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$5.59 +2.27 (+68.37%)
Closing price 09/12/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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HCWB vs. RVPH, MAAQ, KZR, DARE, CASI, NEUP, ALLR, AKTX, TENX, and MIRA

Should you be buying HCW Biologics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HCW Biologics include Reviva Pharmaceuticals (RVPH), Mana Capital Acquisition (MAAQ), Kezar Life Sciences (KZR), Dare Bioscience (DARE), CASI Pharmaceuticals (CASI), Neuphoria Therapeutics (NEUP), Allarity Therapeutics (ALLR), Akari Therapeutics (AKTX), Tenax Therapeutics (TENX), and MIRA Pharmaceuticals (MIRA). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

HCW Biologics vs. Its Competitors

HCW Biologics (NASDAQ:HCWB) and Reviva Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:RVPH) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, dividends and institutional ownership.

HCW Biologics presently has a consensus target price of $35.00, indicating a potential upside of 526.12%. Reviva Pharmaceuticals has a consensus target price of $5.20, indicating a potential upside of 1,075.67%. Given Reviva Pharmaceuticals' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Reviva Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than HCW Biologics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
HCW Biologics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Reviva Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.14

In the previous week, HCW Biologics had 2 more articles in the media than Reviva Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for HCW Biologics and 2 mentions for Reviva Pharmaceuticals. HCW Biologics' average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Reviva Pharmaceuticals' score of 0.59 indicating that HCW Biologics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
HCW Biologics
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Reviva Pharmaceuticals
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
HCW Biologics$2.57M4.68-$30.02M-$14.04-0.40
Reviva PharmaceuticalsN/AN/A-$29.92M-$0.65-0.68

Reviva Pharmaceuticals has a net margin of 0.00% compared to HCW Biologics' net margin of -1,368.55%.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
HCW Biologics-1,368.55% N/A -40.72%
Reviva Pharmaceuticals N/A N/A -259.17%

HCW Biologics has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Reviva Pharmaceuticals has a beta of -0.04, indicating that its share price is 104% less volatile than the S&P 500.

3.0% of HCW Biologics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.2% of Reviva Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by institutional investors. 42.7% of HCW Biologics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 27.2% of Reviva Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Reviva Pharmaceuticals beats HCW Biologics on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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HCWB vs. The Competition

MetricHCW BiologicsMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$7.14M$3.20B$5.86B$10.14B
Dividend YieldN/A2.30%5.68%4.60%
P/E Ratio-0.4021.1774.8625.97
Price / Sales4.68438.17517.12182.33
Price / CashN/A46.6837.5660.44
Price / Book-0.929.6112.156.29
Net Income-$30.02M-$53.29M$3.29B$270.96M
7 Day Performance31.84%0.13%0.73%3.87%
1 Month Performance24.50%5.61%4.82%4.87%
1 Year Performance-77.09%10.49%60.58%26.12%

HCW Biologics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HCWB
HCW Biologics
2.0823 of 5 stars
$5.59
+68.4%
$35.00
+526.1%
-75.5%$7.14M$2.57M-0.4040Short Interest ↑
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
RVPH
Reviva Pharmaceuticals
3.0018 of 5 stars
$0.45
0.0%
$5.20
+1,063.6%
-60.5%$30.39MN/A-0.695
MAAQ
Mana Capital Acquisition
N/A$3.71
+0.6%
N/A+1,192.7%$30.14MN/A0.001
KZR
Kezar Life Sciences
3.8406 of 5 stars
$4.02
+0.2%
$9.00
+123.9%
-30.3%$29.43M$7M-0.4160Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
DARE
Dare Bioscience
2.4524 of 5 stars
$2.16
+1.4%
$10.00
+363.0%
-37.0%$29.12M-$17.70K-1.0130Short Interest ↓
CASI
CASI Pharmaceuticals
3.778 of 5 stars
$2.34
-0.4%
$4.00
+70.9%
-68.4%$28.78M$28.54M-0.81180
NEUP
Neuphoria Therapeutics
2.5846 of 5 stars
$15.10
+16.2%
$21.00
+39.1%
N/A$28.39M$10K0.00N/ANews Coverage
Analyst Forecast
ALLR
Allarity Therapeutics
1.9605 of 5 stars
$1.88
flat
$9.00
+378.7%
-42.4%$27.49MN/A0.0010Short Interest ↑
AKTX
Akari Therapeutics
3.7363 of 5 stars
$0.84
-1.2%
$3.30
+292.8%
-76.1%$27.40MN/A0.009Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
TENX
Tenax Therapeutics
2.271 of 5 stars
$6.00
-0.7%
$18.00
+200.0%
+65.6%$27.38MN/A-6.529High Trading Volume
MIRA
MIRA Pharmaceuticals
2.9989 of 5 stars
$1.41
+2.2%
$17.00
+1,105.7%
+8.2%$26.89MN/A-2.882News Coverage
Short Interest ↓
Gap Up

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This page (NASDAQ:HCWB) was last updated on 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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