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XBIO vs. SYBX, LSB, HOTH, IMNN, MTEX, LEXX, LPCN, CLDI, BLRX, and NRSN

Should you be buying Xenetic Biosciences stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Xenetic Biosciences include Synlogic (SYBX), LakeShore Biopharma (LSB), Hoth Therapeutics (HOTH), Imunon (IMNN), Mannatech (MTEX), Lexaria Bioscience (LEXX), Lipocine (LPCN), Calidi Biotherapeutics (CLDI), BioLineRx (BLRX), and NeuroSense Therapeutics (NRSN). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Xenetic Biosciences vs. Its Competitors

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

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Synlogic$10K1,708.20-$23.36M-$2.51-0.58
Xenetic Biosciences$2.50M1.78-$3.96M-$2.00-1.44

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Synlogic
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Xenetic Biosciences
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Synlogic has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Xenetic Biosciences' net margin of -126.08%. Synlogic's return on equity of -8.09% beat Xenetic Biosciences' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
SynlogicN/A -8.09% -5.50%
Xenetic Biosciences -126.08%-54.56%-47.28%

63.4% of Synlogic shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.1% of Xenetic Biosciences shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Synlogic shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.7% of Xenetic Biosciences shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Xenetic Biosciences had 3 more articles in the media than Synlogic. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Xenetic Biosciences and 0 mentions for Synlogic. Xenetic Biosciences' average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Synlogic's score of 0.00 indicating that Xenetic Biosciences is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Synlogic Neutral
Xenetic Biosciences Positive

Synlogic has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Xenetic Biosciences has a beta of 2.31, meaning that its stock price is 131% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Xenetic Biosciences beats Synlogic on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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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XBIO vs. The Competition

MetricXenetic BiosciencesMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$4.35M$2.56B$5.76B$9.61B
Dividend YieldN/A1.67%4.41%4.10%
P/E Ratio-1.4422.6131.1026.04
Price / Sales1.78544.11435.05103.72
Price / CashN/A180.4637.7358.48
Price / Book1.005.939.536.61
Net Income-$3.96M$31.83M$3.26B$265.56M
7 Day Performance0.91%1.89%2.10%1.95%
1 Month Performance-20.50%1.33%2.82%-0.37%
1 Year Performance-32.88%8.84%30.56%19.02%

Xenetic Biosciences Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
XBIO
Xenetic Biosciences
1.0072 of 5 stars
$2.89
+2.3%
N/A-33.3%$4.35M$2.50M-1.444Positive News
Short Interest ↑
SYBX
Synlogic
N/A$1.46
+5.8%
N/A-3.3%$17.08M$10K-0.5880Short Interest ↑
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
LSB
LakeShore Biopharma
0.6383 of 5 stars
$0.81
+0.9%
N/A-81.2%$16.82M$85.67M0.00773
HOTH
Hoth Therapeutics
2.1483 of 5 stars
$1.27
+9.5%
$4.00
+215.0%
+79.1%$16.78MN/A-1.114News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↓
IMNN
Imunon
1.2809 of 5 stars
$6.84
-3.4%
$232.50
+3,299.1%
-65.1%$16.69M$500K-0.5330
MTEX
Mannatech
0.2782 of 5 stars
$8.71
+8.9%
N/A+18.8%$16.55M$117.87M-87.10250Positive News
Gap Up
LEXX
Lexaria Bioscience
3.3843 of 5 stars
$0.83
+1.5%
$4.00
+379.9%
-73.8%$16.30M$460K-1.247
LPCN
Lipocine
2.4606 of 5 stars
$2.97
+0.7%
$9.00
+203.0%
-16.2%$16.10M$11.20M-3.4110News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
CLDI
Calidi Biotherapeutics
0.7442 of 5 stars
$5.29
+5.0%
N/A-89.9%$16.01MN/A0.0038News Coverage
BLRX
BioLineRx
3.4175 of 5 stars
$3.75
+0.8%
$26.00
+593.3%
-87.0%$15.98M$28.94M-0.4340
NRSN
NeuroSense Therapeutics
2.5636 of 5 stars
$1.12
-6.7%
$14.00
+1,150.0%
+41.8%$15.31MN/A-2.0710News Coverage
Positive News
Short Interest ↑
Gap Down
High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:XBIO) was last updated on 8/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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