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LPCN vs. PYXS, BMEA, INCR, ABOS, IMUX, IKNA, MNOV, IZTC, ADAP, and IGMS

Should you be buying Lipocine stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lipocine include Pyxis Oncology (PYXS), Biomea Fusion (BMEA), InterCure (INCR), Acumen Pharmaceuticals (ABOS), Immunic (IMUX), Ikena Oncology (IKNA), MediciNova (MNOV), Invizyne Technologies (IZTC), Adaptimmune Therapeutics (ADAP), and IGM Biosciences (IGMS). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Lipocine vs. Its Competitors

Pyxis Oncology (NASDAQ:PYXS) and Lipocine (NASDAQ:LPCN) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations and earnings.

In the previous week, Pyxis Oncology had 3 more articles in the media than Lipocine. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Pyxis Oncology and 1 mentions for Lipocine. Pyxis Oncology's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Lipocine's score of 0.93 indicating that Pyxis Oncology is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Pyxis Oncology Positive
Lipocine Positive

Lipocine has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Pyxis Oncology. Lipocine is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pyxis Oncology, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Pyxis Oncology$16.15M4.45-$77.33M-$1.59-0.73
Lipocine$11.20M1.56$10K-$1.02-3.21

Pyxis Oncology currently has a consensus target price of $9.00, indicating a potential upside of 675.86%. Lipocine has a consensus target price of $9.00, indicating a potential upside of 175.23%. Given Pyxis Oncology's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Pyxis Oncology is more favorable than Lipocine.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Pyxis Oncology
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
Lipocine
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Pyxis Oncology has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lipocine has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Lipocine's return on equity of -26.68% beat Pyxis Oncology's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Pyxis OncologyN/A -57.49% -45.17%
Lipocine N/A -26.68%-24.77%

39.1% of Pyxis Oncology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.1% of Lipocine shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.6% of Pyxis Oncology shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of Lipocine shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Pyxis Oncology beats Lipocine on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding LPCN and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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LPCN vs. The Competition

MetricLipocineMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$17.76M$2.45B$5.61B$9.11B
Dividend YieldN/A1.79%5.24%4.02%
P/E Ratio-3.219.4227.9620.25
Price / Sales1.56729.02430.8999.65
Price / CashN/A165.3637.4658.16
Price / Book0.834.608.045.49
Net Income$10K$31.26M$3.18B$250.27M
7 Day PerformanceN/A4.80%3.67%4.80%
1 Month Performance3.48%5.42%4.09%7.68%
1 Year Performance-57.48%-4.36%29.58%16.36%

Lipocine Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LPCN
Lipocine
2.7099 of 5 stars
$3.27
-1.5%
$9.00
+175.2%
-57.4%$17.76M$11.20M-3.2110
PYXS
Pyxis Oncology
2.2902 of 5 stars
$1.10
flat
$9.00
+718.2%
-60.9%$68.14M$16.15M-0.6960Positive News
BMEA
Biomea Fusion
3.3911 of 5 stars
$1.80
-0.6%
$21.40
+1,088.9%
-59.7%$68.01MN/A-0.5150Positive News
INCR
InterCure
0.6732 of 5 stars
$1.47
-1.3%
N/A-34.9%$67.90M$66.28M0.00350Positive News
High Trading Volume
ABOS
Acumen Pharmaceuticals
2.9281 of 5 stars
$1.16
+3.6%
$6.33
+446.0%
-46.6%$67.84MN/A-0.6020News Coverage
IMUX
Immunic
2.5454 of 5 stars
$0.70
-0.4%
$11.60
+1,563.1%
-38.1%$67.07MN/A-0.5770
IKNA
Ikena Oncology
2.7738 of 5 stars
$1.34
-1.5%
$3.00
+123.9%
-16.4%$65.63M$9.16M-1.5670News Coverage
Positive News
MNOV
MediciNova
1.7663 of 5 stars
$1.31
-1.5%
$7.00
+434.4%
-8.6%$65.23M$1M-5.7010Gap Down
IZTC
Invizyne Technologies
N/A$10.39
+6.8%
N/AN/A$64.96MN/A0.0029Gap Down
ADAP
Adaptimmune Therapeutics
2.1876 of 5 stars
$0.24
-2.2%
$1.35
+463.9%
-78.3%$64.94M$178.03M-0.89490Positive News
Gap Down
IGMS
IGM Biosciences
4.6162 of 5 stars
$1.12
+3.7%
$5.50
+391.1%
-85.4%$64.56M$2.68M-0.34190Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:LPCN) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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