Fresh Tracks Therapeutics (NASDAQ:FRTX – Get Rating) and X4 Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:XFOR – Get Rating) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability and risk.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Fresh Tracks Therapeutics and X4 Pharmaceuticals' top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
Get Fresh Tracks Therapeutics alerts:| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Fresh Tracks Therapeutics | $400,000.00 | 16.24 | -$39.47 million | ($8.39) | -0.27 |
| X4 Pharmaceuticals | $3.00 million | 25.16 | -$88.70 million | ($2.82) | -0.39 |
Fresh Tracks Therapeutics has higher earnings, but lower revenue than X4 Pharmaceuticals. X4 Pharmaceuticals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fresh Tracks Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Fresh Tracks Therapeutics and X4 Pharmaceuticals' net margins, return on equity and return on assets.| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Fresh Tracks Therapeutics | -453.11% | -133.55% | -108.52% |
| X4 Pharmaceuticals | N/A | -184.37% | -92.38% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Fresh Tracks Therapeutics and X4 Pharmaceuticals, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Fresh Tracks Therapeutics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
| X4 Pharmaceuticals | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3.00 |
Fresh Tracks Therapeutics currently has a consensus target price of $4.00, indicating a potential upside of 76.99%. X4 Pharmaceuticals has a consensus target price of $6.86, indicating a potential upside of 529.10%. Given X4 Pharmaceuticals' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe X4 Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than Fresh Tracks Therapeutics.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
7.7% of Fresh Tracks Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.5% of X4 Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. 4.5% of Fresh Tracks Therapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 95.9% of X4 Pharmaceuticals shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Volatility and Risk
Fresh Tracks Therapeutics has a beta of 0.29, suggesting that its stock price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, X4 Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
X4 Pharmaceuticals beats Fresh Tracks Therapeutics on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Fresh Tracks Therapeutics
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Fresh Tracks Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company, engages in the development of various prescription therapeutics for the treatment of autoimmune, inflammatory, and other debilitating diseases in the United States. The company develops sofpironium bromide, which has completed Phase III clinical trials for the treatment of primary axillary hyperhidrosis; BBI-02, an oral DYRK1A inhibitor for the treatment of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases; and BBI-10, a covalent stimulator of interferon genes inhibitor for the potential treatment of autoinflammatory and rare genetic diseases, as well as next-generation kinase inhibitors. It has license and collaboration agreements with Carna Biosciences, Inc., Voronoi Inc., Bodor Laboratories, Inc. and Dr. Nicholas S. Bodor, and AnGes, Inc. The company was formerly known as Brickell Biotech, Inc. and changed its name to Fresh Tracks Therapeutics, Inc. in September 2022. Fresh Tracks Therapeutics, Inc. was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado.
About X4 Pharmaceuticals
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X4 Pharmaceuticals, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company, which engages in developing human antibodies for treating infectious diseases. The company focuses on restoring healthy immune system function by developing novel therapeutics for the treatment of rare diseases. Its products in pipeline include X4P-001, X4P-002, and X4P-003. The company was founded by Henri A. Termeer, Keith T. Flaherty, Renato T. Skerlj, Richard Peters and Paula Ragan in 2010 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.
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