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MGX vs. MRNA, NGNE, LFCR, MREO, ACB, RNAC, CADL, MNPR, NMRA, and LXEO

Should you be buying Metagenomi stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Metagenomi include Moderna (MRNA), Neurogene (NGNE), Lifecore Biomedical (LFCR), Mereo BioPharma Group (MREO), Aurora Cannabis (ACB), Cartesian Therapeutics (RNAC), Candel Therapeutics (CADL), Monopar Therapeutics (MNPR), Neumora Therapeutics (NMRA), and Lexeo Therapeutics (LXEO). 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 business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, risk and profitability.

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$52.29M1.35-$78.06M-$2.36-0.80
Moderna$3.24B3.01-$3.56B-$7.53-3.32

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%

75.3% of Moderna shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.8% of Metagenomi shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.0% of Moderna shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Moderna had 24 more articles in the media than Metagenomi. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Moderna and 0 mentions for Metagenomi. Metagenomi's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Moderna's score of 0.51 indicating that Metagenomi is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Metagenomi Positive
Moderna Positive

Metagenomi has a beta of -0.17, indicating that its stock price is 117% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Moderna has a beta of 1.93, indicating that its stock price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Metagenomi currently has a consensus target price of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 431.91%. Moderna has a consensus target price of $41.81, suggesting a potential upside of 67.25%. Given Metagenomi's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research 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)
14 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.05

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$68.69M$2.53B$5.74B$10.30B
Dividend YieldN/A59.99%5.86%4.62%
P/E Ratio-0.8023.2976.8526.52
Price / Sales1.35486.45453.0387.93
Price / CashN/A169.8537.2260.63
Price / Book0.305.2913.686.31
Net Income-$78.06M$32.95M$3.29B$271.37M
7 Day Performance-0.53%-1.29%-0.75%0.57%
1 Month Performance-2.08%3.50%3.84%6.20%
1 Year Performance-29.32%-3.48%82.85%28.33%

Metagenomi Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MGX
Metagenomi
2.8184 of 5 stars
$1.88
+2.7%
$10.00
+431.9%
-31.6%$68.69M$52.29M-0.80236High Trading Volume
MRNA
Moderna
4.5231 of 5 stars
$24.83
-1.2%
$42.88
+72.7%
-65.3%$9.78B$3.24B-3.305,800
NGNE
Neurogene
1.9329 of 5 stars
$19.45
-2.5%
$46.17
+137.4%
-56.0%$284.73M$930K-4.5190Positive News
LFCR
Lifecore Biomedical
0.8632 of 5 stars
$7.29
-3.2%
$8.00
+9.7%
+51.7%$281.68M$128.87M-5.56690
MREO
Mereo BioPharma Group
2.4011 of 5 stars
$1.79
+1.1%
$7.40
+313.4%
-56.2%$281.43M$10M-25.5740Positive News
ACB
Aurora Cannabis
0.552 of 5 stars
$4.84
-1.4%
N/A-16.3%$277.19M$246.72M-25.471,130Positive News
RNAC
Cartesian Therapeutics
2.3745 of 5 stars
$10.19
-4.2%
$40.00
+292.5%
-45.0%$276.66M$38.91M-0.1964Positive News
CADL
Candel Therapeutics
2.4926 of 5 stars
$5.10
+2.0%
$20.00
+292.2%
-31.1%$274.48M$120K-7.3960Positive News
MNPR
Monopar Therapeutics
2.158 of 5 stars
$41.48
-6.2%
$69.57
+67.7%
+1,501.9%$272.77MN/A-12.4610Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
NMRA
Neumora Therapeutics
2.6828 of 5 stars
$1.66
-1.2%
$7.14
+330.3%
-87.6%$272.07MN/A-1.06108News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
Gap Down
LXEO
Lexeo Therapeutics
2.641 of 5 stars
$5.25
+4.6%
$15.33
+192.1%
-43.9%$271.09M$650K-1.6158Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:MGX) was last updated on 9/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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