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MRNA vs. CRSP, CVAC, HOOD, NVAX, OCGN, TSLA, JNJ, MRK, PFE, and INSM

Should you be buying Moderna stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Moderna include CRISPR Therapeutics (CRSP), CureVac (CVAC), Robinhood Markets (HOOD), Novavax (NVAX), Ocugen (OCGN), Tesla (TSLA), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK), Pfizer (PFE), and Insmed (INSM).

Moderna vs. Its Competitors

Moderna (NASDAQ:MRNA) and CRISPR Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CRSP) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment and valuation.

Moderna presently has a consensus target price of $42.88, suggesting a potential upside of 69.54%. CRISPR Therapeutics has a consensus target price of $71.60, suggesting a potential upside of 27.88%. Given Moderna's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Moderna is more favorable than CRISPR Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Moderna
4 Sell rating(s)
16 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.04
CRISPR Therapeutics
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.47

CRISPR Therapeutics has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Moderna. CRISPR Therapeutics 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$3.24B3.04-$3.56B-$7.53-3.36
CRISPR Therapeutics$37.31M136.49-$366.25M-$5.43-10.31

Moderna has a net margin of -94.31% compared to CRISPR Therapeutics' net margin of -1,229.43%. CRISPR Therapeutics' return on equity of -20.05% beat Moderna's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Moderna-94.31% -25.96% -20.09%
CRISPR Therapeutics -1,229.43%-20.05%-17.09%

Moderna has a beta of 1.93, meaning that its share price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CRISPR Therapeutics has a beta of 1.81, meaning that its share price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500.

75.3% of Moderna shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.2% of CRISPR Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.0% of Moderna shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of CRISPR Therapeutics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Moderna had 7 more articles in the media than CRISPR Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Moderna and 10 mentions for CRISPR Therapeutics. Moderna's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat CRISPR Therapeutics' score of 0.77 indicating that Moderna is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Moderna
9 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
CRISPR Therapeutics
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Moderna beats CRISPR Therapeutics on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MRNA vs. The Competition

MetricModernaMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$9.80B$3.18B$5.82B$10.13B
Dividend YieldN/A2.32%5.69%4.62%
P/E Ratio-3.3521.5074.8626.13
Price / Sales3.04297.34467.6691.41
Price / CashN/A45.3337.0859.91
Price / Book0.899.6812.096.33
Net Income-$3.56B-$53.32M$3.29B$270.76M
7 Day Performance0.61%0.87%1.42%3.50%
1 Month Performance-1.43%9.65%7.70%6.83%
1 Year Performance-63.70%13.23%62.04%28.21%

Moderna Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MRNA
Moderna
4.5215 of 5 stars
$25.27
-0.5%
$42.88
+69.7%
-68.1%$9.82B$3.24B-3.355,800Positive News
CRSP
CRISPR Therapeutics
3.3247 of 5 stars
$54.56
-0.5%
$71.60
+31.2%
+23.0%$4.97B$37.31M-10.06460
CVAC
CureVac
3.9426 of 5 stars
$5.37
-0.5%
$6.83
+27.4%
+77.9%$1.20B$579.18M5.59880Short Interest ↑
HOOD
Robinhood Markets
3.9249 of 5 stars
$115.41
+14.0%
$100.31
-13.1%
+470.5%$102.57B$3.57B58.592,300Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
NVAX
Novavax
4.5049 of 5 stars
$7.69
-2.7%
$14.29
+85.9%
-32.6%$1.24B$682.16M3.361,990Positive News
OCGN
Ocugen
1.931 of 5 stars
$1.03
-0.5%
$6.00
+485.4%
-13.0%$296.68M$4.05M-5.0780Positive News
TSLA
Tesla
4.2131 of 5 stars
$346.82
-1.1%
$303.00
-12.6%
+61.7%$1.12T$97.69B200.11125,665Trending News
Insider Trade
JNJ
Johnson & Johnson
4.6585 of 5 stars
$178.52
+0.0%
$176.29
-1.3%
+8.2%$429.91B$88.82B19.09138,100Positive News
Analyst Revision
MRK
Merck & Co., Inc.
4.9965 of 5 stars
$83.85
-1.0%
$107.44
+28.1%
-25.8%$209.36B$64.17B12.9275,000Positive News
PFE
Pfizer
4.9749 of 5 stars
$24.56
-1.3%
$28.12
+14.5%
-16.2%$139.63B$63.63B13.0681,000Positive News
INSM
Insmed
3.3624 of 5 stars
$146.05
+0.7%
$139.86
-4.2%
+100.4%$30.77B$363.71M-25.491,271Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:MRNA) was last updated on 9/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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