Exicure Inc's Competitiveness
A competitive positioning analysis and financial ratio benchmarking of Exicure Inc (XCUR) against its publicly traded competitors: sales growth, net income, profitability, valuation and market share, plus each peer's market capitalization, revenue, income and employees. Free below: the top 5 peers. Subscriber access adds the full competitor list and CSV downloads.
Key Findings: Exicure Inc vs Its Competitors
- TTM: Trailing 12-month revenue of 7M vs 71,214M combined for its competitors (0.0% combined share).
- Scale: Exicure Inc ranks #410 of 545 companies by market capitalization in the Major Pharmaceutical Preparations industry, holding 0.0% of industry market cap.
- Peer differentiation: Revenue per employee of $0.85M compares with $0.83M for the peer group (1.0x).
Every figure above is sourced and cited in detail further down this page (Market Structure, Profitability & Cost Structure, Productivity vs Peers).
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Exicure Inc vs. its Competitors, Q2 2026
TTM net margin
TTM = trailing twelve months. Run-rate annualizes the latest quarter (×4) and compares it to TTM. In millions of $. High-Confidence Competitors are named as a competitor directly in Exicure Inc reports; Similar-Size Competitors are the closest peers by market-cap rank within the same industry; Similar Growth & Profitability Competitors are the closest peers by combined revenue growth, operating margin and ROIC, all independent of the competitor list.
TTM revenue, latest-quarter run-rate and net income/margin benchmarked across Exicure Inc and its 4 competitor groupings. Available under Commercial License.
| Entity | TTM Revenue | Rev Run-rate vs TTM |
|---|---|---|
| Exicure Inc | $12,345M | +12.3% · Accelerating |
| Competitors combined | $12,345M | +12.3% · Accelerating |
| High-Confidence Competitors (1) | $12,345M | +12.3% · Accelerating |
| Similar-Size Competitors (10) | $12,345M | +12.3% · Accelerating |
TTM revenue, run-rate and net margin benchmarking across Exicure Inc's competitor groups requires a Commercial License.
Exicure Inc's Competitor Quality Breadth
Group definitions: see Methodology: Performance Group Definitions.
| Entity | Profitable | Expanding | Above Industry Growth | Distressed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exicure Inc | - | - | - | Yes |
| Competitors combined (26) | ||||
| High-Confidence Competitors (1) | - | - | - | |
| Similar-Size Competitors (10) |
Source: CSIMarket API, trailing 12 months. Altman Z-Score is not shown here: it is not populated in the underlying data for any company. Percentages are of companies in each group that report the relevant metric, not of the full group size.
XCUR Stock Performance relative to its Competitors
XCUR Stock Performance relative to High-Confidence Competitors
XCUR Stock Performance relative to Similar-Size Competitors
5 Best-Performing Tracked Competitors, Trailing 12 Months
| # | Competitor | TTM Share Price Return | vs U.S.A. 500 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moderna Inc | 282.9% | Outperformed |
| 2 | An2 Therapeutics Inc | 282.9% | Outperformed |
| 3 | Silence Therapeutics Plc | 282.9% | Outperformed |
| 4 | Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals Inc | 282.9% | Outperformed |
| 5 | Sagimet Biosciences inc | 282.9% | Outperformed |
TTM share price return and U.S.A. 500 outperformance for Exicure Inc's best-performing competitors requires a Commercial License.
Source: CSIMarket API, trailing 12 months.
Exicure Inc's Comment on Competition and Industry Peers
Publicly Traded Peers of Exicure Inc
Revenue and income for trailing 12 months, in millions of $, except employees| Company | Market Cap | Revenues |
|---|---|---|
 Exicure Inc |
6.06 | 6.81 |
 Pfizer Inc |
167,957.96 | 63,625.00 |
 Moderna Inc |
103,911.83 | 2,228.00 |
 Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals Inc |
7,059.22 | 669.50 |
 Ptc Therapeutics inc |
5,357.50 | 1,155.55 |
 Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc |
4,750.85 | 1,169.42 |
| SUBTOTAL | 305,224.07 | 71,371.17 |
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Sources: see Methodology: Peer & Competitor Identification, Sourcing.
