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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

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

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

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

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
RenovaroN/AN/A-$88.43M-$0.77-0.35
NextCureN/AN/A-$55.65M-$1.76-0.22

NextCure has a consensus target price of $3.50, indicating a potential upside of 786.08%. Given NextCure's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe NextCure is more favorable than Renovaro.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Renovaro
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
NextCure
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

71.4% of Renovaro shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.7% of NextCure shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.7% of Renovaro shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.9% of NextCure shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Renovaro and Renovaro both had 3 articles in the media. NextCure's average media sentiment score of 1.93 beat Renovaro's score of 0.22 indicating that NextCure is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

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

Summary

NextCure beats Renovaro on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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$13.13M$2.97B$5.62B$9.10B
Dividend YieldN/A2.39%5.24%4.00%
P/E Ratio-0.2220.7128.1320.27
Price / SalesN/A288.39428.6398.72
Price / CashN/A42.8637.4658.16
Price / Book0.177.638.045.49
Net Income-$55.65M-$55.05M$3.18B$250.45M
7 Day Performance-9.61%8.43%3.62%4.78%
1 Month Performance-39.26%5.42%4.05%7.67%
1 Year Performance-76.06%2.03%30.00%16.43%

NextCure Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NXTC
NextCure
4.5655 of 5 stars
$0.40
-15.6%
$3.50
+786.1%
-75.2%$13.13MN/A-0.2290Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
RENB
Renovaro
1.9337 of 5 stars
$0.29
-1.3%
N/A-81.4%$50.38MN/A-0.3820News Coverage
KLRS
Kalaris Therapeutics
N/A$2.67
+1.9%
N/AN/A$49MN/A0.00110
BLUE
bluebird bio
1.5832 of 5 stars
$4.97
flat
$44.60
+797.4%
N/A$48.67M$103.95M-0.13520
ADVM
Adverum Biotechnologies
4.582 of 5 stars
$2.15
-7.3%
$23.80
+1,007.0%
-67.4%$48.47M$1M-0.34190Positive News
VRCA
Verrica Pharmaceuticals
4.5079 of 5 stars
$0.53
+1.4%
$8.00
+1,409.1%
-90.5%$48.34M$7.57M-0.4440News Coverage
Gap Down
DTIL
Precision BioSciences
4.2789 of 5 stars
$4.20
-2.3%
$47.00
+1,019.0%
-54.6%$47.68M$68.70M-2.09200Gap Down
AADI
Aadi Bioscience
0.4713 of 5 stars
$1.93
+1.6%
$1.67
-13.6%
+31.3%$47.67M$25.07M-0.8540
ATRA
Atara Biotherapeutics
4.5506 of 5 stars
$7.72
-3.0%
$17.75
+129.9%
-9.1%$47.45M$128.94M-2.08330Positive News
RNXT
RenovoRx
2.4068 of 5 stars
$1.32
+2.7%
$7.25
+451.3%
+9.8%$46.81M$40K-3.296Positive News
VTVT
vTv Therapeutics
1.6233 of 5 stars
$15.00
+3.5%
$35.50
+136.7%
-17.0%$46.29M$1.02M-4.989Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:NXTC) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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