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$1.37 -0.08 (-5.52%)
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GLMD vs. IMCC, RNAZ, ACXP, DWTX, XFOR, APRE, SNGX, SONN, CHRO, and ADXN

Should you be buying Galmed Pharmaceuticals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Galmed Pharmaceuticals include IM Cannabis (IMCC), TransCode Therapeutics (RNAZ), Acurx Pharmaceuticals (ACXP), Dogwood Therapeutics (DWTX), X4 Pharmaceuticals (XFOR), Aprea Therapeutics (APRE), Soligenix (SNGX), Sonnet BioTherapeutics (SONN), Chromocell Therapeutics (CHRO), and Addex Therapeutics (ADXN). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Galmed Pharmaceuticals vs. Its Competitors

Galmed Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:GLMD) and IM Cannabis (NASDAQ:IMCC) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and dividends.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Galmed Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
IM Cannabis
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Galmed Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IM Cannabis has a beta of 2.2, suggesting that its stock price is 120% more volatile than the S&P 500.

76.1% of Galmed Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.7% of IM Cannabis shares are held by institutional investors. 19.8% of Galmed Pharmaceuticals shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of IM Cannabis shares are held by 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.

Galmed Pharmaceuticals has a net margin of 0.00% compared to IM Cannabis' net margin of -9.10%. Galmed Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of -32.21% beat IM Cannabis' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Galmed PharmaceuticalsN/A -32.21% -28.59%
IM Cannabis -9.10%-122.96%-11.69%

In the previous week, Galmed Pharmaceuticals had 1 more articles in the media than IM Cannabis. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Galmed Pharmaceuticals and 1 mentions for IM Cannabis. IM Cannabis' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Galmed Pharmaceuticals' score of -0.81 indicating that IM Cannabis is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Galmed Pharmaceuticals
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Negative
IM Cannabis
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Galmed Pharmaceuticals has higher earnings, but lower revenue than IM Cannabis. IM Cannabis is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Galmed Pharmaceuticals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Galmed PharmaceuticalsN/AN/A-$7.52M-$16.66-0.08
IM Cannabis$54.47M0.19-$7.72M-$0.64-4.00

Summary

Galmed Pharmaceuticals beats IM Cannabis on 8 of the 13 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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GLMD vs. The Competition

MetricGalmed PharmaceuticalsMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.40M$2.51B$5.48B$9.57B
Dividend YieldN/A1.78%3.99%4.17%
P/E Ratio-0.0819.6629.8525.14
Price / SalesN/A634.78422.3397.16
Price / CashN/A165.0335.9458.58
Price / Book0.144.198.125.59
Net Income-$7.52M$31.61M$3.26B$265.48M
7 Day Performance-11.61%0.95%0.68%1.22%
1 Month Performance-34.45%2.90%2.46%0.39%
1 Year Performance-59.23%4.11%27.99%23.47%

Galmed Pharmaceuticals Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GLMD
Galmed Pharmaceuticals
0.6345 of 5 stars
$1.37
-5.5%
N/A-59.9%$2.40MN/A-0.0820Short Interest ↑
Gap Down
IMCC
IM Cannabis
0.2508 of 5 stars
$2.63
+4.0%
N/A-16.3%$10.23M$54.47M-4.11340Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down
RNAZ
TransCode Therapeutics
1.9611 of 5 stars
$11.40
-0.9%
$280.00
+2,356.1%
-99.9%$9.59MN/A0.009Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down
ACXP
Acurx Pharmaceuticals
2.1845 of 5 stars
$0.29
-4.8%
$8.00
+2,636.0%
-88.1%$9.44MN/A-0.423Upcoming Earnings
DWTX
Dogwood Therapeutics
1.4452 of 5 stars
$4.86
+0.2%
$10.00
+105.8%
N/A$9.27MN/A-0.275News Coverage
XFOR
X4 Pharmaceuticals
4.4625 of 5 stars
$1.58
-1.3%
$72.33
+4,478.1%
-92.3%$9.26M$2.56M0.7480
APRE
Aprea Therapeutics
2.8517 of 5 stars
$1.70
+2.4%
$15.50
+811.8%
-49.2%$9.18M$1.50M-0.727Upcoming Earnings
SNGX
Soligenix
2.0988 of 5 stars
$3.11
+13.5%
$6.00
+92.9%
-3.2%$8.94M-$117.03K-0.7220High Trading Volume
SONN
Sonnet BioTherapeutics
2.4945 of 5 stars
$2.81
flat
$20.00
+611.7%
-51.4%$8.90M$20K0.0010Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up
CHRO
Chromocell Therapeutics
N/A$1.34
+6.3%
N/A-81.2%$8.69MN/A-1.084Gap Up
High Trading Volume
ADXN
Addex Therapeutics
2.9052 of 5 stars
$8.24
+1.7%
$30.00
+264.3%
+5.5%$8.58M$460K-24.2230

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