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Exicure Inc's Competitors Named by the Company
Competitive relationships identified from Exicure Inc reports and corroborating sources, each with a basis and confidence.| Competitor | Basis | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| Larimar Therapeutics Inc | Company report | 85% |
| Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc | Company report | 85% |
Company report basis, confidence, active dates and source counts for Exicure Inc's named competitors require a Commercial License.
Methodology: see Methodology: Peer & Competitor Identification, Sourcing.
Exicure Inc's Business Segment Mix vs Peers
Revenue by operating segment or division, as named and reported by each company. Segment names are the filer's own and are not standardized across companies. Do not assume a same-named or similarly-named segment is defined identically between two companies. Shares are of each company's own total revenue and are not required to sum to 100% (intersegment revenue, unallocated items).| Company | Largest Segment |
|---|---|
| Pfizer Inc | U.S. Commercial Division 58.35 % |
| Ptc Therapeutics inc | Life Science Segment 100.00 % |
| Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc | Ionis Operations 100.00 % |
| Arcus Biosciences Inc | Reportable 100.00 % |
| Sarepta Therapeutics Inc | All Other Segments 100.00 % |
Source: operating segment revenue as reported in each company's reports (10-K/10-Q), via the CSIMarket API, leaf-level reportable segments only (parent roll-up segments are excluded where sub-segments are separately disclosed).
Exicure Inc's Productivity vs Peers Comparison
Revenue and income per employee, trailing 12 months, in $; market cap in millions of $| Company | Market Cap | Revenue / Employee | Income / Employee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exicure Inc | 6 | 850,750 | -1,035,500 |
| Pfizer Inc | 167,958 | 848,333 | 54,160 |
| Moderna Inc | 103,912 | 474,043 | -670,426 |
| Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals Inc | 7,059 | 941,624 | -382,736 |
| Ptc Therapeutics inc | 5,357 | 1,166,048 | -105,966 |
| Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc | 4,751 | 834,108 | -223,265 |
| PEERS TOTAL | 305,218 | 826,847 | -23,272 |
Exicure Inc's Geographic Revenue Exposure vs Peers
Revenue by country/region as reported in each company's most recent report. Disclosure granularity varies by filer (some report by country, others by broad region) and is shown as disclosed.| Company | Largest Market |
|---|---|
| Pfizer Inc | United States 63.93 % |
| Ptc Therapeutics inc | All Other Countries Other Than Russia Brazil and United States 18.85 % |
Source: revenue geography as reported in each company's reports (10-K/10-Q), via the CSIMarket API. Percentages are of that company's own total consolidated revenue for its most recent reported period.
Exicure Inc's Position in Industry Market Structure
Market-capitalization share and concentration across all 495 companies in Exicure Inc's industry classification, broader than the peer set above. Market cap in millions of $.Exicure Inc ranks #410 of 495 companies by market capitalization in its industry, holding 0.00 % of total industry market cap. The industry's Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) is 875, indicating a unconcentrated market structure (see Methodology: Market Structure & Concentration).
| Rank | Company | Market Cap | Industry Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eli Lilly And Company | 1,210,070 | 20.69 % |
| 2 | Johnson and Johnson | 674,004 | 11.53 % |
| 3 | Beone Medicines Ltd | 612,622 | 10.48 % |
| 4 | Abbvie Inc | 515,910 | 8.82 % |
| 5 | Merck and Co Inc | 1,234 | 5.2% |
| 6 | Novartis Ag | 1,234 | 5.2% |
| 7 | Abbott Laboratories | 1,234 | 5.2% |
| 8 | Novo Nordisk A | 1,234 | 5.2% |
| 9 | Pfizer Inc | 1,234 | 5.2% |
| 10 | Astrazeneca Plc | 1,234 | 5.2% |
| 410 | Exicure Inc | 6 | 0.00 % |
Market cap and industry share for the rest of Exicure Inc's industry peers requires a Commercial License.
Source: CSIMarket API (daily market-structure computation) across CSIMarket's industry classification, market capitalization as of 2026-11-06.
