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Vaccinex (VCNX) Competitors

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$1.21 +0.20 (+19.80%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:32 PM ET)

VCNX vs. LUMO, MRKR, CALC, TPST, BRNS, AFMD, OKYO, ANEB, VRCA, and OTLK

Should you be buying Vaccinex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vaccinex include Lumos Pharma (LUMO), Marker Therapeutics (MRKR), CalciMedica (CALC), Tempest Therapeutics (TPST), Barinthus Biotherapeutics (BRNS), Affimed (AFMD), OKYO Pharma (OKYO), Anebulo Pharmaceuticals (ANEB), Verrica Pharmaceuticals (VRCA), and Outlook Therapeutics (OTLK). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Vaccinex vs.

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

Lumos Pharma presently has a consensus target price of $8.63, indicating a potential upside of 98.73%. Given Lumos Pharma's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Lumos Pharma is more favorable than Vaccinex.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Lumos Pharma
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Vaccinex
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

34.0% of Lumos Pharma shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.1% of Vaccinex shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.4% of Lumos Pharma shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 51.5% of Vaccinex shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Lumos Pharma has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vaccinex has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Vaccinex received 86 more outperform votes than Lumos Pharma when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.51% of users gave Lumos Pharma an outperform vote while only 60.00% of users gave Vaccinex an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Lumos PharmaOutperform Votes
37
75.51%
Underperform Votes
12
24.49%
VaccinexOutperform Votes
123
60.00%
Underperform Votes
82
40.00%

In the previous week, Vaccinex had 6 more articles in the media than Lumos Pharma. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Vaccinex and 0 mentions for Lumos Pharma. Lumos Pharma's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Vaccinex's score of -0.28 indicating that Lumos Pharma is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Lumos Pharma Neutral
Vaccinex Neutral

Vaccinex has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Lumos Pharma's net margin of -1,583.49%. Vaccinex's return on equity of 0.00% beat Lumos Pharma's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Lumos Pharma-1,583.49% -233.03% -129.88%
Vaccinex N/A N/A -383.58%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Lumos Pharma$2.21M17.02-$34.03M-$4.29-1.01
Vaccinex$388K8.11-$20.25M-$48.27-0.03

Summary

Lumos Pharma beats Vaccinex on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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VCNX vs. The Competition

MetricVaccinexPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.76M$6.57B$5.14B$9.08B
Dividend YieldN/A2.99%5.09%4.23%
P/E Ratio-0.0310.5990.1317.19
Price / Sales8.11196.061,116.25117.05
Price / CashN/A57.1643.1037.85
Price / Book-0.475.094.784.78
Net Income-$20.25M$151.83M$120.31M$225.60M
7 Day Performance-67.21%-2.14%-1.92%-1.23%
1 Month Performance-66.57%-4.56%13.65%0.46%
1 Year Performance-87.69%8.87%28.34%15.24%

Vaccinex Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VCNX
Vaccinex
0.9772 of 5 stars
$1.21
+19.8%
N/A-85.7%$2.76M$388,000.00-0.0340Gap Up
LUMO
Lumos Pharma
3.0986 of 5 stars
$4.34
flat
$8.63
+98.7%
+45.6%$37.54M$2.21M-1.0130High Trading Volume
MRKR
Marker Therapeutics
4.0507 of 5 stars
$4.19
+2.9%
$19.00
+353.5%
-4.8%$37.38M$3.31M0.0060News Coverage
Positive News
CALC
CalciMedica
2.9484 of 5 stars
$2.76
+1.1%
$19.33
+600.5%
-7.1%$37.21MN/A-2.5330Positive News
TPST
Tempest Therapeutics
1.8299 of 5 stars
$0.84
+5.0%
$20.00
+2,281.0%
-80.8%$36.66MN/A0.0020
BRNS
Barinthus Biotherapeutics
1.5315 of 5 stars
$0.90
-1.4%
$5.83
+548.1%
-66.8%$36.21M$800,000.00-0.61107Gap Up
AFMD
Affimed
4.4536 of 5 stars
$2.15
flat
$13.50
+527.9%
-73.8%$34.62M$8.95M0.0076Analyst Revision
News Coverage
OKYO
OKYO Pharma
1.5557 of 5 stars
$1.02
-3.8%
$7.00
+586.3%
-38.4%$34.52MN/A0.007
ANEB
Anebulo Pharmaceuticals
1.9538 of 5 stars
$1.30
-7.1%
$8.00
+515.4%
-60.7%$33.71MN/A-4.674News Coverage
Gap Up
VRCA
Verrica Pharmaceuticals
4.6589 of 5 stars
$0.74
-3.1%
$9.50
+1,188.7%
-89.2%$33.62M$5.12M-0.4240Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
OTLK
Outlook Therapeutics
1.8305 of 5 stars
$1.42
-4.1%
$42.34
+2,881.9%
-83.2%$33.60MN/A0.0020

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This page (NASDAQ:VCNX) was last updated on 12/22/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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