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Acurx Pharmaceuticals (ACXP) Competitors

$2.01
-0.03 (-1.47%)
(As of 09/20/2024 ET)

ACXP vs. AYTU, INDP, AGRX, RANI, CRDF, CLLS, PBYI, NVCT, XFOR, and IVA

Should you be buying Acurx Pharmaceuticals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Acurx Pharmaceuticals include Aytu BioPharma (AYTU), Indaptus Therapeutics (INDP), Agile Therapeutics (AGRX), Rani Therapeutics (RANI), Cardiff Oncology (CRDF), Cellectis (CLLS), Puma Biotechnology (PBYI), Nuvectis Pharma (NVCT), X4 Pharmaceuticals (XFOR), and Inventiva (IVA). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Acurx Pharmaceuticals vs.

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

11.5% of Acurx Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.5% of Aytu BioPharma shares are owned by institutional investors. 35.3% of Acurx Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Aytu BioPharma shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Acurx Pharmaceuticals has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Aytu BioPharma. Acurx Pharmaceuticals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aytu BioPharma, 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-$14.58M-$1.18-1.69
Aytu BioPharma$93.76M0.15-$17.05M-$2.63-0.91

Acurx Pharmaceuticals has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Aytu BioPharma's net margin of -14.60%. Aytu BioPharma's return on equity of -31.31% beat Acurx Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Acurx PharmaceuticalsN/A -371.20% -219.01%
Aytu BioPharma -14.60%-31.31%-7.99%

Acurx Pharmaceuticals currently has a consensus price target of $12.00, indicating a potential upside of 509.14%. Given Acurx Pharmaceuticals' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Acurx Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than Aytu 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
Aytu BioPharma
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A

Aytu BioPharma received 243 more outperform votes than Acurx Pharmaceuticals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 92.31% of users gave Acurx Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote while only 67.11% of users gave Aytu BioPharma an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Acurx PharmaceuticalsOutperform Votes
12
92.31%
Underperform Votes
1
7.69%
Aytu BioPharmaOutperform Votes
255
67.11%
Underperform Votes
125
32.89%

Acurx Pharmaceuticals has a beta of -1.72, meaning that its stock price is 272% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aytu BioPharma has a beta of -1.43, meaning that its stock price is 243% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Acurx Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Aytu BioPharma'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Acurx Pharmaceuticals Neutral
Aytu BioPharma Neutral

Summary

Acurx Pharmaceuticals and Aytu BioPharma tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ACXP and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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.
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ACXP vs. The Competition

MetricAcurx PharmaceuticalsPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$31.69M$7.52B$5.49B$8.42B
Dividend YieldN/A4.44%4.95%4.06%
P/E Ratio-1.6919.06146.5918.92
Price / SalesN/A340.071,696.8483.77
Price / CashN/A37.6637.1531.48
Price / Book5.885.974.944.55
Net Income-$14.58M$152.61M$114.79M$225.12M
7 Day Performance-1.96%8.17%8.79%3.62%
1 Month Performance-9.09%21.01%15.37%8.20%
1 Year Performance30.72%25.66%33.02%14.57%

Acurx Pharmaceuticals Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AYTU
Aytu BioPharma
0.3092 of 5 stars
0.31 / 5 stars
$2.58
+2.4%
N/A+47.2%$15.40M$107.40M-0.98160Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
INDP
Indaptus Therapeutics
2.798 of 5 stars
2.80 / 5 stars
$1.51
-1.3%
$12.00
+694.7%
-62.8%$12.89MN/A-0.856Positive News
AGRX
Agile Therapeutics
1.2212 of 5 stars
1.22 / 5 stars
$1.51
flat
$5.00
+231.1%
-20.1%$10.35M$19.98M-0.4130Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
RANI
Rani Therapeutics
1.5235 of 5 stars
1.52 / 5 stars
$2.37
-0.8%
$11.71
+394.3%
-21.7%$126.58M$2.72M-1.84110News Coverage
Positive News
CRDF
Cardiff Oncology
1.1168 of 5 stars
1.12 / 5 stars
$2.71
+5.9%
$9.67
+256.7%
+55.2%$126.15M$490,000.00-3.0120Gap Up
CLLS
Cellectis
3.0416 of 5 stars
3.04 / 5 stars
$2.25
-6.3%
$8.00
+255.6%
+40.2%$125.06M$9.19M-1.74290Analyst Forecast
Positive News
PBYI
Puma Biotechnology
3.263 of 5 stars
3.26 / 5 stars
$2.53
+0.8%
$7.00
+176.7%
-14.1%$124.10M$235.60M7.67200Gap Up
NVCT
Nuvectis Pharma
2.5545 of 5 stars
2.55 / 5 stars
$6.67
+2.6%
$21.00
+214.8%
-52.6%$122.44MN/A-4.738Negative News
XFOR
X4 Pharmaceuticals
3.9607 of 5 stars
3.96 / 5 stars
$0.71
+4.7%
$3.67
+416.4%
-35.1%$119.64MN/A-1.0180
IVA
Inventiva
1.2611 of 5 stars
1.26 / 5 stars
$2.24
-0.4%
$18.00
+703.6%
-44.6%$117.55M$17.48M0.00100Upcoming Earnings
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This page (NASDAQ:ACXP) was last updated on 9/20/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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