Acurx PharmaceuticalsACXP
ACXP
About: Acurx Pharmaceuticals Inc is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing a new class of antibiotics for infections caused by bacteria listed as priority pathogens by the World Health Organization, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Food and Drug Administration. The company's approach is to develop antibiotic candidates with a Gram-positive selective spectrum. The Company's segment consists of the development of clinical and preclinical product candidates for the development of the Company's proprietary new therapies.
Employees: 4
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Funds holding %
of 7,430 funds
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Analysts bullish %
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q2 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
300% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 8 | Existing positions closed: 2
25% more funds holding
Funds holding: 24 [Q1] → 30 (+6) [Q2]
14% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $33K | Put options by funds: $29K
0% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 8 | Existing positions reduced: 8
5% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $1.36M [Q1] → $1.3M (-$66.4K) [Q2]
5.06% less ownership
Funds ownership: 15.87% [Q1] → 10.82% (-5.06%) [Q2]
100% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 1 [Q1] → 0 (-1) [Q2]
Research analyst outlook
1 Wall Street Analyst provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
Low target
$31
472%
upside
Avg. target
$31
472%
upside
High target
$31
472%
upside
1 analyst rating
1 positive
100%
0 neutral
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0 negative
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HC Wainwright & Co. Matthew Keller | 472%upside $31 | Buy Maintained | 12 Aug 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 3 articles about ACXP published over the past 30 days
Neutral
Seeking Alpha
2 weeks ago
Acurx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (ACXP) Q2 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
Acurx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ACXP ) Q2 2025 Earnings Conference Call August 12, 2025 8:00 AM ET Company Participants David P. Luci - Co-Founder, President, CEO, Corporate Secretary & Director Robert G.
Neutral
PRNewsWire
2 weeks ago
Acurx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Reports Second Quarter Results and Provides Business Update
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. , Aug. 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Acurx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACXP) ("Acurx" or the "Company"), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a new class of antibiotics for difficult-to-treat bacterial infections, announced today certain financial and operational results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2025.
Neutral
PRNewsWire
3 weeks ago
Acurx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Announces Reverse Stock Split
Acurx's common stock is expected to begin trading on a post-split adjusted basis on August 5, 2025 STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. , July 31, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Acurx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACXP) ("Acurx" or the "Company"), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a new class of antibiotics for difficult-to-treat bacterial infections, today announced that the board of directors of the Company approved a 1-for-20 reverse stock split (the "Reverse Split") of the Company's common stock.
Neutral
PRNewsWire
1 month ago
Acurx Pharmaceuticals to Discuss Second Quarter 2025 Financial Results on August 12, 2025 Conference Call and Provide Business Update
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. , July 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Acurx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACXP) ("Acurx" or the "Company"), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing a new class of antibiotics for difficult-to-treat bacterial infections, announced today that the Company will discuss its second quarter 2025 financial results on Tuesday, August 12, 2025 at 8:00 am ET before the U.S. financial markets open.
Negative
Zacks Investment Research
2 months ago
Are Medical Stocks Lagging Acurx Pharmaceuticals (ACXP) This Year?
Here is how Acurx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (ACXP) and BioCryst Pharmaceuticals (BCRX) have performed compared to their sector so far this year.
Neutral
PRNewsWire
2 months ago
Acurx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Announces Exercise of Warrants for $2.67 Million Gross Proceeds
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. , June 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Acurx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACXP) ("Acurx" or the "Company"), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a new class of antibiotics for difficult-to-treat bacterial infections, today announced that it has entered into a warrant inducement agreement (the "Letter Agreement") with a certain holder ("Holder") of existing warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 4,445,435 shares of common stock (the "Existing Warrants") having exercise prices ranging from $3.25 to $3.26 per share, issued by the Company in July 2022 and May 2023, wherein the Holder agreed to exercise the Existing Warrants at a reduced exercise price of $0.675 per share, resulting in gross proceeds of approximately $2.67 million, before deducting offering fees and other expenses payable by the Company.
Neutral
PRNewsWire
2 months ago
Acurx Announces Publication in Lancet Microbe of Phase 2b Clinical Trial Data for Ibezapolstat in CDI
As previously reported, 15 out of 16 (94%) patients in Phase 2b in the Per Protocol Population experienced Clinical Cure (CC) and all 15 of 15 (100%) remained free of C. difficile infection (CDI) recurrence through one month after EOT In contrast, 2 of 14 (14%) patients treated with the standard of care, oral vancomycin, experienced recurrent infection within one month after EOT When Phase 2b results are combined with Phase 2a results, 25 of 25 (100%) ibezapolstat-treated patients with CDI who had CC at EOT remained recurrence-free through 1 month after EOT; additionally, all 5 Phase 2b ibezapolstat-treated patients observed for up to 3 months following CC experienced no recurrence of infection Adding to this Lancet Microbe publication, two recent Journal of Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapeutics publications regarding, respectively, favorable gut microbiome effects which differentiate IBZ from other anti-CDI antibiotics and positive results from an in-silico study predicting the microbiome-restorative potential of IBZ The totality of ibezapolstat data-to-date further advances Acurx's robust data package and are reshaping the therapeutic landscape for future treatment of CDI with ibezapolstat's innovative and potentially transformative new class of antibiotics to treat gram-positive infections while preserving and restoring the protective gut microbiota Acurx is well positioned to begin international Phase 3 clinical trials and has previously been granted FDA QIDP and Fast-Track Designation and has received SME (Small and Medium-sized Enterprise) designation by the EMA STATEN ISLAND, N.Y.
Neutral
PRNewsWire
2 months ago
Acurx Pharmaceuticals Announces Presentation of Results from Leiden University Medical Center Public-Private Partnership for Its DNA pol IIIC Inhibitors at the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology Scientific Conference
Results are from Acurx's ongoing scientific collaboration with Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) partially under a grant from Health Holland to further study the mechanism of action of DNA pol IIIC inhibitors LUMC highlighted Acurx's new class of promising antimicrobials, ibezapolstat and related analogues Novel chemotype specifically targeting gram-positive bacteria through an unexploited target Ibezapolstat ready to enter pivotal Phase 3 clinical trials for C. difficile Infection (CDI), with no cross resistance reported to date Ibezapolstat has previously been granted FDA QIDP and Fast-Track Designations and has received SME (Small and Medium-sized Enterprise) designation by the EMA STATEN ISLAND, N.Y.
Neutral
Seeking Alpha
3 months ago
Acurx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (ACXP) Q1 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
Acurx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ACXP ) Q1 2025 Earnings Conference Call May 13, 2025 8:00 AM ET Company Participants Robert Shawah - Co-Founder and CFO David Luci - President and CEO Conference Call Participants Joanne Lee - Maxim Group James Molloy - Alliance Global Partners Operator Greetings and welcome to the Acurx Pharmaceuticals First Quarter 2025 Financial Results and Business Update. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode.
Neutral
PRNewsWire
3 months ago
Acurx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Reports First Quarter Results and Provides Business Update
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. , May 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Acurx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACXP) ("Acurx" or the "Company"), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a new class of antibiotics for difficult-to-treat bacterial infections, announced today certain financial and operational results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2025.
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