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NCNA vs. BPTH, VAXX, ZVSA, ASLN, EVFM, OGEN, NMTR, PTPI, TRVN, and PBLA

Should you be buying NuCana stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NuCana include Bio-Path (BPTH), Vaxxinity (VAXX), ZyVersa Therapeutics (ZVSA), ASLAN Pharmaceuticals (ASLN), Evofem Biosciences (EVFM), Oragenics (OGEN), 9 Meters Biopharma (NMTR), Petros Pharmaceuticals (PTPI), Trevena (TRVN), and Panbela Therapeutics (PBLA). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

NuCana vs. Its Competitors

Bio-Path (NASDAQ:BPTH) and NuCana (NASDAQ:NCNA) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and profitability.

NuCana's return on equity of -319.85% beat Bio-Path's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Bio-PathN/A -2,842.40% -337.48%
NuCana N/A -319.85%-88.55%

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Bio-PathN/AN/A-$16.08MN/AN/A
NuCanaN/AN/A-$24.28M-$7.02-0.01

Bio-Path has a beta of -0.03, indicating that its stock price is 103% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NuCana has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.

5.7% of Bio-Path shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.0% of NuCana shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Bio-Path shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 31.2% of NuCana shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

NuCana has a consensus price target of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 63,838.62%. Given NuCana's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe NuCana is more favorable than Bio-Path.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Bio-Path
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
NuCana
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

In the previous week, NuCana had 2 more articles in the media than Bio-Path. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for NuCana and 1 mentions for Bio-Path. NuCana's average media sentiment score of -0.33 beat Bio-Path's score of -1.00 indicating that NuCana is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Bio-Path Negative
NuCana Neutral

Summary

NuCana beats Bio-Path on 10 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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NCNA vs. The Competition

MetricNuCanaMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$260K$3.00B$5.49B$9.54B
Dividend YieldN/A2.43%4.73%4.09%
P/E Ratio-0.0117.7428.8323.83
Price / SalesN/A179.21372.0766.02
Price / CashN/A41.9535.4557.96
Price / Book0.038.508.275.54
Net Income-$24.28M-$55.06M$3.25B$259.28M
7 Day PerformanceN/A-3.99%-3.73%-4.68%
1 Month PerformanceN/A9.58%4.29%4.36%
1 Year PerformanceN/A6.70%25.87%17.88%

NuCana Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NCNA
NuCana
2.6727 of 5 stars
$0.04
-8.9%
$25.00
+63,838.6%
-98.9%$260KN/A-0.0130News Coverage
Short Interest ↑
Gap Up
BPTH
Bio-Path
0.5791 of 5 stars
$0.15
+4.5%
N/A-90.0%$1.27MN/A0.0010Short Interest ↑
VAXX
Vaxxinity
N/A$0.01
-77.3%
N/A-99.7%$1.27MN/A-0.0290Gap Down
ZVSA
ZyVersa Therapeutics
0.3983 of 5 stars
$0.26
-5.6%
N/A-94.6%$1.24MN/A0.002Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down
ASLN
ASLAN Pharmaceuticals
N/A$0.60
flat
N/AN/A$1.23M$12M-0.0330
EVFM
Evofem Biosciences
0.756 of 5 stars
$0.01
+3.1%
N/A-9.0%$1.19M$11.39M-0.02120Short Interest ↑
OGEN
Oragenics
0.2213 of 5 stars
$1.38
-0.7%
N/A-95.9%$1.14MN/A-0.205News Coverage
NMTR
9 Meters Biopharma
N/AN/AN/AN/A$1.04MN/A-0.0220
PTPI
Petros Pharmaceuticals
N/A$0.03
-2.9%
N/A-99.7%$938K$5.11M-0.0120Gap Down
TRVN
Trevena
1.5454 of 5 stars
$0.91
flat
$5.00
+449.5%
-82.5%$873K$443K-0.0240Upcoming Earnings
PBLA
Panbela Therapeutics
0.1643 of 5 stars
$0.16
flat
N/A-55.3%$767KN/A0.006Short Interest ↑

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This page (NASDAQ:NCNA) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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