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GNCA vs. VRPX, SCPS, EVLO, CMRA, GNCAQ, ARDS, STAB, AMPE, CALA, and EFTR

Should you be buying Genocea Biosciences stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Genocea Biosciences include Virpax Pharmaceuticals (VRPX), Scopus BioPharma (SCPS), Evelo Biosciences (EVLO), Comera Life Sciences (CMRA), Genocea Biosciences (GNCAQ), Aridis Pharmaceuticals (ARDS), Statera Biopharma (STAB), Ampio Pharmaceuticals (AMPE), Calithera Biosciences (CALA), and eFFECTOR Therapeutics (EFTR). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Genocea Biosciences vs. Its Competitors

Virpax Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:VRPX) and Genocea Biosciences (NASDAQ:GNCA) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.

32.2% of Virpax Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.6% of Genocea Biosciences shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of Virpax Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Genocea Biosciences shares are owned by company 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.

Virpax Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 1.49, indicating that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Genocea Biosciences has a beta of 1.61, indicating that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Virpax Pharmaceuticals has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Genocea Biosciences.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Virpax PharmaceuticalsN/AN/A-$15.19MN/AN/A
Genocea Biosciences$1.91M0.00-$33.20M-$0.61N/A

Genocea Biosciences' return on equity of -182.88% beat Virpax Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Virpax PharmaceuticalsN/A -1,554.34% -338.29%
Genocea Biosciences N/A -182.88%-62.76%

In the previous week, Virpax Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Genocea Biosciences'average media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Virpax Pharmaceuticals Neutral
Genocea Biosciences Neutral

Given Genocea Biosciences' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Genocea Biosciences is more favorable than Virpax Pharmaceuticals.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Virpax Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Genocea Biosciences
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Summary

Genocea Biosciences beats Virpax Pharmaceuticals on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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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GNCA vs. The Competition

MetricGenocea BiosciencesBiological Products IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$6K$282.85M$5.61B$9.84B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A4.61%4.07%
P/E Ratio0.00N/A30.2925.74
Price / SalesN/A570.35463.41115.83
Price / CashN/A22.4438.2159.48
Price / BookN/A9.418.826.15
Net Income-$33.20M-$115.81M$3.25B$265.06M

Genocea Biosciences Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GNCA
Genocea Biosciences
N/AN/AN/AN/A$6K$1.91M0.0070
VRPX
Virpax Pharmaceuticals
N/A$0.01
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N/A-99.9%$14KN/A0.007
SCPS
Scopus BioPharma
N/A$0.00
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N/A+50.0%$13KN/A0.009
EVLO
Evelo Biosciences
N/A$0.00
flat
N/AN/A$9KN/A0.00120
CMRA
Comera Life Sciences
N/A$0.00
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N/AN/A$6K$1.00M0.002
GNCAQ
Genocea Biosciences
N/AN/AN/AN/A$6KN/A0.0070
ARDS
Aridis Pharmaceuticals
N/A$0.00
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N/AN/A$5KN/A0.0030
STAB
Statera Biopharma
N/A$0.00
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N/A-83.3%$5KN/A0.0020
AMPE
Ampio Pharmaceuticals
N/A$0.00
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N/A+31.8%$3KN/A0.0020
CALA
Calithera Biosciences
0.6039 of 5 stars
$0.00
+500.0%
N/A-92.0%$3KN/A0.0060Gap Up
EFTR
eFFECTOR Therapeutics
N/A$0.00
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N/A-99.6%$1KN/A0.0010

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This page (NASDAQ:GNCA) was last updated on 8/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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