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MBRX vs. ORMP, HLVX, MEIP, ADVM, ATRA, ANEB, OVID, APLT, IPA, and COYA

Should you be buying Moleculin Biotech stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Moleculin Biotech include Oramed Pharmaceuticals (ORMP), HilleVax (HLVX), MEI Pharma (MEIP), Adverum Biotechnologies (ADVM), Atara Biotherapeutics (ATRA), Anebulo Pharmaceuticals (ANEB), Ovid Therapeutics (OVID), Applied Therapeutics (APLT), ImmunoPrecise Antibodies (IPA), and Coya Therapeutics (COYA). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Moleculin Biotech vs. Its Competitors

Oramed Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ORMP) and Moleculin Biotech (NASDAQ:MBRX) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Oramed Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Moleculin Biotech has a beta of 1.59, suggesting that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.

12.7% of Oramed Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.5% of Moleculin Biotech shares are held by institutional investors. 17.8% of Oramed Pharmaceuticals shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of Moleculin Biotech shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Oramed Pharmaceuticals has higher revenue and earnings than Moleculin Biotech.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Oramed Pharmaceuticals$1.34M73.13-$19.06M-$0.35-6.83
Moleculin BiotechN/AN/A-$21.76MN/AN/A

In the previous week, Oramed Pharmaceuticals had 1 more articles in the media than Moleculin Biotech. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Oramed Pharmaceuticals and 1 mentions for Moleculin Biotech. Oramed Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Moleculin Biotech's score of 0.91 indicating that Oramed Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Oramed Pharmaceuticals
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Moleculin Biotech
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Moleculin Biotech has a consensus target price of $4.00, indicating a potential upside of 687.25%. Given Moleculin Biotech's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Moleculin Biotech is more favorable than Oramed Pharmaceuticals.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Oramed Pharmaceuticals
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00
Moleculin Biotech
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

Oramed Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of -19.37% beat Moleculin Biotech's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Oramed PharmaceuticalsN/A -19.37% -18.28%
Moleculin Biotech N/A -1,498.41%-114.47%

Summary

Oramed Pharmaceuticals beats Moleculin Biotech on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MBRX vs. The Competition

MetricMoleculin BiotechMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$24.01M$3.35B$6.10B$10.55B
Dividend YieldN/A2.28%5.69%4.75%
P/E RatioN/A21.5785.4727.60
Price / SalesN/A427.64582.22224.03
Price / CashN/A47.1237.9261.55
Price / Book0.2910.1413.136.76
Net Income-$21.76M-$52.31M$3.30B$275.88M
7 Day Performance1.62%5.14%4.29%2.81%
1 Month Performance24.84%14.68%9.45%9.24%
1 Year Performance-80.07%30.98%86.64%35.42%

Moleculin Biotech Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MBRX
Moleculin Biotech
2.9965 of 5 stars
$0.51
+4.8%
$4.00
+687.2%
-79.7%$24.01MN/A0.0020Analyst Forecast
ORMP
Oramed Pharmaceuticals
1.472 of 5 stars
$2.58
-2.3%
N/A+2.6%$105.79M$2M-7.3710Analyst Forecast
HLVX
HilleVax
1.085 of 5 stars
$2.09
flat
$2.00
-4.3%
N/A$104.79MN/A-1.4620
MEIP
MEI Pharma
1.0138 of 5 stars
$3.19
+14.7%
N/A+17.7%$104.72MN/A-0.67100Gap Up
High Trading Volume
ADVM
Adverum Biotechnologies
3.9176 of 5 stars
$4.78
+5.4%
$19.75
+313.6%
-35.9%$100.70M$1M-0.61190Analyst Forecast
ATRA
Atara Biotherapeutics
4.6236 of 5 stars
$14.34
+0.1%
$21.00
+46.4%
+102.2%$100.70M$128.94M-33.36330News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
ANEB
Anebulo Pharmaceuticals
2.812 of 5 stars
$2.44
-2.2%
$5.50
+125.0%
+21.7%$100.40MN/A-9.404Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
OVID
Ovid Therapeutics
4.5813 of 5 stars
$1.37
+5.4%
$3.10
+126.3%
+43.6%$97.42M$6.65M-2.5860Analyst Forecast
APLT
Applied Therapeutics
3.5427 of 5 stars
$0.68
+12.4%
$4.13
+506.6%
-86.9%$97.06M$121K-1.5030Gap Down
High Trading Volume
IPA
ImmunoPrecise Antibodies
1.0806 of 5 stars
$2.10
+8.5%
$4.00
+90.9%
+233.3%$96.68M$17.59M-3.0880Positive News
Gap Up
COYA
Coya Therapeutics
2.3652 of 5 stars
$5.75
+0.8%
$16.20
+182.0%
-9.8%$96.11M$3.55M-4.636Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:MBRX) was last updated on 10/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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