Check-Cap (CHEK) Competitors

Check-Cap (NASDAQ:CHEK) and Exicure (NASDAQ:XCUR) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation and risk.

Is CHEK or XCUR more profitable?

Check-Cap has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Exicure's net margin of -8.96%. Check-Cap's return on equity of -41.04% beat Exicure's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Check-Cap	N/A	-41.04%	-37.21%
Exicure	-8.96%	-66.13%	-7.88%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CHEK or XCUR?

Check-Cap received 361 more outperform votes than Exicure when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.94% of users gave Check-Cap an outperform vote while only 47.37% of users gave Exicure an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Check-Cap	Outperform Votes 370 69.94%	Underperform Votes 159 30.06%
Exicure	Outperform Votes 9 47.37%	Underperform Votes 10 52.63%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CHEK or XCUR?

17.6% of Check-Cap shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.0% of Exicure shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Check-Cap shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of Exicure shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, CHEK or XCUR?

Exicure has higher revenue and earnings than Check-Cap. Exicure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Check-Cap, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Check-Cap	N/A	N/A	-$19.11 million	-$2.24	-0.79
Exicure	$28.83 million	0.26	-$2.58 million	-$0.70	-1.29

Does the media refer more to CHEK or XCUR?

In the previous week, Check-Cap had 2 more articles in the media than Exicure. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Check-Cap and 0 mentions for Exicure. Check-Cap's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Exicure's average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Check-Cap	Neutral
Exicure	Neutral

Do analysts prefer CHEK or XCUR?

Check-Cap presently has a consensus price target of $7.00, suggesting a potential upside of 293.26%. Given Check-Cap's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Check-Cap is more favorable than Exicure.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Check-Cap	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Exicure	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Summary

Check-Cap beats Exicure on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.