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$7.33 +0.03 (+0.41%)
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DERM vs. FBIO, PROK, AVBP, AKBA, MRVI, TBPH, DAWN, TYRA, GYRE, and PRME

Should you be buying Journey Medical stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Journey Medical include Fortress Biotech (FBIO), ProKidney (PROK), ArriVent BioPharma (AVBP), Akebia Therapeutics (AKBA), Maravai LifeSciences (MRVI), Theravance Biopharma (TBPH), Day One Biopharmaceuticals (DAWN), Tyra Biosciences (TYRA), Gyre Therapeutics (GYRE), and Prime Medicine (PRME). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Journey Medical vs. Its Competitors

Journey Medical (NASDAQ:DERM) and Fortress Biotech (NASDAQ:FBIO) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends and profitability.

Journey Medical has a net margin of -15.49% compared to Fortress Biotech's net margin of -24.84%. Journey Medical's return on equity of -48.69% beat Fortress Biotech's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Journey Medical-15.49% -48.69% -11.26%
Fortress Biotech -24.84%-301.81%-27.48%

Journey Medical has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Fortress Biotech. Journey Medical is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fortress Biotech, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Journey Medical$56.13M3.44-$14.67M-$0.38-19.29
Fortress Biotech$57.67M1.42-$46M-$1.05-2.62

Journey Medical currently has a consensus target price of $12.17, indicating a potential upside of 65.98%. Fortress Biotech has a consensus target price of $16.50, indicating a potential upside of 500.00%. Given Fortress Biotech's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Fortress Biotech is more favorable than Journey Medical.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Journey Medical
2 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20
Fortress Biotech
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

In the previous week, Fortress Biotech had 10 more articles in the media than Journey Medical. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Fortress Biotech and 0 mentions for Journey Medical. Fortress Biotech's average media sentiment score of 0.26 beat Journey Medical's score of 0.00 indicating that Fortress Biotech is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Journey Medical Neutral
Fortress Biotech Neutral

Journey Medical has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fortress Biotech has a beta of 1.75, suggesting that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.

7.3% of Journey Medical shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.5% of Fortress Biotech shares are held by institutional investors. 15.0% of Journey Medical shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 27.9% of Fortress Biotech shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Fortress Biotech beats Journey Medical on 9 of the 16 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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DERM vs. The Competition

MetricJourney MedicalMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$192.85M$2.63B$6.13B$10.58B
Dividend YieldN/A56.38%5.67%4.69%
P/E Ratio-19.2924.2286.9626.71
Price / Sales3.44726.66605.32131.81
Price / CashN/A172.1237.9061.31
Price / Book8.055.3412.556.55
Net Income-$14.67M$32.92M$3.31B$277.50M
7 Day Performance3.82%3.90%4.28%2.42%
1 Month Performance4.56%8.79%6.90%8.63%
1 Year Performance12.25%-3.79%70.54%31.60%

Journey Medical Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DERM
Journey Medical
1.6228 of 5 stars
$7.33
+0.4%
$12.17
+66.0%
+12.3%$192.85M$56.13M-19.2990
FBIO
Fortress Biotech
2.6831 of 5 stars
$3.90
-0.3%
$16.50
+323.1%
+68.7%$116.34M$57.67M-3.71170
PROK
ProKidney
3.1075 of 5 stars
$2.48
-0.4%
$6.25
+152.0%
+61.7%$732.76M$527K-4.353
AVBP
ArriVent BioPharma
1.551 of 5 stars
$18.16
+0.7%
$39.14
+115.5%
-27.2%$731.46MN/A-4.5240
AKBA
Akebia Therapeutics
3.5297 of 5 stars
$2.71
-1.1%
$6.75
+149.1%
+112.8%$726.50M$160.18M-15.94430Positive News
MRVI
Maravai LifeSciences
3.5278 of 5 stars
$2.83
+0.4%
$5.22
+84.4%
-60.8%$720.12M$259.18M-2.08610News Coverage
Positive News
Options Volume
TBPH
Theravance Biopharma
3.3782 of 5 stars
$14.43
+2.6%
$23.00
+59.4%
+77.9%$708.58M$64.38M60.13110Positive News
DAWN
Day One Biopharmaceuticals
3.0381 of 5 stars
$6.99
+3.2%
$25.29
+261.7%
-43.6%$693.46M$131.16M-7.3660
TYRA
Tyra Biosciences
2.0552 of 5 stars
$13.30
+2.5%
$31.86
+139.5%
-38.0%$691.26MN/A-7.4720Analyst Upgrade
GYRE
Gyre Therapeutics
1.155 of 5 stars
$7.50
+4.7%
$18.00
+140.0%
-45.0%$689.60M$105.76M750.7540
PRME
Prime Medicine
2.9473 of 5 stars
$5.32
+3.9%
$8.92
+67.6%
+80.1%$689.02M$4.96M-2.60234

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