Exicure Inc's Same-Size Peers & Stock Performance
Peers chosen by closeness in market-cap rank within the same industry classification (not the named-competitor list above). Trailing 12-month total return, 3-month price momentum, beta and Sharpe ratio vs the broad U.S. market.| Rank | Company | Market Cap | TTM Return |
|---|---|---|---|
| 405 | Vistagen Therapeutics Inc | 7 | -95.87 % |
| 406 | Gt Biopharma Inc | 7 | 616.56 % |
| 407 | Inmed Pharmaceuticals Inc | 6 | 738.15 % |
| 408 | Alzamend Neuro Inc | 6 | -39.61 % |
| 409 | Fibrobiologics Inc | 1,234 | 12.3% |
| 410 | Exicure Inc | 6 | -79.02 % |
| 411 | Oncotelic Therapeutics Inc | 1,234 | 12.3% |
| 412 | Tempest Therapeutics Inc | 1,234 | 12.3% |
| 413 | Enveric Biosciences Inc | 1,234 | 12.3% |
| 414 | Shuttle Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc | 1,234 | 12.3% |
| 415 | Soligenix inc | 1,234 | 12.3% |
Market cap, return, momentum, beta and Sharpe ratio for the rest of Exicure Inc's same-size peers requires a Commercial License.
Source: CSIMarket API (daily market-structure computation); returns and risk metrics as of 2026-11-06. Beta and Sharpe ratio are versus the broad U.S. equity market, not this industry.
Exicure Inc's Valuation vs Competitive Position
Valuation multiples vs the Major Pharmaceutical Preparations industry average (444 companies, excluding loss-making/negative-equity outliers), alongside returns on capital for context on whether a premium or discount lines up with measurably stronger or weaker returns. See the full Major Pharmaceutical Preparations industry valuation benchmarks.| Metric | Company | Industry Average | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| P/E | - | 26.6x | - |
| EV / EBITDA | - | 15.9x | - |
| P/B | 5.8x | 4.3x | +1.6x |
| Return on Equity | -237.91 % | industry aggregate | -254.26 % |
| Return on Invested Capital | -57.91 % | -9.82 % (avg) | -48.09 % |
Source: CSIMarket API, trailing 12 months. A valuation premium or discount is not, by itself, a judgment of over- or under-valuation. Compare it against the return and growth context shown elsewhere on this page.
Exicure Inc's Multi-Year Financial Trajectory
Fiscal-year revenue growth, operating margin, return on invested capital and P/E, as reported in company reports.| Metric | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue Growth | - | - | -117.47 % | - | - | - | - |
| Operating Margin | - | -153.11 % | 2,365.00 % | -6.35 % | - | - | - |
| Return on Invested Capital | - | -15.56 % | -68.39 % | -9.35 % | -67.41 % | -105.44 % | -19.99 % |
| P/E | - | - | - | 0.9x | - | - | - |
Source: CSIMarket API, fiscal-year figures. P/E is this company's own historical ratio at each fiscal year end and can swing sharply around an earnings trough: that is real, not a data error.
Exicure Inc's BCG Growth-Share Matrix
See Methodology: BCG Growth-Share Matrix for how relative share and growth are calculated and thresholded.
Exicure Inc falls in the Dog quadrant: relative market share of 0.00x vs its largest competitor, in an industry growing revenue 8.1% (median, trailing 12 months).
Source: CSIMarket API (market-cap share and industry revenue growth). The 10% growth and 1.0x share lines are standard textbook thresholds, not derived from this industry's own distribution.
Exicure Inc's Competitive Forces (Porter's Five Forces)
Only the forces this data can support honestly are shown; the other three are marked as such rather than guessed.| Force | Assessment | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Competitive Rivalry | High | Industry HHI of 875 (see Industry Market Structure & Concentration above) |
Note: see Methodology: Porter's Five Forces. Supplier power and buyer power are covered on Exicure Inc's dedicated Suppliers and Customers pages, not here.
Exicure Inc's Industry Attractiveness & Competitive Strength
See Methodology: GE/McKinsey Matrix for how the two axes are built.
Exicure Inc falls in the Low attractiveness / Low strength cell: Harvest / Divest.
Source: CSIMarket API, trailing 12 months. Each axis score is a simple 1(low)/2(medium)/3(high) average across its three inputs -- a transparent, disclosed simplification, not a validated academic scoring model.
