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NextCure (NXTC) Competitors

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$1.30 -0.01 (-0.76%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

NXTC vs. HOOK, KZR, PRTK, BDTX, NLTX, IVA, ABOS, ELUT, FTLF, and IXHL

Should you be buying NextCure stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NextCure include Hookipa Pharma (HOOK), Kezar Life Sciences (KZR), Paratek Pharmaceuticals (PRTK), Black Diamond Therapeutics (BDTX), Neoleukin Therapeutics (NLTX), Inventiva (IVA), Acumen Pharmaceuticals (ABOS), Elutia (ELUT), FitLife Brands (FTLF), and Incannex Healthcare (IXHL). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

NextCure vs.

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

NextCure has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Hookipa Pharma's net margin of -86.74%. Hookipa Pharma's return on equity of -33.31% beat NextCure's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Hookipa Pharma-86.74% -33.31% -21.65%
NextCure N/A -62.50%-53.67%

Hookipa Pharma has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NextCure has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Hookipa Pharma had 6 more articles in the media than NextCure. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Hookipa Pharma and 1 mentions for NextCure. NextCure's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Hookipa Pharma's score of -0.19 indicating that NextCure is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Hookipa Pharma
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
NextCure
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Hookipa Pharma$20.13M1.63-$81.58M-$3.72-0.73
NextCureN/AN/A-$62.72M-$2.09-0.62

Hookipa Pharma received 11 more outperform votes than NextCure when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.54% of users gave Hookipa Pharma an outperform vote while only 64.52% of users gave NextCure an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Hookipa PharmaOutperform Votes
91
70.54%
Underperform Votes
38
29.46%
NextCureOutperform Votes
80
64.52%
Underperform Votes
44
35.48%

Hookipa Pharma currently has a consensus price target of $38.33, suggesting a potential upside of 1,309.31%. NextCure has a consensus price target of $4.00, suggesting a potential upside of 207.69%. Given Hookipa Pharma's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Hookipa Pharma is more favorable than NextCure.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Hookipa Pharma
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
NextCure
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

63.9% of Hookipa Pharma shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.7% of NextCure shares are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of Hookipa Pharma shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.3% of NextCure shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Hookipa Pharma beats NextCure on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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NXTC vs. The Competition

MetricNextCurePharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$36.69M$6.49B$5.07B$8.90B
Dividend YieldN/A8.11%4.99%4.07%
P/E Ratio-0.624.8587.8613.46
Price / SalesN/A374.821,228.8287.66
Price / CashN/A52.5939.5136.27
Price / Book0.4810.216.946.30
Net Income-$62.72M$153.61M$119.12M$225.93M
7 Day Performance-2.99%-2.00%-1.84%-1.32%
1 Month Performance-2.99%-7.47%-3.65%0.60%
1 Year Performance5.69%31.80%31.64%26.23%

NextCure Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NXTC
NextCure
4.3842 of 5 stars
$1.30
-0.8%
$4.00
+207.7%
+4.8%$36.69MN/A-0.6290
HOOK
Hookipa Pharma
2.4671 of 5 stars
$2.72
-2.5%
$38.33
+1,309.3%
-46.4%$33.63M$20.13M-0.7356
KZR
Kezar Life Sciences
4.3605 of 5 stars
$7.49
+1.5%
$40.50
+440.7%
-15.4%$53.85M$7M0.0060Analyst Revision
PRTK
Paratek Pharmaceuticals
0.0195 of 5 stars
$2.23
+1.8%
N/A+0.0%$127.82M$160.27M-2.03268High Trading Volume
BDTX
Black Diamond Therapeutics
2.8436 of 5 stars
$2.43
-4.7%
$15.50
+537.9%
+8.0%$144.29MN/A0.0090Positive News
NLTX
Neoleukin Therapeutics
N/A$15.33
-11.0%
N/A+30.5%$144.07MN/A-4.9390High Trading Volume
IVA
Inventiva
3.0751 of 5 stars
$2.74
flat
$14.00
+410.9%
-31.9%$143.79M$18.91M0.00100News Coverage
ABOS
Acumen Pharmaceuticals
2.6635 of 5 stars
$2.37
-0.8%
$9.00
+279.7%
+0.4%$143.59MN/A0.0051Analyst Revision
ELUT
Elutia
2.685 of 5 stars
$4.38
+4.0%
$10.00
+128.3%
+170.4%$143.39M$24.75M0.00180
FTLF
FitLife Brands
4.0645 of 5 stars
$31.83
+2.3%
$40.00
+25.7%
+59.9%$143.01M$52.70M18.8320Analyst Revision
IXHL
Incannex Healthcare
1.3552 of 5 stars
$2.09
-2.8%
N/A+132.2%$136.48M$10,000.000.003Gap Up

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