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$11.18 +0.09 (+0.81%)
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FGEN vs. SLS, TVGN, ENTA, CRBU, LFVN, ACTU, NKTX, NVCT, LXEO, and CYBN

Should you be buying FibroGen stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FibroGen include SELLAS Life Sciences Group (SLS), Tevogen Bio (TVGN), Enanta Pharmaceuticals (ENTA), Caribou Biosciences (CRBU), Lifevantage (LFVN), Actuate Therapeutics (ACTU), Nkarta (NKTX), Nuvectis Pharma (NVCT), Lexeo Therapeutics (LXEO), and Cybin (CYBN). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

FibroGen vs. Its Competitors

FibroGen (NASDAQ:FGEN) and SELLAS Life Sciences Group (NASDAQ:SLS) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.

FibroGen presently has a consensus price target of $43.00, indicating a potential upside of 284.62%. SELLAS Life Sciences Group has a consensus price target of $7.00, indicating a potential upside of 266.49%. Given FibroGen's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe FibroGen is more favorable than SELLAS Life Sciences Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
FibroGen
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
SELLAS Life Sciences Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

SELLAS Life Sciences Group has a net margin of 0.00% compared to FibroGen's net margin of -3.86%. FibroGen's return on equity of 0.00% beat SELLAS Life Sciences Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
FibroGen-3.86% N/A -27.34%
SELLAS Life Sciences Group N/A -132.51%-92.79%

FibroGen has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SELLAS Life Sciences Group has a beta of 2.26, indicating that its share price is 126% more volatile than the S&P 500.

72.7% of FibroGen shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.4% of SELLAS Life Sciences Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of FibroGen shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of SELLAS Life Sciences Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

SELLAS Life Sciences Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than FibroGen. FibroGen is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SELLAS Life Sciences Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
FibroGen$29.62M1.52-$47.58M-$0.38-29.42
SELLAS Life Sciences GroupN/AN/A-$30.88M-$0.32-5.97

In the previous week, FibroGen had 1 more articles in the media than SELLAS Life Sciences Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for FibroGen and 4 mentions for SELLAS Life Sciences Group. SELLAS Life Sciences Group's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat FibroGen's score of -0.01 indicating that SELLAS Life Sciences Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
FibroGen
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
SELLAS Life Sciences Group
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

FibroGen and SELLAS Life Sciences Group tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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FGEN vs. The Competition

MetricFibroGenMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$44.85M$2.54B$5.75B$9.61B
Dividend YieldN/A1.67%4.41%4.10%
P/E Ratio-29.4222.6131.2226.05
Price / Sales1.52555.43434.78103.68
Price / CashN/A180.4637.7358.48
Price / Book-0.225.939.536.61
Net Income-$47.58M$31.83M$3.26B$265.65M
7 Day Performance17.81%1.89%2.14%2.03%
1 Month Performance48.08%1.33%2.83%-0.30%
1 Year Performance11.22%8.84%30.64%19.06%

FibroGen Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FGEN
FibroGen
4.644 of 5 stars
$11.18
+0.8%
$43.00
+284.6%
+15.8%$44.85M$29.62M-29.42570Gap Up
SLS
SELLAS Life Sciences Group
2.8822 of 5 stars
$1.73
+6.1%
$7.00
+304.6%
+45.8%$182.17M$1M-5.4110
TVGN
Tevogen Bio
3.9781 of 5 stars
$0.96
+1.6%
$10.00
+937.6%
+55.8%$177.23MN/A0.003News Coverage
Earnings Report
ENTA
Enanta Pharmaceuticals
3.6327 of 5 stars
$8.17
+2.1%
$21.67
+165.2%
-29.5%$174.68M$67.64M-1.89160
CRBU
Caribou Biosciences
2.8616 of 5 stars
$1.87
-5.6%
$6.67
+256.5%
-11.5%$174.13M$9.99M-1.05100
LFVN
Lifevantage
3.6986 of 5 stars
$13.69
+1.5%
$30.50
+122.8%
+56.1%$172.36M$200.16M19.84260News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
ACTU
Actuate Therapeutics
N/A$8.25
+1.6%
$20.50
+148.5%
+3.9%$168.88MN/A0.0010News Coverage
Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
NKTX
Nkarta
2.0066 of 5 stars
$2.35
+0.9%
$13.60
+478.7%
-54.0%$166.92MN/A-1.59140
NVCT
Nuvectis Pharma
3.6957 of 5 stars
$6.45
+0.3%
$15.33
+137.7%
-4.6%$164.22MN/A-5.518Positive News
LXEO
Lexeo Therapeutics
2.351 of 5 stars
$4.92
+4.2%
$15.33
+211.7%
-59.8%$163.34M$650K-1.5158Analyst Revision
CYBN
Cybin
2.4327 of 5 stars
$6.92
-2.0%
$85.00
+1,128.3%
N/A$163.24MN/A-1.5850News Coverage
Analyst Revision

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This page (NASDAQ:FGEN) was last updated on 8/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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