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SLRX vs. GRI, NBY, VRAX, CERO, RDHL, QLGN, BIVI, ELAB, ENVB, and PWUP

Should you be buying Salarius Pharmaceuticals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Salarius Pharmaceuticals include GRI Bio (GRI), NovaBay Pharmaceuticals (NBY), Virax Biolabs Group (VRAX), CERo Therapeutics (CERO), Redhill Biopharma (RDHL), Qualigen Therapeutics (QLGN), BioVie (BIVI), PMGC (ELAB), Enveric Biosciences (ENVB), and PowerUp Acquisition (PWUP). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Salarius Pharmaceuticals vs. Its Competitors

GRI Bio (NASDAQ:GRI) and Salarius Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:SLRX) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and valuation.

In the previous week, Salarius Pharmaceuticals had 7 more articles in the media than GRI Bio. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Salarius Pharmaceuticals and 1 mentions for GRI Bio. GRI Bio's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Salarius Pharmaceuticals' score of -0.38 indicating that GRI Bio is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
GRI Bio
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Salarius Pharmaceuticals
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

GRI Bio currently has a consensus target price of $22.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1,482.73%. Given GRI Bio's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe GRI Bio is more favorable than Salarius Pharmaceuticals.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
GRI Bio
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Salarius Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

GRI Bio's return on equity of -327.62% beat Salarius Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
GRI BioN/A -327.62% -191.40%
Salarius Pharmaceuticals N/A -556.47%-192.35%

34.0% of GRI Bio shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.9% of Salarius Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of GRI Bio shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Salarius Pharmaceuticals 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.

GRI Bio has a beta of -1.61, indicating that its stock price is 261% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Salarius Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.45, indicating that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Salarius Pharmaceuticals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GRI Bio, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
GRI BioN/AN/A-$8.21M-$11.56-0.12
Salarius PharmaceuticalsN/AN/A-$5.58M-$2.90-1.83

Summary

GRI Bio beats Salarius Pharmaceuticals on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SLRX vs. The Competition

MetricSalarius PharmaceuticalsMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$745K$2.49B$5.74B$9.56B
Dividend YieldN/A1.66%4.53%4.07%
P/E Ratio-0.1222.4730.4325.14
Price / SalesN/A549.48392.4187.63
Price / CashN/A173.7937.0358.50
Price / Book-0.915.278.956.21
Net Income-$5.58M$31.83M$3.26B$265.38M
7 Day Performance-21.66%0.85%1.03%-1.12%
1 Month Performance-51.15%3.72%4.28%-0.68%
1 Year Performance-81.90%9.51%28.38%18.92%

Salarius Pharmaceuticals Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SLRX
Salarius Pharmaceuticals
0.1308 of 5 stars
$5.32
-2.2%
N/A-82.0%$745KN/A-0.1220Stock Split
GRI
GRI Bio
1.4963 of 5 stars
$1.48
+1.0%
$22.00
+1,382.1%
-82.6%$3.74MN/A-0.131Earnings Report
Short Interest ↑
NBY
NovaBay Pharmaceuticals
0.3846 of 5 stars
$0.62
-0.5%
$0.85
+37.1%
+84.5%$3.61M$9.78M-0.0130News Coverage
VRAX
Virax Biolabs Group
3.2262 of 5 stars
$0.78
0.0%
$3.00
+283.1%
-78.7%$3.40M$10K0.005Positive News
Short Interest ↓
CERO
CERo Therapeutics
2.8652 of 5 stars
$8.74
-0.7%
$45.00
+414.9%
-96.9%$3.40MN/A0.008
RDHL
Redhill Biopharma
N/A$1.44
-0.3%
N/A-84.7%$3.30M$8.04M0.00210News Coverage
Gap Down
QLGN
Qualigen Therapeutics
N/A$1.94
+2.1%
N/A-81.5%$3.18M$4.98M0.0050Earnings Report
Gap Up
BIVI
BioVie
0.3733 of 5 stars
$1.70
-2.9%
N/A-95.3%$3.16MN/A-0.0210
ELAB
PMGC
0.7033 of 5 stars
$1.99
+0.5%
N/A-99.5%$2.95M$1.71M0.0018
ENVB
Enveric Biosciences
2.2721 of 5 stars
$1.16
-2.5%
$10.00
+762.1%
-86.7%$2.87MN/A-0.0320Positive News
Earnings Report
PWUP
PowerUp Acquisition
N/A$0.36
-7.8%
N/A-95.8%$2.79MN/A0.00N/AHigh Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:SLRX) was last updated on 8/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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