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MLTX vs. MRNA, RDY, QGEN, VTRS, ASND, BBIO, VRNA, BPMC, LEGN, and ROIV

Should you be buying MoonLake Immunotherapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MoonLake Immunotherapeutics include Moderna (MRNA), Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (RDY), Qiagen (QGEN), Viatris (VTRS), Ascendis Pharma A/S (ASND), BridgeBio Pharma (BBIO), Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share (VRNA), Blueprint Medicines (BPMC), Legend Biotech (LEGN), and Roivant Sciences (ROIV). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

MoonLake Immunotherapeutics vs. Its Competitors

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

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Moderna$3.24B3.30-$3.56B-$8.73-3.16
MoonLake ImmunotherapeuticsN/AN/A-$118.94M-$2.30-23.01

Moderna has a beta of 1.83, meaning that its stock price is 83% more 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.

Moderna presently has a consensus target price of $46.11, suggesting a potential upside of 67.07%. MoonLake Immunotherapeutics has a consensus target price of $73.14, suggesting a potential upside of 38.21%. Given Moderna's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Moderna is more favorable than MoonLake Immunotherapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Moderna
4 Sell rating(s)
17 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.04
MoonLake Immunotherapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.78

MoonLake Immunotherapeutics has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Moderna's net margin of -105.67%. Moderna's return on equity of -28.69% beat MoonLake Immunotherapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Moderna-105.67% -28.69% -21.94%
MoonLake Immunotherapeutics N/A -30.81%-28.40%

75.3% of Moderna shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.8% of MoonLake Immunotherapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. 11.0% of Moderna 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Moderna had 26 more articles in the media than MoonLake Immunotherapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Moderna and 14 mentions for MoonLake Immunotherapeutics. MoonLake Immunotherapeutics' average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Moderna's score of 0.26 indicating that MoonLake Immunotherapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Moderna
9 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
12 Neutral mention(s)
15 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
MoonLake Immunotherapeutics
5 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Moderna and MoonLake Immunotherapeutics tied by winning 8 of the 16 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$3.23B$3.00B$5.48B$9.51B
Dividend YieldN/A2.43%4.73%4.08%
P/E Ratio-23.0117.6228.6723.80
Price / SalesN/A179.18373.9066.65
Price / CashN/A41.9535.4557.96
Price / Book7.468.508.275.55
Net Income-$118.94M-$55.06M$3.24B$259.03M
7 Day Performance-3.90%-3.98%-3.69%-4.59%
1 Month Performance10.57%9.59%4.33%4.46%
1 Year Performance28.20%6.72%25.95%18.03%

MoonLake Immunotherapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MLTX
MoonLake Immunotherapeutics
2.7013 of 5 stars
$52.92
+4.9%
$73.14
+38.2%
+25.9%$3.23BN/A-23.012News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
MRNA
Moderna
4.4709 of 5 stars
$33.91
-0.7%
$46.11
+36.0%
-70.7%$13.21B$3.14B-3.885,800Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
RDY
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
1.9721 of 5 stars
$14.71
+0.2%
$16.95
+15.3%
-15.5%$12.25B$3.81B22.2827,811
QGEN
Qiagen
3.3183 of 5 stars
$51.00
-1.5%
$49.40
-3.1%
+12.1%$11.51B$1.98B127.875,765News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
VTRS
Viatris
2.227 of 5 stars
$9.26
-1.6%
$10.40
+12.3%
-26.3%$11.04B$14.33B-2.9232,000Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
ASND
Ascendis Pharma A/S
3.0931 of 5 stars
$164.16
-2.0%
$223.07
+35.9%
+27.8%$10.24B$393.54M-26.141,017Analyst Forecast
BBIO
BridgeBio Pharma
4.7123 of 5 stars
$46.23
-0.2%
$61.50
+33.0%
+80.9%$8.79B$127.42M-13.10400Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
VRNA
Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share
2.1954 of 5 stars
$105.09
-0.2%
$109.00
+3.7%
+365.2%$8.54B$118.54M-52.5530Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
BPMC
Blueprint Medicines
1.0661 of 5 stars
$129.46
flat
$128.25
-0.9%
N/A$8.36B$562.12M-52.41640Upcoming Earnings
LEGN
Legend Biotech
3.5917 of 5 stars
$41.51
-4.3%
$73.33
+76.7%
-29.5%$7.97B$627.24M-70.352,609Positive News
ROIV
Roivant Sciences
1.8472 of 5 stars
$11.35
-1.7%
$16.50
+45.4%
+6.5%$7.85B$29.05M-45.40860Upcoming Earnings

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