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$1.60 -0.14 (-8.05%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:51 PM ET)

MRSN vs. COLL, SEPN, BCAX, ZYME, GYRE, PSTX, COGT, PAHC, NUVB, and AVBP

Should you be buying Mersana Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mersana Therapeutics include Collegium Pharmaceutical (COLL), Septerna (SEPN), Bicara Therapeutics (BCAX), Zymeworks (ZYME), Gyre Therapeutics (GYRE), Poseida Therapeutics (PSTX), Cogent Biosciences (COGT), Phibro Animal Health (PAHC), Nuvation Bio (NUVB), and ArriVent BioPharma (AVBP). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Mersana Therapeutics vs.

Collegium Pharmaceutical (NASDAQ:COLL) and Mersana Therapeutics (NASDAQ:MRSN) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Collegium Pharmaceutical has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mersana Therapeutics has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

93.9% of Mersana Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. 4.0% of Collegium Pharmaceutical shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.8% of Mersana Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Collegium Pharmaceutical had 2 more articles in the media than Mersana Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Collegium Pharmaceutical and 2 mentions for Mersana Therapeutics. Collegium Pharmaceutical's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Mersana Therapeutics' score of 0.85 indicating that Collegium Pharmaceutical is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Collegium Pharmaceutical
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Mersana Therapeutics
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Collegium Pharmaceutical received 136 more outperform votes than Mersana Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.87% of users gave Mersana Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 65.25% of users gave Collegium Pharmaceutical an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Collegium PharmaceuticalOutperform Votes
385
65.25%
Underperform Votes
205
34.75%
Mersana TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
249
65.87%
Underperform Votes
129
34.13%

Collegium Pharmaceutical has higher revenue and earnings than Mersana Therapeutics. Mersana Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Collegium Pharmaceutical, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Collegium Pharmaceutical$599.25M1.60$48.15M$2.3212.80
Mersana Therapeutics$36.85M5.36-$171.67M-$0.61-2.62

Collegium Pharmaceutical presently has a consensus target price of $42.60, indicating a potential upside of 43.43%. Mersana Therapeutics has a consensus target price of $6.00, indicating a potential upside of 275.00%. Given Mersana Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Mersana Therapeutics is more favorable than Collegium Pharmaceutical.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Collegium Pharmaceutical
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
Mersana Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.88

Collegium Pharmaceutical has a net margin of 14.78% compared to Mersana Therapeutics' net margin of -214.20%. Collegium Pharmaceutical's return on equity of 104.67% beat Mersana Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Collegium Pharmaceutical14.78% 104.67% 18.38%
Mersana Therapeutics -214.20%-401.37%-38.61%

Summary

Collegium Pharmaceutical beats Mersana Therapeutics on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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MRSN vs. The Competition

MetricMersana TherapeuticsPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$197.65M$6.57B$5.10B$9.07B
Dividend YieldN/A2.97%4.90%4.21%
P/E Ratio-2.6210.5591.0817.15
Price / Sales5.36195.381,113.51116.81
Price / CashN/A57.1642.2637.86
Price / Book5.165.104.784.78
Net Income-$171.67M$151.51M$119.77M$225.60M
7 Day Performance-25.58%-2.12%-1.87%-1.23%
1 Month Performance-19.31%-3.11%11.46%3.07%
1 Year Performance-17.53%11.52%30.53%16.48%

Mersana Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MRSN
Mersana Therapeutics
4.4085 of 5 stars
$1.60
-8.0%
$6.00
+275.0%
-16.2%$197.65M$36.85M-2.62150Gap Down
COLL
Collegium Pharmaceutical
3.8334 of 5 stars
$30.57
+1.6%
$42.60
+39.4%
-0.4%$985.88M$599.25M12.97210News Coverage
Positive News
SEPN
Septerna
2.2145 of 5 stars
$22.05
-1.5%
$43.67
+98.0%
N/A$979.02MN/A0.00N/A
BCAX
Bicara Therapeutics
N/A$17.57
+0.4%
$43.00
+144.7%
N/A$956.09MN/A0.0032Gap Down
ZYME
Zymeworks
2.8309 of 5 stars
$13.75
+9.3%
$18.83
+37.0%
+52.5%$947.10M$76.01M-9.25290Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Down
GYRE
Gyre Therapeutics
0.6035 of 5 stars
$10.12
+5.0%
N/A-61.2%$946.43M$105.03M0.0040News Coverage
Positive News
PSTX
Poseida Therapeutics
3.7439 of 5 stars
$9.52
+0.1%
$9.50
-0.2%
+193.5%$930.77M$64.70M-15.10260Positive News
COGT
Cogent Biosciences
1.95 of 5 stars
$8.35
+2.5%
$14.83
+77.6%
+51.9%$922.34MN/A-3.2980
PAHC
Phibro Animal Health
4.1258 of 5 stars
$22.71
+0.2%
$19.00
-16.3%
+89.6%$919.82M$1.05B52.561,940Analyst Forecast
NUVB
Nuvation Bio
2.3915 of 5 stars
$2.71
+3.8%
$6.60
+143.5%
+90.1%$912.11MN/A0.0060News Coverage
AVBP
ArriVent BioPharma
0.9763 of 5 stars
$26.78
+0.2%
$36.80
+37.4%
N/A$902.41MN/A0.0040News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:MRSN) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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