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Eton Pharmaceuticals, Inc.ETONCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Health Care›Pharmaceuticals: Major

Makes ready-to-use liquid and sprinkle formulations of existing drugs for pediatric and rare-disease patients.

Momentum leader 100
Mkt cap
$1.61B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
95%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$23.2M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
27.9×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+17.4 pp
WACC 9.2%
Hurdle
-320 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
132 days
18 Mar 2027
Close · USD$56.46
1D+19.8%
1W+8.2%
1M+22.3%
3M+93.8%
6M+236.1%
YTD+233.9%
1Y+215.9%
ATR %6.0%
Beta0.22
52w lowhigh3.6% off high

What Eton Pharmaceuticals does

Makes ready-to-use liquid and sprinkle formulations of existing drugs for pediatric and rare-disease patients.

Takes a drug already proven safe, turns it into a ready-to-use liquid or sprinkle form, and files for approval through the FDA's shortcut for reformulated drugs, which costs far less than developing a new one. It then sells into small rare-disease markets where few rivals bother to compete.

Products and services

  • Alkindi Sprinkle (adrenal insufficiency)
  • Increlex (growth disorder)
  • Other reformulated rare-disease drugs

Customers

  • Pediatric endocrinologists
  • Rare-disease specialists

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Specialty pharmaceuticals
  • Reformulation of approved drugs
  • Rare-disease/pediatric…

What could go right

  • New product launches/approvals
  • Small-market pricing power

What could go wrong

  • Small addressable markets per product
  • Reliant on continued FDA approvals

Moat: narrow (IP / patents, regulatory licence). FDA approvals for easier-to-dose reformulations create small but defensible orphan niches.

Headquarters: Deer Park, Illinois, US · Founded: 2017 · Employees: 44

Named competitors

Eton Pharmaceuticals at a glance

Size Eton Pharmaceuticals (ETON) is a United States Health Care company (Pharmaceuticals: Major) with a market value of $1.61B, the 1941st largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $56.46 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 236.1%, against -3.8% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — highest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 81.5% over the last twelve months (peer median +5.3%); the operating margin is 15.6% (peer median 10.4%).

Valuation It trades at 27.9× forward earnings against a peer median of 23.2× (6th most expensive of 13).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 40% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +360%, so the hurdle is -320 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 17.4 points above its cost of capital (9.2% WACC).

Short interest Short interest is 6.8% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 18 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10020030011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026ETON 338Peer median 97
Six months, rebased to 100: Eton Pharmaceuticals against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Eton Pharmaceuticals financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$106M$80.0M$39.0M$31.6M$21.3M
Revenue growth—+105%+23%+49%—
Gross profit$61.1M$42.7M$23.4M$21.1M$14.3M
EBITDA$21.0M$4.12M-$1.04M-$291,000-$6.50M
Net income$12.7M-$4.60M-$3.82M-$936,000-$9.02M
Free cash flow$14.7M$10.2M$943,000$6.82M$4.78M
Capital expenditure$15.4M$333,000$10.0M$775,000$2.79M
Total debt$29.2M$31.1M$30.0M$5.46M$6.60M

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Eton Pharmaceuticals competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

0%+100%+200%0%+50%600993603235141080JUBLPHARMA002626CORONA300006NANOSLSETON6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Eton Pharmaceuticals is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-25%0%+25%+50%+75%20×40×60×600993JUBLPHARMA002626CORONA1681600420600572002675INDGNNATCOPHARM301263FAEETONRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Eton Pharmaceuticals is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

0%+100%+200%+300%0%200%600993603235CORONANATCOPHARMETONGrowth delivered (Del g) →Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) →
Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. Eton Pharmaceuticals is the large dot.

