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LFCR vs. LENZ, ZYME, SYRE, UPB, MLYS, STOK, VERV, PRAX, VALN, and CRMD

Should you be buying Lifecore Biomedical stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lifecore Biomedical include LENZ Therapeutics (LENZ), Zymeworks (ZYME), Spyre Therapeutics (SYRE), Upstream Bio (UPB), Mineralys Therapeutics (MLYS), Stoke Therapeutics (STOK), Verve Therapeutics (VERV), Praxis Precision Medicines (PRAX), Valneva (VALN), and CorMedix (CRMD). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Lifecore Biomedical vs. Its Competitors

LENZ Therapeutics (NASDAQ:LENZ) and Lifecore Biomedical (NASDAQ:LFCR) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.

Lifecore Biomedical has higher revenue and earnings than LENZ Therapeutics. LENZ Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lifecore Biomedical, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
LENZ TherapeuticsN/AN/A-$49.77M-$1.90-20.80
Lifecore Biomedical$128.87M2.22-$38.72M-$1.31-5.84

LENZ Therapeutics has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Lifecore Biomedical's net margin of -31.70%. LENZ Therapeutics' return on equity of -25.63% beat Lifecore Biomedical's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
LENZ TherapeuticsN/A -25.63% -24.43%
Lifecore Biomedical -31.70%-846.51%-13.03%

54.3% of LENZ Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.4% of Lifecore Biomedical shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.9% of LENZ Therapeutics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 32.2% of Lifecore Biomedical shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, LENZ Therapeutics had 1 more articles in the media than Lifecore Biomedical. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for LENZ Therapeutics and 3 mentions for Lifecore Biomedical. LENZ Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Lifecore Biomedical's score of 0.60 indicating that LENZ Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
LENZ Therapeutics
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Lifecore Biomedical
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

LENZ Therapeutics has a beta of 0.42, suggesting that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lifecore Biomedical has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

LENZ Therapeutics currently has a consensus price target of $49.60, suggesting a potential upside of 25.52%. Lifecore Biomedical has a consensus price target of $8.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.51%. Given LENZ Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe LENZ Therapeutics is more favorable than Lifecore Biomedical.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
LENZ Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.17
Lifecore Biomedical
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Summary

LENZ Therapeutics and Lifecore Biomedical tied by winning 8 of the 16 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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LFCR vs. The Competition

MetricLifecore BiomedicalMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$286.00M$3.07B$5.77B$9.76B
Dividend YieldN/A2.24%4.40%4.10%
P/E Ratio-5.8421.0230.8525.94
Price / Sales2.22392.23470.58121.54
Price / CashN/A43.2325.7828.79
Price / Book191.389.749.486.04
Net Income-$38.72M-$54.08M$3.27B$265.29M
7 Day Performance3.45%3.11%2.41%2.88%
1 Month Performance3.03%4.57%3.93%1.26%
1 Year Performance27.58%10.25%30.66%19.14%

Lifecore Biomedical Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LFCR
Lifecore Biomedical
0.7119 of 5 stars
$7.66
+0.7%
$8.00
+4.5%
+26.7%$286.00M$128.87M-5.84690
LENZ
LENZ Therapeutics
1.824 of 5 stars
$38.77
+2.4%
$49.60
+27.9%
+77.8%$1.08BN/A-20.41110
ZYME
Zymeworks
0.2109 of 5 stars
$14.05
-2.2%
N/AN/A$1.08B$122.87M-14.48460
SYRE
Spyre Therapeutics
2.1812 of 5 stars
$16.94
-0.1%
$53.40
+215.2%
-31.9%$1.02B$890K-4.9873Analyst Upgrade
UPB
Upstream Bio
2.0682 of 5 stars
$18.02
-4.8%
$56.50
+213.5%
N/A$1.02B$2.37M0.0038
MLYS
Mineralys Therapeutics
3.2602 of 5 stars
$15.34
+5.6%
$32.25
+110.2%
+28.3%$1.02BN/A-4.3128News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
STOK
Stoke Therapeutics
4.5588 of 5 stars
$18.51
+1.6%
$25.57
+38.1%
+39.8%$1.01B$199.89M21.78100
VERV
Verve Therapeutics
2.9554 of 5 stars
$11.13
flat
$14.57
+30.9%
N/A$992.13M$32.33M-5.27110
PRAX
Praxis Precision Medicines
1.5831 of 5 stars
$46.63
-1.0%
$85.88
+84.2%
-3.1%$990.84M$8.55M-3.79110
VALN
Valneva
2.1763 of 5 stars
$12.14
+5.3%
$16.00
+31.8%
+50.0%$981.14M$183.52M-12.39700Trending News
Gap Down
CRMD
CorMedix
2.6197 of 5 stars
$13.10
+1.3%
$16.71
+27.6%
+142.3%$965.21M$43.47M17.4730

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This page (NASDAQ:LFCR) was last updated on 8/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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