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CANF vs. ACXP, DWTX, XFOR, APRE, SNGX, SONN, CHRO, ADXN, CLRB, and CYCN

Should you be buying Can-Fite BioPharma stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Can-Fite BioPharma include Acurx Pharmaceuticals (ACXP), Dogwood Therapeutics (DWTX), X4 Pharmaceuticals (XFOR), Aprea Therapeutics (APRE), Soligenix (SNGX), Sonnet BioTherapeutics (SONN), Chromocell Therapeutics (CHRO), Addex Therapeutics (ADXN), Cellectar Biosciences (CLRB), and Cyclerion Therapeutics (CYCN). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Can-Fite BioPharma vs. Its Competitors

Acurx Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ACXP) and Can-Fite BioPharma (NYSE:CANF) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, institutional ownership and valuation.

Acurx Pharmaceuticals currently has a consensus target price of $160.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3,479.42%. Can-Fite BioPharma has a consensus target price of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1,937.55%. Given Acurx Pharmaceuticals' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Acurx Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than Can-Fite BioPharma.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Acurx Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Can-Fite BioPharma
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

11.5% of Acurx Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.0% of Can-Fite BioPharma shares are held by institutional investors. 26.0% of Acurx Pharmaceuticals shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Can-Fite BioPharma shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Acurx Pharmaceuticals had 4 more articles in the media than Can-Fite BioPharma. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Acurx Pharmaceuticals and 0 mentions for Can-Fite BioPharma. Can-Fite BioPharma's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Acurx Pharmaceuticals' score of -0.34 indicating that Can-Fite BioPharma is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Acurx Pharmaceuticals Neutral
Can-Fite BioPharma Neutral

Can-Fite BioPharma's return on equity of 0.00% beat Acurx Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Acurx PharmaceuticalsN/A -526.78% -223.78%
Can-Fite BioPharma N/A N/A N/A

Acurx Pharmaceuticals has a beta of -1.27, suggesting that its stock price is 227% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Can-Fite BioPharma has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Can-Fite BioPharma has higher revenue and earnings than Acurx Pharmaceuticals. Can-Fite BioPharma is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Acurx Pharmaceuticals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Acurx PharmaceuticalsN/AN/A-$14.10M-$14.00-0.32
Can-Fite BioPharma$674K3.61-$7.63M-$1.79-0.38

Summary

Can-Fite BioPharma beats Acurx Pharmaceuticals on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE 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.
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CANF vs. The Competition

MetricCan-Fite BioPharmaPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.43M$857.25M$5.51B$20.74B
Dividend YieldN/A4.84%4.60%3.66%
P/E Ratio-0.381.1430.0128.05
Price / Sales3.6126.66450.7256.18
Price / CashN/A19.5636.7723.05
Price / Book0.396.548.184.33
Net Income-$7.63M-$4.07M$3.26B$994.32M
7 Day Performance4.66%121.77%6.13%1.97%
1 Month Performance-33.61%1.87%0.07%-1.60%
1 Year Performance-73.77%22.82%36.31%14.39%

Can-Fite BioPharma Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CANF
Can-Fite BioPharma
2.6066 of 5 stars
$0.69
-1.1%
$14.00
+1,937.5%
-73.8%$2.43M$674K-0.388
ACXP
Acurx Pharmaceuticals
2.1547 of 5 stars
$0.29
-4.8%
$8.00
+2,636.0%
-88.1%$9.44MN/A-0.423News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
DWTX
Dogwood Therapeutics
1.2645 of 5 stars
$4.86
+0.2%
$10.00
+105.8%
N/A$9.27MN/A-0.275News Coverage
XFOR
X4 Pharmaceuticals
4.5582 of 5 stars
$1.58
-1.3%
$72.33
+4,478.1%
-92.1%$9.26M$2.56M0.7480Earnings Report
APRE
Aprea Therapeutics
2.8371 of 5 stars
$1.70
+2.4%
$15.50
+811.8%
-49.4%$9.18M$1.50M-0.727News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
SNGX
Soligenix
2.2638 of 5 stars
$3.11
+13.5%
$6.00
+92.9%
-7.6%$8.94M$120K-0.7220News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
SONN
Sonnet BioTherapeutics
2.4996 of 5 stars
$2.81
flat
$20.00
+611.7%
-45.6%$8.90M$20K0.0010Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up
CHRO
Chromocell Therapeutics
N/A$1.34
+6.3%
N/A-80.9%$8.69MN/A-1.084Gap Up
High Trading Volume
ADXN
Addex Therapeutics
2.8818 of 5 stars
$8.24
+1.7%
$30.00
+264.3%
-0.3%$8.58M$460K-24.2230
CLRB
Cellectar Biosciences
2.7895 of 5 stars
$5.06
+7.2%
$375.00
+7,311.1%
-91.8%$8.54MN/A-0.2310News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
CYCN
Cyclerion Therapeutics
2.4464 of 5 stars
$2.79
+7.5%
N/A-18.8%$8.33M$2M-2.4030Earnings Report

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This page (NYSE:CANF) was last updated on 8/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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