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$3.85 +0.03 (+0.79%)
Closing price 07/3/2025 03:17 PM Eastern
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UPC vs. ATXI, SYRS, NCNA, BPTSY, VRPX, KRBP, MYMD, TCBP, CAPS, and VINC

Should you be buying Universe Pharmaceuticals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Universe Pharmaceuticals include Avenue Therapeutics (ATXI), Syros Pharmaceuticals (SYRS), NuCana (NCNA), Biophytis (BPTSY), Virpax Pharmaceuticals (VRPX), Kiromic BioPharma (KRBP), MyMD Pharmaceuticals (MYMD), TC Biopharm (TCBP), Capstone Therapeutics (CAPS), and Vincerx Pharma (VINC). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Universe Pharmaceuticals vs. Its Competitors

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

In the previous week, Avenue Therapeutics had 15 more articles in the media than Universe Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Avenue Therapeutics and 0 mentions for Universe Pharmaceuticals. Universe Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Avenue Therapeutics' score of -0.32 indicating that Universe Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Avenue Therapeutics Neutral
Universe Pharmaceuticals Neutral

17.3% of Avenue Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.2% of Universe Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Avenue Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 57.4% of Universe Pharmaceuticals shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Avenue Therapeutics has a beta of -0.09, meaning that its share price is 109% 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.

Universe Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of 0.00% beat Avenue Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Avenue TherapeuticsN/A -471.57% -296.50%
Universe Pharmaceuticals N/A N/A N/A

Universe Pharmaceuticals has higher revenue and earnings than Avenue Therapeutics.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Avenue TherapeuticsN/AN/A-$10.38M$18.350.02
Universe Pharmaceuticals$23.02M0.01-$6.16MN/AN/A

Summary

Universe Pharmaceuticals beats Avenue Therapeutics on 7 of the 9 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$166K$790.73M$5.54B$20.72B
Dividend YieldN/A4.84%5.24%3.72%
P/E RatioN/A1.3527.4328.09
Price / Sales0.01226.97422.1138.30
Price / CashN/A23.4436.8922.53
Price / Book0.026.298.044.58
Net Income-$6.16M-$27.73M$3.18B$986.06M
7 Day Performance5.48%1.82%2.89%2.79%
1 Month Performance-8.33%9.90%3.70%5.46%
1 Year Performance-99.81%10.79%36.15%15.06%

Universe Pharmaceuticals Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UPC
Universe Pharmaceuticals
N/A$3.85
+0.8%
N/A-99.8%$166K$23.02M0.00220
ATXI
Avenue Therapeutics
2.587 of 5 stars
$0.20
-16.5%
N/A-90.0%$639KN/A0.014Trending News
Gap Down
SYRS
Syros Pharmaceuticals
4.3589 of 5 stars
$0.02
-25.8%
$3.33
+14,915.0%
-99.5%$596K$386K-0.01120Gap Down
NCNA
NuCana
2.5391 of 5 stars
$0.06
-33.2%
$25.00
+43,454.0%
-98.0%$520KN/A-0.0130Gap Down
High Trading Volume
BPTSY
Biophytis
N/A$1.38
flat
N/A-79.7%$484KN/A0.0030
VRPX
Virpax Pharmaceuticals
1.3788 of 5 stars
$0.32
+0.3%
$75.00
+23,634.2%
-97.1%$392KN/A0.007
KRBP
Kiromic BioPharma
N/AN/AN/AN/A$330KN/A-0.0660Gap Down
High Trading Volume
MYMD
MyMD Pharmaceuticals
N/A$0.13
+3.6%
N/A-93.4%$308KN/A0.006High Trading Volume
TCBP
TC Biopharm
N/A$0.68
-55.8%
$48.00
+6,948.5%
-99.5%$279K$4.76M0.0080High Trading Volume
CAPS
Capstone Therapeutics
N/A$1.80
+7.8%
N/AN/A$260K$44.88M0.0038Gap Up
High Trading Volume
VINC
Vincerx Pharma
2.6439 of 5 stars
$0.04
-12.0%
$40.00
+90,809.1%
-99.7%$230KN/A0.0060Gap Up

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