Eloxx Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ELOX – Get Free Report) is one of 902 public companies in the “Pharmaceuticals” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare Eloxx Pharmaceuticals to related businesses based on the strength of its risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Risk and Volatility
Eloxx Pharmaceuticals has a beta of -1862.26, indicating that its stock price is 186,326% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eloxx Pharmaceuticals’ rivals have a beta of -3.17, indicating that their average stock price is 417% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
2.9% of Eloxx Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.8% of shares of all “Pharmaceuticals” companies are held by institutional investors. 25.9% of Eloxx Pharmaceuticals shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 14.2% of shares of all “Pharmaceuticals” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Recommendations
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Eloxx Pharmaceuticals | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2.75 |
| Eloxx Pharmaceuticals Competitors | 7576 | 13641 | 25441 | 998 | 2.42 |
Eloxx Pharmaceuticals presently has a consensus target price of $41.50, indicating a potential upside of 154.60%. As a group, “Pharmaceuticals” companies have a potential upside of 30.06%. Given Eloxx Pharmaceuticals’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Eloxx Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than its rivals.
Profitability
This table compares Eloxx Pharmaceuticals and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Eloxx Pharmaceuticals | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Eloxx Pharmaceuticals Competitors | -2,319.38% | -223.46% | -16.98% |
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Eloxx Pharmaceuticals and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Net Income | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Eloxx Pharmaceuticals | $6.36 million | -$5.99 million | -10.58 |
| Eloxx Pharmaceuticals Competitors | $3.51 billion | $3.16 billion | 549.84 |
Eloxx Pharmaceuticals’ rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Eloxx Pharmaceuticals. Eloxx Pharmaceuticals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.
Summary
Eloxx Pharmaceuticals beats its rivals on 7 of the 13 factors compared.
About Eloxx Pharmaceuticals
Eloxx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. It engaged in developing novel small molecule medicines to treat many rare and ultra-rare genetic diseases caused by nonsense mutations. The company’s lead product candidate consists ELX-02, is an optimized aminoglycoside designed to restore full-length functional proteins. It operates primarily in Waltham, MA and Rehovot, Israel. Eloxx Pharmaceuticals Inc., formerly known as Sevion Therapeutics Inc., is based in WALTHAM, United States.
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