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UPC vs. EVOK, KPRX, CELZ, NLSP, MBIO, CYCN, APM, AEON, ALZN, and GNPX

Should you be buying Universe Pharmaceuticals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Universe Pharmaceuticals include Evoke Pharma (EVOK), Kiora Pharmaceuticals (KPRX), Creative Medical Technology (CELZ), NLS Pharmaceutics (NLSP), Mustang Bio (MBIO), Cyclerion Therapeutics (CYCN), Aptorum Group (APM), AEON Biopharma (AEON), Alzamend Neuro (ALZN), and GENPREX (GNPX). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Universe Pharmaceuticals vs. Its Competitors

Evoke Pharma (NASDAQ:EVOK) and Universe Pharmaceuticals (NYSE:UPC) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and valuation.

0.2% of Universe Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Evoke Pharma shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 57.4% of Universe Pharmaceuticals shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Evoke Pharma had 9 more articles in the media than Universe Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Evoke Pharma and 0 mentions for Universe Pharmaceuticals. Universe Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Evoke Pharma's score of -0.06 indicating that Universe Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Evoke Pharma Neutral
Universe Pharmaceuticals Neutral

Universe Pharmaceuticals has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Evoke Pharma's net margin of -42.07%. Universe Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of 0.00% beat Evoke Pharma's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Evoke Pharma-42.07% -93.51% -33.60%
Universe Pharmaceuticals N/A N/A N/A

Evoke Pharma has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Universe Pharmaceuticals.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Evoke Pharma$12.79M0.72-$5.35M-$2.56-2.39
Universe Pharmaceuticals$19.29M0.10-$6.16MN/AN/A

Evoke Pharma has a beta of -0.04, meaning that its share price is 104% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Universe Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Universe Pharmaceuticals beats Evoke Pharma on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding UPC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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UPC vs. The Competition

MetricUniverse PharmaceuticalsPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.93M$806.51M$5.76B$20.88B
Dividend YieldN/A4.84%3.91%3.59%
P/E RatioN/A1.1530.7828.34
Price / Sales0.1025.87457.7654.38
Price / CashN/A19.5625.2217.82
Price / Book0.026.609.364.54
Net Income-$6.16M-$4.93M$3.26B$992.74M
7 Day Performance-3.53%-0.17%1.83%0.29%
1 Month Performance4.59%-0.30%3.69%1.13%
1 Year Performance-99.85%20.91%28.88%11.00%

Universe Pharmaceuticals Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UPC
Universe Pharmaceuticals
N/A$3.42
flat
N/A-99.8%$1.93M$19.29M0.00220Gap Up
EVOK
Evoke Pharma
0.5362 of 5 stars
$5.12
-6.4%
N/A+3.7%$7.64M$10.25M-1.794Earnings Report
Gap Down
KPRX
Kiora Pharmaceuticals
3.2292 of 5 stars
$2.51
+2.2%
$10.00
+299.2%
-23.4%$7.62M$16.02M-0.8610Short Interest ↓
Gap Up
CELZ
Creative Medical Technology
2.0014 of 5 stars
$2.94
+0.5%
N/A-6.0%$7.60M$10K-0.925Short Interest ↓
NLSP
NLS Pharmaceutics
N/A$2.08
+0.1%
N/A+1,344.6%$7.49MN/A0.006Short Interest ↓
MBIO
Mustang Bio
1.0597 of 5 stars
$1.71
-3.1%
N/A-90.8%$7.47MN/A-0.02100Positive News
Short Interest ↓
Gap Down
CYCN
Cyclerion Therapeutics
2.716 of 5 stars
$2.22
+2.5%
N/A+1.2%$7.43M$2M-3.0130Positive News
Short Interest ↓
APM
Aptorum Group
0.6902 of 5 stars
$1.38
-2.8%
N/A-57.5%$7.38M$430K0.0030Gap Down
AEON
AEON Biopharma
3.4244 of 5 stars
$0.63
-3.7%
$360.00
+56,862.0%
-99.0%$7.15MN/A3.515Gap Down
ALZN
Alzamend Neuro
2.5597 of 5 stars
$2.44
+1.7%
$180.00
+7,277.0%
-87.0%$7.08MN/A0.004Short Interest ↑
GNPX
GENPREX
1.7012 of 5 stars
$0.21
-0.8%
N/A-70.5%$7.03MN/A0.0020News Coverage
Earnings Report
Short Interest ↑
Gap Up

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