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$0.45 -0.02 (-4.31%)
Closing price 01/17/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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SCLX vs. KRRO, RVNC, CTNM, GLUE, ENGN, RGNX, ALMS, TSHA, CRVS, and PGEN

Should you be buying Scilex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Scilex include Korro Bio (KRRO), Revance Therapeutics (RVNC), Contineum Therapeutics (CTNM), Monte Rosa Therapeutics (GLUE), enGene (ENGN), REGENXBIO (RGNX), Alumis (ALMS), Taysha Gene Therapies (TSHA), Corvus Pharmaceuticals (CRVS), and Precigen (PGEN). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Scilex vs.

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

Korro Bio currently has a consensus price target of $144.00, indicating a potential upside of 289.19%. Scilex has a consensus price target of $11.33, indicating a potential upside of 2,424.13%. Given Scilex's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Scilex is more favorable than Korro Bio.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Korro Bio
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.14
Scilex
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Korro Bio received 14 more outperform votes than Scilex when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Korro BioOutperform Votes
24
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes
ScilexOutperform Votes
10
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes

Korro Bio has a beta of 2.03, indicating that its share price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Scilex has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Scilex had 1 more articles in the media than Korro Bio. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Scilex and 4 mentions for Korro Bio. Scilex's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Korro Bio's score of 0.35 indicating that Scilex is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Korro Bio
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Scilex
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Korro Bio has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Scilex's net margin of -159.10%. Scilex's return on equity of 0.00% beat Korro Bio's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Korro BioN/A -50.25% -38.48%
Scilex -159.10%N/A -93.98%

13.2% of Korro Bio shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.7% of Scilex shares are held by institutional investors. 5.4% of Korro Bio shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.7% of Scilex shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Korro Bio has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Scilex.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Korro BioN/AN/A-$81.17MN/AN/A
Scilex$46.74M1.84-$114.33M-$0.83-0.54

Summary

Korro Bio beats Scilex on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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SCLX vs. The Competition

MetricScilexBiological Products IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$86.11M$2.96B$5.33B$9.13B
Dividend YieldN/A1.91%5.36%4.02%
P/E RatioN/A21.7162.9714.01
Price / Sales1.84276.051,268.8175.41
Price / CashN/A192.9344.4836.09
Price / Book-0.413.964.884.58
Net Income-$114.33M-$41.02M$117.85M$224.83M
7 Day Performance-0.22%1.13%1.44%2.37%
1 Month Performance0.34%-1.72%2.50%4.40%
1 Year Performance-69.87%-2.23%25.75%20.10%

Scilex Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SCLX
Scilex
3.9237 of 5 stars
$0.45
-4.3%
$11.33
+2,424.1%
-69.9%$86.11M$46.74M0.0080Earnings Report
KRRO
Korro Bio
1.5219 of 5 stars
$36.70
+4.1%
$144.00
+292.4%
-10.0%$343.81M$14.07M0.0070
RVNC
Revance Therapeutics
4.1952 of 5 stars
$3.27
+0.6%
$8.39
+156.4%
-35.0%$341.36M$256.95M-1.69500Analyst Forecast
CTNM
Contineum Therapeutics
1.4278 of 5 stars
$13.20
-0.7%
$29.25
+121.6%
N/A$340.27M$50M0.0031
GLUE
Monte Rosa Therapeutics
3.0643 of 5 stars
$5.53
-3.0%
$14.00
+153.2%
+12.1%$339.75M$14.98M-3.0290Short Interest ↑
ENGN
enGene
2.4732 of 5 stars
$7.66
+0.7%
$29.78
+288.7%
-5.4%$338.70MN/A-13.2131
RGNX
REGENXBIO
4.3597 of 5 stars
$6.81
-9.3%
$35.27
+418.0%
-46.2%$337.40M$84.33M-1.35344
ALMS
Alumis
N/A$7.07
+1.0%
$26.83
+279.5%
N/A$333.86MN/A0.00N/APositive News
TSHA
Taysha Gene Therapies
3.5105 of 5 stars
$1.62
-8.0%
$6.63
+309.0%
+6.3%$332.01M$9.92M2.57180
CRVS
Corvus Pharmaceuticals
2.5636 of 5 stars
$5.15
-3.4%
$12.38
+140.3%
+151.8%$330.92MN/A-5.5430Positive News
PGEN
Precigen
3.9702 of 5 stars
$1.07
-9.4%
$7.00
+557.3%
-13.3%$311.91M$3.96M-1.94190

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