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CANF vs. ACXP, DWTX, XFOR, APRE, SNGX, SONN, CHRO, ADXN, CLRB, and CYCN

Should you be buying Can-Fite BioPharma stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Can-Fite BioPharma include Acurx Pharmaceuticals (ACXP), Dogwood Therapeutics (DWTX), X4 Pharmaceuticals (XFOR), Aprea Therapeutics (APRE), Soligenix (SNGX), Sonnet BioTherapeutics (SONN), Chromocell Therapeutics (CHRO), Addex Therapeutics (ADXN), Cellectar Biosciences (CLRB), and Cyclerion Therapeutics (CYCN). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Can-Fite BioPharma vs. Its Competitors

Acurx Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ACXP) and Can-Fite BioPharma (NYSE:CANF) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, profitability, risk and dividends.

Can-Fite BioPharma's return on equity of 0.00% beat Acurx Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Acurx PharmaceuticalsN/A -436.83% -192.25%
Can-Fite BioPharma N/A N/A N/A

11.5% of Acurx Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.0% of Can-Fite BioPharma shares are held by institutional investors. 20.3% of Acurx Pharmaceuticals shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Can-Fite BioPharma shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Acurx Pharmaceuticals has a beta of -1.27, suggesting that its stock price is 227% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Can-Fite BioPharma has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Can-Fite BioPharma has higher revenue and earnings than Acurx Pharmaceuticals. Acurx Pharmaceuticals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Can-Fite BioPharma, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Acurx PharmaceuticalsN/AN/A-$14.10M-$10.69-0.48
Can-Fite BioPharma$674K3.47-$7.63M-$1.79-0.37

In the previous week, Acurx Pharmaceuticals had 15 more articles in the media than Can-Fite BioPharma. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Acurx Pharmaceuticals and 1 mentions for Can-Fite BioPharma. Acurx Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Can-Fite BioPharma's score of -1.00 indicating that Acurx Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Acurx Pharmaceuticals Positive
Can-Fite BioPharma Negative

Acurx Pharmaceuticals presently has a consensus price target of $31.00, suggesting a potential upside of 506.65%. Can-Fite BioPharma has a consensus price target of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2,018.00%. Given Can-Fite BioPharma's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Can-Fite BioPharma is more favorable than Acurx Pharmaceuticals.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Acurx Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Can-Fite BioPharma
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Can-Fite BioPharma beats Acurx Pharmaceuticals on 10 of the 13 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 NYSE 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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CANF vs. The Competition

MetricCan-Fite BioPharmaPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.34M$778.25M$5.75B$20.97B
Dividend YieldN/A4.84%3.91%3.60%
P/E Ratio-0.371.1831.1127.94
Price / Sales3.4725.64434.8354.16
Price / CashN/A19.5636.7823.73
Price / Book0.386.599.085.26
Net Income-$7.63M-$4.67M$3.26B$994.11M
7 Day Performance-3.80%3.22%7.36%1.80%
1 Month Performance-36.75%2.46%5.47%1.74%
1 Year Performance-74.28%13.65%30.61%13.36%

Can-Fite BioPharma Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CANF
Can-Fite BioPharma
1.9677 of 5 stars
$0.66
-1.6%
$14.00
+2,018.0%
-73.9%$2.34M$674K-0.378Negative News
Short Interest ↑
ACXP
Acurx Pharmaceuticals
3.0289 of 5 stars
$0.29
-4.8%
$8.00
+2,636.0%
-87.5%$9.44MN/A-0.423News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
DWTX
Dogwood Therapeutics
1.6079 of 5 stars
$4.86
+0.2%
$10.00
+105.8%
N/A$9.27MN/A-0.275News Coverage
Earnings Report
XFOR
X4 Pharmaceuticals
4.3415 of 5 stars
$1.58
-1.3%
$72.33
+4,478.1%
-85.0%$9.26M$2.56M0.7480News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
APRE
Aprea Therapeutics
3.5762 of 5 stars
$1.70
+2.4%
$15.50
+811.8%
-50.4%$9.18M$1.50M-0.727Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
SNGX
Soligenix
1.9003 of 5 stars
$3.11
+13.5%
$6.00
+92.9%
-16.8%$8.94M$120K-0.7220News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Downgrade
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
SONN
Sonnet BioTherapeutics
2.9144 of 5 stars
$2.81
flat
$20.00
+611.7%
-45.4%$8.90M$20K0.0010Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
Gap Down
CHRO
Chromocell Therapeutics
N/A$1.34
+6.3%
N/A-83.4%$8.69MN/A-1.084Gap Up
High Trading Volume
ADXN
Addex Therapeutics
2.7391 of 5 stars
$8.24
+1.7%
$30.00
+264.3%
+1.8%$8.58M$460K-24.2230Positive News
Gap Up
CLRB
Cellectar Biosciences
2.7636 of 5 stars
$5.06
+7.2%
$375.00
+7,311.1%
-92.9%$8.54MN/A-0.2310News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
CYCN
Cyclerion Therapeutics
2.7364 of 5 stars
$2.79
+7.5%
N/A-14.5%$8.33M$2M-2.4030Short Interest ↓

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