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MGX vs. MRNA, AVIR, MREO, LFCR, DBVT, EDIT, VOR, ANNX, NMRA, and ALMS

Should you be buying Metagenomi stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Metagenomi include Moderna (MRNA), Atea Pharmaceuticals (AVIR), Mereo BioPharma Group (MREO), Lifecore Biomedical (LFCR), DBV Technologies (DBVT), Editas Medicine (EDIT), Vor Biopharma (VOR), Annexon (ANNX), Neumora Therapeutics (NMRA), and Alumis (ALMS). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Metagenomi vs. Its Competitors

Metagenomi (NASDAQ:MGX) and Moderna (NASDAQ:MRNA) are both medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and dividends.

Metagenomi currently has a consensus target price of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 440.54%. Moderna has a consensus target price of $43.59, indicating a potential upside of 66.24%. Given Metagenomi's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Metagenomi is more favorable than Moderna.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Metagenomi
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Moderna
4 Sell rating(s)
16 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.04

Metagenomi has a beta of -0.12, suggesting that its share price is 112% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Moderna has a beta of 1.83, suggesting that its share price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500.

75.3% of Moderna shares are held by institutional investors. 17.8% of Metagenomi shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.0% of Moderna shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Moderna has a net margin of -94.31% compared to Metagenomi's net margin of -257.99%. Moderna's return on equity of -25.96% beat Metagenomi's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Metagenomi-257.99% -37.84% -27.15%
Moderna -94.31%-25.96%-20.09%

In the previous week, Metagenomi had 6 more articles in the media than Moderna. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Metagenomi and 16 mentions for Moderna. Moderna's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Metagenomi's score of -0.20 indicating that Moderna is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Metagenomi
0 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Moderna
9 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Metagenomi$52.29M1.33-$78.06M-$2.36-0.78
Moderna$3.24B3.15-$3.56B-$7.53-3.48

Summary

Moderna beats Metagenomi on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MGX vs. The Competition

MetricMetagenomiMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$69.43M$2.49B$5.74B$9.56B
Dividend YieldN/A1.66%4.53%4.08%
P/E Ratio-0.7822.4830.4525.16
Price / Sales1.33549.05392.5887.64
Price / CashN/A173.7937.0358.50
Price / Book0.355.268.956.21
Net Income-$78.06M$31.83M$3.26B$265.38M
7 Day Performance-2.63%0.83%1.06%-1.13%
1 Month Performance-14.75%3.71%4.31%-0.71%
1 Year Performance-44.28%9.37%28.40%18.89%

Metagenomi Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MGX
Metagenomi
2.2357 of 5 stars
$1.85
flat
$10.00
+440.5%
-43.9%$69.43M$52.29M-0.78236Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
MRNA
Moderna
4.3827 of 5 stars
$28.09
+0.2%
$43.59
+55.2%
-69.1%$10.90B$3.24B-3.735,800
AVIR
Atea Pharmaceuticals
1.7722 of 5 stars
$3.53
+0.9%
$6.00
+70.0%
-7.9%$277.75MN/A-2.1970
MREO
Mereo BioPharma Group
2.2831 of 5 stars
$1.68
-3.4%
$7.20
+328.6%
-63.3%$276.66M$10M-24.0040
LFCR
Lifecore Biomedical
1.433 of 5 stars
$7.40
+0.4%
$8.00
+8.1%
+27.2%$275.70M$128.87M-5.65690News Coverage
DBVT
DBV Technologies
3.3198 of 5 stars
$10.00
+0.1%
$14.75
+47.5%
+117.0%$273.62M$4.15M-2.1080Gap Up
High Trading Volume
EDIT
Editas Medicine
4.2094 of 5 stars
$2.73
-9.9%
$5.10
+86.8%
-32.6%$272.46M$32.31M-0.96230
VOR
Vor Biopharma
0.463 of 5 stars
$2.04
-4.7%
N/AN/A$271.10MN/A-0.15140Short Interest ↑
ANNX
Annexon
2.8989 of 5 stars
$2.35
-3.7%
$12.50
+431.9%
-64.3%$267.70MN/A-1.8260Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
NMRA
Neumora Therapeutics
2.6178 of 5 stars
$1.64
+0.6%
$7.14
+335.5%
-86.4%$263.97MN/A-1.04108
ALMS
Alumis
2.9997 of 5 stars
$4.85
+2.1%
$20.17
+315.8%
-66.1%$258.43MN/A0.00N/AAnalyst Revision

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This page (NASDAQ:MGX) was last updated on 8/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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