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GNPX vs. CARA, GBIO, LEXX, TPST, CGTX, PASG, CYTH, QTTB, DRRX, and KALA

Should you be buying Genprex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Genprex include Cara Therapeutics (CARA), Generation Bio (GBIO), Lexaria Bioscience (LEXX), Tempest Therapeutics (TPST), Cognition Therapeutics (CGTX), Passage Bio (PASG), Cyclo Therapeutics (CYTH), Q32 Bio (QTTB), DURECT (DRRX), and KALA BIO (KALA). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Genprex vs.

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

Genprex has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Cara Therapeutics.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cara Therapeutics$7.14M0.00-$118.51M-$21.01N/A
GenprexN/AN/A-$30.86MN/AN/A

Cara Therapeutics has a beta of 0.41, meaning that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Genprex has a beta of -0.4, meaning that its stock price is 140% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Cara Therapeutics received 468 more outperform votes than Genprex when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.19% of users gave Cara Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 65.25% of users gave Genprex an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Cara TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
667
72.19%
Underperform Votes
257
27.81%
GenprexOutperform Votes
199
65.25%
Underperform Votes
106
34.75%

Cara Therapeutics currently has a consensus target price of $83.52, suggesting a potential upside of 0.00%. Genprex has a consensus target price of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4,066.67%. Given Genprex's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Genprex is more favorable than Cara Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cara Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Genprex
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, Cara Therapeutics had 7 more articles in the media than Genprex. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Cara Therapeutics and 1 mentions for Genprex. Genprex's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Cara Therapeutics' score of -0.12 indicating that Genprex is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Cara Therapeutics Neutral
Genprex Positive

44.7% of Cara Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.1% of Genprex shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of Cara Therapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.5% of Genprex shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Genprex has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Cara Therapeutics' net margin of -1,099.76%. Cara Therapeutics' return on equity of -367.97% beat Genprex's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cara Therapeutics-1,099.76% -367.97% -107.43%
Genprex N/A -409.48%-269.17%

Summary

Cara Therapeutics beats Genprex on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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GNPX vs. The Competition

MetricGenprexPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$5.80M$6.46B$5.31B$7.35B
Dividend YieldN/A3.20%5.45%4.31%
P/E RatioN/A6.9521.9417.82
Price / SalesN/A231.01380.9497.68
Price / CashN/A65.6738.2634.64
Price / Book0.055.936.453.98
Net Income-$30.86M$143.22M$3.22B$247.81M
7 Day Performance-9.94%4.28%5.85%3.19%
1 Month Performance-36.07%-13.11%-9.55%-7.70%
1 Year Performance-88.73%-8.51%11.83%1.49%

Genprex Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GNPX
Genprex
4.4093 of 5 stars
$0.24
-6.1%
$10.00
+4,066.7%
-88.7%$5.80MN/A0.0020Short Interest ↓
Positive News
CARA
Cara Therapeutics
3.5483 of 5 stars
$5.55
+13.3%
$27.84
+401.6%
N/A$25.39M$7.14M-0.2680Stock Split
Gap Down
GBIO
Generation Bio
2.775 of 5 stars
$0.37
-3.4%
$7.33
+1,860.8%
-86.1%$25.06M$19.89M-0.17150High Trading Volume
LEXX
Lexaria Bioscience
2.3218 of 5 stars
$1.41
+4.4%
$7.00
+396.5%
-37.3%$24.75M$496,923.00-2.827Earnings Report
Short Interest ↑
Positive News
Gap Up
TPST
Tempest Therapeutics
2.4031 of 5 stars
$6.96
+11.9%
$30.00
+331.0%
-81.9%$24.49MN/A-4.5520
CGTX
Cognition Therapeutics
2.5376 of 5 stars
$0.39
+11.6%
$7.13
+1,708.4%
-79.8%$24.42MN/A-0.4120Gap Down
PASG
Passage Bio
2.4946 of 5 stars
$0.38
+5.7%
$7.50
+1,857.7%
-71.3%$23.81MN/A-0.33130News Coverage
CYTH
Cyclo Therapeutics
2.762 of 5 stars
$0.72
flat
$0.95
+31.8%
N/A$23.72M$870,725.00-0.809
QTTB
Q32 Bio
1.7956 of 5 stars
$1.92
-7.7%
$24.71
+1,187.2%
-90.6%$23.42M$-6,651,000.00-0.1339News Coverage
DRRX
DURECT
1.1434 of 5 stars
$0.73
-2.8%
N/A-14.4%$22.60M$2.03M-1.1980Short Interest ↓
Positive News
KALA
KALA BIO
2.2983 of 5 stars
$3.49
+3.6%
$15.00
+329.8%
-45.5%$22.52M$3.89M-0.2830

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This page (NASDAQ:GNPX) was last updated on 4/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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