MRVI vs. ARWR, TWST, VCEL, KNSA, NAMS, DNLI, RXRX, BLTE, CGON, and INDV
Should you be buying Maravai LifeSciences stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Maravai LifeSciences include Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals (ARWR), Twist Bioscience (TWST), Vericel (VCEL), Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International (KNSA), NewAmsterdam Pharma (NAMS), Denali Therapeutics (DNLI), Recursion Pharmaceuticals (RXRX), Belite Bio (BLTE), CG Oncology (CGON), and Indivior (INDV). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.
Maravai LifeSciences vs. Its Competitors
Maravai LifeSciences (NASDAQ:MRVI) and Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ARWR) are both medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings and profitability.
In the previous week, Maravai LifeSciences had 3 more articles in the media than Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Maravai LifeSciences and 1 mentions for Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals. Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Maravai LifeSciences' score of 0.29 indicating that Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Maravai LifeSciences has a beta of 0.28, meaning that its share price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Maravai LifeSciences' net margin of -67.14%. Maravai LifeSciences' return on equity of -12.91% beat Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.
Maravai LifeSciences has higher revenue and earnings than Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals. Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Maravai LifeSciences, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
50.3% of Maravai LifeSciences shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.6% of Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Maravai LifeSciences shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Maravai LifeSciences currently has a consensus target price of $6.64, suggesting a potential upside of 139.76%. Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals has a consensus target price of $43.71, suggesting a potential upside of 160.51%. Given Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than Maravai LifeSciences.
Summary
Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals beats Maravai LifeSciences on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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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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This page (NASDAQ:MRVI) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
