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Flex Pharma (FLKS) Competitors

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FLKS vs. FBLG, RLMD, OPTN, ACET, PYRGF, ASRT, RGLS, ORMP, TLSA, and LPTX

Should you be buying Flex Pharma stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Flex Pharma include FibroBiologics (FBLG), Relmada Therapeutics (RLMD), OptiNose (OPTN), Adicet Bio (ACET), PyroGenesis Canada (PYRGF), Assertio (ASRT), Regulus Therapeutics (RGLS), Oramed Pharmaceuticals (ORMP), Tiziana Life Sciences (TLSA), and Leap Therapeutics (LPTX).

Flex Pharma vs.

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

Flex Pharma received 358 more outperform votes than FibroBiologics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave FibroBiologics an outperform vote while only 73.23% of users gave Flex Pharma an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Flex PharmaOutperform Votes
361
73.23%
Underperform Votes
132
26.77%
FibroBiologicsOutperform Votes
3
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes

14.4% of Flex Pharma shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.6% of Flex Pharma shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 20.8% of FibroBiologics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Flex Pharma-1,208.42% -98.04% -83.37%
FibroBiologics N/A N/A N/A

FibroBiologics has a consensus target price of $12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 302.68%. Given FibroBiologics' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe FibroBiologics is more favorable than Flex Pharma.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Flex Pharma
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A
FibroBiologics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.33

In the previous week, FibroBiologics had 14 more articles in the media than Flex Pharma. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for FibroBiologics and 0 mentions for Flex Pharma. FibroBiologics' average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Flex Pharma's score of 0.00 indicating that FibroBiologics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Flex Pharma Neutral
FibroBiologics Positive

FibroBiologics has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Flex Pharma.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Flex Pharma$840K31.84-$21.92MN/AN/A
FibroBiologicsN/AN/A-$16.49MN/AN/A

Summary

FibroBiologics beats Flex Pharma on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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FLKS vs. The Competition

MetricFlex PharmaPharmaceutical Preparations IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$26.74M$6.73B$5.01B$8.44B
Dividend YieldN/A7.94%7.49%4.16%
P/E RatioN/A11.44125.4316.59
Price / Sales31.84285.221,649.4776.80
Price / CashN/A46.0936.9033.53
Price / Book2.905.244.575.20
Net Income-$21.92M$150.36M$113.24M$223.59M

Flex Pharma Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FLKS
Flex Pharma
N/A$1.45
-2.0%
N/A+84.4%$26.20M$840,000.000.004
FBLG
FibroBiologics
2.8805 of 5 stars
$3.18
+5.3%
$12.00
+277.4%
N/A$106.18MN/A0.0010Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
RLMD
Relmada Therapeutics
3.9442 of 5 stars
$3.49
+0.3%
$7.50
+114.9%
+10.4%$105.31MN/A-1.2110News Coverage
OPTN
OptiNose
3.3933 of 5 stars
$0.68
-1.5%
$4.00
+491.7%
-45.9%$104.04M$70.99M-1.88190
ACET
Adicet Bio
2.5021 of 5 stars
$1.25
-2.3%
$7.50
+500.0%
-24.2%$103M$24.99M-0.4990
PYRGF
PyroGenesis Canada
N/A$0.56
flat
N/AN/A$102.77M$9.14M-8.0090Gap Up
ASRT
Assertio
2.0404 of 5 stars
$1.03
flat
$3.44
+233.7%
-56.0%$98.20M$152.07M-0.2520Upcoming Earnings
RGLS
Regulus Therapeutics
2.6572 of 5 stars
$1.49
+2.1%
$10.80
+624.8%
+7.2%$97.55MN/A-1.1830Gap Up
ORMP
Oramed Pharmaceuticals
1.716 of 5 stars
$2.32
-2.5%
N/A+29.6%$97.03M$1.34M4.5510
TLSA
Tiziana Life Sciences
1.3979 of 5 stars
$0.94
-4.1%
N/A+42.6%$96.63MN/A0.008Gap Up
LPTX
Leap Therapeutics
2.8857 of 5 stars
$3.74
flat
$10.40
+178.1%
+106.6%$95.75M$1.50M-1.8740Upcoming Earnings
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This page (NASDAQ:FLKS) was last updated on 11/4/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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