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Lipocine (LPCN) Competitors

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$4.91 +0.20 (+4.25%)
(As of 03:00 PM ET)

LPCN vs. TNXP, LTRN, CEMI, LPTX, CLLS, AVTX, IPSC, MNPR, COYA, and TLSA

Should you be buying Lipocine stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lipocine include Tonix Pharmaceuticals (TNXP), Lantern Pharma (LTRN), Chembio Diagnostics (CEMI), Leap Therapeutics (LPTX), Cellectis (CLLS), Avalo Therapeutics (AVTX), Century Therapeutics (IPSC), Monopar Therapeutics (MNPR), Coya Therapeutics (COYA), and Tiziana Life Sciences (TLSA). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Lipocine vs.

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

82.3% of Tonix Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.1% of Lipocine shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Tonix Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of Lipocine shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Tonix Pharmaceuticals currently has a consensus target price of $53.50, indicating a potential upside of 26,437.70%. Lipocine has a consensus target price of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 103.67%. Given Tonix Pharmaceuticals' higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Tonix Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than Lipocine.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Tonix Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Lipocine
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Lipocine received 7 more outperform votes than Tonix Pharmaceuticals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.82% of users gave Lipocine an outperform vote while only 61.82% of users gave Tonix Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Tonix PharmaceuticalsOutperform Votes
340
61.82%
Underperform Votes
210
38.18%
LipocineOutperform Votes
347
69.82%
Underperform Votes
150
30.18%

Lipocine has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Tonix Pharmaceuticals' net margin of -1,197.86%. Lipocine's return on equity of -19.17% beat Tonix Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Tonix Pharmaceuticals-1,197.86% -163.95% -118.88%
Lipocine N/A -19.17%-17.60%

Tonix Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 2.06, suggesting that its stock price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lipocine has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Tonix Pharmaceuticals had 3 more articles in the media than Lipocine. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Tonix Pharmaceuticals and 2 mentions for Lipocine. Tonix Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 0.04 beat Lipocine's score of 0.00 indicating that Tonix Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Tonix Pharmaceuticals
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Lipocine
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Tonix Pharmaceuticals$7.77M3.56-$116.66M-$52.740.00
Lipocine$500K52.54-$16.35M-$0.76-6.46

Summary

Lipocine beats Tonix Pharmaceuticals on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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LPCN vs. The Competition

MetricLipocinePharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$26.27M$6.53B$5.10B$8.84B
Dividend YieldN/A8.11%5.04%4.07%
P/E Ratio-6.465.5695.6214.26
Price / Sales52.54371.591,217.1987.73
Price / CashN/A52.5939.5936.27
Price / Book1.3810.236.946.36
Net Income-$16.35M$153.22M$118.89M$225.56M
7 Day Performance-5.76%-1.36%-1.33%-0.10%
1 Month Performance-11.69%-6.81%-3.17%2.02%
1 Year Performance95.62%32.27%32.49%27.87%

Lipocine Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LPCN
Lipocine
2.0601 of 5 stars
$4.91
+4.2%
$10.00
+103.7%
+96.3%$26.27M$500,000.00-6.4610
TNXP
Tonix Pharmaceuticals
2.9424 of 5 stars
$0.20
+6.1%
$53.50
+26,437.7%
-98.8%$27.67M$7.77M0.00103Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
LTRN
Lantern Pharma
1.0538 of 5 stars
$2.91
-1.0%
N/A-27.0%$31.37MN/A0.0020Positive News
CEMI
Chembio Diagnostics
N/A$0.46
flat
N/A+0.0%$16.71M$48.34M-0.38337Analyst Forecast
LPTX
Leap Therapeutics
2.4038 of 5 stars
$2.58
-0.4%
$7.50
+190.7%
+25.1%$66.05M$1.50M0.0040Positive News
CLLS
Cellectis
2.8825 of 5 stars
$1.89
-1.0%
$7.00
+270.4%
-38.4%$105.05M$9.19M0.00290Analyst Forecast
AVTX
Avalo Therapeutics
2.3663 of 5 stars
$10.07
-7.6%
N/A-47.4%$104.63M$1.92M0.0040Positive News
IPSC
Century Therapeutics
1.5802 of 5 stars
$1.23
-2.8%
$11.60
+846.9%
-11.9%$104.16M$2.23M0.00170
MNPR
Monopar Therapeutics
3.5896 of 5 stars
$19.60
+3.2%
$27.33
+39.5%
+1,213.5%$103.49MN/A0.0010
COYA
Coya Therapeutics
3.0537 of 5 stars
$6.17
+2.3%
$16.67
+170.1%
+10.6%$103.10M$6M0.006
TLSA
Tiziana Life Sciences
0.5465 of 5 stars
$0.97
-3.0%
N/A+75.4%$102.20MN/A0.008Positive News

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