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MBX Biosciences (MBX) Competitors

$10.83 +0.90 (+9.06%)
As of 09/12/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

MBX vs. VERA, AVDL, COGT, SNDX, JANX, SDGR, HROW, AMPH, NUVB, and WVE

Should you be buying MBX Biosciences stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MBX Biosciences include Vera Therapeutics (VERA), Avadel Pharmaceuticals (AVDL), Cogent Biosciences (COGT), Syndax Pharmaceuticals (SNDX), Janux Therapeutics (JANX), Schrodinger (SDGR), Harrow (HROW), Amphastar Pharmaceuticals (AMPH), Nuvation Bio (NUVB), and WAVE Life Sciences (WVE). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

MBX Biosciences vs. Its Competitors

MBX Biosciences (NASDAQ:MBX) and Vera Therapeutics (NASDAQ:VERA) are both small-cap pharmaceutical products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.

99.2% of Vera Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. 52.2% of MBX Biosciences shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.3% of Vera Therapeutics shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Vera Therapeutics has a consensus price target of $63.00, indicating a potential upside of 165.04%. Given Vera Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Vera Therapeutics is more favorable than MBX Biosciences.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
MBX Biosciences
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Vera Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.90

MBX Biosciences' return on equity of -31.33% beat Vera Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
MBX BiosciencesN/A -31.33% -29.96%
Vera Therapeutics N/A -46.70%-39.46%

In the previous week, Vera Therapeutics had 8 more articles in the media than MBX Biosciences. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Vera Therapeutics and 1 mentions for MBX Biosciences. Vera Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat MBX Biosciences' score of 0.35 indicating that Vera Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
MBX Biosciences
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Vera Therapeutics
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Vera Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MBX Biosciences, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
MBX BiosciencesN/AN/A-$61.92M-$4.54-2.39
Vera TherapeuticsN/AN/A-$152.15M-$3.58-6.64

Summary

Vera Therapeutics beats MBX Biosciences on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MBX vs. The Competition

MetricMBX Biosciences IndustryManufacturing SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$333.59M$2.39B$2.57B$10.14B
Dividend YieldN/A13.81%2.52%4.60%
P/E Ratio-2.3925.6726.5525.98
Price / SalesN/A11,662.77104.16181.13
Price / CashN/A20.0049.2160.44
Price / Book1.413.5934.656.29
Net Income-$61.92M-$411.68M$16.40M$271.07M
7 Day Performance-6.23%1.14%1.86%3.87%
1 Month PerformanceN/A1.64%3.68%4.88%
1 Year PerformanceN/A11.16%35.86%26.12%

MBX Biosciences Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MBX
MBX Biosciences
0.1435 of 5 stars
$10.83
+9.1%
N/AN/A$333.59MN/A-2.39N/ANews Coverage
Analyst Upgrade
High Trading Volume
VERA
Vera Therapeutics
3.044 of 5 stars
$24.19
+10.5%
$63.00
+160.4%
-33.3%$1.54BN/A-6.7640Positive News
AVDL
Avadel Pharmaceuticals
2.898 of 5 stars
$15.76
+5.1%
$20.86
+32.3%
+10.4%$1.53B$169.12M-525.3370Positive News
COGT
Cogent Biosciences
2.8671 of 5 stars
$13.05
+0.9%
$20.00
+53.3%
+23.3%$1.49BN/A-7.3380Positive News
SNDX
Syndax Pharmaceuticals
3.9113 of 5 stars
$17.04
+5.3%
$38.89
+128.2%
-13.6%$1.47B$23.68M-4.38110Analyst Forecast
JANX
Janux Therapeutics
2.4948 of 5 stars
$23.98
+0.2%
$85.55
+256.7%
-48.3%$1.44B$10.59M-13.3230News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
SDGR
Schrodinger
3.3918 of 5 stars
$19.13
+0.8%
$27.83
+45.5%
-9.8%$1.41B$237.92M-7.71790
HROW
Harrow
3.0768 of 5 stars
$36.99
+2.2%
$64.67
+74.8%
-6.3%$1.37B$227.66M-147.96180Trending News
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
AMPH
Amphastar Pharmaceuticals
3.8618 of 5 stars
$29.42
+0.8%
$31.60
+7.4%
-39.7%$1.37B$731.97M11.022,028Positive News
NUVB
Nuvation Bio
2.602 of 5 stars
$3.88
+13.5%
$7.33
+89.0%
+3.0%$1.33B$7.87M-6.1660High Trading Volume
WVE
WAVE Life Sciences
4.5542 of 5 stars
$8.29
+1.3%
$20.07
+142.1%
+18.9%$1.32B$108.30M-9.21240Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:MBX) was last updated on 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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