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$1.38 +0.02 (+1.47%)
Closing price 04/17/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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GLMD vs. GELS, NXTC, TSBX, APRE, CARM, ACXP, KPRX, CHRO, PMCB, and OBSV

Should you be buying Galmed Pharmaceuticals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Galmed Pharmaceuticals include Gelteq (GELS), NextCure (NXTC), Turnstone Biologics (TSBX), Aprea Therapeutics (APRE), Carisma Therapeutics (CARM), Acurx Pharmaceuticals (ACXP), Kiora Pharmaceuticals (KPRX), Chromocell Therapeutics (CHRO), PharmaCyte Biotech (PMCB), and ObsEva (OBSV). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Galmed Pharmaceuticals vs.

Galmed Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:GLMD) and Gelteq (NASDAQ:GELS) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, community ranking, risk and valuation.

76.1% of Galmed Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. 19.8% of Galmed Pharmaceuticals shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Galmed PharmaceuticalsN/AN/A-$6.91M-$16.66-0.08
GelteqN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Galmed Pharmaceuticals received 442 more outperform votes than Gelteq when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Galmed PharmaceuticalsOutperform Votes
442
62.70%
Underperform Votes
263
37.30%
GelteqN/AN/A

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Galmed Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Gelteq
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Gelteq's return on equity of 0.00% beat Galmed Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Galmed PharmaceuticalsN/A -28.75% -24.98%
Gelteq N/A N/A N/A

In the previous week, Galmed Pharmaceuticals had 4 more articles in the media than Gelteq. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Galmed Pharmaceuticals and 2 mentions for Gelteq. Gelteq's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Galmed Pharmaceuticals' score of 0.24 indicating that Gelteq is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Galmed Pharmaceuticals
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Gelteq
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Galmed Pharmaceuticals beats Gelteq on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

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GLMD vs. The Competition

MetricGalmed PharmaceuticalsPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.28M$6.45B$5.30B$7.34B
Dividend YieldN/A3.23%5.12%4.30%
P/E Ratio-0.086.8921.8017.78
Price / SalesN/A231.03379.9697.74
Price / CashN/A65.6738.2634.64
Price / Book0.045.916.443.97
Net Income-$6.91M$142.72M$3.21B$247.65M
7 Day Performance4.55%4.38%2.85%1.80%
1 Month Performance-45.02%-12.76%-8.64%-6.98%
1 Year Performance-69.51%-9.69%11.38%1.34%

Galmed Pharmaceuticals Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GLMD
Galmed Pharmaceuticals
1.0874 of 5 stars
$1.38
+1.5%
N/A-67.8%$2.28MN/A-0.0820Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
GELS
Gelteq
N/A$0.93
+13.4%
N/AN/A$8.78MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
Gap Up
NXTC
NextCure
4.202 of 5 stars
$0.31
+7.2%
$3.50
+1,021.8%
-76.1%$8.74MN/A-0.1590High Trading Volume
TSBX
Turnstone Biologics
2.58 of 5 stars
$0.38
-2.1%
$0.45
+19.4%
-87.7%$8.72M$19.31M-0.1282Gap Down
APRE
Aprea Therapeutics
2.55 of 5 stars
$1.58
+1.9%
$15.50
+881.0%
-73.8%$8.68M$580,000.00-0.567Gap Down
CARM
Carisma Therapeutics
2.2315 of 5 stars
$0.21
+3.0%
$1.93
+802.5%
-88.6%$8.65M$19.63M-0.1420Positive News
ACXP
Acurx Pharmaceuticals
2.1244 of 5 stars
$0.38
+7.9%
$12.00
+3,038.1%
-79.4%$8.57MN/A-0.353News Coverage
KPRX
Kiora Pharmaceuticals
3.9008 of 5 stars
$2.76
+3.8%
$10.00
+262.3%
-38.8%$8.28M$16M2.6510Short Interest ↓
CHRO
Chromocell Therapeutics
N/A$1.35
+3.8%
N/A-7.5%$8.24MN/A-0.924News Coverage
Gap Up
PMCB
PharmaCyte Biotech
2.3922 of 5 stars
$1.20
-2.4%
N/A-44.1%$8.24MN/A2.264Short Interest ↓
Gap Down
OBSV
ObsEva
N/AN/AN/AN/A$7.94M$20.11M-0.1150Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:GLMD) was last updated on 4/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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