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Exicure (XCUR) Competitors

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$5.60 -0.01 (-0.09%)
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XCUR vs. THTX, HURA, ALTS, CRDF, GNLX, CLLS, MIST, CABA, FBRX, and BHST

Should you be buying Exicure stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Exicure include Theratechnologies (THTX), TuHURA Biosciences (HURA), ALT5 Sigma (ALTS), Cardiff Oncology (CRDF), Genelux (GNLX), Cellectis (CLLS), Milestone Pharmaceuticals (MIST), Cabaletta Bio (CABA), Forte Biosciences (FBRX), and BioHarvest Sciences (BHST). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Exicure vs. Its Competitors

Exicure (NASDAQ:XCUR) and Theratechnologies (NASDAQ:THTX) 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, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Exicure
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Theratechnologies
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Exicure$500K70.85-$9.70M-$3.88-1.44
Theratechnologies$85.87M1.73-$8.31M-$0.19-17.05

In the previous week, Exicure and Exicure both had 1 articles in the media. Exicure's average media sentiment score of 1.88 beat Theratechnologies' score of 1.71 indicating that Exicure is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Exicure Very Positive
Theratechnologies Very Positive

42.8% of Exicure shares are held by institutional investors. 8.4% of Exicure shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Exicure has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Theratechnologies' net margin of -10.85%. Theratechnologies' return on equity of 0.00% beat Exicure's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
ExicureN/A -192.16% -84.30%
Theratechnologies -10.85%N/A -9.83%

Exicure has a beta of 3.85, indicating that its share price is 285% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Theratechnologies has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Exicure and Theratechnologies tied by winning 7 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

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XCUR vs. The Competition

MetricExicureMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$35.44M$3.08B$5.71B$9.76B
Dividend YieldN/A2.28%6.66%4.48%
P/E Ratio-1.4420.7883.1026.57
Price / Sales70.85393.33544.91112.35
Price / CashN/A43.5325.6628.92
Price / Book5.009.7811.766.08
Net Income-$9.70M-$54.01M$3.27B$265.84M
7 Day Performance-4.84%-0.71%0.07%-0.10%
1 Month Performance-20.50%8.53%8.40%5.86%
1 Year Performance184.52%7.03%62.30%18.11%

Exicure Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
XCUR
Exicure
1.9337 of 5 stars
$5.61
-0.1%
N/A+184.5%$35.44M$500K-1.4450Positive News
THTX
Theratechnologies
N/A$3.26
+0.2%
N/A+153.1%$149.67M$85.87M-17.13140News Coverage
HURA
TuHURA Biosciences
1.4873 of 5 stars
$2.99
+1.4%
$12.67
+323.6%
N/A$149.65MN/A0.00N/AAnalyst Downgrade
ALTS
ALT5 Sigma
0.7412 of 5 stars
$6.89
+1.3%
N/A+227.0%$148.68M$12.53M0.00170Gap Down
High Trading Volume
CRDF
Cardiff Oncology
2.0485 of 5 stars
$2.21
-0.2%
$10.10
+358.0%
-9.1%$146.69M$545K-2.5320
GNLX
Genelux
1.6773 of 5 stars
$3.83
+2.4%
$17.75
+363.3%
+53.5%$145.04M$10K-4.4710Positive News
CLLS
Cellectis
2.9758 of 5 stars
$2.60
-3.5%
$4.00
+54.1%
+7.1%$144.51M$49.22M-3.17290News Coverage
MIST
Milestone Pharmaceuticals
1.6347 of 5 stars
$1.67
-1.5%
$5.00
+200.3%
+29.6%$141.52MN/A-1.9830Positive News
CABA
Cabaletta Bio
2.4566 of 5 stars
$1.55
-2.8%
$14.43
+833.9%
-74.2%$141.31MN/A-0.5750Positive News
FBRX
Forte Biosciences
2.8509 of 5 stars
$11.27
-0.5%
$68.00
+503.6%
+39.2%$140.06MN/A-0.695Gap Up
BHST
BioHarvest Sciences
N/A$8.26
-0.5%
$13.67
+65.5%
N/A$135.63M$25.19M-11.80N/AGap Down

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This page (NASDAQ:XCUR) was last updated on 9/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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