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MNOV vs. GLUE, TSHA, ESPR, TKNO, ATAI, ATYR, CADL, CMPS, CMPX, and PRME

Should you be buying MediciNova stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MediciNova include Monte Rosa Therapeutics (GLUE), Taysha Gene Therapies (TSHA), Esperion Therapeutics (ESPR), Alpha Teknova (TKNO), Atai Life Sciences (ATAI), Atyr PHARMA (ATYR), Candel Therapeutics (CADL), COMPASS Pathways (CMPS), Compass Therapeutics (CMPX), and Prime Medicine (PRME). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

MediciNova vs.

Monte Rosa Therapeutics (NASDAQ:GLUE) and MediciNova (NASDAQ:MNOV) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and valuation.

In the previous week, Monte Rosa Therapeutics had 1 more articles in the media than MediciNova. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Monte Rosa Therapeutics and 1 mentions for MediciNova. Monte Rosa Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat MediciNova's score of 0.59 indicating that Monte Rosa Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Monte Rosa Therapeutics
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
MediciNova
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Monte Rosa Therapeutics presently has a consensus price target of $15.50, suggesting a potential upside of 298.46%. MediciNova has a consensus price target of $9.00, suggesting a potential upside of 571.64%. Given MediciNova's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe MediciNova is more favorable than Monte Rosa Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Monte Rosa Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
MediciNova
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

MediciNova received 196 more outperform votes than Monte Rosa Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 48.48% of users gave Monte Rosa Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 47.53% of users gave MediciNova an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Monte Rosa TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
16
48.48%
Underperform Votes
17
51.52%
MediciNovaOutperform Votes
212
47.53%
Underperform Votes
234
52.47%

MediciNova has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Monte Rosa Therapeutics. MediciNova is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Monte Rosa Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Monte Rosa Therapeutics$75.62M3.16-$135.35M-$1.02-3.81
MediciNova$1M65.72-$8.56M-$0.23-5.83

MediciNova's return on equity of -19.66% beat Monte Rosa Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Monte Rosa TherapeuticsN/A -62.68% -38.83%
MediciNova N/A -19.66%-18.63%

Monte Rosa Therapeutics has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MediciNova has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

80.0% of Monte Rosa Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.9% of MediciNova shares are held by institutional investors. 6.5% of Monte Rosa Therapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.9% of MediciNova shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

MediciNova beats Monte Rosa Therapeutics on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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MNOV vs. The Competition

MetricMediciNovaPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$65.72M$6.72B$5.53B$7.50B
Dividend YieldN/A2.85%4.87%4.05%
P/E Ratio-5.836.9923.1218.08
Price / Sales65.72198.60360.0289.38
Price / CashN/A65.6738.1634.64
Price / Book1.255.926.473.99
Net Income-$8.56M$142.37M$3.21B$247.18M
7 Day Performance-7.59%-7.24%-4.97%-4.25%
1 Month Performance-14.65%-10.45%-0.14%-6.87%
1 Year Performance-8.22%-14.58%6.19%-3.73%

MediciNova Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MNOV
MediciNova
1.6383 of 5 stars
$1.34
-5.0%
$9.00
+571.6%
-11.8%$65.72M$1M-5.8310Gap Down
GLUE
Monte Rosa Therapeutics
3.0054 of 5 stars
$4.64
-9.0%
$15.50
+234.1%
-43.9%$285.41M$75.62M-2.5490Short Interest ↓
TSHA
Taysha Gene Therapies
1.9065 of 5 stars
$1.39
-28.0%
$6.63
+376.6%
-53.7%$284.95M$8.33M2.21180Gap Down
High Trading Volume
ESPR
Esperion Therapeutics
3.695 of 5 stars
$1.44
-4.0%
$6.75
+368.8%
-58.7%$284.90M$332.31M-2.25200
TKNO
Alpha Teknova
1.1542 of 5 stars
$5.19
-0.4%
$8.50
+63.8%
+94.8%$277.34M$37.75M-7.01240Positive News
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
ATAI
Atai Life Sciences
3.49 of 5 stars
$1.36
-7.5%
$9.00
+561.8%
-45.0%$269.70M$308,000.00-1.6880Positive News
Gap Down
ATYR
Atyr PHARMA
2.5362 of 5 stars
$3.02
-3.5%
$18.60
+515.9%
N/A$268.35M$235,000.00-3.2153Gap Down
CADL
Candel Therapeutics
2.2459 of 5 stars
$5.65
-5.0%
$21.00
+271.7%
+212.5%$266.88M$120,000.00-3.2760Gap Down
CMPS
COMPASS Pathways
3.24 of 5 stars
$2.86
-2.7%
$21.83
+663.4%
-70.8%$265.05MN/A-1.30120Gap Down
CMPX
Compass Therapeutics
3.0235 of 5 stars
$1.90
-4.5%
$11.38
+498.7%
-13.2%$262.74M$850,000.00-5.1320Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
PRME
Prime Medicine
2.3033 of 5 stars
$1.99
flat
$13.38
+572.1%
-72.2%$261.01M$2.98M-0.97234Gap Down
High Trading Volume
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This page (NASDAQ:MNOV) was last updated on 4/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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