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Lifecore Biomedical (LFCR) Competitors

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$7.24 +0.17 (+2.40%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:16 PM ET)

LFCR vs. RCKT, AVDL, BCYC, COLL, SEPN, BCAX, ZYME, GYRE, PSTX, and COGT

Should you be buying Lifecore Biomedical stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lifecore Biomedical include Rocket Pharmaceuticals (RCKT), Avadel Pharmaceuticals (AVDL), Bicycle Therapeutics (BCYC), Collegium Pharmaceutical (COLL), Septerna (SEPN), Bicara Therapeutics (BCAX), Zymeworks (ZYME), Gyre Therapeutics (GYRE), Poseida Therapeutics (PSTX), and Cogent Biosciences (COGT). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Lifecore Biomedical vs.

Lifecore Biomedical (NASDAQ:LFCR) and Rocket Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:RCKT) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.

Lifecore Biomedical currently has a consensus price target of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 38.12%. Rocket Pharmaceuticals has a consensus price target of $48.80, suggesting a potential upside of 322.15%. Given Rocket Pharmaceuticals' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Rocket Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than Lifecore Biomedical.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Lifecore Biomedical
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Rocket Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.92

Lifecore Biomedical has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rocket Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Lifecore Biomedical has higher revenue and earnings than Rocket Pharmaceuticals. Rocket Pharmaceuticals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lifecore Biomedical, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Lifecore Biomedical$128.44M2.08$12.01M$0.0890.50
Rocket PharmaceuticalsN/AN/A-$245.60M-$2.75-4.20

Rocket Pharmaceuticals received 387 more outperform votes than Lifecore Biomedical when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.17% of users gave Rocket Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote while only 27.27% of users gave Lifecore Biomedical an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Lifecore BiomedicalOutperform Votes
3
27.27%
Underperform Votes
8
72.73%
Rocket PharmaceuticalsOutperform Votes
390
73.17%
Underperform Votes
143
26.83%

83.4% of Lifecore Biomedical shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.4% of Rocket Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. 28.2% of Lifecore Biomedical shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 28.5% of Rocket Pharmaceuticals shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Rocket Pharmaceuticals had 13 more articles in the media than Lifecore Biomedical. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Rocket Pharmaceuticals and 2 mentions for Lifecore Biomedical. Rocket Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Lifecore Biomedical's score of 0.35 indicating that Rocket Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Lifecore Biomedical
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Rocket Pharmaceuticals
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Lifecore Biomedical has a net margin of 5.09% compared to Rocket Pharmaceuticals' net margin of 0.00%. Rocket Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of -62.62% beat Lifecore Biomedical's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Lifecore Biomedical5.09% -382.65% -10.21%
Rocket Pharmaceuticals N/A -62.62%-54.17%

Summary

Rocket Pharmaceuticals beats Lifecore Biomedical on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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LFCR vs. The Competition

MetricLifecore BiomedicalPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$266.63M$6.57B$5.12B$9.07B
Dividend YieldN/A2.98%4.91%4.22%
P/E Ratio90.5010.5991.3417.19
Price / Sales2.08195.381,117.70116.80
Price / CashN/A57.1642.6437.86
Price / Book19.575.104.794.78
Net Income$12.01M$151.51M$120.07M$225.60M
7 Day Performance-4.86%-2.15%-1.90%-1.23%
1 Month Performance3.72%-3.14%11.45%3.37%
1 Year Performance19.67%11.50%30.63%16.58%

Lifecore Biomedical Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LFCR
Lifecore Biomedical
2.9045 of 5 stars
$7.24
+2.4%
$10.00
+38.1%
+18.7%$266.63M$128.44M90.50690High Trading Volume
RCKT
Rocket Pharmaceuticals
4.8477 of 5 stars
$11.76
-2.2%
$51.00
+333.7%
-58.6%$1.07BN/A-4.37240Analyst Forecast
AVDL
Avadel Pharmaceuticals
2.6635 of 5 stars
$11.10
+6.8%
$24.43
+120.1%
-24.0%$1.07B$138.16M-13.15154Positive News
BCYC
Bicycle Therapeutics
3.6062 of 5 stars
$15.22
+10.2%
$36.00
+136.5%
-18.8%$1.05B$26.98M-4.56240Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
COLL
Collegium Pharmaceutical
3.8414 of 5 stars
$30.72
+2.1%
$42.60
+38.7%
-0.4%$990.72M$599.25M12.97210News Coverage
Positive News
SEPN
Septerna
2.2189 of 5 stars
$21.69
-3.1%
$43.67
+101.3%
N/A$963.04MN/A0.00N/A
BCAX
Bicara Therapeutics
N/A$17.46
-0.2%
$43.00
+146.3%
N/A$950.10MN/A0.0032News Coverage
Gap Down
ZYME
Zymeworks
2.8055 of 5 stars
$13.77
+9.5%
$18.83
+36.8%
+52.5%$948.48M$76.01M-9.25290Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Down
GYRE
Gyre Therapeutics
0.6053 of 5 stars
$9.97
+3.4%
N/A-61.2%$932.40M$105.03M0.0040News Coverage
Positive News
PSTX
Poseida Therapeutics
3.7522 of 5 stars
$9.51
flat
$9.50
-0.1%
+193.5%$929.79M$64.70M-15.10260
COGT
Cogent Biosciences
1.9533 of 5 stars
$8.31
+2.0%
$14.83
+78.5%
+51.9%$917.92MN/A-3.2980

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