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NextCure (NXTC) Competitors

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$0.47 -0.03 (-5.64%)
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NXTC vs. KPTI, PMVP, AVTX, CTOR, PRLD, QNCX, ICCC, ACRV, MRSN, and OTLK

Should you be buying NextCure stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NextCure include Karyopharm Therapeutics (KPTI), PMV Pharmaceuticals (PMVP), Avalo Therapeutics (AVTX), Citius Oncology (CTOR), Prelude Therapeutics (PRLD), Quince Therapeutics (QNCX), ImmuCell (ICCC), Acrivon Therapeutics (ACRV), Mersana Therapeutics (MRSN), and Outlook Therapeutics (OTLK). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

NextCure vs.

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

NextCure has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Karyopharm Therapeutics. Karyopharm Therapeutics 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-$62.72M-$1.98-0.24
Karyopharm Therapeutics$145.24M0.40-$143.10M-$15.29-0.44

NextCure has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Karyopharm Therapeutics' net margin of -52.62%. Karyopharm Therapeutics' return on equity of 0.00% beat NextCure's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
NextCureN/A -62.50% -53.67%
Karyopharm Therapeutics -52.62%N/A -39.58%

42.7% of NextCure shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.4% of Karyopharm Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.3% of NextCure shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Karyopharm Therapeutics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

NextCure has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Karyopharm Therapeutics has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Karyopharm Therapeutics had 2 more articles in the media than NextCure. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Karyopharm Therapeutics and 2 mentions for NextCure. NextCure's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Karyopharm Therapeutics' score of 0.16 indicating that NextCure is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
NextCure Positive
Karyopharm Therapeutics Neutral

Karyopharm Therapeutics received 459 more outperform votes than NextCure when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.42% of users gave Karyopharm Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 65.08% of users gave NextCure an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
NextCureOutperform Votes
82
65.08%
Underperform Votes
44
34.92%
Karyopharm TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
541
72.42%
Underperform Votes
206
27.58%

NextCure presently has a consensus price target of $3.50, suggesting a potential upside of 652.04%. Karyopharm Therapeutics has a consensus price target of $57.50, suggesting a potential upside of 751.85%. Given Karyopharm Therapeutics' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Karyopharm Therapeutics is more favorable than NextCure.

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
Karyopharm Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Karyopharm Therapeutics beats NextCure on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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NXTC vs. The Competition

MetricNextCurePharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$13.05M$6.90B$5.57B$7.82B
Dividend YieldN/A3.06%5.11%4.22%
P/E Ratio-0.227.4522.4218.48
Price / SalesN/A242.72394.10103.91
Price / CashN/A65.8538.1834.62
Price / Book0.116.516.774.25
Net Income-$62.72M$143.21M$3.22B$248.23M
7 Day Performance10.78%3.97%3.26%3.29%
1 Month Performance-6.92%0.37%0.02%2.42%
1 Year Performance-61.54%2.60%18.01%5.54%

NextCure Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NXTC
NextCure
4.646 of 5 stars
$0.47
-5.6%
$3.50
+652.0%
-57.8%$13.05MN/A-0.2290Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
KPTI
Karyopharm Therapeutics
3.6315 of 5 stars
$6.07
+8.0%
$57.50
+847.3%
-61.5%$52.02M$145.24M-5.95380Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
PMVP
PMV Pharmaceuticals
2.2581 of 5 stars
$1.00
-3.8%
$5.67
+466.7%
-43.5%$51.93MN/A-1.0050
AVTX
Avalo Therapeutics
3.9027 of 5 stars
$4.73
-1.0%
$33.00
+597.7%
-70.4%$50.48M$441,000.000.0040News Coverage
CTOR
Citius Oncology
N/A$0.70
-4.0%
$3.00
+328.5%
N/A$50.09MN/A0.00N/APositive News
PRLD
Prelude Therapeutics
2.8824 of 5 stars
$0.89
-1.6%
$4.00
+351.2%
-76.5%$50.05M$7M-0.50120Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Down
QNCX
Quince Therapeutics
2.9807 of 5 stars
$1.13
-7.9%
$8.00
+606.1%
+7.1%$49.99MN/A-0.9160News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
ICCC
ImmuCell
0.9561 of 5 stars
$5.50
+0.0%
N/A+7.6%$49.42M$26.49M-11.0070Short Interest ↓
Positive News
ACRV
Acrivon Therapeutics
3.3845 of 5 stars
$1.55
-5.5%
$21.80
+1,306.5%
-85.6%$48.59MN/A-0.5758Insider Trade
Short Interest ↓
High Trading Volume
MRSN
Mersana Therapeutics
3.871 of 5 stars
$0.38
+5.5%
$4.00
+942.2%
-88.3%$47.83M$40.50M-0.63150Gap Down
OTLK
Outlook Therapeutics
1.8399 of 5 stars
$1.48
-3.3%
$10.20
+589.2%
-82.9%$47.39MN/A-0.2020Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:NXTC) was last updated on 4/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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