LFCR vs. ACRV, TRVI, GALT, RIGL, OMER, GBIO, OVID, ATOS, RENB, and ALIM
Should you be buying Lifecore Biomedical stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lifecore Biomedical include Acrivon Therapeutics (ACRV), Trevi Therapeutics (TRVI), Galectin Therapeutics (GALT), Rigel Pharmaceuticals (RIGL), Omeros (OMER), Generation Bio (GBIO), Ovid Therapeutics (OVID), Atossa Therapeutics (ATOS), Renovaro (RENB), and Alimera Sciences (ALIM). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
Acrivon Therapeutics (NASDAQ:ACRV) and Lifecore Biomedical (NASDAQ:LFCR) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, earnings and risk.
Acrivon Therapeutics received 24 more outperform votes than Lifecore Biomedical when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 96.15% of users gave Acrivon Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 12.50% of users gave Lifecore Biomedical an outperform vote.
Acrivon Therapeutics has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lifecore Biomedical has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
71.6% of Acrivon Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.4% of Lifecore Biomedical shares are held by institutional investors. 7.3% of Acrivon Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 14.6% of Lifecore Biomedical shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Acrivon Therapeutics has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lifecore Biomedical. Acrivon Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lifecore Biomedical, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Acrivon Therapeutics currently has a consensus target price of $22.88, suggesting a potential upside of 157.31%. Lifecore Biomedical has a consensus target price of $9.50, suggesting a potential upside of 61.84%. Given Lifecore Biomedical's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Acrivon Therapeutics is more favorable than Lifecore Biomedical.
Acrivon Therapeutics' return on equity of 0.00% beat Lifecore Biomedical's return on equity.
In the previous week, Acrivon Therapeutics had 11 more articles in the media than Lifecore Biomedical. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Acrivon Therapeutics and 5 mentions for Lifecore Biomedical. Lifecore Biomedical's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Acrivon Therapeutics' score of 0.12 indicating that Acrivon Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Acrivon Therapeutics beats Lifecore Biomedical on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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