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NXTC vs. RENB, KLRS, BLUE, ADVM, VRCA, DTIL, AADI, ATRA, RNXT, and VTVT

Should you be buying NextCure stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NextCure include Renovaro (RENB), Kalaris Therapeutics (KLRS), bluebird bio (BLUE), Adverum Biotechnologies (ADVM), Verrica Pharmaceuticals (VRCA), Precision BioSciences (DTIL), Aadi Bioscience (AADI), Atara Biotherapeutics (ATRA), RenovoRx (RNXT), and vTv Therapeutics (VTVT). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

NextCure vs. Its Competitors

NextCure (NASDAQ:NXTC) and Renovaro (NASDAQ:RENB) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation and profitability.

Renovaro's return on equity of -60.38% beat NextCure's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
NextCureN/A -70.16% -58.10%
Renovaro N/A -60.38%-47.04%

NextCure presently has a consensus price target of $3.50, indicating a potential upside of 668.22%. Given NextCure's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe NextCure is more favorable than Renovaro.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
NextCure
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Renovaro
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

In the previous week, Renovaro had 1 more articles in the media than NextCure. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Renovaro and 1 mentions for NextCure. Renovaro's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat NextCure's score of 0.00 indicating that Renovaro is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
NextCure
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Renovaro
0 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

NextCure has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Renovaro has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.

42.7% of NextCure shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.4% of Renovaro shares are held by institutional investors. 13.3% of NextCure shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 21.7% of Renovaro shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Renovaro is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NextCure, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
NextCureN/AN/A-$55.65M-$1.76-0.26
RenovaroN/AN/A-$88.43M-$0.77-0.40

Summary

Renovaro beats NextCure on 7 of the 13 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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NXTC vs. The Competition

MetricNextCureMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$12.37M$2.88B$5.47B$8.95B
Dividend YieldN/A2.46%5.25%4.06%
P/E Ratio-0.2620.8027.0020.10
Price / SalesN/A286.98435.75120.29
Price / CashN/A41.1936.8257.86
Price / Book0.197.487.985.56
Net Income-$55.65M-$55.04M$3.16B$248.40M
7 Day Performance6.37%2.44%2.40%4.67%
1 Month Performance-13.79%1.90%2.19%6.64%
1 Year Performance-71.53%4.35%33.82%21.31%

NextCure Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NXTC
NextCure
4.1019 of 5 stars
$0.46
+3.3%
$3.50
+668.2%
-70.2%$12.37MN/A-0.2690
RENB
Renovaro
0.9836 of 5 stars
$0.29
-1.3%
N/A-80.1%$50.38MN/A-0.3820Gap Down
KLRS
Kalaris Therapeutics
N/A$2.67
+1.9%
N/AN/A$49MN/A0.00110Positive News
Gap Up
BLUE
bluebird bio
2.0993 of 5 stars
$4.97
flat
$44.60
+797.4%
N/A$48.67M$103.95M-0.13520
ADVM
Adverum Biotechnologies
4.0618 of 5 stars
$2.15
-7.3%
$23.80
+1,007.0%
-66.6%$48.47M$1M-0.34190
VRCA
Verrica Pharmaceuticals
3.6169 of 5 stars
$0.53
+1.4%
$8.00
+1,409.1%
-88.8%$48.34M$7.57M-0.4440
DTIL
Precision BioSciences
4.5699 of 5 stars
$4.20
-2.3%
$47.00
+1,019.0%
-51.4%$47.68M$68.70M-2.09200News Coverage
AADI
Aadi Bioscience
0.6373 of 5 stars
$1.93
+1.6%
$1.67
-13.6%
+44.5%$47.67M$25.07M-0.8540
ATRA
Atara Biotherapeutics
4.0952 of 5 stars
$7.72
-3.0%
$17.75
+129.9%
+16.5%$47.45M$128.94M-2.08330
RNXT
RenovoRx
2.8703 of 5 stars
$1.32
+2.7%
$7.25
+451.3%
+7.4%$46.81M$40K-3.296
VTVT
vTv Therapeutics
1.9656 of 5 stars
$15.00
+3.5%
$35.50
+136.7%
-11.5%$46.29M$1.02M-4.989

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This page (NASDAQ:NXTC) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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