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Vaccinex (VCNX) Competitors

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$0.70 -0.28 (-28.57%)
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VCNX vs. CYCN, BFRI, ADXN, MYNZ, RNAZ, OMGA, INDP, AIM, APLM, and SLXN

Should you be buying Vaccinex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vaccinex include Cyclerion Therapeutics (CYCN), Biofrontera (BFRI), Addex Therapeutics (ADXN), Mainz Biomed (MYNZ), TransCode Therapeutics (RNAZ), Omega Therapeutics (OMGA), Indaptus Therapeutics (INDP), AIM ImmunoTech (AIM), Apollomics (APLM), and Silexion Therapeutics (SLXN). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Vaccinex vs.

Vaccinex (NASDAQ:VCNX) and Cyclerion Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CYCN) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, valuation and risk.

In the previous week, Cyclerion Therapeutics had 1 more articles in the media than Vaccinex. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Cyclerion Therapeutics and 0 mentions for Vaccinex. Cyclerion Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Vaccinex's score of 0.00 indicating that Cyclerion Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Vaccinex Neutral
Cyclerion Therapeutics Very Positive

Vaccinex received 89 more outperform votes than Cyclerion Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.00% of users gave Vaccinex an outperform vote while only 58.62% of users gave Cyclerion Therapeutics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
VaccinexOutperform Votes
123
60.00%
Underperform Votes
82
40.00%
Cyclerion TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
34
58.62%
Underperform Votes
24
41.38%

50.1% of Vaccinex shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.6% of Cyclerion Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. 51.5% of Vaccinex shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 36.1% of Cyclerion Therapeutics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Cyclerion Therapeutics has higher revenue and earnings than Vaccinex. Cyclerion Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vaccinex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Vaccinex$388K6.57-$20.25M-$48.27-0.02
Cyclerion Therapeutics$2M4.43-$5.26M-$1.22-2.68

Vaccinex has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cyclerion Therapeutics has a beta of 1.96, indicating that its share price is 96% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Vaccinex's return on equity of 0.00% beat Cyclerion Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
VaccinexN/A N/A -383.58%
Cyclerion Therapeutics N/A -55.32%-48.35%

Summary

Cyclerion Therapeutics beats Vaccinex on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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VCNX vs. The Competition

MetricVaccinexPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.55M$6.85B$5.54B$7.93B
Dividend YieldN/A2.95%5.09%4.23%
P/E Ratio-0.027.3222.6018.55
Price / Sales6.57241.43400.01103.29
Price / CashN/A65.8538.1834.62
Price / Book-0.386.486.774.25
Net Income-$20.25M$143.41M$3.22B$248.18M
7 Day Performance8.88%1.91%1.10%0.91%
1 Month Performance-2.00%4.28%2.48%2.58%
1 Year Performance-84.14%-3.87%15.71%4.02%

Vaccinex Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VCNX
Vaccinex
N/A$0.70
-28.6%
N/A-84.1%$1.82M$388,000.00-0.0140Gap Up
CYCN
Cyclerion Therapeutics
1.8347 of 5 stars
$2.70
-1.8%
N/A+14.3%$7.32M$2M-2.2130Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
BFRI
Biofrontera
2.7962 of 5 stars
$0.81
-4.7%
$7.00
+764.2%
-64.8%$7.19M$37.32M-0.3670News Coverage
Gap Down
ADXN
Addex Therapeutics
2.3704 of 5 stars
$6.75
-10.0%
$30.00
+344.4%
-0.2%$7.16M$556,045.00-19.8530Short Interest ↓
Gap Down
MYNZ
Mainz Biomed
2.9899 of 5 stars
$3.07
-4.7%
$14.00
+356.0%
-90.3%$7.12M$893,991.00-0.0530Gap Up
RNAZ
TransCode Therapeutics
2.8413 of 5 stars
$0.30
+10.1%
$10.00
+3,233.3%
-99.9%$7.00MN/A0.009News Coverage
High Trading Volume
OMGA
Omega Therapeutics
1.9007 of 5 stars
$0.13
-21.8%
$9.20
+7,260.0%
-95.0%$6.92M$8.10M-0.09120Gap Up
INDP
Indaptus Therapeutics
3.5195 of 5 stars
$0.46
-3.1%
$8.50
+1,728.4%
-76.7%$6.71MN/A-0.276Short Interest ↓
Negative News
AIM
AIM ImmunoTech
1.6833 of 5 stars
$0.09
-22.3%
$2.75
+2,908.8%
-76.6%$6.61M$170,000.00-0.1920Gap Down
High Trading Volume
APLM
Apollomics
2.0676 of 5 stars
$5.91
-0.7%
$200.00
+3,284.1%
-85.0%$6.57M$1.22M0.0045Gap Up
SLXN
Silexion Therapeutics
N/A$0.72
-3.8%
$5.00
+592.8%
N/A$6.52MN/A0.00N/A

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