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Medicus Pharma (MDCX) Competitors

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$2.48 -0.07 (-2.75%)
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MDCX vs. SCLX, SLS, CHRS, CRBU, NLTX, ENTA, VTYX, MIST, BTMD, and JMAC

Should you be buying Medicus Pharma stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Medicus Pharma include Scilex (SCLX), SELLAS Life Sciences Group (SLS), Coherus Oncology (CHRS), Caribou Biosciences (CRBU), Neoleukin Therapeutics (NLTX), Enanta Pharmaceuticals (ENTA), Ventyx Biosciences (VTYX), Milestone Pharmaceuticals (MIST), biote (BTMD), and Maxpro Capital Acquisition (JMAC). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Medicus Pharma vs. Its Competitors

Scilex (NASDAQ:SCLX) and Medicus Pharma (NASDAQ:MDCX) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, valuation and institutional ownership.

In the previous week, Scilex had 7 more articles in the media than Medicus Pharma. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Scilex and 6 mentions for Medicus Pharma. Scilex's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Medicus Pharma's score of 0.54 indicating that Scilex is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Scilex
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Medicus Pharma
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

69.7% of Scilex shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.9% of Scilex shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.2% of Medicus Pharma shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Scilex presently has a consensus target price of $455.00, indicating a potential upside of 1,476.03%. Medicus Pharma has a consensus target price of $23.50, indicating a potential upside of 847.58%. Given Scilex's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Scilex is more favorable than Medicus Pharma.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Scilex
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Medicus Pharma
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.20

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Scilex$56.59M3.55-$72.81M-$29.02-0.99
Medicus PharmaN/AN/A-$11.16M-$1.34-1.85

Medicus Pharma has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Scilex's net margin of -179.12%. Scilex's return on equity of 0.00% beat Medicus Pharma's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Scilex-179.12% N/A -109.95%
Medicus Pharma N/A -549.30%-228.06%

Summary

Scilex beats Medicus Pharma on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MDCX vs. The Competition

MetricMedicus PharmaMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$44.18M$3.07B$5.65B$10.29B
Dividend YieldN/A2.36%5.68%4.62%
P/E Ratio-1.8520.7675.8426.11
Price / SalesN/A403.84517.46171.31
Price / CashN/A45.9137.5661.52
Price / Book8.559.6212.876.30
Net Income-$11.16M-$52.73M$3.29B$271.03M
7 Day Performance2.06%0.64%-0.26%-0.15%
1 Month Performance14.29%6.31%3.84%6.41%
1 Year PerformanceN/A18.97%68.35%28.81%

Medicus Pharma Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MDCX
Medicus Pharma
2.1225 of 5 stars
$2.48
-2.7%
$23.50
+847.6%
N/A$44.18MN/A-1.85N/ANews Coverage
SCLX
Scilex
2.0766 of 5 stars
$25.33
+1.5%
$455.00
+1,696.3%
-0.5%$176.20M$44.24M-0.8780News Coverage
SLS
SELLAS Life Sciences Group
1.4361 of 5 stars
$1.67
-1.5%
$7.00
+320.4%
+34.7%$175.32M$1M-5.2010
CHRS
Coherus Oncology
4.3865 of 5 stars
$1.48
+9.3%
$4.51
+205.9%
+58.0%$171.44M$272.21M0.95330Positive News
CRBU
Caribou Biosciences
2.5985 of 5 stars
$1.81
+4.9%
$6.67
+269.3%
+10.9%$168.08M$9.99M-1.01100News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Revision
NLTX
Neoleukin Therapeutics
N/A$17.71
+1.5%
N/A-58.6%$166.44MN/A-5.6990High Trading Volume
ENTA
Enanta Pharmaceuticals
4.0928 of 5 stars
$7.75
+2.8%
$20.20
+160.6%
-28.3%$165.16M$67.64M-1.79160
VTYX
Ventyx Biosciences
2.5951 of 5 stars
$2.32
+0.2%
$7.50
+224.0%
+11.8%$165.08MN/A-1.3830News Coverage
Positive News
MIST
Milestone Pharmaceuticals
2.6313 of 5 stars
$1.94
-0.3%
$4.50
+132.6%
+26.0%$164.46M$1M-2.3030
BTMD
biote
2.9602 of 5 stars
$3.32
-0.3%
$6.00
+80.7%
-48.6%$164.04M$197.19M3.69194News Coverage
Positive News
JMAC
Maxpro Capital Acquisition
N/A$12.18
+31.1%
N/AN/A$163.55MN/A0.002,021High Trading Volume

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