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Universe Pharmaceuticals (UPC) Competitors

$3.43 -0.14 (-3.92%)
As of 08/21/2025 01:17 PM Eastern

UPC vs. CLRB, CYCN, MBIO, EVOK, APM, ARTL, GNPX, BCLI, ALZN, and SBFM

Should you be buying Universe Pharmaceuticals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Universe Pharmaceuticals include Cellectar Biosciences (CLRB), Cyclerion Therapeutics (CYCN), Mustang Bio (MBIO), Evoke Pharma (EVOK), Aptorum Group (APM), Artelo Biosciences (ARTL), GENPREX (GNPX), Brainstorm Cell Therapeutics (BCLI), Alzamend Neuro (ALZN), and Sunshine Biopharma (SBFM). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Universe Pharmaceuticals vs. Its Competitors

Cellectar Biosciences (NASDAQ:CLRB) and Universe Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:UPC) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Universe Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of 0.00% beat Cellectar Biosciences' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cellectar BiosciencesN/A -486.67% -150.57%
Universe Pharmaceuticals N/A N/A N/A

Cellectar Biosciences currently has a consensus price target of $375.00, indicating a potential upside of 8,251.89%. Given Cellectar Biosciences' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Cellectar Biosciences is more favorable than Universe Pharmaceuticals.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cellectar Biosciences
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Universe Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

In the previous week, Cellectar Biosciences had 3 more articles in the media than Universe Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Cellectar Biosciences and 0 mentions for Universe Pharmaceuticals. Cellectar Biosciences' average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat Universe Pharmaceuticals' score of 0.00 indicating that Cellectar Biosciences is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Cellectar Biosciences Neutral
Universe Pharmaceuticals Neutral

16.4% of Cellectar Biosciences shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.2% of Universe Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.0% of Cellectar Biosciences shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 57.4% of Universe Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Cellectar Biosciences has a beta of 0.42, suggesting that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Universe Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Universe Pharmaceuticals has higher revenue and earnings than Cellectar Biosciences.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cellectar BiosciencesN/AN/A-$44.58M-$19.91-0.23
Universe Pharmaceuticals$23.02M0.08-$8.73MN/AN/A

Summary

Cellectar Biosciences and Universe Pharmaceuticals tied by winning 6 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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UPC vs. The Competition

MetricUniverse PharmaceuticalsMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.01M$2.53B$5.76B$9.60B
Dividend YieldN/A1.66%3.84%4.08%
P/E RatioN/A22.4830.4025.20
Price / Sales0.08730.63456.34115.68
Price / CashN/A173.2237.1558.42
Price / Book0.005.729.006.24
Net Income-$8.73M$31.83M$3.26B$265.30M
7 Day Performance-3.65%0.82%1.06%-1.13%
1 Month Performance-1.44%3.71%4.31%-0.71%
1 Year PerformanceN/A9.37%28.39%18.86%

Universe Pharmaceuticals Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UPC
Universe Pharmaceuticals
0.7471 of 5 stars
$3.43
-3.9%
N/AN/A$2.01M$23.02M0.00220Gap Down
CLRB
Cellectar Biosciences
2.4304 of 5 stars
$4.34
-1.8%
$375.00
+8,540.6%
-93.0%$7.86MN/A-0.2210Earnings Report
High Trading Volume
CYCN
Cyclerion Therapeutics
2.4404 of 5 stars
$2.36
+1.3%
N/A-17.9%$7.86M$2M-3.1930Positive News
Short Interest ↓
MBIO
Mustang Bio
1.0313 of 5 stars
$1.77
-0.6%
N/A-90.8%$7.75MN/A-0.02100Positive News
Gap Down
EVOK
Evoke Pharma
0.426 of 5 stars
$5.12
-0.4%
N/A+30.5%$7.64M$10.25M-2.004Earnings Report
Gap Down
APM
Aptorum Group
0.7236 of 5 stars
$1.39
-4.8%
N/A+37.1%$7.43MN/A0.0030News Coverage
Trading Halted
ARTL
Artelo Biosciences
3.1173 of 5 stars
$10.02
-0.7%
$24.00
+139.5%
+18.5%$7.06MN/A-0.535News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
GNPX
GENPREX
1.5164 of 5 stars
$0.21
-1.8%
N/A-79.6%$7.03MN/A0.0020Earnings Report
Short Interest ↑
BCLI
Brainstorm Cell Therapeutics
2.5435 of 5 stars
$0.63
+3.6%
N/A-88.4%$6.90MN/A-0.1940Short Interest ↓
ALZN
Alzamend Neuro
2.5512 of 5 stars
$2.38
-2.1%
$180.00
+7,463.0%
-94.0%$6.88MN/A0.004Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
Gap Down
SBFM
Sunshine Biopharma
2.1526 of 5 stars
$1.49
-1.3%
$15.00
+906.8%
-52.6%$6.79M$34.87M-0.013

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This page (NASDAQ:UPC) was last updated on 8/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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