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CPRX vs. MRNA, ELAN, VRNA, ROIV, RVMD, GRFS, ABVX, RYTM, AXSM, and LEGN

Should you be buying Catalyst Pharmaceuticals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Catalyst Pharmaceuticals include Moderna (MRNA), Elanco Animal Health (ELAN), Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share (VRNA), Roivant Sciences (ROIV), Revolution Medicines (RVMD), Grifols (GRFS), Abivax (ABVX), Rhythm Pharmaceuticals (RYTM), Axsome Therapeutics (AXSM), and Legend Biotech (LEGN). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Catalyst Pharmaceuticals vs. Its Competitors

Moderna (NASDAQ:MRNA) and Catalyst Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:CPRX) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Moderna currently has a consensus target price of $42.88, suggesting a potential upside of 69.74%. Catalyst Pharmaceuticals has a consensus target price of $33.20, suggesting a potential upside of 65.37%. Given Moderna's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Moderna is more favorable than Catalyst Pharmaceuticals.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Moderna
4 Sell rating(s)
16 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.04
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.13

75.3% of Moderna shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.2% of Catalyst Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.0% of Moderna shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.4% of Catalyst Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Catalyst Pharmaceuticals has a net margin of 37.36% compared to Moderna's net margin of -94.31%. Catalyst Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of 40.78% beat Moderna's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Moderna-94.31% -25.96% -20.09%
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals 37.36%40.78%35.36%

Moderna has a beta of 1.93, indicating that its share price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Catalyst Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Moderna had 2 more articles in the media than Catalyst Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Moderna and 15 mentions for Catalyst Pharmaceuticals. Moderna's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Catalyst Pharmaceuticals' score of 0.83 indicating that Moderna is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Moderna
9 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals
9 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Moderna$3.24B3.04-$3.56B-$7.53-3.35
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals$491.73M5.00$163.89M$1.6512.17

Summary

Catalyst Pharmaceuticals beats Moderna on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CPRX vs. The Competition

MetricCatalyst PharmaceuticalsMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.46B$2.55B$5.80B$10.16B
Dividend YieldN/A56.65%5.69%4.61%
P/E Ratio12.1823.4774.7325.99
Price / Sales5.00554.82470.3491.76
Price / Cash8.07169.2537.0859.91
Price / Book3.295.3712.256.31
Net Income$163.89M$32.95M$3.28B$270.66M
7 Day Performance-1.05%2.18%1.39%3.52%
1 Month Performance-1.30%9.45%7.70%6.79%
1 Year Performance-1.05%1.25%64.01%28.29%

Catalyst Pharmaceuticals Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CPRX
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals
4.9211 of 5 stars
$20.08
-0.9%
$33.20
+65.4%
+4.1%$2.46B$491.73M12.1880Positive News
Insider Trade
MRNA
Moderna
4.5215 of 5 stars
$24.83
-1.2%
$42.88
+72.7%
-68.1%$9.66B$3.24B-3.305,800Positive News
ELAN
Elanco Animal Health
2.6536 of 5 stars
$19.02
+3.2%
$17.33
-8.9%
+29.8%$9.45B$4.44B22.129,000
VRNA
Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share
2.1761 of 5 stars
$106.30
0.0%
$109.00
+2.5%
+252.9%$9.19B$42.28M-107.3730Positive News
ROIV
Roivant Sciences
2.8286 of 5 stars
$12.91
-0.1%
$16.38
+26.8%
+16.4%$8.82B$23.23M-18.44860News Coverage
Options Volume
RVMD
Revolution Medicines
4.2667 of 5 stars
$41.06
+1.4%
$72.00
+75.4%
+11.0%$7.68B$11.58M-9.12250Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
GRFS
Grifols
3.9747 of 5 stars
$10.11
-0.2%
$10.30
+1.9%
+9.0%$6.95B$7.81B8.6423,822News Coverage
Positive News
ABVX
Abivax
2.3345 of 5 stars
$90.00
+2.2%
$92.33
+2.6%
+631.6%$6.80BN/A0.0061News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
RYTM
Rhythm Pharmaceuticals
3.1774 of 5 stars
$99.77
-2.3%
$101.57
+1.8%
+98.6%$6.63B$130.13M-33.15140Positive News
AXSM
Axsome Therapeutics
4.9162 of 5 stars
$129.29
+3.3%
$177.86
+37.6%
+35.1%$6.45B$385.69M-25.50380Positive News
Insider Trade
LEGN
Legend Biotech
3.2956 of 5 stars
$34.62
-4.0%
$74.22
+114.4%
-32.0%$6.39B$627.24M-39.342,609Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:CPRX) was last updated on 9/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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