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MOLN vs. BCYC, VECT, DNTH, MRVI, RLAY, KURA, AUTL, CGEM, SANA, and OPT

Should you be buying Molecular Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Molecular Partners include Bicycle Therapeutics (BCYC), VectivBio (VECT), Dianthus Therapeutics (DNTH), Maravai LifeSciences (MRVI), Relay Therapeutics (RLAY), Kura Oncology (KURA), Autolus Therapeutics (AUTL), Cullinan Therapeutics (CGEM), Sana Biotechnology (SANA), and Opthea (OPT). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Molecular Partners vs.

Bicycle Therapeutics (NASDAQ:BCYC) and Molecular Partners (NASDAQ:MOLN) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Bicycle Therapeutics presently has a consensus price target of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 178.58%. Molecular Partners has a consensus price target of $12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 212.91%. Given Molecular Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Molecular Partners is more favorable than Bicycle Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Bicycle Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.70
Molecular Partners
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.50

Bicycle Therapeutics received 133 more outperform votes than Molecular Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.53% of users gave Bicycle Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 48.15% of users gave Molecular Partners an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Bicycle TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
146
70.53%
Underperform Votes
61
29.47%
Molecular PartnersOutperform Votes
13
48.15%
Underperform Votes
14
51.85%

Molecular Partners has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Bicycle Therapeutics. Bicycle Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Molecular Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Bicycle Therapeutics$25.72M24.16-$180.66M-$3.14-2.86
Molecular Partners$2.23M69.37-$69.04M-$1.92-2.00

In the previous week, Bicycle Therapeutics had 2 more articles in the media than Molecular Partners. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Bicycle Therapeutics and 5 mentions for Molecular Partners. Molecular Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Bicycle Therapeutics' score of 0.51 indicating that Molecular Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Bicycle Therapeutics
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Molecular Partners
0 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

86.2% of Bicycle Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.5% of Molecular Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.9% of Bicycle Therapeutics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of Molecular Partners shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Bicycle Therapeutics has a beta of 1.46, indicating that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Molecular Partners has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Bicycle Therapeutics has a net margin of -450.64% compared to Molecular Partners' net margin of -1,043.01%. Bicycle Therapeutics' return on equity of -27.35% beat Molecular Partners' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Bicycle Therapeutics-450.64% -27.35% -20.81%
Molecular Partners -1,043.01%-39.31%-35.46%

Summary

Bicycle Therapeutics beats Molecular Partners on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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MOLN vs. The Competition

MetricMolecular PartnersBiological Products IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$154.84M$3.11B$5.58B$8.67B
Dividend YieldN/A1.59%5.27%4.19%
P/E Ratio-1.7833.8627.2320.12
Price / Sales69.37477.03423.64161.29
Price / CashN/A168.6838.2534.64
Price / Book0.713.497.114.72
Net Income-$69.04M-$72.35M$3.23B$247.80M
7 Day Performance5.07%7.99%3.67%2.77%
1 Month Performance-6.46%22.61%13.11%9.75%
1 Year Performance-23.15%-16.11%32.12%15.01%

Molecular Partners Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MOLN
Molecular Partners
2.4985 of 5 stars
$3.84
-1.2%
$12.00
+212.9%
-6.8%$154.84M$2.23M-1.78180News Coverage
Gap Up
BCYC
Bicycle Therapeutics
3.3176 of 5 stars
$8.30
-2.9%
$25.00
+201.2%
-62.7%$574.81M$25.72M-2.52240Analyst Revision
VECT
VectivBio
N/A$16.85
flat
N/AN/A$573.24M$27.34M0.0030High Trading Volume
DNTH
Dianthus Therapeutics
1.383 of 5 stars
$17.59
+0.3%
$53.00
+201.3%
-12.6%$565.69M$6.52M-7.0480Positive News
Analyst Revision
MRVI
Maravai LifeSciences
3.6695 of 5 stars
$2.22
+4.2%
$6.64
+199.0%
-74.4%$565.35M$241.86M-1.35610Positive News
RLAY
Relay Therapeutics
1.8975 of 5 stars
$3.29
+3.5%
$17.67
+437.0%
-53.7%$564.05M$7.68M-1.26330
KURA
Kura Oncology
4.545 of 5 stars
$6.42
+1.9%
$24.50
+281.6%
-67.4%$555.81M$67.99M-2.72130Positive News
Analyst Revision
AUTL
Autolus Therapeutics
2.6087 of 5 stars
$2.07
+8.4%
$9.32
+350.2%
-42.5%$550.91M$9.01M-1.71330Positive News
High Trading Volume
CGEM
Cullinan Therapeutics
2.1388 of 5 stars
$8.96
+2.4%
$32.00
+257.1%
-60.7%$528.77MN/A-3.1530
SANA
Sana Biotechnology
2.3935 of 5 stars
$2.34
+6.4%
$10.80
+361.5%
-57.9%$527.62MN/A-1.67380Positive News
OPT
Opthea
0.6886 of 5 stars
$3.41
+7.2%
$1.33
-60.9%
N/A$524.84M$87,666.000.008Gap Up

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This page (NASDAQ:MOLN) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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