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Scilex (SCLX) Competitors

$0.56 0.00 (-0.83%)
(As of 01:20 PM ET)

SCLX vs. MKTW, AQST, CGC, TKNO, TNGX, AKBA, LRMR, VERV, KALV, and VALN

Should you be buying Scilex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Scilex include MarketWise (MKTW), Aquestive Therapeutics (AQST), Canopy Growth (CGC), Alpha Teknova (TKNO), Tango Therapeutics (TNGX), Akebia Therapeutics (AKBA), Larimar Therapeutics (LRMR), Verve Therapeutics (VERV), KalVista Pharmaceuticals (KALV), and Valneva (VALN).

Scilex vs.

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

In the previous week, MarketWise had 1 more articles in the media than Scilex. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for MarketWise and 0 mentions for Scilex. Scilex's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat MarketWise's score of 0.59 indicating that Scilex is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
MarketWise Positive
Scilex Positive

MarketWise received 16 more outperform votes than Scilex when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Scilex an outperform vote while only 65.00% of users gave MarketWise an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
MarketWiseOutperform Votes
26
65.00%
Underperform Votes
14
35.00%
ScilexOutperform Votes
10
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes

23.0% of MarketWise shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.7% of Scilex shares are held by institutional investors. 28.6% of MarketWise shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.7% of Scilex shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

MarketWise has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Scilex has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
MarketWise$448.18M0.39$1.78M$0.124.50
Scilex$46.74M2.37-$114.33M-$1.43-0.40

MarketWise has a net margin of 1.20% compared to Scilex's net margin of -233.88%. Scilex's return on equity of 0.00% beat MarketWise's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
MarketWise1.20% -1.89% 1.50%
Scilex -233.88%N/A -111.82%

MarketWise presently has a consensus target price of $2.00, indicating a potential upside of 270.37%. Scilex has a consensus target price of $11.33, indicating a potential upside of 1,866.23%. Given Scilex's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Scilex is more favorable than MarketWise.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
MarketWise
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Scilex
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

MarketWise and Scilex tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SCLX vs. The Competition

MetricScilexBiological Products IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$110.55M$2.95B$5.08B$8.80B
Dividend YieldN/A1.91%5.02%4.07%
P/E Ratio-0.4017.5291.2813.60
Price / Sales2.37280.411,226.2187.40
Price / CashN/A169.3839.4536.27
Price / Book-0.524.366.906.33
Net Income-$114.33M-$41.63M$118.83M$225.93M
7 Day Performance-15.24%-5.54%-1.92%-0.96%
1 Month Performance-41.18%-7.28%-3.75%1.06%
1 Year Performance-39.17%25.27%31.37%26.59%

Scilex Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SCLX
Scilex
3.4335 of 5 stars
$0.56
-0.8%
$11.33
+1,924.2%
-48.7%$107.38M$46.74M-0.3980Gap Up
MKTW
MarketWise
3.4246 of 5 stars
$0.55
+1.1%
$2.00
+266.4%
-82.6%$177.01M$448.18M4.50578
AQST
Aquestive Therapeutics
2.282 of 5 stars
$4.64
-2.1%
$9.80
+111.2%
+164.5%$423.08M$50.58M-10.52160Short Interest ↓
Positive News
CGC
Canopy Growth
1.4716 of 5 stars
$3.92
+4.3%
$3.50
-10.7%
-36.3%$413.01M$220.27M-0.811,029
TKNO
Alpha Teknova
0.7199 of 5 stars
$7.59
-1.9%
$5.00
-34.1%
+279.4%$404.62M$36.68M0.00240
TNGX
Tango Therapeutics
2.492 of 5 stars
$3.70
-9.3%
$13.14
+255.2%
-46.4%$397.45M$36.53M-3.1590
AKBA
Akebia Therapeutics
3.9344 of 5 stars
$1.82
+1.7%
$5.75
+215.9%
+75.5%$397.09M$194.62M-7.85167
LRMR
Larimar Therapeutics
3.6906 of 5 stars
$6.22
+2.3%
$20.43
+228.4%
+93.6%$396.90MN/A0.0030Analyst Forecast
VERV
Verve Therapeutics
2.4428 of 5 stars
$4.66
+2.4%
$25.75
+452.6%
-63.2%$394.52M$11.76M0.00110
KALV
KalVista Pharmaceuticals
3.7203 of 5 stars
$9.10
+1.6%
$26.00
+185.7%
+9.1%$393.30MN/A0.00150Insider Trade
News Coverage
VALN
Valneva
2.2966 of 5 stars
$4.56
-2.4%
$18.50
+305.7%
-62.1%$370.50M$165.52M-33.54700Gap Down

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