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Moleculin Biotech (MBRX) Competitors

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$1.67 -0.14 (-7.73%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:16 PM ET)

MBRX vs. LVTX, ENLV, LSB, AKTX, SNTI, INKT, CMMB, EQ, CLDI, and MTEX

Should you be buying Moleculin Biotech stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Moleculin Biotech include LAVA Therapeutics (LVTX), Enlivex Therapeutics (ENLV), Lakeshore Biopharma (LSB), Akari Therapeutics (AKTX), Senti Biosciences (SNTI), MiNK Therapeutics (INKT), Chemomab Therapeutics (CMMB), Equillium (EQ), Calidi Biotherapeutics (CLDI), and Mannatech (MTEX). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Moleculin Biotech vs.

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

Moleculin Biotech has a net margin of 0.00% compared to LAVA Therapeutics' net margin of -228.02%. LAVA Therapeutics' return on equity of -62.22% beat Moleculin Biotech's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Moleculin BiotechN/A -157.44% -97.16%
LAVA Therapeutics -228.02%-62.22%-29.37%

In the previous week, LAVA Therapeutics had 3 more articles in the media than Moleculin Biotech. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for LAVA Therapeutics and 2 mentions for Moleculin Biotech. LAVA Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 0.24 beat Moleculin Biotech's score of 0.00 indicating that LAVA Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Moleculin Biotech presently has a consensus price target of $24.00, indicating a potential upside of 1,337.13%. LAVA Therapeutics has a consensus price target of $3.33, indicating a potential upside of 223.62%. Given Moleculin Biotech's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Moleculin Biotech is more favorable than LAVA Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Moleculin Biotech
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
LAVA Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20

Moleculin Biotech received 203 more outperform votes than LAVA Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.44% of users gave LAVA Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 50.44% of users gave Moleculin Biotech an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Moleculin BiotechOutperform Votes
228
50.44%
Underperform Votes
224
49.56%
LAVA TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
25
69.44%
Underperform Votes
11
30.56%

15.5% of Moleculin Biotech shares are held by institutional investors. 7.1% of Moleculin Biotech shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of LAVA Therapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Moleculin Biotech has higher earnings, but lower revenue than LAVA Therapeutics.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Moleculin BiotechN/AN/A-$29.77MN/AN/A
LAVA Therapeutics$7.35M3.55-$41.97M-$1.03-1.00

Moleculin Biotech has a beta of 1.87, meaning that its stock price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LAVA Therapeutics has a beta of 0.43, meaning that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Moleculin Biotech beats LAVA Therapeutics on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MBRX vs. The Competition

MetricMoleculin BiotechPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$5.33M$6.57B$5.14B$9.08B
Dividend YieldN/A3.00%5.09%4.23%
P/E RatioN/A10.5990.1317.20
Price / SalesN/A196.061,117.09117.04
Price / CashN/A57.1643.1037.85
Price / Book0.145.094.784.78
Net Income-$29.77M$151.83M$120.31M$225.60M
7 Day Performance-28.02%-2.14%-1.92%-1.23%
1 Month Performance-38.83%-4.56%13.65%0.46%
1 Year Performance-83.63%8.87%28.34%15.24%

Moleculin Biotech Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MBRX
Moleculin Biotech
2.3563 of 5 stars
$1.67
-7.7%
$24.00
+1,337.1%
-83.4%$5.33MN/A0.0020News Coverage
LVTX
LAVA Therapeutics
3.0636 of 5 stars
$1.02
-8.1%
$4.67
+357.7%
-31.8%$25.85M$7.35M-1.0860Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
ENLV
Enlivex Therapeutics
2.316 of 5 stars
$1.18
-1.7%
$9.50
+705.1%
-45.6%$25.26MN/A0.0070
LSB
Lakeshore Biopharma
0.5039 of 5 stars
$2.69
+8.0%
N/AN/A$25.04M$80.82M0.00773News Coverage
Gap Up
AKTX
Akari Therapeutics
N/A$0.97
-0.3%
N/A-68.2%$24.02MN/A0.009Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
SNTI
Senti Biosciences
2.3348 of 5 stars
$5.23
-6.1%
$10.00
+91.2%
-9.6%$24M$2.56M-0.334News Coverage
Gap Up
INKT
MiNK Therapeutics
2.2354 of 5 stars
$0.60
-2.6%
$6.50
+983.3%
-48.4%$23.73MN/A-1.4930Gap Up
CMMB
Chemomab Therapeutics
3.3163 of 5 stars
$1.65
+4.4%
$7.33
+344.4%
+242.9%$23.69MN/A-1.5820Positive News
EQ
Equillium
2.7452 of 5 stars
$0.66
-6.9%
$5.00
+662.2%
-7.7%$23.24M$45.91M-5.0440Gap Down
CLDI
Calidi Biotherapeutics
2.341 of 5 stars
$1.75
-5.4%
$16.67
+852.4%
N/A$22.89M$50,000.000.0041News Coverage
Gap Down
MTEX
Mannatech
0.2131 of 5 stars
$11.85
+13.6%
N/A+56.8%$22.28M$131.96M-13.90250Analyst Forecast
Gap Up

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This page (NASDAQ:MBRX) was last updated on 12/22/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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