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Lexicon Pharmaceuticals (LXRX) Competitors

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$0.80 0.00 (-0.38%)
(As of 02:08 PM ET)

LXRX vs. AVEO, IRWD, EBS, RIGL, SGMO, CDXS, XOMA, VNDA, VSTM, and ACHV

Should you be buying Lexicon Pharmaceuticals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lexicon Pharmaceuticals include AVEO Pharmaceuticals (AVEO), Ironwood Pharmaceuticals (IRWD), Emergent BioSolutions (EBS), Rigel Pharmaceuticals (RIGL), Sangamo Therapeutics (SGMO), Codexis (CDXS), XOMA (XOMA), Vanda Pharmaceuticals (VNDA), Verastem (VSTM), and Achieve Life Sciences (ACHV). These companies are all part of the "biotechnology" industry.

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals vs.

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

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AVEO Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 1, suggesting that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

AVEO Pharmaceuticals has a net margin of -30.79% compared to Lexicon Pharmaceuticals' net margin of -4,109.41%. AVEO Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of -81.66% beat Lexicon Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals-4,109.41% -107.38% -64.09%
AVEO Pharmaceuticals -30.79%-81.66%-28.83%

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals currently has a consensus target price of $6.00, indicating a potential upside of 645.99%. Given Lexicon Pharmaceuticals' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Lexicon Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than AVEO Pharmaceuticals.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
AVEO Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals$1.20M165.04-$177.12M-$0.75-1.07
AVEO Pharmaceuticals$42.29M12.33-$53.34M-$0.84-17.86

AVEO Pharmaceuticals received 7 more outperform votes than Lexicon Pharmaceuticals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.68% of users gave AVEO Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote while only 64.86% of users gave Lexicon Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Lexicon PharmaceuticalsOutperform Votes
480
64.86%
Underperform Votes
260
35.14%
AVEO PharmaceuticalsOutperform Votes
487
70.68%
Underperform Votes
202
29.32%

74.7% of Lexicon Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.0% of AVEO Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. 6.8% of Lexicon Pharmaceuticals shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of AVEO Pharmaceuticals shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Lexicon Pharmaceuticals had 16 more articles in the media than AVEO Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Lexicon Pharmaceuticals and 0 mentions for AVEO Pharmaceuticals. AVEO Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat Lexicon Pharmaceuticals' score of 0.25 indicating that AVEO Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Neutral
AVEO Pharmaceuticals Neutral

Summary

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals beats AVEO Pharmaceuticals on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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LXRX vs. The Competition

MetricLexicon PharmaceuticalsPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$198.05M$6.53B$5.10B$8.84B
Dividend YieldN/A8.11%5.04%4.07%
P/E Ratio-1.075.5095.1214.22
Price / Sales165.04375.021,217.3088.42
Price / CashN/A52.5939.4936.27
Price / Book1.1210.276.976.37
Net Income-$177.12M$153.22M$118.73M$225.56M
7 Day Performance-24.12%-1.19%-1.22%-0.02%
1 Month Performance-58.75%-6.71%-3.07%2.04%
1 Year Performance-25.53%32.39%32.52%28.00%

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LXRX
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals
1.9831 of 5 stars
$0.80
-0.4%
$6.00
+646.0%
-31.6%$198.05M$1.20M-1.07285Analyst Revision
AVEO
AVEO Pharmaceuticals
N/A$15.00
flat
N/A+0.0%$521.45M$42.29M-17.86114
IRWD
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals
4.2607 of 5 stars
$3.36
-4.5%
$10.40
+209.5%
-63.0%$537.70M$442.73M-117.33220
EBS
Emergent BioSolutions
4.3379 of 5 stars
$9.47
+6.6%
$14.00
+47.8%
+322.9%$513.09M$1.05B-2.321,600Analyst Downgrade
RIGL
Rigel Pharmaceuticals
3.8438 of 5 stars
$25.18
+3.6%
$31.30
+24.3%
+159.7%$443.42M$116.88M173.66147
SGMO
Sangamo Therapeutics
2.1854 of 5 stars
$1.98
+1.5%
$7.00
+253.5%
+369.9%$413.13M$176.23M0.00480Analyst Revision
CDXS
Codexis
4.2117 of 5 stars
$4.36
+0.7%
$8.33
+91.1%
+117.6%$354.82M$70.14M0.00250
XOMA
XOMA
4.4424 of 5 stars
$30.10
+0.3%
$78.50
+160.8%
+96.6%$354.58M$4.76M0.0010Positive News
VNDA
Vanda Pharmaceuticals
4.4351 of 5 stars
$4.92
+0.4%
$15.50
+215.0%
+36.9%$286.89M$192.64M-17.50203
VSTM
Verastem
2.8014 of 5 stars
$4.07
+7.4%
$12.50
+207.1%
-41.2%$181.16M$2.60M-1.1950Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
ACHV
Achieve Life Sciences
1.4938 of 5 stars
$4.34
+0.9%
$14.80
+241.0%
-21.9%$149.25MN/A0.0020

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