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Apricus Biosciences (APRI) Competitors

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APRI vs. CALA, SCPS, EVLO, ARDS, STAB, CMRA, AMPE, EFTR, MTEM, and ONCSQ

Should you be buying Apricus Biosciences stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Apricus Biosciences include Calithera Biosciences (CALA), Scopus BioPharma (SCPS), Evelo Biosciences (EVLO), Aridis Pharmaceuticals (ARDS), Statera Biopharma (STAB), Comera Life Sciences (CMRA), Ampio Pharmaceuticals (AMPE), eFFECTOR Therapeutics (EFTR), Molecular Templates (MTEM), and OncoSec Medical (ONCSQ). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Apricus Biosciences vs.

Calithera Biosciences (NASDAQ:CALA) and Apricus Biosciences (NASDAQ:APRI) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.

19.9% of Apricus Biosciences shares are held by institutional investors. 6.6% of Calithera Biosciences shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Apricus Biosciences shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Calithera Biosciences' return on equity of 0.00% beat Apricus Biosciences' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Calithera BiosciencesN/A N/A N/A
Apricus Biosciences N/A -216.45%-153.13%

Calithera Biosciences received 111 more outperform votes than Apricus Biosciences when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.91% of users gave Apricus Biosciences an outperform vote while only 55.36% of users gave Calithera Biosciences an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Calithera BiosciencesOutperform Votes
341
55.36%
Underperform Votes
275
44.64%
Apricus BiosciencesOutperform Votes
230
69.91%
Underperform Votes
99
30.09%

Calithera Biosciences has a beta of -1.13, indicating that its share price is 213% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Apricus Biosciences has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Calithera Biosciences had 1 more articles in the media than Apricus Biosciences. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Calithera Biosciences and 0 mentions for Apricus Biosciences. Calithera Biosciences' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Apricus Biosciences'average media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Calithera Biosciences Neutral
Apricus Biosciences Neutral

Apricus Biosciences has higher revenue and earnings than Calithera Biosciences.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Calithera BiosciencesN/AN/A-$39.65MN/AN/A
Apricus Biosciences$5.76M0.00$320K-$0.99N/A

Summary

Calithera Biosciences and Apricus Biosciences tied by winning 5 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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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APRI vs. The Competition

MetricApricus BiosciencesPharmaceutical Preparations IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$14,000.00$6.85B$5.56B$8.04B
Dividend YieldN/A2.95%5.09%4.22%
P/E Ratio0.007.4422.6818.83
Price / SalesN/A257.63404.28106.72
Price / CashN/A65.8538.1834.62
Price / BookN/A6.576.794.33
Net Income$320,000.00$143.14M$3.22B$247.97M

Apricus Biosciences Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
APRI
Apricus Biosciences
N/AN/AN/AN/A$14,000.00$5.76M0.00N/A
CALA
Calithera Biosciences
N/A$0.01
flat
N/AN/A$24,000.00N/A0.0060
SCPS
Scopus BioPharma
N/A$0.00
flat
N/AN/A$13,000.00N/A0.009
EVLO
Evelo Biosciences
N/A$0.00
flat
N/A-99.4%$9,000.00N/A0.00120Options Volume
News Coverage
ARDS
Aridis Pharmaceuticals
N/A$0.00
flat
N/A-99.8%$5,000.00$3.09M0.0030High Trading Volume
STAB
Statera Biopharma
N/A$0.00
flat
N/A-85.7%$5,000.00N/A0.0020
CMRA
Comera Life Sciences
N/A$0.00
-50.0%
N/A-99.7%$3,000.00$1.00M0.002High Trading Volume
AMPE
Ampio Pharmaceuticals
N/A$0.00
-96.3%
N/A-99.7%$1,000.00N/A0.0020Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
EFTR
eFFECTOR Therapeutics
N/A$0.00
flat
N/A-100.0%$1,000.00$3.55M0.0010
MTEM
Molecular Templates
1.1125 of 5 stars
N/AN/AN/A$1,000.00$23.48M0.00260
ONCSQ
OncoSec Medical
N/AN/AN/AN/A$1,000.00N/A0.0040

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This page (NASDAQ:APRI) was last updated on 5/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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