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Lipocine (LPCN) Competitors

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$6.08
+0.54 (+9.75%)
(As of 11/1/2024 ET)

LPCN vs. LTRN, TNXP, CEMI, LPTX, DERM, TELO, RANI, NVCT, INMB, and ANVS

Should you be buying Lipocine stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lipocine include Lantern Pharma (LTRN), Tonix Pharmaceuticals (TNXP), Chembio Diagnostics (CEMI), Leap Therapeutics (LPTX), Journey Medical (DERM), Telomir Pharmaceuticals (TELO), Rani Therapeutics (RANI), Nuvectis Pharma (NVCT), INmune Bio (INMB), and Annovis Bio (ANVS). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Lipocine vs.

Lipocine (NASDAQ:LPCN) and Lantern Pharma (NASDAQ:LTRN) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Lipocine received 335 more outperform votes than Lantern Pharma when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.00% of users gave Lantern Pharma an outperform vote while only 69.96% of users gave Lipocine an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
LipocineOutperform Votes
347
69.96%
Underperform Votes
149
30.04%
Lantern PharmaOutperform Votes
12
75.00%
Underperform Votes
4
25.00%

Lipocine currently has a consensus target price of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 64.47%. Given Lipocine's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Lipocine is more favorable than Lantern Pharma.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Lipocine
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Lantern Pharma
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

9.1% of Lipocine shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.6% of Lantern Pharma shares are held by institutional investors. 6.1% of Lipocine shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.3% of Lantern Pharma shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Lipocine had 1 more articles in the media than Lantern Pharma. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Lipocine and 1 mentions for Lantern Pharma. Lipocine's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Lantern Pharma's score of -0.79 indicating that Lipocine is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Lipocine
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Lantern Pharma
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Negative

Lipocine's return on equity of -38.58% beat Lantern Pharma's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
LipocineN/A -38.58% -35.28%
Lantern Pharma N/A -46.40%-42.58%

Lipocine has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lantern Pharma has a beta of 1.55, meaning that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Lantern Pharma has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lipocine. Lipocine is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lantern Pharma, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Lipocine$500K65.06-$16.35M-$1.59-3.82
Lantern PharmaN/AN/A-$15.96M-$1.65-1.97

Summary

Lipocine beats Lantern Pharma on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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LPCN vs. The Competition

MetricLipocinePharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$32.53M$7.02B$5.33B$8.52B
Dividend YieldN/A7.92%5.07%4.13%
P/E Ratio-3.8212.35128.4016.13
Price / Sales65.06396.051,491.7792.21
Price / CashN/A47.4339.5634.18
Price / Book1.595.604.765.07
Net Income-$16.35M$153.56M$118.92M$225.46M
7 Day Performance5.37%-1.46%-0.39%0.07%
1 Month Performance40.42%15.32%6.06%3.93%
1 Year Performance137.50%43.07%38.23%32.51%

Lipocine Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LPCN
Lipocine
1.5518 of 5 stars
$6.08
+9.7%
$10.00
+64.5%
+137.5%$32.53M$500,000.00-3.8210News Coverage
LTRN
Lantern Pharma
0.9061 of 5 stars
$3.31
+6.1%
N/A+25.5%$35.65MN/A-2.0120News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
TNXP
Tonix Pharmaceuticals
3.6345 of 5 stars
$0.14
-6.7%
$53.50
+38,306.3%
-99.1%$19.12M$7.77M0.00103News Coverage
CEMI
Chembio Diagnostics
N/A$0.46
flat
N/A+0.0%$16.71M$48.34M-0.38337Analyst Forecast
LPTX
Leap Therapeutics
3.1154 of 5 stars
$3.74
flat
$10.40
+178.1%
+144.8%$95.74M$1.50M-1.8740Positive News
Gap Up
DERM
Journey Medical
3.4208 of 5 stars
$6.17
+7.3%
$9.38
+51.9%
N/A$127.89M$77.68M-308.5090Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
High Trading Volume
TELO
Telomir Pharmaceuticals
N/A$4.25
+4.7%
N/AN/A$125.84MN/A0.001
RANI
Rani Therapeutics
3.1546 of 5 stars
$2.31
+0.9%
$11.71
+407.1%
+20.9%$122.30M$2.72M-1.96110Gap Up
NVCT
Nuvectis Pharma
1.8597 of 5 stars
$6.41
-14.2%
$21.00
+227.6%
-30.3%$119.55MN/A-4.978High Trading Volume
INMB
INmune Bio
2.3312 of 5 stars
$6.04
+3.2%
$20.00
+231.1%
-14.6%$119.35M$160,000.00-2.9310Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Gap Up
ANVS
Annovis Bio
2.1869 of 5 stars
$9.09
-2.0%
$32.17
+253.9%
+44.9%$118.62MN/A-1.783Short Interest ↑

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This page (NASDAQ:LPCN) was last updated on 11/2/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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