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Viracta Therapeutics (VIRX) Competitors

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$0.16 +0.01 (+6.64%)
(As of 11/22/2024 ET)

VIRX vs. LSB, CLDI, LSTA, XCUR, CVKD, FBRX, CMMB, IBIO, TPST, and PULM

Should you be buying Viracta Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Viracta Therapeutics include Lakeshore Biopharma (LSB), Calidi Biotherapeutics (CLDI), Lisata Therapeutics (LSTA), Exicure (XCUR), Cadrenal Therapeutics (CVKD), Forte Biosciences (FBRX), Chemomab Therapeutics (CMMB), iBio (IBIO), Tempest Therapeutics (TPST), and Pulmatrix (PULM). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Viracta Therapeutics vs.

Lakeshore Biopharma (NASDAQ:LSB) and Viracta Therapeutics (NASDAQ:VIRX) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, risk, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Lakeshore Biopharma's return on equity of 0.00% beat Viracta Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Lakeshore BiopharmaN/A N/A N/A
Viracta Therapeutics N/A -1,899.61%-114.21%

Lakeshore Biopharma has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Viracta Therapeutics has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Viracta Therapeutics has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lakeshore Biopharma.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Lakeshore Biopharma$80.82M0.30-$61.09MN/AN/A
Viracta TherapeuticsN/AN/A-$51.06M-$1.10-0.15

Viracta Therapeutics received 29 more outperform votes than Lakeshore Biopharma when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Lakeshore BiopharmaN/AN/A
Viracta TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
29
72.50%
Underperform Votes
11
27.50%

Viracta Therapeutics has a consensus price target of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 3,011.39%. Given Viracta Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Viracta Therapeutics is more favorable than Lakeshore Biopharma.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Lakeshore Biopharma
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Viracta Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

In the previous week, Viracta Therapeutics had 4 more articles in the media than Lakeshore Biopharma. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Viracta Therapeutics and 1 mentions for Lakeshore Biopharma. Lakeshore Biopharma's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Viracta Therapeutics' score of -1.00 indicating that Lakeshore Biopharma is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Lakeshore Biopharma
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Viracta Therapeutics
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Negative

52.6% of Lakeshore Biopharma shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.4% of Viracta Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.7% of Viracta Therapeutics shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Viracta Therapeutics beats Lakeshore Biopharma on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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VIRX vs. The Competition

MetricViracta TherapeuticsPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$6.39M$6.59B$5.21B$8.85B
Dividend YieldN/A8.14%5.53%4.08%
P/E Ratio-0.155.9576.4514.80
Price / SalesN/A357.081,246.7887.32
Price / CashN/A53.8240.9036.92
Price / Book-0.9510.617.196.55
Net Income-$51.06M$153.27M$119.54M$226.22M
7 Day Performance6.42%3.97%2.12%3.77%
1 Month Performance-33.87%-6.72%-2.43%4.64%
1 Year Performance-69.16%33.26%34.52%29.21%

Viracta Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VIRX
Viracta Therapeutics
1.4928 of 5 stars
$0.16
+6.6%
$5.00
+3,011.4%
-69.2%$6.39MN/A-0.1520Negative News
LSB
Lakeshore Biopharma
0.2257 of 5 stars
$2.57
-1.9%
N/AN/A$23.93M$80.82M0.00773
CLDI
Calidi Biotherapeutics
2.5661 of 5 stars
$2.15
-6.1%
$16.67
+675.2%
N/A$23.89M$50,000.000.0041High Trading Volume
LSTA
Lisata Therapeutics
3.3471 of 5 stars
$2.84
-3.1%
$15.00
+428.2%
+25.2%$23.83MN/A-1.1330Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Positive News
XCUR
Exicure
1.7772 of 5 stars
$10.86
-2.9%
N/A+3,576.0%$23.57M$28.83M-5.2550Gap Up
CVKD
Cadrenal Therapeutics
1.6839 of 5 stars
$14.01
-3.4%
$18.00
+28.5%
N/A$23.26MN/A-2.104Analyst Revision
FBRX
Forte Biosciences
3.9861 of 5 stars
$15.55
+14.8%
$23.58
+51.7%
+91,161.7%$22.70MN/A-0.955Insider Trade
News Coverage
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
CMMB
Chemomab Therapeutics
2.8183 of 5 stars
$1.58
-3.7%
$7.33
+364.1%
+197.3%$22.69MN/A-1.5820
IBIO
iBio
0.8638 of 5 stars
$2.45
+11.9%
$4.30
+75.5%
N/A$22.42M$220,000.000.00100
TPST
Tempest Therapeutics
2.2871 of 5 stars
$0.89
-1.1%
$20.00
+2,157.6%
-78.4%$22.33MN/A-0.5920
PULM
Pulmatrix
0.2893 of 5 stars
$6.10
+8.5%
N/A+230.8%$22.27M$7.30M-2.3120High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:VIRX) was last updated on 11/23/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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