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MBRX vs. STTK, LVTX, AKTX, KPTI, GBIO, TELO, COEP, OKUR, MAAQ, and RNTX

Should you be buying Moleculin Biotech stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Moleculin Biotech include Shattuck Labs (STTK), LAVA Therapeutics (LVTX), Akari Therapeutics (AKTX), Karyopharm Therapeutics (KPTI), Generation Bio (GBIO), Telomir Pharmaceuticals (TELO), Coeptis Therapeutics (COEP), OnKure Therapeutics (OKUR), Mana Capital Acquisition (MAAQ), and Rein Therapeutics (RNTX). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Moleculin Biotech vs. Its Competitors

Moleculin Biotech (NASDAQ:MBRX) and Shattuck Labs (NASDAQ:STTK) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.

Moleculin Biotech has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Shattuck Labs.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Moleculin BiotechN/AN/A-$21.76MN/AN/A
Shattuck Labs$5.72M6.78-$75.41M-$1.39-0.58

In the previous week, Moleculin Biotech and Moleculin Biotech both had 2 articles in the media. Shattuck Labs' average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Moleculin Biotech's score of 0.33 indicating that Shattuck Labs is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Moleculin Biotech
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Shattuck Labs
0 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

15.5% of Moleculin Biotech shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.7% of Shattuck Labs shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Moleculin Biotech shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.0% of Shattuck Labs shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Moleculin Biotech presently has a consensus target price of $4.00, indicating a potential upside of 398.75%. Shattuck Labs has a consensus target price of $7.50, indicating a potential upside of 826.84%. Given Shattuck Labs' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Shattuck Labs is more favorable than Moleculin Biotech.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Moleculin Biotech
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Shattuck Labs
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83

Moleculin Biotech has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shattuck Labs has a beta of 1.63, suggesting that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Shattuck Labs' return on equity of -79.69% beat Moleculin Biotech's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Moleculin BiotechN/A -278.80% -100.11%
Shattuck Labs N/A -79.69%-69.13%

Summary

Shattuck Labs beats Moleculin Biotech on 9 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$11.81M$2.95B$5.55B$9.40B
Dividend YieldN/A2.47%3.75%4.03%
P/E RatioN/A19.7528.0119.82
Price / SalesN/A300.24432.8198.20
Price / CashN/A42.5936.1658.27
Price / Book0.457.678.125.65
Net Income-$21.76M-$55.28M$3.25B$257.91M
7 Day Performance45.79%4.85%1.68%3.38%
1 Month Performance38.28%11.70%7.30%11.11%
1 Year Performance-81.90%3.69%32.89%18.99%

Moleculin Biotech Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MBRX
Moleculin Biotech
2.8125 of 5 stars
$0.80
-4.0%
$4.00
+398.8%
-82.6%$11.81MN/A0.0020
STTK
Shattuck Labs
3.5711 of 5 stars
$0.77
-2.9%
$7.50
+876.6%
-82.6%$36.99M$5.72M-0.56100News Coverage
LVTX
LAVA Therapeutics
2.0539 of 5 stars
$1.40
-0.4%
$3.17
+127.0%
-31.6%$36.70M$11.98M-1.3460Positive News
Gap Up
AKTX
Akari Therapeutics
2.7582 of 5 stars
$1.13
+3.7%
N/A-69.0%$36.36MN/A0.009Analyst Forecast
KPTI
Karyopharm Therapeutics
3.7266 of 5 stars
$4.15
-2.1%
$37.40
+801.2%
-72.0%$36.03M$145.24M-0.31380Analyst Downgrade
GBIO
Generation Bio
3.5963 of 5 stars
$0.52
+21.4%
$7.33
+1,318.4%
-85.6%$34.66M$19.89M-0.48150News Coverage
Analyst Upgrade
Stock Split
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
TELO
Telomir Pharmaceuticals
2.8998 of 5 stars
$1.16
+2.2%
$15.00
+1,198.7%
-41.4%$34.37MN/A-2.751News Coverage
Gap Up
COEP
Coeptis Therapeutics
0.1865 of 5 stars
$9.70
-1.5%
N/A+79.8%$34.03MN/A-1.672
OKUR
OnKure Therapeutics
2.6189 of 5 stars
$2.51
flat
$32.33
+1,188.2%
N/A$33.91MN/A-0.48N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
MAAQ
Mana Capital Acquisition
N/A$4.15
-3.3%
N/A+742.5%$33.72MN/A0.001
RNTX
Rein Therapeutics
N/A$1.42
+1.4%
N/AN/A$31.45MN/A-0.509Positive News
Gap Up

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This page (NASDAQ:MBRX) was last updated on 7/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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