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Hepion Pharmaceuticals (HEPA) Competitors

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$0.32 -0.02 (-6.09%)
Closing price 04/17/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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HEPA vs. UPC, ADTX, HSTO, NAVB, VAXX, SMFL, SCPS, EVLO, CMRA, and GNCAQ

Should you be buying Hepion Pharmaceuticals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hepion Pharmaceuticals include Universe Pharmaceuticals (UPC), Aditxt (ADTX), Histogen (HSTO), Navidea Biopharmaceuticals (NAVB), Vaxxinity (VAXX), Smart for Life (SMFL), Scopus BioPharma (SCPS), Evelo Biosciences (EVLO), Comera Life Sciences (CMRA), and Genocea Biosciences (GNCAQ). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Hepion Pharmaceuticals vs.

Universe Pharmaceuticals (NYSE:UPC) and Hepion Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:HEPA) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, community ranking and valuation.

0.2% of Universe Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.2% of Hepion Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. 57.4% of Universe Pharmaceuticals shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of Hepion Pharmaceuticals shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Hepion Pharmaceuticals received 21 more outperform votes than Universe Pharmaceuticals when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Universe PharmaceuticalsN/AN/A
Hepion PharmaceuticalsOutperform Votes
21
67.74%
Underperform Votes
10
32.26%

Universe Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 1.56, suggesting that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hepion Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 1.79, suggesting that its stock price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Universe Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of 0.00% beat Hepion Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Universe PharmaceuticalsN/A N/A N/A
Hepion Pharmaceuticals N/A -812.56%-207.31%

In the previous week, Hepion Pharmaceuticals had 2 more articles in the media than Universe Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Hepion Pharmaceuticals and 0 mentions for Universe Pharmaceuticals. Universe Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Hepion Pharmaceuticals' score of -0.13 indicating that Universe Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Universe Pharmaceuticals Neutral
Hepion Pharmaceuticals Neutral

Universe Pharmaceuticals has higher revenue and earnings than Hepion Pharmaceuticals.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Universe Pharmaceuticals$26.73M0.01-$6.16MN/AN/A
Hepion PharmaceuticalsN/AN/A-$48.93M-$219.000.00

Summary

Universe Pharmaceuticals beats Hepion Pharmaceuticals on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

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HEPA vs. The Competition

MetricHepion PharmaceuticalsPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$45,000.00$6.45B$5.30B$7.35B
Dividend YieldN/A3.23%5.12%4.30%
P/E Ratio-0.076.8921.8017.80
Price / SalesN/A231.03379.9697.74
Price / CashN/A65.6738.2634.64
Price / Book0.255.936.443.98
Net Income-$48.93M$142.99M$3.21B$247.73M
7 Day Performance-23.31%4.42%2.87%1.81%
1 Month Performance-58.81%-12.73%-8.63%-6.98%
1 Year Performance-99.69%-9.48%11.46%1.37%

Hepion Pharmaceuticals Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HEPA
Hepion Pharmaceuticals
0.3192 of 5 stars
$0.32
-6.1%
N/A-99.7%$45,000.00N/A-0.0720Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Gap Down
UPC
Universe Pharmaceuticals
N/A$3.35
-4.8%
N/A-99.7%$144,000.00$26.73M0.00220
ADTX
Aditxt
0.3243 of 5 stars
$2.50
-13.2%
N/A-100.0%$142,000.00$133,985.000.0060Short Interest ↑
High Trading Volume
HSTO
Histogen
N/A$0.03
flat
N/AN/A$124,000.00$19,000.00-0.0120
NAVB
Navidea Biopharmaceuticals
N/A$0.00
flat
N/A-98.6%$60,000.00$8,126.000.0010Analyst Forecast
VAXX
Vaxxinity
N/A$0.00
-98.0%
N/A-97.6%$25,000.00N/A0.0090Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up
SMFL
Smart for Life
N/A$0.00
-27.8%
N/A-100.0%$18,000.00$11.11M0.00110Gap Down
SCPS
Scopus BioPharma
N/A$0.00
flat
N/AN/A$13,000.00N/A0.009
EVLO
Evelo Biosciences
N/A$0.00
flat
N/A-98.9%$9,000.00N/A0.00120Upcoming Earnings
Options Volume
News Coverage
CMRA
Comera Life Sciences
N/A$0.00
flat
N/AN/A$6,000.00$1.00M0.002
GNCAQ
Genocea Biosciences
N/AN/AN/AN/A$6,000.00N/A0.0070

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