Financial Analysis: Silexion Therapeutics (SLXN) versus Its Rivals

Silexion Therapeutics (NASDAQ:SLXN) is one of 617 public companies in the “MED – BIOMED/GENE” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Silexion Therapeutics to similar companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, valuation, profitability and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Silexion Therapeutics and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Silexion Therapeutics	1	0	1	0	2.00
Silexion Therapeutics Competitors	5740	12158	37592	1166	2.60

Silexion Therapeutics presently has a consensus price target of $75.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3,091.49%. As a group, “MED – BIOMED/GENE” companies have a potential upside of 57.51%. Given Silexion Therapeutics’ higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Silexion Therapeutics is more favorable than its competitors.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

10.9% of Silexion Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.2% of shares of all “MED – BIOMED/GENE” companies are held by institutional investors. 6.0% of Silexion Therapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.6% of shares of all “MED – BIOMED/GENE” companies 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.

Profitability

This table compares Silexion Therapeutics and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Silexion Therapeutics	N/A	N/A	-355.74%
Silexion Therapeutics Competitors	-1,425.99%	-589.65%	-28.81%

Volatility and Risk

Silexion Therapeutics has a beta of -0.07, indicating that its stock price is 107% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Silexion Therapeutics’ competitors have a beta of 0.97, indicating that their average stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Silexion Therapeutics and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Silexion Therapeutics	N/A	-$16.44 million	-0.21
Silexion Therapeutics Competitors	$955.67 million	-$45.18 million	11.67

Silexion Therapeutics’ competitors have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Silexion Therapeutics. Silexion Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Silexion Therapeutics competitors beat Silexion Therapeutics on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

About Silexion Therapeutics

Silexion Therapeutics LTD, a biopharmaceutical company, discovers and develops RNA interference (RNAi)-based cancer drugs and delivery systems to treat malignant solid tumors. The company engages in the treatment of solid tumors through its proprietary LODER delivery platform. Its products comprise SiG12D-LODER that has completed pre-clinical studies and an open label Phase I clinical trial for the treatment of pancreatic cancer; Prostate-LODER, which is in pre-clinical studies for the treatment of prostate cancer; and GBM-LODER that is in pre-clinical studies to target Glioblastoma Multiform, a malignant primary brain tumor. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Jerusalem, Israel.