MOR vs. CTLT, ROIV, ELAN, ASND, LEGN, CERE, VKTX, ITCI, JAZZ, and BPMC
Should you be buying MorphoSys stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MorphoSys include Catalent (CTLT), Roivant Sciences (ROIV), Elanco Animal Health (ELAN), Ascendis Pharma A/S (ASND), Legend Biotech (LEGN), Cerevel Therapeutics (CERE), Viking Therapeutics (VKTX), Intra-Cellular Therapies (ITCI), Jazz Pharmaceuticals (JAZZ), and Blueprint Medicines (BPMC). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
Catalent (NYSE:CTLT) and MorphoSys (NASDAQ:MOR) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, risk, dividends and earnings.
In the previous week, Catalent had 3 more articles in the media than MorphoSys. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Catalent and 6 mentions for MorphoSys. MorphoSys' average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Catalent's score of 0.21 indicating that Catalent is being referred to more favorably in the media.
MorphoSys has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Catalent. Catalent is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MorphoSys, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Catalent has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MorphoSys has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Catalent has a net margin of -26.61% compared to Catalent's net margin of -226.79%. MorphoSys' return on equity of -2.73% beat Catalent's return on equity.
Catalent presently has a consensus target price of $53.14, suggesting a potential downside of 1.22%. MorphoSys has a consensus target price of $11.78, suggesting a potential downside of 35.94%. Given MorphoSys' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Catalent is more favorable than MorphoSys.
18.4% of MorphoSys shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Catalent shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of MorphoSys shares are owned 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.
Catalent received 615 more outperform votes than MorphoSys when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.15% of users gave Catalent an outperform vote while only 38.46% of users gave MorphoSys an outperform vote.
Summary
Catalent beats MorphoSys on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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