COHN vs LIXT Comparison

Cohen & Co Inc is a United States company that delivers financial services in fixed-income markets. It is focused on small-cap banking institutions and has grown to provide an expanding range of capital markets and asset management services. It has three business segments. The Capital Markets segment, which is the key revenue driver, consists of fixed-income sales, trading, matched book repo financing, new issue placements in corporate and securitized products, and advisory services. The Asset Management segment manages assets within collateralized debt obligations, managed accounts, joint ventures, and investment funds. The Principal Investing segment is comprised of investments to earn return rather than to support trading, matched book repo, or other Capital Markets segment activities.

Lixte Biotechnology Holdings Inc is a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to improving patients' lives by developing a drug class called Protein Phosphatase 2A inhibitors. Its product pipeline is focused on inhibitors of protein phosphatase 2A, used in combination with cytotoxic agents and/or x-rays, immune checkpoint blockers, and other cancer therapies. The Company believes that inhibitors of protein phosphatases have therapeutic potential for a broad range of cancers. It focuses on the clinical development of a specific protein phosphatase inhibitor, referred to as LB-100, which has been shown to have clinical anti-cancer activity at doses that produce little or no toxicity.