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Lixte Biotechnology (LIXT) Competitors

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$1.31 +0.08 (+6.50%)
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LIXT vs. PHIO, ME, AYTU, LIPO, ATHA, NEUP, NERV, AIMD, BCTX, and ALLR

Should you be buying Lixte Biotechnology stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lixte Biotechnology include Phio Pharmaceuticals (PHIO), 23andMe (ME), Aytu BioPharma (AYTU), Lipella Pharmaceuticals (LIPO), Athira Pharma (ATHA), Neuphoria Therapeutics Inc. - Common Stock (NEUP), Minerva Neurosciences (NERV), Ainos (AIMD), BriaCell Therapeutics (BCTX), and Allarity Therapeutics (ALLR). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Lixte Biotechnology vs. Its Competitors

Phio Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:PHIO) and Lixte Biotechnology (NASDAQ:LIXT) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

In the previous week, Phio Pharmaceuticals had 12 more articles in the media than Lixte Biotechnology. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Phio Pharmaceuticals and 2 mentions for Lixte Biotechnology. Lixte Biotechnology's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Phio Pharmaceuticals' score of 0.93 indicating that Lixte Biotechnology is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Phio Pharmaceuticals Positive
Lixte Biotechnology Positive

Phio Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lixte Biotechnology has a beta of 0.37, meaning that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Phio Pharmaceuticals presently has a consensus target price of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 466.80%. Given Phio Pharmaceuticals' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Phio Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than Lixte Biotechnology.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Phio Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Lixte Biotechnology
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Phio Pharmaceuticals received 39 more outperform votes than Lixte Biotechnology when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Phio PharmaceuticalsOutperform Votes
39
65.00%
Underperform Votes
21
35.00%
Lixte BiotechnologyN/AN/A

Phio Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of -134.57% beat Lixte Biotechnology's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Phio PharmaceuticalsN/A -134.57% -108.39%
Lixte Biotechnology N/A -5,562.77%-130.48%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Phio PharmaceuticalsN/AN/A-$10.83M-$10.92-0.23
Lixte BiotechnologyN/AN/A-$5.09M-$1.45-0.90

57.3% of Phio Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.1% of Lixte Biotechnology shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Phio Pharmaceuticals shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 14.8% of Lixte Biotechnology shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Phio Pharmaceuticals beats Lixte Biotechnology on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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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LIXT vs. The Competition

MetricLixte BiotechnologyPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.52M$6.92B$5.61B$8.62B
Dividend YieldN/A2.55%5.28%4.17%
P/E Ratio-0.768.6727.1419.96
Price / SalesN/A262.53411.83157.63
Price / CashN/A65.8538.2534.64
Price / Book5.956.597.064.69
Net Income-$5.09M$143.75M$3.23B$248.14M
7 Day Performance-5.08%3.72%2.67%2.39%
1 Month Performance2.34%11.01%8.82%6.05%
1 Year Performance-49.23%3.87%31.44%13.60%

Lixte Biotechnology Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LIXT
Lixte Biotechnology
1.0597 of 5 stars
$1.31
+6.5%
N/A-49.2%$3.52MN/A-0.764Positive News
Short Interest ↓
Gap Up
PHIO
Phio Pharmaceuticals
3.7813 of 5 stars
$2.79
-5.7%
$14.00
+401.8%
-62.2%$13.39MN/A-0.2610Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
ME
23andMe
N/A$0.50
-35.3%
N/A-94.0%$13.36M$208.78M-0.03770Gap Down
High Trading Volume
AYTU
Aytu BioPharma
1.4903 of 5 stars
$2.11
+5.5%
N/A-36.4%$13.02M$81.66M-1.46160Short Interest ↓
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
LIPO
Lipella Pharmaceuticals
2.3339 of 5 stars
$2.91
-2.7%
N/A-46.4%$13.00M$536.36K-0.684
ATHA
Athira Pharma
2.8772 of 5 stars
$0.33
-8.1%
$13.83
+4,079.3%
-87.4%$12.92MN/A-0.1240
NEUP
Neuphoria Therapeutics Inc. - Common Stock
2.0286 of 5 stars
$6.82
-0.7%
$21.00
+207.9%
N/A$12.92M$15.66M0.00N/A
NERV
Minerva Neurosciences
3.4286 of 5 stars
$1.84
flat
$5.00
+171.7%
-44.6%$12.87MN/A-4.189News Coverage
Positive News
AIMD
Ainos
1.3923 of 5 stars
$0.62
-6.2%
N/A-35.3%$12.84M$106.21K-0.4840Gap Down
BCTX
BriaCell Therapeutics
1.7201 of 5 stars
$3.48
+1.2%
$32.00
+819.5%
-82.4%$12.76MN/A-0.268News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
ALLR
Allarity Therapeutics
0.549 of 5 stars
$0.88
+4.2%
N/A-94.0%$12.76MN/A0.0010News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:LIXT) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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