AVXL vs. MLTX, MTSR, VKTX, MOR, KYMR, ALVO, IMVT, CRNX, CPRX, and HCM
Should you be buying Anavex Life Sciences stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Anavex Life Sciences include MoonLake Immunotherapeutics (MLTX), Metsera (MTSR), Viking Therapeutics (VKTX), MorphoSys (MOR), Kymera Therapeutics (KYMR), Alvotech (ALVO), Immunovant (IMVT), Crinetics Pharmaceuticals (CRNX), Catalyst Pharmaceuticals (CPRX), and HUTCHMED (HCM). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.
Anavex Life Sciences vs. Its Competitors
Anavex Life Sciences (NASDAQ:AVXL) and MoonLake Immunotherapeutics (NASDAQ:MLTX) are both medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.
Anavex Life Sciences presently has a consensus price target of $44.00, suggesting a potential upside of 310.45%. MoonLake Immunotherapeutics has a consensus price target of $74.50, suggesting a potential upside of 60.68%. Given Anavex Life Sciences' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Anavex Life Sciences is more favorable than MoonLake Immunotherapeutics.
In the previous week, Anavex Life Sciences had 1 more articles in the media than MoonLake Immunotherapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Anavex Life Sciences and 3 mentions for MoonLake Immunotherapeutics. MoonLake Immunotherapeutics' average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Anavex Life Sciences' score of 0.45 indicating that MoonLake Immunotherapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
31.5% of Anavex Life Sciences shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.9% of MoonLake Immunotherapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. 11.4% of Anavex Life Sciences shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.0% of MoonLake Immunotherapeutics shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
MoonLake Immunotherapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Anavex Life Sciences, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Anavex Life Sciences has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MoonLake Immunotherapeutics has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
MoonLake Immunotherapeutics' return on equity of -30.81% beat Anavex Life Sciences' return on equity.
Summary
Anavex Life Sciences and MoonLake Immunotherapeutics tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:AVXL) was last updated on 7/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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