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LPTX vs. EPIX, FBRX, AVTX, APLT, BGM, INCR, MURA, GANX, PMVP, and IKNA

Should you be buying Leap Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Leap Therapeutics include ESSA Pharma (EPIX), Forte Biosciences (FBRX), Avalo Therapeutics (AVTX), Applied Therapeutics (APLT), Qilian International Holding Group (BGM), InterCure (INCR), Mural Oncology (MURA), Gain Therapeutics (GANX), PMV Pharmaceuticals (PMVP), and Ikena Oncology (IKNA). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Leap Therapeutics vs.

Leap Therapeutics (NASDAQ:LPTX) and ESSA Pharma (NASDAQ:EPIX) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.

ESSA Pharma's return on equity of -24.61% beat Leap Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Leap TherapeuticsN/A -116.24% -93.18%
ESSA Pharma N/A -24.61%-23.87%

ESSA Pharma is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Leap Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Leap TherapeuticsN/AN/A-$81.41M-$1.93-0.25
ESSA PharmaN/AN/A-$28.54M-$0.69-2.49

ESSA Pharma received 55 more outperform votes than Leap Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.87% of users gave ESSA Pharma an outperform vote while only 68.53% of users gave Leap Therapeutics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Leap TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
294
68.53%
Underperform Votes
135
31.47%
ESSA PharmaOutperform Votes
349
75.87%
Underperform Votes
111
24.13%

In the previous week, ESSA Pharma had 18 more articles in the media than Leap Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for ESSA Pharma and 0 mentions for Leap Therapeutics. ESSA Pharma's average media sentiment score of 0.08 beat Leap Therapeutics' score of 0.00 indicating that ESSA Pharma is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Leap Therapeutics Neutral
ESSA Pharma Neutral

Leap Therapeutics has a beta of 0.15, meaning that its share price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ESSA Pharma has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.

30.5% of Leap Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.1% of ESSA Pharma shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.4% of Leap Therapeutics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.5% of ESSA Pharma shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Leap Therapeutics presently has a consensus price target of $4.92, suggesting a potential upside of 923.88%. ESSA Pharma has a consensus price target of $9.50, suggesting a potential upside of 452.33%. Given Leap Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Leap Therapeutics is more favorable than ESSA Pharma.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Leap Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25
ESSA Pharma
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Summary

ESSA Pharma beats Leap Therapeutics on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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LPTX vs. The Competition

MetricLeap TherapeuticsPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$18.50M$7.05B$5.82B$9.09B
Dividend YieldN/A2.76%4.77%3.84%
P/E RatioN/A3.1618.9215.38
Price / SalesN/A311.68453.2984.08
Price / CashN/A67.2843.8437.22
Price / Book0.206.717.644.65
Net Income-$81.41M$138.11M$3.18B$245.69M
7 Day Performance-4.67%-2.54%-1.95%-2.67%
1 Month Performance-79.12%-2.00%-0.23%-2.16%
1 Year Performance-83.94%-5.04%16.69%12.90%

Leap Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LPTX
Leap Therapeutics
1.3631 of 5 stars
$0.48
-0.5%
$4.92
+923.9%
-84.0%$18.50MN/A0.0040
EPIX
ESSA Pharma
3.1167 of 5 stars
$1.73
-0.6%
$9.50
+449.1%
-79.0%$76.80MN/A-2.7050High Trading Volume
FBRX
Forte Biosciences
3.4697 of 5 stars
$12.00
+7.6%
$23.58
+96.5%
+39,891.3%$76.68MN/A-0.745Options Volume
News Coverage
AVTX
Avalo Therapeutics
3.366 of 5 stars
$7.35
-4.9%
$40.00
+444.2%
+94.9%$76.40M$820,000.000.0040Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Up
APLT
Applied Therapeutics
4.6863 of 5 stars
$0.65
+9.2%
$6.10
+842.8%
-89.7%$75.29M$9.99M-0.4030
BGM
Qilian International Holding Group
N/A$10.28
-0.8%
N/AN/A$74.32M$25.10M0.00298
INCR
InterCure
0.3593 of 5 stars
$1.62
+0.6%
N/A-15.0%$73.83M$272.67M0.00350News Coverage
MURA
Mural Oncology
3.6059 of 5 stars
$4.29
+0.7%
$16.00
+273.0%
-13.6%$73.02MN/A-0.47119
GANX
Gain Therapeutics
2.1425 of 5 stars
$2.73
+6.6%
$7.25
+165.6%
-48.6%$72.40M$50,000.00-2.4820Gap Up
PMVP
PMV Pharmaceuticals
2.5634 of 5 stars
$1.39
-2.1%
$5.50
+295.7%
-16.6%$71.93MN/A-1.3950Positive News
IKNA
Ikena Oncology
3.4025 of 5 stars
$1.49
-2.6%
$3.00
+101.3%
+4.5%$71.90M$659,000.00-1.2170Positive News
High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:LPTX) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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