NexGel (NXGL) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

NexGel, Inc. is a specialty materials company that develops and manufactures high-water-content hydrogels. Its products are designed to provide cooling, cushioning, conductivity, and moisture management for use in healthcare, consumer, and industrial applications.

The company’s hydrogel products are used in areas such as wound care, burn treatment, medical electrodes, ultrasound and other diagnostic procedures, radiation therapy, and skin-contact applications. NexGel also offers hydrogel-based products for consumer and personal-care uses, including soothing and moisturizing applications.

NexGel manufactures its products in the United States and serves customers through business-to-business relationships, including medical-product manufacturers and other commercial partners. The company’s technology is based on aqueous polymer formulations that are cross-linked to create flexible, stable hydrogel materials suited to a range of specialized applications.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $0.15 to $0.22
• 50-Day Range: $0.15 to $0.57
• 52-Week Range: $0.15 to $2.85
• Volume: 10.19 million shs
• Average Volume: 492,868 shs
• Market Capitalization: $1.95 million
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $2.00
• Consensus Rating: Reduce

NexGel Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

NexGel scored higher than 48% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Reduce

Consensus Rating

NexGel has received a consensus rating of Reduce. The company's average rating score is 1.67, and is based on no strong buy ratings, no buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside Potential

NexGel has a consensus price target of $2.00, representing about 898.5% upside from its current price of $0.20.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

NexGel has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: Growing

Earnings Growth

Earnings for NexGel are expected to grow in the coming year, from ($0.94) to ($0.22) per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of NexGel is -0.28, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of NexGel is -0.28, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

NexGel has a P/B Ratio of 0.33. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

4.12% of the float of NexGel has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

NexGel has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.55, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in NexGel has recently increased by 63.40%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

NexGel does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

NexGel does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: -0.05

News Sentiment

NexGel has a news sentiment score of -0.05. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.68 average news sentiment score of Healthcare companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 5 news articles for NexGel this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, NexGel insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

19.79% of the stock of NexGel is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

2.21% of the stock of NexGel is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/14/2026
• Today: 10/11/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/10/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Healthcare
• Industry: Healthcare Equipment & Supplies
• Sub-Industry: Healthcare Supplies
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:NXGL
• CIK: 1468929
• Web: nexgel.com
• Phone: 215-702-8550
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 19
• Year Founded: 1974

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for NexGel: $2.00
• High Price Target: $2.00
• Low Price Target: $2.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +898.5%
• Consensus Rating: Reduce
• Rating Score (0-4): 1.67
• Research Coverage: 3 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): ($0.71)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: -$3 million
• Net Margins: -51.26%
• Pretax Margin: -50.16%
• Return on Equity: -121.18%
• Return on Assets: -41.15%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.68
• Current Ratio: 0.43
• Quick Ratio: 0.27

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $11.42 million
• Price / Sales: 0.17
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: $0.60 per share
• Price / Book: 0.33

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 9,750,000
• Free Float: 7,819,000
• Market Cap: $1.95 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.82