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Hepion Pharmaceuticals (HEPA) Competitors

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$0.05 -0.01 (-11.67%)
As of 09/24/2025 02:41 PM Eastern

HEPA vs. GLMD, UPC, ATXI, ELAB, CDT, CANF, SLRX, SPRC, WINT, and ENVB

Should you be buying Hepion Pharmaceuticals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hepion Pharmaceuticals include Galmed Pharmaceuticals (GLMD), Universe Pharmaceuticals (UPC), Avenue Therapeutics (ATXI), PMGC (ELAB), CDT Equity (CDT), Can-Fite BioPharma (CANF), Salarius Pharmaceuticals (SLRX), SciSparc (SPRC), Windtree Therapeutics (WINT), and Enveric Biosciences (ENVB). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Hepion Pharmaceuticals vs. Its Competitors

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

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

17.2% of Hepion Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.1% of Galmed Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Hepion Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 19.8% of Galmed Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Hepion Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 1.52, suggesting that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Galmed Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Galmed Pharmaceuticals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hepion Pharmaceuticals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Hepion PharmaceuticalsN/AN/A-$48.93M-$219.000.00
Galmed PharmaceuticalsN/AN/A-$7.52M-$16.66-0.09

Galmed Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of -20.69% beat Hepion Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Hepion PharmaceuticalsN/A -812.56% -207.31%
Galmed Pharmaceuticals N/A -20.69%-18.41%

In the previous week, Galmed Pharmaceuticals had 1 more articles in the media than Hepion Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Galmed Pharmaceuticals and 0 mentions for Hepion Pharmaceuticals. Hepion Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Galmed Pharmaceuticals'average media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Hepion Pharmaceuticals Neutral
Galmed Pharmaceuticals Neutral

Summary

Galmed Pharmaceuticals beats Hepion Pharmaceuticals on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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HEPA vs. The Competition

MetricHepion PharmaceuticalsPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$606K$845.08M$5.70B$10.23B
Dividend YieldN/A4.84%5.68%4.61%
P/E Ratio-0.011.1776.0426.13
Price / SalesN/A25.65516.68165.77
Price / CashN/A17.6537.5661.52
Price / Book0.046.4512.676.32
Net Income-$48.93M-$5.56M$3.29B$270.94M
7 Day PerformanceN/A-0.06%0.09%-0.10%
1 Month PerformanceN/A5.51%4.14%6.37%
1 Year PerformanceN/A28.75%65.69%28.45%

Hepion Pharmaceuticals Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HEPA
Hepion Pharmaceuticals
N/A$0.05
-11.7%
N/A-99.8%$606KN/A-0.0120Gap Down
High Trading Volume
GLMD
Galmed Pharmaceuticals
0.6875 of 5 stars
$1.51
+2.4%
N/A-82.1%$2.50MN/A-0.0920
UPC
Universe Pharmaceuticals
0.7127 of 5 stars
$4.39
-1.1%
N/AN/A$2.46M$23.02M0.00220Gap Down
ATXI
Avenue Therapeutics
1.221 of 5 stars
$0.76
0.0%
N/A-64.4%$2.42MN/A0.044
ELAB
PMGC
0.271 of 5 stars
$5.71
+1.4%
N/A-98.9%$2.36M$1.71M-0.0118
CDT
CDT Equity
0.3234 of 5 stars
$0.78
+3.1%
N/A-99.6%$2.36MN/A0.003
CANF
Can-Fite BioPharma
1.7638 of 5 stars
$0.63
-0.4%
$14.50
+2,194.3%
-69.7%$2.24M$560K-0.358
SLRX
Salarius Pharmaceuticals
0.0583 of 5 stars
$4.29
+2.0%
N/A-82.6%$2.19MN/A-0.1020
SPRC
SciSparc
0.4661 of 5 stars
$4.12
+3.8%
N/A-28.2%$2.18M$1.31M0.004News Coverage
Gap Up
Trading Halted
WINT
Windtree Therapeutics
1.74 of 5 stars
$0.07
-7.4%
$350.00
+510,848.9%
-100.0%$2.01MN/A0.0030Gap Down
ENVB
Enveric Biosciences
1.7519 of 5 stars
$0.60
+2.2%
$10.00
+1,580.7%
-91.7%$1.93MN/A-0.0220Gap Up

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This page (NASDAQ:HEPA) was last updated on 9/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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