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ADAG vs. LXEO, BNTC, DMAC, ALT, CGEM, RCKT, LBRX, TVRD, IMRX, and CTNM

Should you be buying Adagene stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Adagene include Lexeo Therapeutics (LXEO), Benitec Biopharma (BNTC), DiaMedica Therapeutics (DMAC), Altimmune (ALT), Cullinan Therapeutics (CGEM), Rocket Pharmaceuticals (RCKT), LB Pharmaceuticals (LBRX), Tvardi Therapeutics (TVRD), Immuneering (IMRX), and Contineum Therapeutics (CTNM). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Adagene vs. Its Competitors

Adagene (NASDAQ:ADAG) and Lexeo Therapeutics (NASDAQ:LXEO) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, risk and valuation.

Adagene's return on equity of 0.00% beat Lexeo Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
AdageneN/A N/A N/A
Lexeo Therapeutics N/A -94.65%-73.36%

Adagene has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lexeo Therapeutics.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Adagene$100K933.17-$33.42MN/AN/A
Lexeo Therapeutics$650K549.97-$98.33M-$3.26-2.03

Adagene has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lexeo Therapeutics has a beta of 1.66, meaning that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Adagene had 4 more articles in the media than Lexeo Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Adagene and 0 mentions for Lexeo Therapeutics. Adagene's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Lexeo Therapeutics' score of 0.00 indicating that Adagene is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Adagene Positive
Lexeo Therapeutics Neutral

9.5% of Adagene shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.7% of Lexeo Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. 21.2% of Adagene shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of Lexeo Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Adagene currently has a consensus target price of $7.00, suggesting a potential upside of 253.54%. Lexeo Therapeutics has a consensus target price of $15.33, suggesting a potential upside of 131.62%. Given Adagene's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Adagene is more favorable than Lexeo Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Adagene
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
Lexeo Therapeutics
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71

Summary

Adagene beats Lexeo Therapeutics on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ADAG vs. The Competition

MetricAdageneMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$93.32M$3.36B$6.12B$10.58B
Dividend YieldN/A2.28%5.65%4.69%
P/E RatioN/A22.2886.9626.71
Price / Sales933.17461.37605.88130.98
Price / CashN/A47.8637.9061.31
Price / Book1.749.9312.556.55
Net Income-$33.42M-$52.80M$3.31B$277.50M
7 Day Performance1.02%5.22%4.28%2.42%
1 Month Performance-10.00%10.61%6.90%8.63%
1 Year Performance-10.41%25.03%70.54%31.60%

Adagene Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ADAG
Adagene
2.7787 of 5 stars
$1.98
+2.1%
$7.00
+253.5%
-11.6%$93.32M$100K0.00260Short Interest ↑
LXEO
Lexeo Therapeutics
2.1608 of 5 stars
$6.66
-1.6%
$15.33
+130.2%
-23.6%$365.59M$650K-2.0458Positive News
BNTC
Benitec Biopharma
1.9958 of 5 stars
$13.99
+2.1%
$24.80
+77.3%
+46.1%$359.63M$80K-9.5220
DMAC
DiaMedica Therapeutics
2.5447 of 5 stars
$6.91
-0.4%
$12.33
+78.5%
+62.2%$358.72MN/A-10.0120News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
ALT
Altimmune
3.2486 of 5 stars
$3.79
-5.3%
$17.40
+359.1%
-37.2%$353.03M$20K-3.2150
CGEM
Cullinan Therapeutics
2.162 of 5 stars
$5.97
+0.2%
$26.00
+335.5%
-63.9%$352.08MN/A-1.8530
RCKT
Rocket Pharmaceuticals
4.7739 of 5 stars
$3.28
+0.6%
$16.73
+410.2%
-80.8%$351.77MN/A-1.31240News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
LBRX
LB Pharmaceuticals
N/A$15.24
-1.3%
N/AN/A$346.52MN/A0.0016
TVRD
Tvardi Therapeutics
3.3102 of 5 stars
$36.90
+1.6%
$64.25
+74.1%
N/A$340.59M$7.14M0.0080News Coverage
Gap Up
IMRX
Immuneering
3.913 of 5 stars
$6.75
-16.5%
$16.40
+143.0%
+144.9%$335.89MN/A-3.5760Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
High Trading Volume
CTNM
Contineum Therapeutics
2.9833 of 5 stars
$11.82
-0.8%
$22.20
+87.8%
-33.2%$334.26M$50M-5.3731Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:ADAG) was last updated on 10/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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