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MNOV vs. IMMP, TKNO, SCPH, ALLO, SGMT, SOPH, AARD, FENC, TLSA, and GALT

Should you be buying MediciNova stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MediciNova include Prima BioMed (IMMP), Alpha Teknova (TKNO), scPharmaceuticals (SCPH), Allogene Therapeutics (ALLO), Sagimet Biosciences (SGMT), SOPHiA GENETICS (SOPH), Aardvark Therapeutics (AARD), Adherex Technologies (FENC), Tiziana Life Sciences (TLSA), and Galectin Therapeutics (GALT). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

MediciNova vs. Its Competitors

MediciNova (NASDAQ:MNOV) and Prima BioMed (NASDAQ:IMMP) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, valuation, profitability, risk and institutional ownership.

MediciNova has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Prima BioMed.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
MediciNova$1MN/A-$11.04M-$0.25-5.28
Prima BioMed$5.14M48.55-$28.01MN/AN/A

Prima BioMed's return on equity of 0.00% beat MediciNova's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
MediciNovaN/A -23.12% -21.85%
Prima BioMed N/A N/A N/A

MediciNova has a beta of 0.35, suggesting that its stock price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Prima BioMed has a beta of 1.66, suggesting that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.

MediciNova presently has a consensus price target of $7.00, suggesting a potential upside of 430.30%. Prima BioMed has a consensus price target of $7.00, suggesting a potential upside of 311.76%. Given MediciNova's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe MediciNova is more favorable than Prima BioMed.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
MediciNova
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.50
Prima BioMed
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, MediciNova had 1 more articles in the media than Prima BioMed. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for MediciNova and 0 mentions for Prima BioMed. MediciNova's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Prima BioMed's score of 0.00 indicating that MediciNova is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
MediciNova Positive
Prima BioMed Neutral

9.9% of MediciNova shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.3% of Prima BioMed shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.6% of MediciNova shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Prima BioMed shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

MediciNova beats Prima BioMed on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MNOV vs. The Competition

MetricMediciNovaMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$64.37M$3.06B$5.76B$9.72B
Dividend YieldN/A2.24%4.40%4.10%
P/E RatioN/A20.9030.1925.84
Price / SalesN/A390.30474.98187.82
Price / CashN/A43.2325.7828.79
Price / Book1.239.649.425.99
Net Income-$11.04M-$54.08M$3.27B$265.29M
7 Day Performance0.76%2.62%2.05%2.53%
1 Month Performance-9.59%4.05%3.58%0.92%
1 Year Performance8.20%9.48%30.09%18.70%

MediciNova Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MNOV
MediciNova
2.2669 of 5 stars
$1.32
+0.6%
$7.00
+430.3%
+7.6%$64.37M$1M0.0010Gap Up
IMMP
Prima BioMed
0.9692 of 5 stars
$1.78
+2.9%
$7.00
+293.3%
-27.2%$253.94M$5.14M0.002,021Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
TKNO
Alpha Teknova
1.6439 of 5 stars
$4.41
-6.0%
$10.00
+126.8%
-4.8%$250.99M$37.74M-10.50240
SCPH
scPharmaceuticals
4.5245 of 5 stars
$4.78
+3.9%
$14.00
+192.9%
-9.7%$245.17M$36.33M-2.6430News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
Trading Halted
ALLO
Allogene Therapeutics
2.6094 of 5 stars
$1.09
-0.9%
$8.44
+674.7%
-54.4%$244.07M$20K-0.98310
SGMT
Sagimet Biosciences
2.8131 of 5 stars
$7.55
-1.6%
$25.67
+240.0%
+141.8%$235.28M$2M-4.138
SOPH
SOPHiA GENETICS
2.915 of 5 stars
$3.49
+0.6%
$8.00
+129.2%
-3.5%$234.50M$65.17M-7.93520Positive News
AARD
Aardvark Therapeutics
N/A$10.44
-3.2%
$32.80
+214.2%
N/A$233.89MN/A0.0018Gap Down
FENC
Adherex Technologies
1.9173 of 5 stars
$8.20
-1.9%
$13.33
+62.6%
+51.9%$232.52M$47.54M-19.5210News Coverage
Analyst Revision
TLSA
Tiziana Life Sciences
0.5459 of 5 stars
$1.89
-4.1%
N/A+68.9%$230.19MN/A0.008
GALT
Galectin Therapeutics
2.3789 of 5 stars
$3.90
+9.2%
$6.00
+53.8%
+77.5%$228.70MN/A-6.099

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This page (NASDAQ:MNOV) was last updated on 8/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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