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MOLN vs. OPT, AQST, CMPS, IVA, CRVS, ORGO, ZVRA, CTMX, ESPR, and CMPX

Should you be buying Molecular Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Molecular Partners include Opthea (OPT), Aquestive Therapeutics (AQST), COMPASS Pathways (CMPS), Inventiva (IVA), Corvus Pharmaceuticals (CRVS), Organogenesis (ORGO), Zevra Therapeutics (ZVRA), CytomX Therapeutics (CTMX), Esperion Therapeutics (ESPR), and Compass Therapeutics (CMPX). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Molecular Partners vs. Its Competitors

Opthea (NASDAQ:OPT) and Molecular Partners (NASDAQ:MOLN) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, risk and media sentiment.

In the previous week, Opthea had 2 more articles in the media than Molecular Partners. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Opthea and 0 mentions for Molecular Partners. Opthea's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Molecular Partners' score of 0.00 indicating that Opthea is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Opthea Positive
Molecular Partners Neutral

Opthea currently has a consensus price target of $1.33, suggesting a potential downside of 60.90%. Molecular Partners has a consensus price target of $8.00, suggesting a potential upside of 116.45%. Given Molecular Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Molecular Partners is more favorable than Opthea.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Opthea
2 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Molecular Partners
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Opthea has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Molecular Partners has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Opthea's return on equity of 0.00% beat Molecular Partners' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
OptheaN/A N/A N/A
Molecular Partners N/A -50.66%-45.13%

56.0% of Opthea shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.6% of Molecular Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.2% of Opthea shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of Molecular Partners shares are owned 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.

Molecular Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Opthea.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Opthea$30K19,437.00-$162.79MN/AN/A
Molecular Partners$5.65M26.41-$61.39M-$2.08-1.78

Summary

Opthea beats Molecular Partners on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MOLN vs. The Competition

MetricMolecular PartnersMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$149.77M$3.33B$6.09B$10.57B
Dividend YieldN/A2.27%5.68%4.70%
P/E Ratio-1.7822.1477.9126.71
Price / Sales26.41406.35576.77177.88
Price / CashN/A47.2037.7961.25
Price / Book0.939.9312.546.56
Net Income-$61.39M-$52.80M$3.31B$277.70M
7 Day Performance-4.00%5.22%4.25%2.41%
1 Month Performance3.53%13.01%7.81%9.30%
1 Year Performance-26.37%25.18%71.37%31.22%

Molecular Partners Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MOLN
Molecular Partners
1.2511 of 5 stars
$3.70
-0.4%
$8.00
+116.5%
-19.3%$149.77M$5.65M-1.78180
OPT
Opthea
0.4349 of 5 stars
$3.41
+7.2%
$1.33
-60.9%
-23.5%$583.10M$30K0.008News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
AQST
Aquestive Therapeutics
2.47 of 5 stars
$5.59
-1.1%
$10.29
+84.0%
+23.9%$563.44M$44.13M-7.99160
CMPS
COMPASS Pathways
3.052 of 5 stars
$5.73
-2.4%
$16.29
+184.2%
+9.2%$563.17MN/A-3.11120
IVA
Inventiva
3.3564 of 5 stars
$5.79
-1.4%
$15.57
+168.9%
+257.8%$561.54M$9.95M0.00100Analyst Forecast
CRVS
Corvus Pharmaceuticals
1.7595 of 5 stars
$7.37
+1.2%
$13.00
+76.4%
+36.7%$542.46MN/A-7.3030News Coverage
High Trading Volume
ORGO
Organogenesis
3.8544 of 5 stars
$4.22
-0.9%
$7.33
+73.8%
+50.0%$540.41M$482.04M-30.14950
ZVRA
Zevra Therapeutics
2.8948 of 5 stars
$9.51
-0.3%
$24.00
+152.4%
+35.8%$535.53M$23.61M-45.2920Analyst Downgrade
CTMX
CytomX Therapeutics
4.1629 of 5 stars
$3.19
-1.2%
$5.42
+69.8%
+192.0%$532.67M$141.10M5.70170Gap Up
ESPR
Esperion Therapeutics
3.8507 of 5 stars
$2.65
+0.4%
$7.00
+164.2%
+68.4%$532.28M$332.31M-5.41200News Coverage
Gap Up
CMPX
Compass Therapeutics
2.3651 of 5 stars
$3.50
-8.4%
$13.88
+296.4%
+94.7%$528.24M$850K-7.7820Positive News
High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:MOLN) was last updated on 10/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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