Head to Head Review: Qualigen Therapeutics (AIXC) vs. Its Peers

Qualigen Therapeutics (NASDAQ:AIXC) is one of 456 public companies in the “Pharmaceutical Preparations” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Qualigen Therapeutics to similar businesses based on the strength of its valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.

Risk and Volatility

Qualigen Therapeutics has a beta of 0.34, suggesting that its stock price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Qualigen Therapeutics’ competitors have a beta of 5.47, suggesting that their average stock price is 447% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Qualigen Therapeutics and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Qualigen Therapeutics	N/A	-$6.26 million	-0.17
Qualigen Therapeutics Competitors	$432.07 million	-$67.78 million	-10.65

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

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Qualigen Therapeutics	N/A	N/A	-52.57%
Qualigen Therapeutics Competitors	-2,662.14%	-363.93%	-42.95%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Qualigen Therapeutics and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Qualigen Therapeutics	1	0	0	0	1.00
Qualigen Therapeutics Competitors	4894	9963	15988	376	2.38

As a group, “Pharmaceutical Preparations” companies have a potential upside of 63.91%. Given Qualigen Therapeutics’ competitors stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Qualigen Therapeutics has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

3.2% of Qualigen Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.1% of shares of all “Pharmaceutical Preparations” companies are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Qualigen Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.8% of shares of all “Pharmaceutical Preparations” 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.

Summary

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

About Qualigen Therapeutics

Qualigen Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company, develops novel therapeutic products for the treatment of cancer and infectious diseases. It offers FastPack, a rapid diagnostic testing system. The company is developing QN-302 for the treatment of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma; QN-247, a DNA coated gold nanoparticle cancer drug candidate that targets various cancers; RAS-F, a small-molecule RAS oncogene protein-protein inhibitor that blocks RAS mutations and inhibits tumor formation; and STARS blood cleansing system, a DNA/RNA-based treatment device that removes tumor-produced compounds and viruses from a patient’s blood. Qualigen Therapeutics, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is based in Carlsbad, California.