GLMD vs. BFRI, DWTX, PRTG, SNGX, NLSP, RNAZ, CSCI, SNOA, TLPH, and ADIL
Should you be buying Galmed Pharmaceuticals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Galmed Pharmaceuticals include Biofrontera (BFRI), Dogwood Therapeutics (DWTX), Portage Biotech (PRTG), Soligenix (SNGX), NLS Pharmaceutics (NLSP), TransCode Therapeutics (RNAZ), COSCIENS Biopharma (CSCI), Sonoma Pharmaceuticals (SNOA), Talphera (TLPH), and Adial Pharmaceuticals (ADIL). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.
Galmed Pharmaceuticals vs. Its Competitors
Biofrontera (NASDAQ:BFRI) and Galmed Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:GLMD) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and dividends.
Biofrontera presently has a consensus price target of $2.75, suggesting a potential upside of 222.96%. Given Biofrontera's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Biofrontera is more favorable than Galmed Pharmaceuticals.
10.1% of Biofrontera shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.1% of Galmed Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. 4.8% of Biofrontera shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.8% of Galmed Pharmaceuticals 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.
Galmed Pharmaceuticals has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Biofrontera. Biofrontera is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Galmed Pharmaceuticals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Galmed Pharmaceuticals has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Biofrontera's net margin of -42.34%. Galmed Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of -32.21% beat Biofrontera's return on equity.
In the previous week, Galmed Pharmaceuticals had 2 more articles in the media than Biofrontera. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Galmed Pharmaceuticals and 3 mentions for Biofrontera. Biofrontera's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Galmed Pharmaceuticals' score of 0.98 indicating that Biofrontera is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Biofrontera has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Galmed Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Galmed Pharmaceuticals beats Biofrontera on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:GLMD) was last updated on 8/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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