Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialization of pharmaceutical products for the treatment of human disease. The company develops sotagliflozin, an orally-delivered small molecule drug for the treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and ZYNQUISTA (sotagliflozin) for the treatment of type 1 diabetes. It also commercializes INPEFA (sotagliflozin), a once-daily oral tablet to reduce the risk of cardiovascular death, hospitalization for heart failure, and urgent heart failure visit in adults with heart failure or type 2 diabetes, CKD, and other cardiovascular risk factors. In addition, the company develops LX9851, an orally-delivered small molecule drug candidate for the treatment of obesity and associated cardiometabolic disorders, and pilavapadin (LX9211), an orally-delivered small molecule drug candidate for the treatment of neuropathic pain. It has strategic collaboration and license agreements with Viatris Inc. and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. The company was incorporated in 1995 and is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas.

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P/E Ratio | −15.7x | −2.5x | −0.5x | |
PEG Ratio | −0.20 | −0.09 | 0.00 | |
Price / Book | 7.3x | 5.3x | 2.6x | |
Price / LTM Sales | 15.8x | 10.3x | 3.2x | |
Upside (Analyst Target) | 26.0% | 92.5% | 47.6% | |
Fair Value Upside | Unlock | 3.3% | 6.1% | Unlock |