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Lifecore Biomedical (LFCR) Competitors

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LFCR vs. XFOR, ELVN, COLL, PHVS, SYRE, MLYS, NTLA, NRIX, GYRE, and RCUS

Should you be buying Lifecore Biomedical stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lifecore Biomedical include X4 Pharmaceuticals (XFOR), Enliven Therapeutics (ELVN), Collegium Pharmaceutical (COLL), Pharvaris (PHVS), Spyre Therapeutics (SYRE), Mineralys Therapeutics (MLYS), Intellia Therapeutics (NTLA), Nurix Therapeutics (NRIX), Gyre Therapeutics (GYRE), and Arcus Biosciences (RCUS). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Lifecore Biomedical vs.

X4 Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:XFOR) and Lifecore Biomedical (NASDAQ:LFCR) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, profitability, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.

X4 Pharmaceuticals received 76 more outperform votes than Lifecore Biomedical when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.10% of users gave X4 Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote while only 25.00% of users gave Lifecore Biomedical an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
X4 PharmaceuticalsOutperform Votes
79
68.10%
Underperform Votes
37
31.90%
Lifecore BiomedicalOutperform Votes
3
25.00%
Underperform Votes
9
75.00%

72.0% of X4 Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.4% of Lifecore Biomedical shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of X4 Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.2% of Lifecore Biomedical shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

X4 Pharmaceuticals has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Lifecore Biomedical's net margin of -12.52%. X4 Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of -236.19% beat Lifecore Biomedical's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
X4 PharmaceuticalsN/A -236.19% -75.14%
Lifecore Biomedical -12.52%-315.23%-12.74%

X4 Pharmaceuticals currently has a consensus price target of $85.00, indicating a potential upside of 2,154.64%. Lifecore Biomedical has a consensus price target of $8.00, indicating a potential upside of 18.61%. Given X4 Pharmaceuticals' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe X4 Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than Lifecore Biomedical.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
X4 Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Lifecore Biomedical
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

In the previous week, X4 Pharmaceuticals had 13 more articles in the media than Lifecore Biomedical. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for X4 Pharmaceuticals and 3 mentions for Lifecore Biomedical. Lifecore Biomedical's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat X4 Pharmaceuticals' score of -0.06 indicating that Lifecore Biomedical is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
X4 Pharmaceuticals
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
11 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Lifecore Biomedical
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

X4 Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lifecore Biomedical has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Lifecore Biomedical has higher revenue and earnings than X4 Pharmaceuticals. X4 Pharmaceuticals 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
X4 Pharmaceuticals$2.56M256.04-$101.17M-$0.19-19.84
Lifecore Biomedical$130.86M1.91$12.01M-$1.45-4.65

Summary

X4 Pharmaceuticals beats Lifecore Biomedical on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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LFCR vs. The Competition

MetricLifecore BiomedicalPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$250.29M$6.89B$5.56B$7.83B
Dividend YieldN/A3.05%5.11%4.22%
P/E Ratio-12.077.4422.4418.48
Price / Sales1.91242.70393.95103.59
Price / CashN/A65.8538.1834.62
Price / Book18.276.516.774.25
Net Income$12.01M$143.21M$3.22B$248.23M
7 Day Performance9.56%1.98%1.45%0.89%
1 Month Performance-3.84%6.89%3.96%3.53%
1 Year Performance4.97%-2.52%16.07%5.08%

Lifecore Biomedical Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LFCR
Lifecore Biomedical
1.6419 of 5 stars
$6.75
-0.2%
$8.00
+18.6%
+5.3%$249.55M$130.86M-12.04690
XFOR
X4 Pharmaceuticals
3.8475 of 5 stars
$5.34
-6.3%
$85.00
+1,491.8%
-87.2%$927.36M$2.56M-59.3380Stock Split
News Coverage
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
ELVN
Enliven Therapeutics
2.2596 of 5 stars
$18.91
+3.8%
$40.33
+113.3%
+8.9%$926.67MN/A-9.9550News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
COLL
Collegium Pharmaceutical
4.044 of 5 stars
$26.87
+0.3%
$43.60
+62.3%
-26.9%$904.19M$631.45M11.58210Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
PHVS
Pharvaris
2.0173 of 5 stars
$17.06
+1.3%
$42.67
+150.1%
-24.8%$892.07MN/A-6.0930Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
SYRE
Spyre Therapeutics
1.9151 of 5 stars
$14.67
+3.8%
$49.57
+237.9%
-53.9%$884.25M$890,000.00-1.96100Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
MLYS
Mineralys Therapeutics
2.3863 of 5 stars
$13.56
+1.6%
$33.00
+143.4%
+16.0%$879.72MN/A-3.7328Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
NTLA
Intellia Therapeutics
4.5482 of 5 stars
$8.48
+2.0%
$36.68
+332.6%
-58.6%$877.82M$57.88M-1.56600Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
NRIX
Nurix Therapeutics
1.9305 of 5 stars
$11.47
-0.8%
$30.44
+165.4%
-4.1%$874.43M$56.42M-3.97300Analyst Forecast
GYRE
Gyre Therapeutics
0.0667 of 5 stars
$9.32
+2.8%
N/A-37.4%$873.69M$105.76M186.4040Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
RCUS
Arcus Biosciences
2.2787 of 5 stars
$8.25
-0.6%
$28.38
+243.9%
-42.6%$867.39M$258M-2.62500Upcoming Earnings
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:LFCR) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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