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MGTX vs. ALVO, IBRX, BHC, CPRX, TARS, IDYA, BEAM, CDTX, IRON, and AGIO

Should you be buying MeiraGTx stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MeiraGTx include Alvotech (ALVO), ImmunityBio (IBRX), Bausch Health Cos (BHC), Catalyst Pharmaceuticals (CPRX), Tarsus Pharmaceuticals (TARS), IDEAYA Biosciences (IDYA), Beam Therapeutics (BEAM), Cidara Therapeutics (CDTX), Disc Medicine (IRON), and Agios Pharmaceuticals (AGIO). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

MeiraGTx vs. Its Competitors

Alvotech (NASDAQ:ALVO) and MeiraGTx (NASDAQ:MGTX) are both medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and profitability.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Alvotech$491.98M5.26-$231.86M$0.2337.30
MeiraGTx$33.28M20.33-$147.79M-$2.04-4.12

Alvotech currently has a consensus price target of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 63.17%. MeiraGTx has a consensus price target of $24.00, suggesting a potential upside of 185.37%. Given MeiraGTx's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe MeiraGTx is more favorable than Alvotech.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Alvotech
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25
MeiraGTx
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

67.5% of MeiraGTx shares are held by institutional investors. 7.5% of MeiraGTx shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Alvotech has a beta of 0.1, indicating that its stock price is 90% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MeiraGTx has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Alvotech had 7 more articles in the media than MeiraGTx. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Alvotech and 0 mentions for MeiraGTx. Alvotech's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat MeiraGTx's score of 0.00 indicating that Alvotech is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Alvotech Positive
MeiraGTx Neutral

Alvotech has a net margin of 11.26% compared to MeiraGTx's net margin of -415.39%. Alvotech's return on equity of -38.36% beat MeiraGTx's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Alvotech11.26% -38.36% 9.28%
MeiraGTx -415.39%-314.44%-63.28%

Summary

Alvotech beats MeiraGTx on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MGTX vs. The Competition

MetricMeiraGTxMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$679.78M$3.36B$6.16B$10.57B
Dividend YieldN/A2.28%5.66%4.69%
P/E Ratio-4.1222.0285.5827.12
Price / Sales20.33463.22612.62135.31
Price / CashN/A46.3226.3031.10
Price / Book9.679.9612.876.67
Net Income-$147.79M-$52.42M$3.30B$276.23M
7 Day Performance1.94%5.95%4.80%3.31%
1 Month Performance9.36%11.59%8.11%10.76%
1 Year Performance102.65%25.01%75.85%33.58%

MeiraGTx Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MGTX
MeiraGTx
3.9313 of 5 stars
$8.41
-0.5%
$24.00
+185.4%
+103.6%$679.78M$33.28M-4.12300
ALVO
Alvotech
3.9937 of 5 stars
$8.40
+0.7%
$14.00
+66.7%
-32.4%$2.51B$560.10M36.521,032
IBRX
ImmunityBio
2.6952 of 5 stars
$2.57
+1.2%
$10.75
+318.3%
-25.9%$2.40B$14.74M-5.35590
BHC
Bausch Health Cos
4.7204 of 5 stars
$6.47
-0.2%
$9.00
+39.1%
-19.7%$2.40B$9.63B24.8920,700
CPRX
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals
4.8594 of 5 stars
$19.55
+0.2%
$33.20
+69.8%
+4.2%$2.39B$491.73M11.8580Analyst Downgrade
Buyback Announcement
TARS
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals
0.6834 of 5 stars
$58.08
+3.2%
$66.67
+14.8%
+92.3%$2.38B$182.95M-24.9350Gap Up
IDYA
IDEAYA Biosciences
4.1875 of 5 stars
$27.19
+1.3%
$43.36
+59.5%
-7.8%$2.35B$7M-7.1780Analyst Upgrade
BEAM
Beam Therapeutics
2.8984 of 5 stars
$23.91
+4.1%
$46.40
+94.1%
+10.0%$2.32B$63.52M-5.31510
CDTX
Cidara Therapeutics
4.1333 of 5 stars
$95.26
+5.3%
$119.43
+25.4%
+835.7%$2.29B$1.27M-8.5690Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
IRON
Disc Medicine
2.4262 of 5 stars
$65.06
-0.7%
$98.30
+51.1%
+35.8%$2.28BN/A-14.5530
AGIO
Agios Pharmaceuticals
4.4261 of 5 stars
$39.27
+0.9%
$56.00
+42.6%
-2.0%$2.26B$36.50M3.57390

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This page (NASDAQ:MGTX) was last updated on 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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