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HCW Biologics (HCWB) Competitors

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$0.75 -0.20 (-20.76%)
(As of 02:35 PM ET)

HCWB vs. LMNL, ENLV, CYAD, SGTX, ANRO, RANI, SCLX, INMB, VXRT, and DERM

Should you be buying HCW Biologics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HCW Biologics include Liminal BioSciences (LMNL), Enlivex Therapeutics (ENLV), Celyad Oncology (CYAD), Sigilon Therapeutics (SGTX), Alto Neuroscience (ANRO), Rani Therapeutics (RANI), Scilex (SCLX), INmune Bio (INMB), Vaxart (VXRT), and Journey Medical (DERM). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

HCW Biologics vs.

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

In the previous week, HCW Biologics had 9 more articles in the media than Liminal BioSciences. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for HCW Biologics and 0 mentions for Liminal BioSciences. HCW Biologics' average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Liminal BioSciences' score of 0.00 indicating that HCW Biologics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
HCW Biologics Neutral
Liminal BioSciences Neutral

Liminal BioSciences has a net margin of 248.35% compared to HCW Biologics' net margin of -1,067.82%. Liminal BioSciences' return on equity of -88.44% 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%
Liminal BioSciences 248.35%-88.44%-64.15%

3.0% of HCW Biologics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.7% of Liminal BioSciences shares are owned by institutional investors. 49.9% of HCW Biologics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Liminal BioSciences shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

HCW Biologics has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liminal BioSciences has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
HCW Biologics$2.84M10.00-$24.99M-$1.00-0.75
Liminal BioSciences$310K85.00$380K$0.2929.31

Liminal BioSciences received 8 more outperform votes than HCW Biologics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave HCW Biologics an outperform vote while only 48.28% of users gave Liminal BioSciences an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
HCW BiologicsOutperform Votes
6
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes
Liminal BioSciencesOutperform Votes
14
48.28%
Underperform Votes
15
51.72%

Summary

Liminal BioSciences beats HCW Biologics on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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HCWB vs. The Competition

MetricHCW BiologicsPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$28.39M$6.53B$5.10B$8.84B
Dividend YieldN/A8.11%5.04%4.07%
P/E Ratio-0.755.5095.1214.22
Price / Sales10.00375.021,217.3088.42
Price / CashN/A52.5939.4936.27
Price / Book-2.8910.276.976.37
Net Income-$24.99M$153.22M$118.73M$225.56M
7 Day Performance142.91%-1.19%-1.22%-0.02%
1 Month Performance40.01%-6.71%-3.07%2.04%
1 Year Performance-31.14%32.39%32.52%28.00%

HCW Biologics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HCWB
HCW Biologics
1.1175 of 5 stars
$0.75
-20.8%
N/A-12.3%$28.39M$2.84M-0.7540Gap Down
LMNL
Liminal BioSciences
N/A$8.50
+0.1%
N/A+0.0%$26.35M$310,000.0029.31251
ENLV
Enlivex Therapeutics
3.075 of 5 stars
$0.83
-14.9%
$6.00
+622.8%
-42.9%$17.77MN/A-0.7170News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
CYAD
Celyad Oncology
N/A$0.60
flat
N/A+0.0%$15.91M$110,000.000.0095High Trading Volume
SGTX
Sigilon Therapeutics
N/A$22.47
-2.6%
N/A+0.0%$56.40M$12.94M-1.8462
ANRO
Alto Neuroscience
3.8056 of 5 stars
$4.11
-3.7%
$20.00
+386.6%
N/A$110.85M$210,000.000.00N/AAnalyst Revision
RANI
Rani Therapeutics
3.1632 of 5 stars
$2.02
-1.5%
$11.71
+479.9%
+2.5%$107.89M$2.72M0.00110Analyst Forecast
SCLX
Scilex
3.4335 of 5 stars
$0.56
-0.8%
$11.33
+1,923.8%
-48.7%$107.40M$46.74M0.0080Gap Up
INMB
INmune Bio
2.136 of 5 stars
$4.84
+6.1%
$20.00
+313.2%
-39.1%$107.30M$160,000.00-2.0910
VXRT
Vaxart
2.1538 of 5 stars
$0.60
-1.1%
$3.00
+399.2%
-22.1%$106.64M$7.38M-1.48109Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
DERM
Journey Medical
3.2288 of 5 stars
$5.11
-2.3%
$9.38
+83.5%
N/A$105.93M$79.18M-5.5690Analyst Revision
News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:HCWB) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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