Free Trial

Exicure (XCUR) Competitors

Exicure logo
$18.67 +2.93 (+18.61%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:51 PM ET)

XCUR vs. OPT, SLDB, KYTX, GOSS, MDWD, DRUG, HURA, IPHA, CRBP, and SGMT

Should you be buying Exicure stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Exicure include Opthea (OPT), Solid Biosciences (SLDB), Kyverna Therapeutics (KYTX), Gossamer Bio (GOSS), MediWound (MDWD), Bright Minds Biosciences (DRUG), TuHURA Biosciences (HURA), Innate Pharma (IPHA), Corbus Pharmaceuticals (CRBP), and Sagimet Biosciences (SGMT). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Exicure vs.

Opthea (NASDAQ:OPT) and Exicure (NASDAQ:XCUR) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and valuation.

56.0% of Opthea shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.8% of Exicure shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of Opthea shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of Exicure shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Opthea presently has a consensus price target of $12.00, indicating a potential upside of 259.28%. Given Opthea's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Opthea is more favorable than Exicure.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Opthea
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.50
Exicure
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Exicure has higher revenue and earnings than Opthea.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Opthea$124.67K1,564.49-$220.24MN/AN/A
Exicure$500K97.31-$16.91M-$2.07-9.02

Opthea has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Exicure has a beta of 3.66, meaning that its share price is 266% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Opthea received 8 more outperform votes than Exicure when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.13% of users gave Opthea an outperform vote while only 47.37% of users gave Exicure an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
OptheaOutperform Votes
17
53.13%
Underperform Votes
15
46.88%
ExicureOutperform Votes
9
47.37%
Underperform Votes
10
52.63%

Opthea's return on equity of 0.00% beat Exicure's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
OptheaN/A N/A N/A
Exicure N/A -190.90%-36.75%

In the previous week, Opthea had 2 more articles in the media than Exicure. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Opthea and 3 mentions for Exicure. Exicure's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Opthea's score of 0.24 indicating that Exicure is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Opthea
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Exicure
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Opthea beats Exicure on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

Get Exicure News Delivered to You Automatically

Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for XCUR and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Skip Chart

Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Skip Chart

XCUR vs. The Competition

MetricExicurePharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$48.65M$6.57B$5.12B$9.07B
Dividend YieldN/A2.98%4.91%4.22%
P/E Ratio-9.0210.5991.3417.19
Price / Sales97.31195.381,116.63116.80
Price / CashN/A57.1642.5837.86
Price / Book10.675.104.794.78
Net Income-$16.91M$151.51M$120.07M$225.60M
7 Day Performance7.86%-2.14%-1.90%-1.24%
1 Month Performance71.92%-3.13%11.43%3.06%
1 Year Performance3,130.10%11.51%30.59%16.50%

Exicure Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
XCUR
Exicure
0.8904 of 5 stars
$18.67
+18.6%
N/A+2,901.6%$48.65M$500,000.00-9.0250News Coverage
Gap Up
OPT
Opthea
2.5742 of 5 stars
$3.26
+0.3%
$12.00
+268.1%
+31.5%$190.37M$124,666.000.008Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
SLDB
Solid Biosciences
4.0837 of 5 stars
$4.75
-3.3%
$15.22
+220.5%
-15.8%$189.81M$8.09M-1.61100
KYTX
Kyverna Therapeutics
2.4246 of 5 stars
$4.36
-1.4%
$25.71
+489.8%
N/A$188.23M$7.03M0.0096News Coverage
GOSS
Gossamer Bio
3.622 of 5 stars
$0.83
-10.7%
$9.20
+1,007.8%
-1.4%$188.20M$105.32M-2.61180
MDWD
MediWound
1.9106 of 5 stars
$17.13
-0.9%
$27.50
+60.5%
+58.3%$184.76M$19.72M-5.9380Positive News
Gap Down
DRUG
Bright Minds Biosciences
3.5821 of 5 stars
$40.89
-0.3%
$75.00
+83.4%
+2,621.8%$181.31MN/A-60.29N/ANews Coverage
HURA
TuHURA Biosciences
N/A$4.22
-14.4%
$15.00
+255.5%
N/A$178.44MN/A0.00N/AAnalyst Forecast
News Coverage
IPHA
Innate Pharma
2.7604 of 5 stars
$2.20
-27.2%
$11.50
+422.7%
-23.5%$178.13M$24.85M0.00220News Coverage
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
CRBP
Corbus Pharmaceuticals
3.8067 of 5 stars
$14.46
-4.1%
$62.00
+328.8%
+147.6%$176.12M$880,000.00-3.2240
SGMT
Sagimet Biosciences
2.3237 of 5 stars
$5.71
+30.1%
$23.00
+302.8%
-8.0%$175.13M$2M0.008Gap Up
High Trading Volume

Related Companies and Tools


This page (NASDAQ:XCUR) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
From Our Partners