MeiraGTx (MGTX) Competitors

MeiraGTx (NASDAQ:MGTX) and Galapagos (NASDAQ:GLPG) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in MGTX or GLPG?

67.5% of MeiraGTx shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.5% of Galapagos shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.4% of MeiraGTx shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Galapagos shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate MGTX or GLPG?

MeiraGTx currently has a consensus target price of $24.50, suggesting a potential upside of 245.56%. Galapagos has a consensus target price of $25.33, suggesting a potential downside of 5.89%. Given MeiraGTx's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe MeiraGTx is more favorable than Galapagos.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MeiraGTx	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Galapagos	4 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.50

Is MGTX or GLPG more profitable?

Galapagos has a net margin of 0.00% compared to MeiraGTx's net margin of -633.05%. Galapagos' return on equity of 0.00% beat MeiraGTx's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MeiraGTx	-633.05%	-146.38%	-53.05%
Galapagos	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media favor MGTX or GLPG?

In the previous week, Galapagos had 5 more articles in the media than MeiraGTx. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Galapagos and 8 mentions for MeiraGTx. MeiraGTx's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Galapagos' score of 0.64 indicating that MeiraGTx is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
MeiraGTx	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Galapagos	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, MGTX or GLPG?

Galapagos has higher revenue and earnings than MeiraGTx.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
MeiraGTx	$33.28M	16.80	-$84.03M	-$2.13	-3.33
Galapagos	$288.19M	6.16	$80.16M	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MGTX or GLPG?

Galapagos received 273 more outperform votes than MeiraGTx when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.75% of users gave MeiraGTx an outperform vote while only 63.75% of users gave Galapagos an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
MeiraGTx	Outperform Votes 193 71.75%	Underperform Votes 76 28.25%
Galapagos	Outperform Votes 466 63.75%	Underperform Votes 265 36.25%

Which has more volatility and risk, MGTX or GLPG?

MeiraGTx has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Galapagos has a beta of 0.16, meaning that its stock price is 84% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

MeiraGTx beats Galapagos on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.