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NXTC vs. INMB, BRNS, ATNM, FGEN, TPST, VRCA, LTRN, PEPG, NBRV, and RNXT

Should you be buying NextCure stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NextCure include INmune Bio (INMB), Barinthus Biotherapeutics (BRNS), Actinium Pharmaceuticals (ATNM), FibroGen (FGEN), Tempest Therapeutics (TPST), Verrica Pharmaceuticals (VRCA), Lantern Pharma (LTRN), PepGen (PEPG), Nabriva Therapeutics (NBRV), and RenovoRx (RNXT). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

NextCure vs. Its Competitors

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

12.7% of INmune Bio shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.7% of NextCure shares are held by institutional investors. 35.7% of INmune Bio shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.9% of NextCure shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

NextCure's return on equity of -106.62% beat INmune Bio's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
INmune BioN/A -120.62% -92.94%
NextCure N/A -106.62%-85.20%

INmune Bio presently has a consensus price target of $18.40, suggesting a potential upside of 815.42%. NextCure has a consensus price target of $25.50, suggesting a potential upside of 381.59%. Given INmune Bio's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe INmune Bio is more favorable than NextCure.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
INmune Bio
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57
NextCure
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

INmune Bio has higher revenue and earnings than NextCure. INmune Bio 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
INmune Bio$50K1,068.72-$42.08M-$2.48-0.81
NextCureN/AN/A-$55.65M-$25.82-0.21

INmune Bio has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NextCure has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, INmune Bio and INmune Bio both had 2 articles in the media. NextCure's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat INmune Bio's score of 0.64 indicating that NextCure is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
INmune Bio Positive
NextCure Positive

Summary

INmune Bio and NextCure tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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NXTC vs. The Competition

MetricNextCureMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$14.56M$3.20B$5.87B$10.13B
Dividend YieldN/A2.30%5.68%4.60%
P/E Ratio-0.2121.1774.5225.93
Price / SalesN/A427.59516.43181.21
Price / CashN/A46.6837.5660.44
Price / Book0.199.6112.166.29
Net Income-$55.65M-$53.29M$3.28B$270.77M
7 Day Performance7.73%0.12%0.78%3.84%
1 Month Performance2.02%5.60%4.87%4.85%
1 Year Performance-68.48%10.47%60.72%26.00%

NextCure Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NXTC
NextCure
4.7441 of 5 stars
$5.30
-2.7%
$25.50
+381.6%
-68.0%$14.56MN/A-0.2190Positive News
Short Interest ↓
Gap Down
INMB
INmune Bio
2.9878 of 5 stars
$1.81
-7.2%
$18.40
+916.6%
-68.5%$51.84M$10K-0.7310Short Interest ↓
BRNS
Barinthus Biotherapeutics
2.9997 of 5 stars
$1.22
-2.0%
$3.00
+146.9%
-14.1%$50.49M$14.97M-0.70107Positive News
Gap Up
ATNM
Actinium Pharmaceuticals
3.071 of 5 stars
$1.60
+1.3%
$4.50
+181.3%
-16.2%$49.91MN/A-1.1530Short Interest ↑
FGEN
FibroGen
4.4848 of 5 stars
$11.16
-7.8%
$43.00
+285.3%
+13.7%$48.93M$29.62M-29.37570News Coverage
Analyst Upgrade
Gap Down
TPST
Tempest Therapeutics
2.4642 of 5 stars
$10.85
-1.3%
$30.00
+176.5%
-40.7%$48.80MN/A-0.7420Positive News
VRCA
Verrica Pharmaceuticals
4.0843 of 5 stars
$5.06
-1.0%
$80.00
+1,481.0%
-75.5%$48.22M$7.57M-0.6140
LTRN
Lantern Pharma
2.5962 of 5 stars
$4.06
-5.8%
$25.00
+515.8%
+1.1%$46.54MN/A-2.2820
PEPG
PepGen
2.8379 of 5 stars
$1.49
+6.4%
$7.67
+414.5%
-83.6%$45.92MN/A-0.5030Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
NBRV
Nabriva Therapeutics
N/AN/AN/AN/A$45.46M$35.59M0.0070
RNXT
RenovoRx
2.3558 of 5 stars
$1.14
-8.1%
$7.50
+557.9%
+19.6%$45.44M$40K-3.006News Coverage
Short Interest ↑
Gap Up

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This page (NASDAQ:NXTC) was last updated on 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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