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Exicure (XCUR) Competitors

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$11.19 +5.37 (+92.27%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

XCUR vs. UNCY, VIRI, JATT, VTVT, TARA, DBVT, ACAB, IMMX, GANX, and CALC

Should you be buying Exicure stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Exicure include Unicycive Therapeutics (UNCY), Virios Therapeutics (VIRI), JATT Acquisition (JATT), vTv Therapeutics (VTVT), Protara Therapeutics (TARA), DBV Technologies (DBVT), Atlantic Coastal Acquisition Corp. II (ACAB), Immix Biopharma (IMMX), Gain Therapeutics (GANX), and CalciMedica (CALC). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Exicure vs.

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

Unicycive Therapeutics received 20 more outperform votes than Exicure when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.36% of users gave Unicycive Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 47.37% of users gave Exicure an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Unicycive TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
29
74.36%
Underperform Votes
10
25.64%
ExicureOutperform Votes
9
47.37%
Underperform Votes
10
52.63%

40.4% of Unicycive Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.8% of Exicure shares are held by institutional investors. 24.1% of Unicycive Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of Exicure shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Unicycive Therapeutics$680K77.76-$30.54M-$0.97-0.53
Exicure$28.83M0.84-$16.91M-$2.07-5.41

Unicycive Therapeutics currently has a consensus price target of $5.13, suggesting a potential upside of 906.09%. Given Unicycive Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Unicycive Therapeutics is more favorable than Exicure.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Unicycive Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.20
Exicure
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

In the previous week, Unicycive Therapeutics had 14 more articles in the media than Exicure. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Unicycive Therapeutics and 1 mentions for Exicure. Unicycive Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Exicure's score of 0.42 indicating that Unicycive Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Unicycive Therapeutics
0 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Exicure
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Unicycive Therapeutics has a beta of 2.29, suggesting that its stock price is 129% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Exicure has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Unicycive Therapeutics' return on equity of 0.00% beat Exicure's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Unicycive TherapeuticsN/A N/A -29.88%
Exicure N/A -190.90%-36.75%

Summary

Unicycive Therapeutics beats Exicure on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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XCUR vs. The Competition

MetricExicurePharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$12.64M$6.48B$5.06B$8.89B
Dividend YieldN/A8.11%4.97%4.06%
P/E Ratio-5.414.8389.0213.30
Price / Sales0.84372.991,207.2881.01
Price / CashN/A52.2739.1736.03
Price / Book15.767.876.085.74
Net Income-$16.91M$153.61M$119.07M$225.93M
7 Day Performance251.89%-2.00%-1.84%-1.32%
1 Month Performance327.10%-7.47%-3.65%0.60%
1 Year Performance2,165.18%31.80%31.62%26.23%

Exicure Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
XCUR
Exicure
1.7834 of 5 stars
$11.19
+92.3%
N/A+1,914.4%$12.64M$28.83M-5.4150News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
UNCY
Unicycive Therapeutics
3.4448 of 5 stars
$0.51
+4.1%
$5.13
+906.1%
-2.0%$50.34M$680,000.000.009Analyst Revision
VIRI
Virios Therapeutics
0.741 of 5 stars
$2.60
+40.5%
$3.00
+15.4%
+254.9%$50.07MN/A-9.635Gap Down
JATT
JATT Acquisition
N/A$2.90
-7.9%
N/A-29.5%$50.03MN/A0.003High Trading Volume
VTVT
vTv Therapeutics
0.3329 of 5 stars
$15.46
-5.9%
N/A+10.4%$49.46M$2.02M-3.419
TARA
Protara Therapeutics
2.1378 of 5 stars
$2.31
-0.4%
$24.00
+939.0%
+102.6%$47.86MN/A0.0030Analyst Revision
DBVT
DBV Technologies
3.2676 of 5 stars
$0.51
+4.1%
$6.00
+1,081.1%
-70.2%$47.38M$15.73M0.00106Stock Split
Gap Up
ACAB
Atlantic Coastal Acquisition Corp. II
N/A$5.77
-47.1%
N/A-45.6%$47.14MN/A0.004High Trading Volume
IMMX
Immix Biopharma
2.28 of 5 stars
$1.82
+7.1%
$7.00
+284.6%
-58.7%$46.76MN/A0.009Negative News
High Trading Volume
GANX
Gain Therapeutics
2.4867 of 5 stars
$1.66
-3.5%
$7.33
+341.8%
-39.0%$45.62M$50,000.000.0020News Coverage
Gap Down
CALC
CalciMedica
3.0723 of 5 stars
$3.45
+3.0%
$19.33
+460.4%
+10.6%$45.16MN/A0.0030

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