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FENC vs. NRIX, PRAX, AKBA, SYRE, MLYS, SION, AVXL, ORIC, LENZ, and ZYME

Should you be buying Adherex Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Adherex Technologies include Nurix Therapeutics (NRIX), Praxis Precision Medicines (PRAX), Akebia Therapeutics (AKBA), Spyre Therapeutics (SYRE), Mineralys Therapeutics (MLYS), Sionna Therapeutics (SION), Anavex Life Sciences (AVXL), Oric Pharmaceuticals (ORIC), LENZ Therapeutics (LENZ), and Zymeworks (ZYME). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Adherex Technologies vs. Its Competitors

Adherex Technologies (NASDAQ:FENC) and Nurix Therapeutics (NASDAQ:NRIX) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Adherex Technologies has a beta of 0.39, indicating that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nurix Therapeutics has a beta of 2.15, indicating that its stock price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500.

55.5% of Adherex Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 11.0% of Adherex Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.4% of Nurix Therapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Adherex Technologies has a net margin of -45.52% compared to Nurix Therapeutics' net margin of -234.57%. Adherex Technologies' return on equity of 0.00% beat Nurix Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Adherex Technologies-45.52% N/A -26.37%
Nurix Therapeutics -234.57%-45.26%-34.71%

In the previous week, Nurix Therapeutics had 24 more articles in the media than Adherex Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Nurix Therapeutics and 4 mentions for Adherex Technologies. Adherex Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Nurix Therapeutics' score of 0.32 indicating that Adherex Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Adherex Technologies
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Nurix Therapeutics
5 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Adherex Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $13.00, suggesting a potential upside of 49.25%. Nurix Therapeutics has a consensus target price of $29.31, suggesting a potential upside of 141.26%. Given Nurix Therapeutics' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Nurix Therapeutics is more favorable than Adherex Technologies.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Adherex Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.25
Nurix Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.82

Adherex Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Nurix Therapeutics. Adherex Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nurix Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Adherex Technologies$47.54M5.06-$440K-$0.51-17.08
Nurix Therapeutics$54.55M17.03-$193.57M-$2.61-4.66

Summary

Adherex Technologies beats Nurix Therapeutics on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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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FENC vs. The Competition

MetricAdherex TechnologiesMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$242.60M$2.96B$5.62B$9.30B
Dividend YieldN/A2.43%4.25%4.03%
P/E Ratio-17.0820.2228.5719.58
Price / Sales5.06293.85424.2194.37
Price / Cash272.1743.1536.0257.93
Price / Book-41.487.568.135.54
Net Income-$440K-$55.11M$3.24B$257.73M
7 Day Performance0.11%7.56%2.03%0.95%
1 Month Performance9.84%11.47%8.29%10.68%
1 Year Performance33.18%0.88%28.40%15.67%

Adherex Technologies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FENC
Adherex Technologies
2.1706 of 5 stars
$8.71
-0.9%
$13.00
+49.3%
+37.6%$242.60M$47.54M-17.0810News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
NRIX
Nurix Therapeutics
2.4347 of 5 stars
$12.36
-2.9%
$30.18
+144.1%
-46.7%$970.48M$54.55M-4.41300Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
PRAX
Praxis Precision Medicines
2.2492 of 5 stars
$46.68
-1.2%
$92.11
+97.3%
+5.3%$962.64M$8.55M-4.35110
AKBA
Akebia Therapeutics
3.6514 of 5 stars
$3.63
+0.3%
$6.75
+86.0%
+215.1%$950.74M$160.18M-17.28430
SYRE
Spyre Therapeutics
1.9928 of 5 stars
$15.30
-2.9%
$53.40
+249.0%
-44.7%$949.94M$890K-4.0673Positive News
Gap Up
MLYS
Mineralys Therapeutics
2.1547 of 5 stars
$13.53
-6.9%
$32.25
+138.4%
+3.7%$947.65MN/A-3.6328News Coverage
Insider Trade
SION
Sionna Therapeutics
N/A$20.96
-1.1%
$38.50
+83.7%
N/A$935MN/A0.0035Positive News
AVXL
Anavex Life Sciences
3.9273 of 5 stars
$9.99
-7.4%
$44.00
+340.4%
+113.0%$921.16MN/A-18.1640News Coverage
ORIC
Oric Pharmaceuticals
4.5538 of 5 stars
$10.65
-1.4%
$19.17
+80.0%
+7.9%$920.42MN/A-5.7080
LENZ
LENZ Therapeutics
1.3305 of 5 stars
$31.48
-3.2%
$46.60
+48.0%
+60.4%$915.59MN/A-17.79110News Coverage
Analyst Revision
ZYME
Zymeworks
3.039 of 5 stars
$13.08
+0.3%
$21.00
+60.6%
+32.6%$910.07M$93.38M-8.72460

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This page (NASDAQ:FENC) was last updated on 7/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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