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Salarius Pharmaceuticals (SLRX) Competitors

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$2.69 +0.07 (+2.67%)
As of 01/17/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

SLRX vs. TENX, XCUR, ATHA, GOVX, MIRA, BTAI, CYTH, APRE, BFRG, and CARM

Should you be buying Salarius Pharmaceuticals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Salarius Pharmaceuticals include Tenax Therapeutics (TENX), Exicure (XCUR), Athira Pharma (ATHA), GeoVax Labs (GOVX), MIRA Pharmaceuticals (MIRA), BioXcel Therapeutics (BTAI), Cyclo Therapeutics (CYTH), Aprea Therapeutics (APRE), Bullfrog AI (BFRG), and Carisma Therapeutics (CARM). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Salarius Pharmaceuticals vs.

Salarius Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:SLRX) and Tenax Therapeutics (NASDAQ:TENX) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and earnings.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Salarius PharmaceuticalsN/AN/A-$12.54M-$8.17-0.33
Tenax TherapeuticsN/AN/A-$7.71MN/AN/A

Tenax Therapeutics' return on equity of -46.00% beat Salarius Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Salarius PharmaceuticalsN/A -140.28% -105.76%
Tenax Therapeutics N/A -46.00%-42.65%

Tenax Therapeutics has a consensus price target of $16.00, suggesting a potential upside of 152.76%. Given Tenax Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Tenax Therapeutics is more favorable than Salarius Pharmaceuticals.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Salarius Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Tenax Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.20

11.9% of Salarius Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.7% of Tenax Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Salarius Pharmaceuticals shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Tenax Therapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Salarius Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tenax Therapeutics has a beta of 2.14, suggesting that its stock price is 114% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Salarius Pharmaceuticals had 1 more articles in the media than Tenax Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Salarius Pharmaceuticals and 1 mentions for Tenax Therapeutics. Tenax Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Salarius Pharmaceuticals' score of 0.02 indicating that Tenax Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Salarius Pharmaceuticals
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Tenax Therapeutics
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Tenax Therapeutics received 118 more outperform votes than Salarius Pharmaceuticals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.03% of users gave Tenax Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 54.17% of users gave Salarius Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Salarius PharmaceuticalsOutperform Votes
26
54.17%
Underperform Votes
22
45.83%
Tenax TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
144
56.03%
Underperform Votes
113
43.97%

Summary

Tenax Therapeutics beats Salarius Pharmaceuticals on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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SLRX vs. The Competition

MetricSalarius PharmaceuticalsPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.87M$6.21B$5.20B$9.14B
Dividend YieldN/A2.94%5.13%4.02%
P/E Ratio-0.339.2687.2517.09
Price / SalesN/A309.921,263.9177.22
Price / CashN/A61.4443.7736.04
Price / Book0.256.055.314.79
Net Income-$12.54M$154.90M$122.54M$224.99M
7 Day Performance1.89%1.35%1.44%2.37%
1 Month Performance73.55%0.41%2.51%4.40%
1 Year Performance-43.72%3.08%25.32%20.10%

Salarius Pharmaceuticals Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SLRX
Salarius Pharmaceuticals
0.663 of 5 stars
$2.69
+2.7%
N/A-43.7%$3.87MN/A-0.3320Gap Up
High Trading Volume
TENX
Tenax Therapeutics
2.0072 of 5 stars
$6.16
-1.3%
$16.00
+159.7%
-35.1%$21.00MN/A0.009Positive News
XCUR
Exicure
1.7197 of 5 stars
$7.90
-16.5%
N/A+1,578.3%$20.59M$500,000.00-3.8250Gap Up
ATHA
Athira Pharma
3.5825 of 5 stars
$0.53
-6.0%
$13.83
+2,504.7%
-81.6%$20.54MN/A-0.1940
GOVX
GeoVax Labs
3.2819 of 5 stars
$2.12
-4.9%
$14.20
+569.8%
-50.7%$20.00M$3.09M0.0010Positive News
MIRA
MIRA Pharmaceuticals
2.7031 of 5 stars
$1.19
-5.6%
$14.00
+1,076.5%
+45.7%$19.71MN/A-2.122
BTAI
BioXcel Therapeutics
4.6206 of 5 stars
$0.38
+1.7%
$2.81
+632.8%
-86.6%$19.05M$2.28M-0.1890
CYTH
Cyclo Therapeutics
1.7857 of 5 stars
$0.66
+6.0%
$0.95
+43.9%
-51.5%$18.99M$870,725.00-0.739
APRE
Aprea Therapeutics
3.8188 of 5 stars
$3.42
-6.6%
$15.50
+353.2%
-28.6%$18.59M$580,000.00-1.227News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
BFRG
Bullfrog AI
0.2518 of 5 stars
$2.11
-0.5%
N/A-56.6%$18.38M$60,000.00-2.484Positive News
CARM
Carisma Therapeutics
3.6119 of 5 stars
$0.44
-7.0%
$4.94
+1,027.9%
-80.8%$18.29M$14.92M-0.2820Short Interest ↓

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