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MoonLake Immunotherapeutics (MLTX) Competitors

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MLTX vs. ASND, VTRS, QGEN, MRNA, BPMC, VRNA, BBIO, ROIV, RVMD, and ELAN

Should you be buying MoonLake Immunotherapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MoonLake Immunotherapeutics include Ascendis Pharma A/S (ASND), Viatris (VTRS), Qiagen (QGEN), Moderna (MRNA), Blueprint Medicines (BPMC), Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share (VRNA), BridgeBio Pharma (BBIO), Roivant Sciences (ROIV), Revolution Medicines (RVMD), and Elanco Animal Health (ELAN). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

MoonLake Immunotherapeutics vs. Its Competitors

Ascendis Pharma A/S (NASDAQ:ASND) and MoonLake Immunotherapeutics (NASDAQ:MLTX) are both medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends and profitability.

Ascendis Pharma A/S presently has a consensus target price of $220.67, suggesting a potential upside of 26.77%. MoonLake Immunotherapeutics has a consensus target price of $74.50, suggesting a potential upside of 60.68%. Given MoonLake Immunotherapeutics' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe MoonLake Immunotherapeutics is more favorable than Ascendis Pharma A/S.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ascendis Pharma A/S
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
MoonLake Immunotherapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

MoonLake Immunotherapeutics has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ascendis Pharma A/S. Ascendis Pharma A/S is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MoonLake Immunotherapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ascendis Pharma A/S$393.54M27.04-$409.12M-$6.28-27.72
MoonLake ImmunotherapeuticsN/AN/A-$118.94M-$2.30-20.16

Ascendis Pharma A/S has a beta of 0.38, meaning that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MoonLake Immunotherapeutics has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

93.8% of MoonLake Immunotherapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. 40.0% of Ascendis Pharma A/S shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.0% of MoonLake Immunotherapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Ascendis Pharma A/S had 4 more articles in the media than MoonLake Immunotherapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Ascendis Pharma A/S and 2 mentions for MoonLake Immunotherapeutics. Ascendis Pharma A/S's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat MoonLake Immunotherapeutics' score of 0.59 indicating that Ascendis Pharma A/S is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ascendis Pharma A/S
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
MoonLake Immunotherapeutics
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

MoonLake Immunotherapeutics has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Ascendis Pharma A/S's net margin of -93.22%. Ascendis Pharma A/S's return on equity of 0.00% beat MoonLake Immunotherapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ascendis Pharma A/S-93.22% N/A -33.29%
MoonLake Immunotherapeutics N/A -30.81%-28.40%

Summary

MoonLake Immunotherapeutics beats Ascendis Pharma A/S on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MLTX vs. The Competition

MetricMoonLake ImmunotherapeuticsMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.06B$2.91B$5.53B$8.95B
Dividend YieldN/A2.42%5.38%4.09%
P/E Ratio-20.1621.5627.4020.24
Price / SalesN/A277.33417.66125.07
Price / CashN/A41.9536.6357.47
Price / Book6.547.518.085.67
Net Income-$118.94M-$55.05M$3.16B$248.47M
7 Day Performance-2.43%4.59%2.81%3.29%
1 Month Performance-9.18%4.86%3.69%5.18%
1 Year Performance9.87%5.82%35.30%21.35%

MoonLake Immunotherapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MLTX
MoonLake Immunotherapeutics
1.9868 of 5 stars
$46.37
-3.1%
$74.50
+60.7%
+9.9%$3.06BN/A-20.162News Coverage
Positive News
ASND
Ascendis Pharma A/S
3.5573 of 5 stars
$175.78
-0.6%
$220.67
+25.5%
+29.7%$10.81B$393.54M-27.991,017Analyst Forecast
VTRS
Viatris
3.2791 of 5 stars
$8.85
-0.2%
$10.40
+17.5%
-10.9%$10.41B$14.33B-2.7932,000
QGEN
Qiagen
4.0702 of 5 stars
$46.72
-0.1%
$47.74
+2.2%
+22.5%$10.39B$1.98B117.145,765Dividend Announcement
MRNA
Moderna
4.3889 of 5 stars
$25.67
-0.9%
$46.61
+81.6%
-73.7%$10.02B$3.24B-2.945,800Options Volume
BPMC
Blueprint Medicines
1.7454 of 5 stars
$128.40
+0.2%
$128.06
-0.3%
+17.6%$8.28B$508.82M-51.98640High Trading Volume
VRNA
Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share
2.6594 of 5 stars
$97.05
+2.9%
$101.10
+4.2%
+480.4%$8.03B$42.28M-48.5330Analyst Forecast
BBIO
BridgeBio Pharma
4.7106 of 5 stars
$42.17
+1.1%
$56.67
+34.4%
+74.8%$7.92B$221.90M-11.95400Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
ROIV
Roivant Sciences
1.9654 of 5 stars
$11.50
+0.4%
$17.50
+52.2%
+3.5%$7.78B$29.05M-46.00860
RVMD
Revolution Medicines
4.5734 of 5 stars
$40.04
+1.0%
$67.08
+67.5%
+0.2%$7.39B$11.58M-10.01250Analyst Revision
ELAN
Elanco Animal Health
2.2612 of 5 stars
$13.36
-0.7%
$15.17
+13.5%
+3.6%$6.68B$4.44B18.059,000Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:MLTX) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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