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

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

MoonLake Immunotherapeutics vs. Its Competitors

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

In the previous week, MoonLake Immunotherapeutics had 2 more articles in the media than Viatris. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for MoonLake Immunotherapeutics and 4 mentions for Viatris. MoonLake Immunotherapeutics' average media sentiment score of 0.23 beat Viatris' score of 0.00 indicating that MoonLake Immunotherapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
MoonLake Immunotherapeutics
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Viatris
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

MoonLake Immunotherapeutics has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Viatris has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
MoonLake ImmunotherapeuticsN/AN/A-$118.94M-$2.78-20.10
Viatris$14.12B0.88-$634.20M-$2.90-3.67

93.9% of MoonLake Immunotherapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.9% of Viatris shares are held by institutional investors. 12.0% of MoonLake Immunotherapeutics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Viatris shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

MoonLake Immunotherapeutics currently has a consensus price target of $74.43, suggesting a potential upside of 33.17%. Viatris has a consensus price target of $10.40, suggesting a potential downside of 2.35%. Given MoonLake Immunotherapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe MoonLake Immunotherapeutics is more favorable than Viatris.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
MoonLake Immunotherapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.78
Viatris
2 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.80

MoonLake Immunotherapeutics has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Viatris' net margin of -24.57%. Viatris' return on equity of 16.54% beat MoonLake Immunotherapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
MoonLake ImmunotherapeuticsN/A -40.98% -35.81%
Viatris -24.57%16.54%7.06%

Summary

MoonLake Immunotherapeutics beats Viatris on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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MLTX vs. The Competition

MetricMoonLake ImmunotherapeuticsMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.48B$3.11B$5.76B$9.58B
Dividend YieldN/A2.23%4.41%4.10%
P/E Ratio-20.1020.8831.1026.04
Price / SalesN/A343.33433.45102.77
Price / CashN/A43.1937.7358.48
Price / Book10.038.129.536.61
Net Income-$118.94M-$54.72M$3.26B$265.56M
7 Day Performance2.76%2.63%2.10%1.97%
1 Month Performance0.27%2.78%2.81%-0.36%
1 Year Performance12.30%11.01%30.56%19.03%

MoonLake Immunotherapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MLTX
MoonLake Immunotherapeutics
1.7764 of 5 stars
$55.89
+3.2%
$74.43
+33.2%
+15.0%$3.48BN/A-20.102
VTRS
Viatris
1.6454 of 5 stars
$10.63
+0.2%
$10.40
-2.2%
-9.0%$12.37B$14.74B-3.6732,000Analyst Upgrade
ASND
Ascendis Pharma A/S
3.452 of 5 stars
$194.08
-2.1%
$242.93
+25.2%
+39.4%$12.13B$490.75M-37.611,017News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
RDY
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
3.1226 of 5 stars
$14.26
+0.2%
$16.95
+18.9%
-12.1%$11.87B$3.81B21.6027,811News Coverage
QGEN
Qiagen
3.827 of 5 stars
$48.66
-1.4%
$49.69
+2.1%
+9.4%$10.97B$1.98B28.755,765
MRNA
Moderna
4.4344 of 5 stars
$28.09
+0.2%
$43.59
+55.2%
-66.5%$10.90B$3.24B-3.735,800Analyst Forecast
BBIO
BridgeBio Pharma
4.6808 of 5 stars
$49.02
-4.5%
$61.35
+25.2%
+97.2%$9.81B$221.90M-11.99400Insider Trade
VRNA
Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share
2.4253 of 5 stars
$105.79
+0.5%
$109.00
+3.0%
+290.2%$8.96B$42.28M-106.8630Positive News
Short Interest ↓
ELAN
Elanco Animal Health
3.0971 of 5 stars
$17.72
-1.4%
$17.33
-2.2%
+22.4%$8.92B$4.44B20.609,000Analyst Downgrade
BPMC
Blueprint Medicines
0.4892 of 5 stars
$129.46
flat
$130.00
+0.4%
N/A$8.36B$562.12M-52.41640
ROIV
Roivant Sciences
3.4485 of 5 stars
$11.81
-0.3%
$16.50
+39.7%
+2.1%$8.06B$29.05M-16.87860Insider Trade

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This page (NASDAQ:MLTX) was last updated on 8/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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