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MEIP vs. ATYR, AQST, ESPR, IVA, RAPP, CYRX, ZVRA, PRME, BCYC, and EOLS

Should you be buying MEI Pharma stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MEI Pharma include aTyr Pharma (ATYR), Aquestive Therapeutics (AQST), Esperion Therapeutics (ESPR), Inventiva (IVA), Rapport Therapeutics (RAPP), CryoPort (CYRX), Zevra Therapeutics (ZVRA), Prime Medicine (PRME), Bicycle Therapeutics (BCYC), and Evolus (EOLS). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

MEI Pharma vs. Its Competitors

aTyr Pharma (NASDAQ:ATYR) and MEI Pharma (NASDAQ:MEIP) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation and profitability.

aTyr Pharma currently has a consensus target price of $23.25, indicating a potential upside of 2,052.78%. Given aTyr Pharma's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe aTyr Pharma is more favorable than MEI Pharma.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
aTyr Pharma
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.17
MEI Pharma
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
aTyr Pharma$230K460.13-$64.02M-$0.80-1.35
MEI PharmaN/AN/A$17.78M-$4.75-0.67

61.7% of aTyr Pharma shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.4% of MEI Pharma shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of aTyr Pharma shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of MEI Pharma shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

MEI Pharma's return on equity of -77.00% beat aTyr Pharma's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
aTyr PharmaN/A -93.69% -68.83%
MEI Pharma N/A -77.00%-64.79%

aTyr Pharma has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MEI Pharma has a beta of 0.38, meaning that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, aTyr Pharma had 29 more articles in the media than MEI Pharma. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for aTyr Pharma and 3 mentions for MEI Pharma. MEI Pharma's average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat aTyr Pharma's score of 0.05 indicating that MEI Pharma is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
aTyr Pharma
3 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
7 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
MEI Pharma
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

aTyr Pharma beats MEI Pharma on 9 of the 14 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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MEIP vs. The Competition

MetricMEI PharmaMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$104.72M$2.55B$5.73B$10.31B
Dividend YieldN/A60.31%5.90%4.63%
P/E Ratio-0.6723.4975.8626.51
Price / SalesN/A672.77528.74123.58
Price / Cash0.51169.4937.1760.46
Price / Book0.645.3312.796.29
Net Income$17.78M$32.95M$3.28B$270.51M
7 Day Performance14.71%-0.44%0.22%2.15%
1 Month Performance-34.79%3.91%4.61%6.35%
1 Year Performance4.56%-3.07%68.33%25.48%

MEI Pharma Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MEIP
MEI Pharma
1.4917 of 5 stars
$3.19
+14.7%
N/A+5.2%$104.72MN/A-0.67100Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
ATYR
aTyr Pharma
2.4954 of 5 stars
$5.46
-2.7%
$23.25
+325.8%
-46.8%$549.71M$230K-6.8253Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
AQST
Aquestive Therapeutics
2.2738 of 5 stars
$5.01
-7.6%
$10.29
+105.3%
+6.2%$540.50M$57.56M-7.16160Positive News
ESPR
Esperion Therapeutics
3.7963 of 5 stars
$2.51
-6.3%
$7.00
+178.9%
+45.5%$540.35M$332.31M-5.12200
IVA
Inventiva
3.1489 of 5 stars
$5.37
-3.6%
$14.83
+176.2%
+137.1%$532.84M$9.95M0.00100Short Interest ↑
Gap Down
RAPP
Rapport Therapeutics
3.0763 of 5 stars
$31.47
+119.2%
$31.00
-1.5%
+30.2%$524.11MN/A-12.59N/AAnalyst Upgrade
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
CYRX
CryoPort
3.9856 of 5 stars
$10.04
-3.0%
$12.00
+19.5%
+5.0%$518.19M$228.38M7.551,186News Coverage
Positive News
ZVRA
Zevra Therapeutics
2.9893 of 5 stars
$8.33
-6.9%
$23.71
+184.7%
-7.9%$502.41M$23.61M-39.6720News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
Gap Up
PRME
Prime Medicine
3.3188 of 5 stars
$3.89
+4.6%
$8.92
+129.2%
-2.0%$500.62M$4.96M-1.90234
BCYC
Bicycle Therapeutics
3.5041 of 5 stars
$7.00
-2.2%
$22.22
+217.5%
-74.6%$495.86M$35.28M-1.99240Positive News
EOLS
Evolus
4.052 of 5 stars
$7.61
-0.7%
$21.25
+179.2%
-62.1%$495.49M$266.27M-7.77170

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This page (NASDAQ:MEIP) was last updated on 9/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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