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$0.57 +0.05 (+9.70%)
Closing price 07/9/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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MBRX vs. LPCN, CING, MTEX, GELS, CARM, MRKR, CTXR, RVPH, PMN, and GOVX

Should you be buying Moleculin Biotech stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Moleculin Biotech include Lipocine (LPCN), Cingulate (CING), Mannatech (MTEX), Gelteq (GELS), Carisma Therapeutics (CARM), Marker Therapeutics (MRKR), Citius Pharmaceuticals (CTXR), Reviva Pharmaceuticals (RVPH), Promis Neurosciences (PMN), and GeoVax Labs (GOVX). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Moleculin Biotech vs. Its Competitors

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

Lipocine's return on equity of -26.68% beat Moleculin Biotech's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Moleculin BiotechN/A -278.80% -100.11%
Lipocine N/A -26.68%-24.77%

Moleculin Biotech presently has a consensus price target of $4.00, suggesting a potential upside of 599.30%. Lipocine has a consensus price target of $9.00, suggesting a potential upside of 180.37%. Given Moleculin Biotech's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Moleculin Biotech is more favorable than Lipocine.

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
Lipocine
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

15.5% of Moleculin Biotech shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.1% of Lipocine shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Moleculin Biotech shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of Lipocine shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Moleculin Biotech had 3 more articles in the media than Lipocine. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Moleculin Biotech and 1 mentions for Lipocine. Moleculin Biotech's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Lipocine's score of 0.00 indicating that Moleculin Biotech is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Moleculin Biotech
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Lipocine
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Lipocine has higher revenue and earnings than Moleculin Biotech.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Moleculin BiotechN/AN/A-$21.76MN/AN/A
Lipocine$11.20M1.53$10K-$1.02-3.15

Moleculin Biotech has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lipocine has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Moleculin Biotech and Lipocine tied by winning 5 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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MBRX vs. The Competition

MetricMoleculin BiotechMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$7.37M$2.90B$5.51B$8.95B
Dividend YieldN/A2.44%5.25%4.04%
P/E RatioN/A21.0128.0220.16
Price / SalesN/A246.40405.99173.08
Price / CashN/A41.8337.0657.97
Price / Book0.327.868.125.62
Net Income-$21.76M-$54.96M$3.16B$248.50M
7 Day Performance63.43%5.27%3.14%4.49%
1 Month Performance-13.60%3.78%3.48%7.03%
1 Year Performance-83.13%5.85%34.05%21.07%

Moleculin Biotech Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MBRX
Moleculin Biotech
3.0714 of 5 stars
$0.57
+9.7%
$4.00
+599.3%
-82.4%$7.37MN/A0.0020News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
LPCN
Lipocine
1.5677 of 5 stars
$3.16
-4.0%
$9.00
+184.8%
-58.4%$17.60M$11.20M-3.1010
CING
Cingulate
2.7104 of 5 stars
$4.07
+0.5%
$26.00
+538.8%
+1,116.8%$17.19MN/A-0.4820News Coverage
MTEX
Mannatech
0.2897 of 5 stars
$9.35
+3.9%
N/A+18.8%$17.11M$117.87M-93.50250Gap Up
High Trading Volume
GELS
Gelteq
N/A$1.73
-4.4%
N/AN/A$17.08M$100K0.00N/AGap Up
CARM
Carisma Therapeutics
2.3948 of 5 stars
$0.39
-2.2%
$1.93
+391.6%
-64.8%$16.74M$19.63M-0.2520
MRKR
Marker Therapeutics
3.6748 of 5 stars
$1.53
+4.8%
$13.17
+760.6%
-63.4%$16.52M$6.59M-1.1560Gap Up
CTXR
Citius Pharmaceuticals
2.4401 of 5 stars
$1.59
+3.9%
$53.00
+3,233.3%
-89.5%$16.27MN/A0.0020High Trading Volume
RVPH
Reviva Pharmaceuticals
2.4528 of 5 stars
$0.38
+12.9%
$9.00
+2,261.6%
-67.5%$16.20MN/A-0.485High Trading Volume
PMN
Promis Neurosciences
3.3661 of 5 stars
$0.48
+0.7%
$4.50
+830.1%
-82.4%$15.70MN/A-9.685
GOVX
GeoVax Labs
3.4 of 5 stars
$0.87
-9.8%
$11.10
+1,182.2%
-74.1%$15.29M$3.95M-0.2410Analyst Revision
Gap Up

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This page (NASDAQ:MBRX) was last updated on 7/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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