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NCNA vs. MBIO, PMCB, PHXM, EYEN, AWH, CDT, AYTU, TLPH, KPRX, and BCDA

Should you be buying NuCana stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NuCana include Mustang Bio (MBIO), PharmaCyte Biotech (PMCB), PHAXIAM Therapeutics (PHXM), Eyenovia (EYEN), Aspira Women's Health (AWH), Conduit Pharmaceuticals (CDT), Aytu BioPharma (AYTU), Talphera (TLPH), Kiora Pharmaceuticals (KPRX), and BioCardia (BCDA). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

NuCana vs.

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

NuCana received 82 more outperform votes than Mustang Bio when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.65% of users gave NuCana an outperform vote while only 64.26% of users gave Mustang Bio an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
NuCanaOutperform Votes
251
67.65%
Underperform Votes
120
32.35%
Mustang BioOutperform Votes
169
64.26%
Underperform Votes
94
35.74%

NuCana has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mustang Bio has a beta of 1.77, suggesting that its share price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Mustang Bio had 8 more articles in the media than NuCana. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Mustang Bio and 0 mentions for NuCana. Mustang Bio's average media sentiment score of -0.06 beat NuCana's score of -1.00 indicating that Mustang Bio is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
NuCana Negative
Mustang Bio Neutral

Mustang Bio is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NuCana, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
NuCanaN/AN/A-$34.37M-$10.48-0.11
Mustang BioN/AN/A-$51.60M-$1.56-3.56

NuCana currently has a consensus price target of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2,092.98%. Mustang Bio has a consensus price target of $100.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1,701.80%. Given NuCana's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe NuCana is more favorable than Mustang Bio.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
NuCana
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Mustang Bio
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Mustang Bio's return on equity of 0.00% beat NuCana's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
NuCanaN/A -314.47% -112.60%
Mustang Bio N/A N/A -172.89%

44.0% of NuCana shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.0% of Mustang Bio shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.2% of NuCana shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Mustang Bio shares are owned 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.

Summary

NuCana beats Mustang Bio on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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NCNA vs. The Competition

MetricNuCanaPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.01M$6.22B$5.21B$9.14B
Dividend YieldN/A2.94%5.13%4.02%
P/E Ratio-0.119.9189.4217.36
Price / SalesN/A309.211,240.0477.11
Price / CashN/A61.4443.7535.97
Price / Book0.136.055.314.79
Net Income-$34.37M$154.90M$122.54M$225.00M
7 Day Performance9.62%1.35%1.42%2.37%
1 Month Performance-5.79%0.41%2.51%4.40%
1 Year Performance-84.79%3.08%25.29%20.10%

NuCana Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NCNA
NuCana
2.8551 of 5 stars
$1.14
+2.7%
$25.00
+2,093.0%
-84.8%$3.01MN/A0.0030Negative News
MBIO
Mustang Bio
2.5778 of 5 stars
$0.22
-13.1%
$2.00
+797.3%
-91.8%$10.65MN/A-0.14100Stock Split
PMCB
PharmaCyte Biotech
1.8652 of 5 stars
$1.52
+0.0%
N/A-28.7%$10.59MN/A2.872Positive News
PHXM
PHAXIAM Therapeutics
N/A$3.10
flat
N/AN/A$10.58M$32.66M0.0049
EYEN
Eyenovia
2.4446 of 5 stars
$0.09
-12.5%
$2.00
+2,016.4%
-95.9%$10.53M$31,832.00-0.1340Gap Up
AWH
Aspira Women's Health
3.628 of 5 stars
$0.64
+1.6%
$4.40
+586.4%
-88.8%$10.43M$8.96M-0.52110Positive News
Gap Down
CDT
Conduit Pharmaceuticals
N/A$0.10
-18.3%
N/A-97.5%$10.36MN/A0.003Positive News
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AYTU
Aytu BioPharma
0.9033 of 5 stars
$1.69
-2.9%
N/A-31.4%$10.31M$79.76M-1.36160Positive News
TLPH
Talphera
3.445 of 5 stars
$0.61
+0.8%
$4.50
+643.8%
-23.9%$10.30M$281,000.00-0.8819
KPRX
Kiora Pharmaceuticals
3.2502 of 5 stars
$3.35
-4.8%
$10.00
+198.5%
-20.6%$10.05M$16M0.0010Gap Up
BCDA
BioCardia
3.5353 of 5 stars
$2.18
+2.1%
$25.00
+1,049.4%
-66.7%$9.97M$71,000.00-0.5240Positive News
Gap Down

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This page (NASDAQ:NCNA) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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