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Gemphire Therapeutics (GEMP) Competitors

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GEMP vs. LXRX, CLYM, SLS, RANI, VTGN, ADAG, ANL, AVTX, VERU, and CLSD

Should you be buying Gemphire Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gemphire Therapeutics include Lexicon Pharmaceuticals (LXRX), Climb Bio (CLYM), SELLAS Life Sciences Group (SLS), Rani Therapeutics (RANI), Vistagen Therapeutics (VTGN), Adagene (ADAG), Adlai Nortye (ANL), Avalo Therapeutics (AVTX), Veru (VERU), and Clearside Biomedical (CLSD). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Gemphire Therapeutics vs.

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

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals presently has a consensus price target of $3.67, indicating a potential upside of 620.37%. Given Lexicon Pharmaceuticals' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Lexicon Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than Gemphire Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40
Gemphire Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Gemphire Therapeutics has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lexicon Pharmaceuticals.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals$31.08M4.03-$177.12M-$0.64-0.80
Gemphire TherapeuticsN/AN/A-$23.64MN/AN/A

In the previous week, Lexicon Pharmaceuticals had 21 more articles in the media than Gemphire Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Lexicon Pharmaceuticals and 0 mentions for Gemphire Therapeutics. Lexicon Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Gemphire Therapeutics' score of 0.00 indicating that Lexicon Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Positive
Gemphire Therapeutics Neutral

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gemphire Therapeutics has a beta of 2.82, indicating that its stock price is 182% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals received 195 more outperform votes than Gemphire Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.98% of users gave Gemphire Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 64.28% of users gave Lexicon Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Lexicon PharmaceuticalsOutperform Votes
484
64.28%
Underperform Votes
269
35.72%
Gemphire TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
289
69.98%
Underperform Votes
124
30.02%

Gemphire Therapeutics has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Lexicon Pharmaceuticals' net margin of -4,109.41%. Lexicon Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of -107.38% beat Gemphire Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals-4,109.41% -107.38% -64.09%
Gemphire Therapeutics N/A -419.70%-173.05%

74.7% of Lexicon Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.5% of Gemphire Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.8% of Lexicon Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.7% of Gemphire Therapeutics shares are owned 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.

Summary

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals beats Gemphire Therapeutics on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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GEMP vs. The Competition

MetricGemphire TherapeuticsPharmaceutical Preparations IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$23.42M$6.76B$5.56B$7.88B
Dividend YieldN/A2.81%5.35%4.04%
P/E RatioN/A7.2123.5018.75
Price / SalesN/A203.71369.0989.54
Price / CashN/A65.6738.1634.64
Price / Book2.926.106.684.17
Net Income-$23.64M$142.11M$3.20B$247.10M

Gemphire Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GEMP
Gemphire Therapeutics
N/A$1.58
+2.3%
N/A-62.3%$23.42MN/A0.009Gap Up
LXRX
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals
3.3118 of 5 stars
$0.37
+0.6%
$3.67
+903.5%
-79.6%$89.98M$31.08M-0.49140Short Interest ↓
Gap Down
CLYM
Climb Bio
2.9891 of 5 stars
$1.32
+1.5%
$10.00
+657.6%
N/A$87.39MN/A-0.629
SLS
SELLAS Life Sciences Group
0.0802 of 5 stars
$1.23
+2.5%
N/A+1.9%$86.57M$1M-1.7810
RANI
Rani Therapeutics
2.7477 of 5 stars
$1.47
-5.2%
$12.33
+739.0%
-60.7%$84.22MN/A-1.39110Earnings Report
News Coverage
VTGN
Vistagen Therapeutics
2.0592 of 5 stars
$2.91
+4.3%
N/A-56.7%$83.99M$698,000.00-1.9740Positive News
ADAG
Adagene
1.5273 of 5 stars
$1.77
+5.0%
$8.00
+352.0%
-42.0%$83.39M$815,746.000.00260Gap Down
High Trading Volume
ANL
Adlai Nortye
2.511 of 5 stars
$2.30
+4.1%
$9.00
+291.3%
-77.2%$81.55M$5M0.00127Gap Up
AVTX
Avalo Therapeutics
3.6432 of 5 stars
$7.63
-0.4%
$35.33
+363.1%
-61.7%$79.31M$820,000.000.0040
VERU
Veru
1.4964 of 5 stars
$0.53
+3.5%
$4.00
+647.8%
-15.8%$78.30M$16.89M-2.06230
CLSD
Clearside Biomedical
2.3259 of 5 stars
$1.03
+2.5%
$5.75
+458.3%
-42.6%$78.12M$7.70M-2.2930Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
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This page (NASDAQ:GEMP) was last updated on 4/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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