 of 5 stars
$9.65
-11.5%
N/A-47.4%$100.26M$1.92M0.0040Positive News
ADAG
Adagene
2.9171 of 5 stars
$2.26
+8.1%
$5.00
+121.2%
+52.6%$100.05M$18.11M0.00260News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
MIST
Milestone Pharmaceuticals
2.3878 of 5 stars
$1.85
-0.5%
$12.00
+548.6%
-18.4%$98.66M$1M-2.3030
ANIX
Anixa Biosciences
2.8761 of 5 stars
$3.06
+0.7%
$7.00
+128.8%
+2.9%$98.47M$210,000.00-7.855Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
MNOV
MediciNova
0.6718 of 5 stars
$2.00
+2.6%
N/A-5.3%$98.10M$1M-9.2910News Coverage
KPTI
Karyopharm Therapeutics
3.9684 of 5 stars
$0.77
-1.3%
$5.00
+550.2%
-1.5%$97.12M$148.44M-0.67380

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