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Moleculin Biotech (MBRX) Competitors

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$2.45
-0.15 (-5.77%)
(As of 11/1/2024 ET)

MBRX vs. ITRM, PLUR, LSTA, ESLA, BTAI, BIVI, BGXX, IBIO, GLYC, and RNXT

Should you be buying Moleculin Biotech stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Moleculin Biotech include Iterum Therapeutics (ITRM), Pluri (PLUR), Lisata Therapeutics (LSTA), Estrella Immunopharma (ESLA), BioXcel Therapeutics (BTAI), BioVie (BIVI), Bright Green (BGXX), iBio (IBIO), GlycoMimetics (GLYC), and RenovoRx (RNXT). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Moleculin Biotech vs.

Iterum Therapeutics (NASDAQ:ITRM) and Moleculin Biotech (NASDAQ:MBRX) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.

Iterum Therapeutics has a beta of 2.26, suggesting that its share price is 126% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Moleculin Biotech has a beta of 1.86, suggesting that its share price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Iterum TherapeuticsN/AN/A-$38.37M-$2.00-0.61
Moleculin BiotechN/AN/A-$29.77MN/AN/A

Moleculin Biotech received 86 more outperform votes than Iterum Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.95% of users gave Iterum Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 51.01% of users gave Moleculin Biotech an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Iterum TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
141
62.95%
Underperform Votes
83
37.05%
Moleculin BiotechOutperform Votes
227
51.01%
Underperform Votes
218
48.99%

9.2% of Iterum Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.5% of Moleculin Biotech shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.2% of Iterum Therapeutics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.1% of Moleculin Biotech shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Iterum Therapeutics currently has a consensus price target of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 309.84%. Moleculin Biotech has a consensus price target of $35.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1,328.57%. Given Moleculin Biotech's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Moleculin Biotech is more favorable than Iterum Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Iterum Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Moleculin Biotech
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Iterum Therapeutics' return on equity of 0.00% beat Moleculin Biotech's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Iterum TherapeuticsN/A N/A -113.59%
Moleculin Biotech N/A -105.50%-79.03%

In the previous week, Iterum Therapeutics had 2 more articles in the media than Moleculin Biotech. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Iterum Therapeutics and 2 mentions for Moleculin Biotech. Iterum Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Moleculin Biotech's score of 0.41 indicating that Iterum Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Iterum Therapeutics
0 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Moleculin Biotech
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Iterum Therapeutics and Moleculin Biotech tied by winning 6 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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MBRX vs. The Competition

MetricMoleculin BiotechPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$6.97M$7.42B$5.54B$8.53B
Dividend YieldN/A7.96%5.13%4.14%
P/E RatioN/A9.93114.8115.14
Price / SalesN/A396.631,495.55100.10
Price / CashN/A47.3939.6734.08
Price / Book0.215.324.665.02
Net Income-$29.77M$153.56M$119.06M$225.46M
7 Day Performance-4.85%0.13%0.80%0.37%
1 Month Performance-2.78%15.23%5.65%3.57%
1 Year Performance-67.99%41.14%36.75%29.43%

Moleculin Biotech Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MBRX
Moleculin Biotech
1.9509 of 5 stars
$2.45
-5.8%
$35.00
+1,328.6%
-66.1%$6.97MN/A0.0020
ITRM
Iterum Therapeutics
2.8355 of 5 stars
$1.22
-5.4%
$5.00
+309.8%
+67.1%$27.71MN/A-0.6110Gap Up
High Trading Volume
PLUR
Pluri
0.7863 of 5 stars
$4.85
-3.2%
N/A+14.4%$26.53M$330,000.00-0.82150Gap Down
LSTA
Lisata Therapeutics
2.9284 of 5 stars
$3.16
+11.7%
$15.00
+374.7%
+51.2%$26.29MN/A-1.2330Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
ESLA
Estrella Immunopharma
1.3098 of 5 stars
$0.73
-8.8%
N/A-52.5%$26.27MN/A-0.37N/APositive News
Gap Down
BTAI
BioXcel Therapeutics
4.1811 of 5 stars
$0.64
-3.0%
$5.00
+677.5%
-85.4%$26.20M$1.38M-0.1890Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
BIVI
BioVie
2.5741 of 5 stars
$2.77
+1.1%
$4.00
+44.4%
-39.8%$25.84MN/A-0.2010Gap Down
BGXX
Bright Green
N/A$0.13
-5.4%
N/A-63.5%$24.85MN/A-2.172Gap Down
IBIO
iBio
1.0468 of 5 stars
$2.70
+4.2%
$4.30
+59.3%
N/A$24.68M$220,000.000.00100
GLYC
GlycoMimetics
4.3862 of 5 stars
$0.38
-5.0%
$10.00
+2,513.7%
-69.6%$24.67M$10,000.00-0.6650Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
News Coverage
RNXT
RenovoRx
2.3436 of 5 stars
$1.02
+2.2%
$6.13
+500.5%
-3.8%$24.47MN/A-1.706Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:MBRX) was last updated on 11/2/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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