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TLPH vs. XFOR, SCLX, OSTX, NRXP, SRZN, ATHE, CVKD, PLUR, MRNS, and KZR

Should you be buying Talphera stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Talphera include X4 Pharmaceuticals (XFOR), Scilex (SCLX), OS Therapies (OSTX), NRx Pharmaceuticals (NRXP), Surrozen (SRZN), Alterity Therapeutics (ATHE), Cadrenal Therapeutics (CVKD), Pluri (PLUR), Marinus Pharmaceuticals (MRNS), and Kezar Life Sciences (KZR). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Talphera vs.

X4 Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:XFOR) and Talphera (NASDAQ:TLPH) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability and valuation.

72.0% of X4 Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.7% of Talphera shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of X4 Pharmaceuticals shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Talphera shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Talphera has lower revenue, but higher earnings than X4 Pharmaceuticals. X4 Pharmaceuticals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Talphera, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
X4 Pharmaceuticals$2.56M254.69-$101.17M-$0.19-19.74
Talphera$281K31.13-$18.40M-$0.51-1.00

X4 Pharmaceuticals received 69 more outperform votes than Talphera when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Talphera an outperform vote while only 68.10% of users gave X4 Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
X4 PharmaceuticalsOutperform Votes
79
68.10%
Underperform Votes
37
31.90%
TalpheraOutperform Votes
10
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes

In the previous week, X4 Pharmaceuticals had 12 more articles in the media than Talphera. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for X4 Pharmaceuticals and 2 mentions for Talphera. Talphera's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat X4 Pharmaceuticals' score of -0.06 indicating that Talphera is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
X4 Pharmaceuticals Neutral
Talphera Neutral

Talphera's return on equity of -118.46% beat X4 Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
X4 PharmaceuticalsN/A -236.19% -75.14%
Talphera N/A -118.46%-65.82%

X4 Pharmaceuticals presently has a consensus price target of $85.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2,166.67%. Talphera has a consensus price target of $4.33, suggesting a potential upside of 747.02%. Given X4 Pharmaceuticals' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe X4 Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than Talphera.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
X4 Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Talphera
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.50

X4 Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Talphera has a beta of 0.19, suggesting that its share price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

X4 Pharmaceuticals and Talphera tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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TLPH vs. The Competition

MetricTalpheraPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$8.38M$6.84B$5.53B$7.93B
Dividend YieldN/A3.05%5.11%4.22%
P/E Ratio-0.747.3222.5118.54
Price / Sales31.13241.49397.62103.30
Price / CashN/A65.8538.1834.62
Price / Book0.626.486.734.25
Net Income-$18.40M$143.41M$3.22B$248.18M
7 Day Performance5.27%2.58%1.38%1.03%
1 Month Performance-12.25%5.00%2.79%2.70%
1 Year Performance-50.33%-3.72%15.41%4.05%

Talphera Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TLPH
Talphera
2.268 of 5 stars
$0.53
+3.6%
$4.33
+717.6%
-48.8%$9.06M$281,000.00-0.7719Gap Up
XFOR
X4 Pharmaceuticals
3.9617 of 5 stars
$0.19
-1.0%
$2.83
+1,399.9%
-88.7%$32.81M$2.56M-2.1080Analyst Forecast
Stock Split
News Coverage
Gap Down
SCLX
Scilex
2.9568 of 5 stars
$4.70
-21.9%
$455.00
+9,580.9%
-83.0%$32.71M$56.59M-5.6680High Trading Volume
OSTX
OS Therapies
1.9687 of 5 stars
$1.49
-2.6%
$18.00
+1,108.1%
N/A$32.28MN/A0.00N/AGap Down
NRXP
NRx Pharmaceuticals
2.3526 of 5 stars
$1.87
-3.1%
$28.25
+1,410.7%
-4.6%$31.63MN/A-0.872Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Down
SRZN
Surrozen
3.9205 of 5 stars
$9.60
-1.5%
$38.50
+301.0%
+7.0%$31.50M$10.66M-0.4480Short Interest ↓
Positive News
ATHE
Alterity Therapeutics
1.9719 of 5 stars
$3.45
-1.4%
$12.00
+247.8%
+55.0%$30.59MN/A0.0010Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Gap Up
CVKD
Cadrenal Therapeutics
3.2801 of 5 stars
$16.18
-3.4%
$32.00
+97.8%
N/A$30.42MN/A-2.424Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
PLUR
Pluri
0.593 of 5 stars
$4.34
+7.7%
N/A-8.9%$30.37M$678,000.00-0.77150Upcoming Earnings
High Trading Volume
MRNS
Marinus Pharmaceuticals
1.9441 of 5 stars
$0.55
-0.2%
$4.79
+771.6%
-62.6%$30.32M$30.99M-0.22110Upcoming Earnings
KZR
Kezar Life Sciences
4.0372 of 5 stars
$4.15
-0.2%
$39.50
+851.8%
-47.5%$30.32M$7M-0.3160Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:TLPH) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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