MBRX vs. VCNX, RVPH, HCWB, NXTC, ACXP, LPCN, XLO, FBIO, NRXP, and VYNE
Should you be buying Moleculin Biotech stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Moleculin Biotech include Vaccinex (VCNX), Reviva Pharmaceuticals (RVPH), HCW Biologics (HCWB), NextCure (NXTC), Acurx Pharmaceuticals (ACXP), Lipocine (LPCN), Xilio Therapeutics (XLO), Fortress Biotech (FBIO), NRx Pharmaceuticals (NRXP), and VYNE Therapeutics (VYNE). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
Vaccinex (NASDAQ:VCNX) and Moleculin Biotech (NASDAQ:MBRX) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.
Vaccinex has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Moleculin Biotech has a beta of 1.87, suggesting that its stock price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Moleculin Biotech has a consensus target price of $35.00, suggesting a potential upside of 690.07%. Given Vaccinex's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Moleculin Biotech is more favorable than Vaccinex.
In the previous week, Vaccinex and Vaccinex both had 1 articles in the media. Moleculin Biotech's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Vaccinex'saverage media sentiment score.
Vaccinex has higher revenue and earnings than Moleculin Biotech.
Moleculin Biotech received 104 more outperform votes than Vaccinex when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.00% of users gave Vaccinex an outperform vote while only 53.16% of users gave Moleculin Biotech an outperform vote.
Vaccinex's return on equity of -87.19% beat Moleculin Biotech's return on equity.
50.1% of Vaccinex shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.5% of Moleculin Biotech shares are owned by institutional investors. 51.5% of Vaccinex shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.7% of Moleculin Biotech shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Moleculin Biotech beats Vaccinex on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
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