MNPR vs. MBRX, EDSA, PTI, AADI, DRRX, HCWB, IMRX, ACXP, NRXP, and EYEN
Should you be buying Monopar Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Monopar Therapeutics include Moleculin Biotech (MBRX), Edesa Biotech (EDSA), Proteostasis Therapeutics (PTI), Aadi Bioscience (AADI), DURECT (DRRX), HCW Biologics (HCWB), Immuneering (IMRX), Acurx Pharmaceuticals (ACXP), NRx Pharmaceuticals (NRXP), and Eyenovia (EYEN). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Monopar Therapeutics (NASDAQ:MNPR) and Moleculin Biotech (NASDAQ:MBRX) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.
1.8% of Monopar Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.5% of Moleculin Biotech shares are owned by institutional investors. 41.6% of Monopar Therapeutics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.7% 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.
Moleculin Biotech received 188 more outperform votes than Monopar Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.91% of users gave Monopar Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 53.16% of users gave Moleculin Biotech an outperform vote.
Moleculin Biotech's return on equity of -87.19% beat Monopar Therapeutics' return on equity.
In the previous week, Monopar Therapeutics had 2 more articles in the media than Moleculin Biotech. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Monopar Therapeutics and 1 mentions for Moleculin Biotech. Moleculin Biotech's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Monopar Therapeutics' score of 0.84 indicating that Moleculin Biotech is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Monopar Therapeutics currently has a consensus target price of $2.00, indicating a potential upside of 227.28%. Moleculin Biotech has a consensus target price of $35.00, indicating a potential upside of 633.75%. Given Moleculin Biotech's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Moleculin Biotech is more favorable than Monopar Therapeutics.
Monopar Therapeutics has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Moleculin Biotech has a beta of 1.85, suggesting that its stock price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Moleculin Biotech beats Monopar Therapeutics on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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