LXRX vs. XOMA, VNDA, VSTM, MACK, RIGL, RGLS, EBS, RZLT, OPK, and INVA
Should you be buying Lexicon Pharmaceuticals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lexicon Pharmaceuticals include XOMA (XOMA), Vanda Pharmaceuticals (VNDA), Verastem (VSTM), Merrimack Pharmaceuticals (MACK), Rigel Pharmaceuticals (RIGL), Regulus Therapeutics (RGLS), Emergent BioSolutions (EBS), Rezolute (RZLT), OPKO Health (OPK), and Innoviva (INVA). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:LXRX) and XOMA (NASDAQ:XOMA) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, risk, media sentiment and profitability.
XOMA has higher revenue and earnings than Lexicon Pharmaceuticals. XOMA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, XOMA has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals received 36 more outperform votes than XOMA when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.79% of users gave XOMA an outperform vote while only 64.66% of users gave Lexicon Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote.
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals currently has a consensus target price of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 216.46%. XOMA has a consensus target price of $74.00, indicating a potential upside of 191.22%. Given Lexicon Pharmaceuticals' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Lexicon Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than XOMA.
In the previous week, XOMA had 3 more articles in the media than Lexicon Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for XOMA and 4 mentions for Lexicon Pharmaceuticals. XOMA's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat Lexicon Pharmaceuticals' score of 0.15 indicating that XOMA is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
74.7% of Lexicon Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.9% of XOMA shares are held by institutional investors. 6.8% of Lexicon Pharmaceuticals shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.2% of XOMA shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
XOMA has a net margin of -886.91% compared to Lexicon Pharmaceuticals' net margin of -14,573.20%. XOMA's return on equity of -25.17% beat Lexicon Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.
Summary
XOMA beats Lexicon Pharmaceuticals on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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