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NERV vs. OPTN, IOBT, VHAQ, PRLD, KRON, ZIVO, RVPH, PEPG, HOWL, and GBIO

Should you be buying Minerva Neurosciences stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Minerva Neurosciences include OptiNose (OPTN), IO Biotech (IOBT), Viveon Health Acquisition (VHAQ), Prelude Therapeutics (PRLD), Kronos Bio (KRON), ZIVO Bioscience (ZIVO), Reviva Pharmaceuticals (RVPH), PepGen (PEPG), Werewolf Therapeutics (HOWL), and Generation Bio (GBIO). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Minerva Neurosciences vs.

Minerva Neurosciences (NASDAQ:NERV) and OptiNose (NASDAQ:OPTN) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, risk, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

34.6% of Minerva Neurosciences shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.6% of OptiNose shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.6% of Minerva Neurosciences shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of OptiNose shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Minerva Neurosciences has higher earnings, but lower revenue than OptiNose. Minerva Neurosciences is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than OptiNose, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Minerva NeurosciencesN/AN/A-$30M-$0.44-5.25
OptiNose$70.99M0.84-$35.48M-$4.20-1.41

Minerva Neurosciences received 98 more outperform votes than OptiNose when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.68% of users gave OptiNose an outperform vote while only 57.07% of users gave Minerva Neurosciences an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Minerva NeurosciencesOutperform Votes
347
57.07%
Underperform Votes
261
42.93%
OptiNoseOutperform Votes
249
63.68%
Underperform Votes
142
36.32%

In the previous week, Minerva Neurosciences and Minerva Neurosciences both had 3 articles in the media. OptiNose's average media sentiment score of 1.61 beat Minerva Neurosciences' score of 0.29 indicating that OptiNose is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Minerva Neurosciences
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
OptiNose
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Minerva Neurosciences has a net margin of 0.00% compared to OptiNose's net margin of -41.16%.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Minerva NeurosciencesN/A N/A -6.74%
OptiNose -41.16%N/A -27.42%

Minerva Neurosciences currently has a consensus price target of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 116.45%. OptiNose has a consensus price target of $16.67, suggesting a potential upside of 181.53%. Given OptiNose's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe OptiNose is more favorable than Minerva Neurosciences.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Minerva Neurosciences
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
OptiNose
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Minerva Neurosciences has a beta of 0.11, indicating that its share price is 89% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OptiNose has a beta of -0.15, indicating that its share price is 115% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

OptiNose beats Minerva Neurosciences on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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NERV vs. The Competition

MetricMinerva NeurosciencesPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$16.16M$6.87B$5.58B$9.12B
Dividend YieldN/A2.90%5.31%3.99%
P/E Ratio-5.257.6680.0317.24
Price / SalesN/A320.221,259.7283.26
Price / CashN/A73.5045.9637.70
Price / Book-0.575.275.124.70
Net Income-$30M$136.98M$111.40M$224.47M
7 Day Performance5.48%-0.84%2.30%-0.19%
1 Month Performance4.05%-0.02%3.13%0.57%
1 Year Performance-73.29%7.51%24.60%20.35%

Minerva Neurosciences Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NERV
Minerva Neurosciences
3.4961 of 5 stars
$2.31
-2.9%
$5.00
+116.5%
-72.7%$16.16MN/A-5.259Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
OPTN
OptiNose
4.6131 of 5 stars
$6.39
-2.4%
$16.67
+160.8%
-68.7%$64.28M$70.99M-1.52190Short Interest ↓
IOBT
IO Biotech
3.7761 of 5 stars
$0.96
+1.4%
$9.33
+874.3%
-48.3%$63.11MN/A-0.7030Short Interest ↓
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
VHAQ
Viveon Health Acquisition
N/A$11.00
flat
N/A-2.3%$62.26MN/A0.002
PRLD
Prelude Therapeutics
3.662 of 5 stars
$1.13
-7.0%
$4.00
+254.0%
-66.5%$62.18MN/A-0.63120
KRON
Kronos Bio
3.6169 of 5 stars
$1.03
-1.4%
$1.63
+58.5%
-10.6%$61.85M$6.29M-0.72100Short Interest ↑
Positive News
ZIVO
ZIVO Bioscience
N/A$17.00
-9.9%
N/A+142.7%$61.54M$30,000.00-3.4810High Trading Volume
RVPH
Reviva Pharmaceuticals
4.3504 of 5 stars
$1.82
-4.7%
$11.40
+526.4%
-51.3%$60.86MN/A-1.645Short Interest ↓
PEPG
PepGen
2.6573 of 5 stars
$1.86
-4.1%
$13.67
+634.8%
-87.1%$60.63MN/A-0.6230Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Gap Up
HOWL
Werewolf Therapeutics
3.0531 of 5 stars
$1.35
-2.2%
$9.33
+591.4%
-71.1%$60.16M$3.39M-0.8840Short Interest ↑
Gap Up
GBIO
Generation Bio
3.6606 of 5 stars
$0.89
-5.1%
$6.50
+630.8%
-58.5%$59.40M$5.90M-0.41150Short Interest ↑

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This page (NASDAQ:NERV) was last updated on 2/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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