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MBRX vs. ANRO, EPIX, EXOZ, CABA, BYSI, ELUT, MIST, CELU, IPA, and SRZN

Should you be buying Moleculin Biotech stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Moleculin Biotech include Alto Neuroscience (ANRO), ESSA Pharma (EPIX), eXoZymes (EXOZ), Cabaletta Bio (CABA), BeyondSpring (BYSI), Elutia (ELUT), Milestone Pharmaceuticals (MIST), Celularity (CELU), ImmunoPrecise Antibodies (IPA), and Surrozen (SRZN). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Moleculin Biotech vs. Its Competitors

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

In the previous week, Alto Neuroscience had 20 more articles in the media than Moleculin Biotech. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Alto Neuroscience and 4 mentions for Moleculin Biotech. Alto Neuroscience's average media sentiment score of -0.02 beat Moleculin Biotech's score of -0.07 indicating that Alto Neuroscience is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Alto Neuroscience
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
23 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Moleculin Biotech
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Alto Neuroscience presently has a consensus target price of $8.50, indicating a potential upside of 177.78%. Moleculin Biotech has a consensus target price of $4.00, indicating a potential upside of 501.41%. Given Moleculin Biotech's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Moleculin Biotech is more favorable than Alto Neuroscience.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Alto Neuroscience
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57
Moleculin Biotech
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Alto Neuroscience has a beta of 1.82, indicating that its stock price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Moleculin Biotech has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Alto NeuroscienceN/AN/A-$61.43M-$2.34-1.31
Moleculin BiotechN/AN/A-$21.76MN/AN/A

15.5% of Moleculin Biotech shares are held by institutional investors. 11.1% of Alto Neuroscience shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Moleculin Biotech shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Alto Neuroscience's return on equity of -39.35% beat Moleculin Biotech's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Alto NeuroscienceN/A -39.35% -33.86%
Moleculin Biotech N/A -278.80%-100.11%

Summary

Alto Neuroscience beats Moleculin Biotech on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MBRX vs. The Competition

MetricMoleculin BiotechMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$18.97M$3.00B$5.49B$9.52B
Dividend YieldN/A2.43%4.73%4.09%
P/E RatioN/A17.6228.7823.81
Price / SalesN/A179.21372.2066.04
Price / CashN/A41.9535.4557.96
Price / Book0.388.508.275.54
Net Income-$21.76M-$55.06M$3.25B$259.28M
7 Day Performance17.30%-3.99%-3.70%-4.64%
1 Month Performance91.40%9.58%4.34%4.41%
1 Year Performance-74.32%6.70%25.90%17.95%

Moleculin Biotech Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MBRX
Moleculin Biotech
2.6933 of 5 stars
$0.67
+5.9%
$4.00
+501.4%
-70.7%$18.97MN/A0.0020News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
Gap Down
ANRO
Alto Neuroscience
1.8576 of 5 stars
$3.10
+1.5%
$8.50
+174.6%
-68.6%$83.78MN/A-1.32N/ANews Coverage
EPIX
ESSA Pharma
1.1884 of 5 stars
$1.88
+0.3%
$2.00
+6.7%
-63.4%$83.23MN/A-2.9850News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
EXOZ
eXoZymes
N/A$9.93
-1.9%
N/AN/A$83.11M$70K0.0029
CABA
Cabaletta Bio
1.8014 of 5 stars
$1.64
+4.1%
$14.43
+782.5%
-79.1%$82.96MN/A-0.6450Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up
BYSI
BeyondSpring
N/A$2.03
+1.0%
N/A+6.7%$81.85M$1.75M0.0080Positive News
ELUT
Elutia
3.4514 of 5 stars
$1.95
+6.0%
$8.00
+310.3%
-40.4%$80.18M$24.38M-1.01180News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down
MIST
Milestone Pharmaceuticals
1.8184 of 5 stars
$1.49
+1.7%
$7.00
+371.4%
+2.9%$79.39M$1M-1.9030Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
CELU
Celularity
0.2161 of 5 stars
$3.30
+3.4%
N/A-1.0%$79.04M$54.22M-1.25220News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
IPA
ImmunoPrecise Antibodies
2.0421 of 5 stars
$1.73
-0.3%
$4.00
+131.9%
+90.0%$78.94M$18.16M-1.4980News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
SRZN
Surrozen
1.8428 of 5 stars
$9.05
-2.2%
$38.50
+325.6%
+36.1%$77.43M$10.65M-0.3680Gap Down

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This page (NASDAQ:MBRX) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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