Eton Pharmaceuticals competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (ETON vs ASND vs AMRX)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Eton Pharmaceuticals ETON$1.61B+236%+81%16%27.9×39.6%
Ascendis Pharma A/S ASND$16.0B+8%+128%10%40.8×36.4%
Amneal Pharmaceuticals AMRX$7.01B+53%+9%17%17.7×15.2%

How Eton Pharmaceuticals compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Eton Pharmaceuticals against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureETONPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+22.3%+2.8%3rd highest of 21
6-month return+236.1%-3.8%highest of 20
Distance from 52-week high-3.6%-19.8%highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+81.5%+5.3%highest of 19
Operating margin15.6%10.4%6th highest of 19
Forward P/E27.9×23.2×6th most expensive of 13
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)39.6%4.9%3rd most demanding of 13
Growth delivered (Del g)+359.6%+8.3%highest of 13
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-319.9 pp-2.1 ppleast demanding of 13
ROIC minus cost of capital+17.4 pp+1.3 pp2nd highest of 19
EV / EBITDA76.8×15.1×most expensive of 8
Net debt / EBITDA0.1×-1.3×3rd most indebted of 8

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Eton Pharmaceuticals ETONUnited States$1.61B+236%+81%16%27.9×39.6%+359.6%
Mayinglong Pharmaceutical 600993.SSChina$1.62B-4%+7%17%16.2×-4.5%+6.8%
JiangXi Tianxin Pharmaceutical 603235.SSChina$1.60B-5%+16%24%n/a-4.1%+0.2%
LigaChem Biosciences 141080.KSSouth Korea$1.59B-68%-33%-208%n/an/an/a
Jubilant Pharmova JUBLPHARMA.NSIndia$1.58B-4%+16%9%29.0×n/an/a
Xiamen Kingdomway 002626.SZChina$1.58B+15%-3%11%30.0×n/an/a
Corona Remedies CORONA.NSIndia$1.58B+40%+17%18%63.7×37.6%+16.6%
Consun Pharmaceutical 1681.HKHong Kong$1.65B+5%+15%35%9.2×-15.1%+13.5%
Shanghai Shyndec Pharmaceutical 600420.SSChina$1.67B-14%-13%6%13.2×-6.0%-5.6%
Zhejiang CONBA Pharmaceutical 600572.SSChina$1.56B-5%+4%9%18.5×-5.8%+1.9%
Yantai Dongcheng Biochemicals 002675.SZChina$1.67B+1%-4%15%47.5×6.7%-4.3%
Indegene INDGN.NSIndia$1.56B+15%+36%12%27.5×29.6%+29.4%
Braveheart Bio BRVEUnited States$1.67Bn/an/an/an/an/an/a
NATCO Pharma NATCOPHARM.NSIndia$1.68B-30%-21%25%18.8×15.3%+19.0%
Chongqing Lummy Pharmaceutical 300006.SZChina$1.55B+53%-6%-19%n/a49.9%-13.2%
AstraZeneca Pharma India ASTRAZEN.NSIndia$1.69B-25%+31%10%n/a49.3%+23.0%
Nanobiotix NANO.PAFrance$1.54B-42%-77%-392%n/an/an/a
SELLAS Life Sciences SLSUnited States$1.70B+68%n/an/an/an/an/a
Guangdong Taienkang Pharmaceutical 301263.SZChina$1.53B-17%+2%-2%42.9×n/an/a
Faes Farma FAE.MCSpain$1.71B+5%+32%14%17.1×3.1%+9.9%
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical RAREUnited States$1.52B+22%+16%-64%n/an/an/a

Questions

Who are Eton Pharmaceuticals's main competitors?
Named competitors: Ascendis Pharma (ASND), Amneal Pharmaceuticals (AMRX). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Mayinglong Pharmaceutical (600993.SS), JiangXi Tianxin Pharmaceutical (603235.SS), LigaChem Biosciences (141080.KS), Jubilant Pharmova (JUBLPHARMA.NS), Xiamen Kingdomway (002626.SZ), Corona Remedies (CORONA.NS).
Is Eton Pharmaceuticals expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 27.9× against a peer median of 23.2×, 6th most expensive of 13 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 40% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +360%, so the hurdle is -320 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has Eton Pharmaceuticals stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +236.1% against -3.8% for the median peer; over one year +215.9%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.