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ACXP vs SMMT

Side-by-side comparison of Acurx Pharmaceuticals Inc. (ACXP) and Summit Therapeutics Inc. (SMMT): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both ACXP and SMMT operate in Biotechnology: Pharmaceutical Preparations (Health Care), so they compete in similar markets.
  • SMMT is the larger of the two at $13.31B, about 2324.1x ACXP ($5.7M).
  • Over the past year, ACXP is down 80.0% and SMMT is down 16.1% - SMMT leads by 63.9 points.
  • SMMT has been more active in the news (11 items in the past 4 weeks vs 5 for ACXP).
  • SMMT has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 1 for ACXP).
PerformanceACXP-80.02%SMMT-16.12%
2025-11-12+0.00%2026-11-12
MetricACXPSMMT
Company
Acurx Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Summit Therapeutics Inc.
Price
-
-
Market cap
$5.7M
$13.31B
1M return
-16.53%
+4.43%
1Y return
-80.02%
-16.12%
Industry
Biotechnology: Pharmaceutical Preparations
Biotechnology: Pharmaceutical Preparations
Exchange
NASDAQ
NASDAQ
IPO
2021
2015
News (4w)
5
11
Recent ratings
1
25
ACXP

Acurx Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Acurx Pharmaceuticals, LLC, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, develops antibiotics to treat bacterial infections. Its lead antibiotic candidate is ibezapolstat, a novel mechanism of action that targets the polymerase IIIC enzyme that has completed Phase II clinical trial to treat patients with clostridium difficile infections. The company is also developing ACX-375C, a potential oral and parenteral treatment targeting gram-positive bacteria, including methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, vancomycin-resistant enterococcus, and penicillin-resistant streptococcus pneumoniae. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Staten Island, New York.

SMMT

Summit Therapeutics Inc.

Summit Therapeutics Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, discovers, develops, and commercializes medicines to treat infectious diseases in the United States, Latin America, and Europe. It conducts clinical programs focusing on the Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI). The company's lead product candidate is ridinilazole, an orally administered small molecule antibiotic that is in Phase III clinical trials for the treatment of CDI. It also develops DDS-01 series to treat infection caused by the bacteria Neisseria gonorrhoeae through Discuva platform; and DDS-04 series to treat Enterobacteriaceae. The company was founded in 2003 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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