Exicure Inc's SWOT
Every point below is a fixed rule applied to a metric already shown elsewhere on this page (Market Structure, Profitability, Valuation, Run-Rate, Stock Performance, Quality Breadth) not an independent strategic assessment. A blank quadrant means no rule was met, not that none apply.Strengths
No rule matched.
Weaknesses
- Return on equity 254.3 points below the industry aggregate.
- Underperforming the U.S.A. 500 over the trailing 12 months.
- Low relative market share vs the industry leader (0.00x).
- Piotroski F-Score of 2 or below, the standard financial-distress signal.
Opportunities
- A meaningful share of competitors (64.00 %) show financial-distress signals, a possible opening to gain share.
Threats
- Tracked peer group's revenue run-rate is broadly decelerating (-8.2% annualized).
Methodology: see Methodology: SWOT Analysis.
Exicure Inc's Financial Strength vs Peers Comparison
Quick ratio, working capital, debt to equity and asset turnover, trailing 12 months| Company | Quick Ratio | Working Capital | Debt / Equity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exicure Inc | 0.29 | 1.04 | - |
| Pfizer Inc | 0.04 | 1.27 | 0.72 |
| Moderna Inc | 0.86 | 2.88 | 0.07 |
| Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals Inc | 0.00 | 5.58 | 1.06 |
| Ptc Therapeutics inc | 0.98 | 2.82 | - |
| Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc | 0.44 | 4.06 | 1.98 |
Quick ratio = cash / current liabilities; working capital ratio = current assets / current liabilities; asset turnover = revenue / total assets. Peers in the Blank Checks industry are excluded.
Exicure Inc's Revenue and Income Growth vs Peers
Quarterly revenue and net income growth, year over year and quarter over quarter| Company | Period | Revenue Y/Y | Income Y/Y |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exicure Inc | Q2 2026 | - | - |
| Pfizer Inc | Q3 2026 | -0.4 % | -8.7 % |
| Moderna Inc | Q2 2026 | +2.1 % | - |
| Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals Inc | Q2 2026 | +171.0 % | - |
| Ptc Therapeutics inc | Q3 2026 | +69.6 % | - |
| Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc | Q2 2026 | +103.6 % | - |
| PEERS TOTAL | +0.6 % | -10.3 % |
Growth is shown only where both periods are positive. Peers in the Blank Checks industry are excluded.
Exicure Inc's Peers' Costs of Sales and Capital Expenditures
Context for revenue growth: peer costs and capex, year over year and quarter over quarter| Company | Period | Costs Y/Y | Capex Y/Y |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exicure Inc | Q2 2026 | - | - |
| Pfizer Inc | Q3 2026 | -3.5 % | -4.8 % |
| Moderna Inc | Q2 2026 | -21.8 % | +1,133.3 % |
| Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals Inc | Q2 2026 | - | +63.0 % |
| Ptc Therapeutics inc | Q3 2026 | - | -97.6 % |
| Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc | Q2 2026 | +87.2 % | +37.8 % |
Exicure Inc's Returns and Turnover vs Peers
ROA, ROI and ROE (trailing 12 months), receivables and inventory turnover| Company | ROA | ROI | ROE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exicure Inc | - | - | - |
| Pfizer Inc | 1.98% | 2.34% | 4.62% |
| Moderna Inc | - | - | - |
| Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals Inc | - | - | - |
| Ptc Therapeutics inc | - | - | - |
| Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc | - | - | - |
ROA = net income / total assets; ROI = net income / investments; ROE = net income / equity; turnover ratios use trailing 12 month revenue (receivables) and cost of sales (inventory).
Exicure Inc's Valuation vs Peers
P/E, price to sales, PEG, price to cash flow and price to book| Company | P/E | Price / Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Exicure Inc | - | 0.89 |
| Pfizer Inc | 41.57 | 2.64 |
| Moderna Inc | - | 46.64 |
| Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals Inc | - | 10.54 |
| Ptc Therapeutics inc | - | 4.64 |
| Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc | - | 4.06 |
| PEERS AVERAGE | - | 4.28 |
P/E = price / diluted EPS (trailing 12 months); PEG = P/E divided by EPS growth; the average row divides the peers' combined market cap by their combined income, sales, cash flow and equity.