MGTX vs. CRBU, AVXL, SOPH, ADAP, BDTX, SLDB, OCGN, TNYA, JSPR, and GLUE
Should you be buying MeiraGTx stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MeiraGTx include Caribou Biosciences (CRBU), Anavex Life Sciences (AVXL), SOPHiA GENETICS (SOPH), Adaptimmune Therapeutics (ADAP), Black Diamond Therapeutics (BDTX), Solid Biosciences (SLDB), Ocugen (OCGN), Tenaya Therapeutics (TNYA), Jasper Therapeutics (JSPR), and Monte Rosa Therapeutics (GLUE). These companies are all part of the "biological products, except diagnostic" industry.
MeiraGTx (NASDAQ:MGTX) and Caribou Biosciences (NASDAQ:CRBU) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking and valuation.
MeiraGTx has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Caribou Biosciences has a beta of 2.56, suggesting that its stock price is 156% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Caribou Biosciences has a net margin of -296.05% compared to MeiraGTx's net margin of -599.47%. Caribou Biosciences' return on equity of -31.06% beat MeiraGTx's return on equity.
MeiraGTx received 172 more outperform votes than Caribou Biosciences when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.10% of users gave MeiraGTx an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Caribou Biosciences an outperform vote.
MeiraGTx currently has a consensus price target of $25.67, indicating a potential upside of 410.27%. Caribou Biosciences has a consensus price target of $22.50, indicating a potential upside of 525.00%. Given Caribou Biosciences' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Caribou Biosciences is more favorable than MeiraGTx.
MeiraGTx has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Caribou Biosciences. MeiraGTx is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Caribou Biosciences, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Caribou Biosciences had 4 more articles in the media than MeiraGTx. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Caribou Biosciences and 6 mentions for MeiraGTx. MeiraGTx's average media sentiment score of -0.32 beat Caribou Biosciences' score of -0.46 indicating that MeiraGTx is being referred to more favorably in the media.
67.5% of MeiraGTx shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.5% of Caribou Biosciences shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.7% of MeiraGTx shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.5% of Caribou Biosciences shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Caribou Biosciences beats MeiraGTx on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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