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Mersana Therapeutics (MRSN) Competitors

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$2.22 0.00 (0.00%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

MRSN vs. ARCT, STOK, AVDL, ZYME, SEPN, COGT, BCAX, BCYC, COLL, and PAHC

Should you be buying Mersana Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mersana Therapeutics include Arcturus Therapeutics (ARCT), Stoke Therapeutics (STOK), Avadel Pharmaceuticals (AVDL), Zymeworks (ZYME), Septerna (SEPN), Cogent Biosciences (COGT), Bicara Therapeutics (BCAX), Bicycle Therapeutics (BCYC), Collegium Pharmaceutical (COLL), and Phibro Animal Health (PAHC). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Mersana Therapeutics vs.

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

Arcturus Therapeutics presently has a consensus target price of $71.40, suggesting a potential upside of 341.56%. Mersana Therapeutics has a consensus target price of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 170.27%. Given Arcturus Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Arcturus Therapeutics is more favorable than Mersana Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Arcturus Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.13
Mersana Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.88

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Arcturus Therapeutics$142.47M3.07-$29.73M-$2.22-7.28
Mersana Therapeutics$36.85M7.44-$171.67M-$0.61-3.64

Arcturus Therapeutics received 187 more outperform votes than Mersana Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.87% of users gave Mersana Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 65.86% of users gave Arcturus Therapeutics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Arcturus TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
436
65.86%
Underperform Votes
226
34.14%
Mersana TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
249
65.87%
Underperform Votes
129
34.13%

In the previous week, Mersana Therapeutics had 15 more articles in the media than Arcturus Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Mersana Therapeutics and 3 mentions for Arcturus Therapeutics. Mersana Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Arcturus Therapeutics' score of 0.51 indicating that Mersana Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Arcturus Therapeutics
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Mersana Therapeutics
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

94.5% of Arcturus Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.9% of Mersana Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. 15.3% of Arcturus Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.8% of Mersana Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Arcturus Therapeutics has a net margin of -36.39% compared to Mersana Therapeutics' net margin of -214.20%. Arcturus Therapeutics' return on equity of -22.39% beat Mersana Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Arcturus Therapeutics-36.39% -22.39% -14.81%
Mersana Therapeutics -214.20%-401.37%-38.61%

Arcturus Therapeutics has a beta of 2.64, meaning that its stock price is 164% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mersana Therapeutics has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Arcturus Therapeutics beats Mersana Therapeutics on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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MRSN vs. The Competition

MetricMersana TherapeuticsPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$274.24M$6.48B$5.05B$8.87B
Dividend YieldN/A8.12%4.97%4.06%
P/E Ratio-3.645.5697.3414.18
Price / Sales7.44348.141,218.4289.42
Price / CashN/A22.1533.5132.79
Price / Book222.007.885.805.12
Net Income-$171.67M$153.61M$119.07M$225.99M
7 Day Performance-11.90%-2.00%-1.83%-1.32%
1 Month Performance5.71%-7.47%-3.64%0.60%
1 Year Performance40.51%31.80%31.62%26.23%

Mersana Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MRSN
Mersana Therapeutics
4.3673 of 5 stars
$2.22
flat
$6.00
+170.3%
+38.8%$274.24M$36.85M-3.64150Analyst Revision
ARCT
Arcturus Therapeutics
2.0511 of 5 stars
$16.17
-10.5%
$71.40
+341.6%
-33.7%$489.19M$142.47M-7.28180
STOK
Stoke Therapeutics
3.8396 of 5 stars
$11.31
-2.6%
$20.83
+84.2%
+171.2%$614.95M$8.78M0.00100
AVDL
Avadel Pharmaceuticals
2.3424 of 5 stars
$10.75
+0.3%
$24.43
+127.2%
-7.5%$1.03B$27.96M0.00154Short Interest ↓
ZYME
Zymeworks
2.4008 of 5 stars
$14.55
-1.5%
$19.00
+30.6%
+74.0%$1.02B$76.01M0.00290
SEPN
Septerna
N/A$22.50
-7.0%
$43.67
+94.1%
N/A$1.02BN/A0.00N/AAnalyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Up
COGT
Cogent Biosciences
2.866 of 5 stars
$9.08
+0.2%
$14.83
+63.4%
+20.6%$1.00BN/A0.0080Analyst Revision
BCAX
Bicara Therapeutics
3.1692 of 5 stars
$18.38
-4.9%
$43.33
+135.8%
N/A$1.00BN/A0.0032Analyst Revision
BCYC
Bicycle Therapeutics
2.8475 of 5 stars
$20.36
-0.6%
$40.13
+97.1%
+49.4%$968.12M$26.98M-6.19240Analyst Revision
COLL
Collegium Pharmaceutical
3.9744 of 5 stars
$30.00
+0.8%
$42.60
+42.0%
+17.2%$967.50M$566.77M12.93210
PAHC
Phibro Animal Health
4.2227 of 5 stars
$23.39
-1.5%
$16.50
-29.5%
+123.4%$961.95M$1.02B54.401,940Analyst Downgrade

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This page (NASDAQ:MRSN) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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