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$0.45 +0.04 (+8.72%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:40 PM ET)

HCWB vs. IMRX, IMMX, ALTS, ALVR, STTK, IOBT, ITRM, CELU, PRLD, and VTVT

Should you be buying HCW Biologics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HCW Biologics include Immuneering (IMRX), Immix Biopharma (IMMX), Janone (ALTS), AlloVir (ALVR), Shattuck Labs (STTK), IO Biotech (IOBT), Iterum Therapeutics (ITRM), Celularity (CELU), Prelude Therapeutics (PRLD), and vTv Therapeutics (VTVT). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

HCW Biologics vs.

HCW Biologics (NASDAQ:HCWB) and Immuneering (NASDAQ:IMRX) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.

In the previous week, Immuneering had 5 more articles in the media than HCW Biologics. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Immuneering and 0 mentions for HCW Biologics. Immuneering's average media sentiment score of 0.12 beat HCW Biologics' score of 0.00 indicating that Immuneering is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
HCW Biologics Neutral
Immuneering Neutral

3.0% of HCW Biologics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.7% of Immuneering shares are held by institutional investors. 49.9% of HCW Biologics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.0% of Immuneering shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

HCW Biologics has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Immuneering has a beta of -0.33, meaning that its stock price is 133% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Immuneering has a net margin of 0.00% compared to HCW Biologics' net margin of -1,067.82%. Immuneering's return on equity of -79.19% beat HCW Biologics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
HCW Biologics-1,067.82% -2,516.84% -132.95%
Immuneering N/A -79.19%-69.08%

Immuneering received 23 more outperform votes than HCW Biologics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave HCW Biologics an outperform vote while only 64.44% of users gave Immuneering an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
HCW BiologicsOutperform Votes
6
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes
ImmuneeringOutperform Votes
29
64.44%
Underperform Votes
16
35.56%

Immuneering has a consensus target price of $12.80, indicating a potential upside of 540.00%. Given Immuneering's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Immuneering is more favorable than HCW Biologics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
HCW Biologics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Immuneering
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.38

HCW Biologics has higher revenue and earnings than Immuneering. Immuneering is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HCW Biologics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
HCW Biologics$3.50M4.86-$24.99M-$1.00-0.45
Immuneering$320K194.06-$53.47M-$1.97-1.02

Summary

Immuneering beats HCW Biologics on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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HCWB vs. The Competition

MetricHCW BiologicsPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$16.98M$6.57B$5.14B$9.08B
Dividend YieldN/A3.00%5.09%4.23%
P/E Ratio-0.4510.5990.0517.18
Price / Sales4.86195.801,117.14116.99
Price / CashN/A57.1643.0437.86
Price / Book1.215.094.784.78
Net Income-$24.99M$151.83M$120.31M$225.60M
7 Day Performance25.77%-2.13%-1.92%-1.23%
1 Month Performance-36.72%-3.10%11.51%3.36%
1 Year Performance-60.44%11.54%30.61%16.60%

HCW Biologics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HCWB
HCW Biologics
0.4079 of 5 stars
$0.45
+8.7%
N/A-62.9%$16.98M$3.50M-0.4540Gap Down
IMRX
Immuneering
3.4142 of 5 stars
$1.73
+5.8%
$12.80
+639.9%
-70.1%$53.72M$320,000.00-0.8360News Coverage
IMMX
Immix Biopharma
2.8749 of 5 stars
$1.95
-4.4%
$7.00
+259.0%
-67.7%$53.64MN/A-2.479News Coverage
ALTS
Janone
N/A$3.77
-3.8%
N/AN/A$53.04M$7.11M0.00170Gap Up
ALVR
AlloVir
0.7092 of 5 stars
$0.45
+0.4%
N/A-81.8%$52.24MN/A-0.51110News Coverage
STTK
Shattuck Labs
2.6728 of 5 stars
$1.09
-4.4%
$8.67
+695.1%
-82.2%$52.04M$1.66M-0.75100
IOBT
IO Biotech
3.2806 of 5 stars
$0.79
-2.8%
$9.33
+1,085.9%
-47.9%$51.85MN/A-0.5930News Coverage
Positive News
ITRM
Iterum Therapeutics
2.0436 of 5 stars
$1.87
+3.9%
$5.00
+167.4%
+6.0%$51.46MN/A-0.9410
CELU
Celularity
N/A$2.31
+4.1%
N/A+36.9%$50.79M$48.20M0.00220
PRLD
Prelude Therapeutics
2.9348 of 5 stars
$0.90
+12.0%
$4.00
+346.6%
-67.3%$49.29MN/A-0.52120News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
VTVT
vTv Therapeutics
2.0038 of 5 stars
$15.44
+2.7%
$35.00
+126.7%
+70.4%$49.25M$2.02M-3.329

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This page (NASDAQ:HCWB) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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