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NERV vs. ALXO, ANL, CELU, GNTA, MNOV, GANX, ABVC, IMMX, HOWL, and BTAI

Should you be buying Minerva Neurosciences stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Minerva Neurosciences include ALX Oncology (ALXO), Adlai Nortye (ANL), Celularity (CELU), Genenta Science (GNTA), MediciNova (MNOV), Gain Therapeutics (GANX), ABVC BioPharma (ABVC), Immix Biopharma (IMMX), Werewolf Therapeutics (HOWL), and BioXcel Therapeutics (BTAI). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Minerva Neurosciences vs. Its Competitors

ALX Oncology (NASDAQ:ALXO) and Minerva Neurosciences (NASDAQ:NERV) are both medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

ALX Oncology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Minerva Neurosciences, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
ALX OncologyN/AN/A-$134.85M-$2.20-0.48
Minerva NeurosciencesN/AN/A$1.44M$1.481.52

98.0% of ALX Oncology shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.6% of Minerva Neurosciences shares are held by institutional investors. 21.0% of ALX Oncology shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.6% of Minerva Neurosciences shares are held 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.

Minerva Neurosciences' return on equity of -41.35% beat ALX Oncology's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
ALX OncologyN/A -115.67% -84.82%
Minerva Neurosciences N/A -41.35%31.37%

ALX Oncology currently has a consensus price target of $3.30, indicating a potential upside of 214.29%. Minerva Neurosciences has a consensus price target of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 122.22%. Given ALX Oncology's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe ALX Oncology is more favorable than Minerva Neurosciences.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
ALX Oncology
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83
Minerva Neurosciences
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

ALX Oncology has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Minerva Neurosciences has a beta of -0.26, suggesting that its stock price is 126% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, ALX Oncology had 2 more articles in the media than Minerva Neurosciences. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for ALX Oncology and 2 mentions for Minerva Neurosciences. ALX Oncology's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Minerva Neurosciences' score of 0.45 indicating that ALX Oncology is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
ALX Oncology Positive
Minerva Neurosciences Neutral

Summary

ALX Oncology beats Minerva Neurosciences on 8 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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NERV vs. The Competition

MetricMinerva NeurosciencesMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market CapN/A$2.56B$5.79B$10.18B
Dividend YieldN/A57.23%5.73%4.61%
P/E Ratio1.5223.2874.8626.39
Price / SalesN/A692.88543.67125.97
Price / Cash10.4327.5625.8129.91
Price / Book-0.615.4013.256.28
Net Income$1.44M$32.95M$3.29B$270.38M
7 Day Performance4.65%-0.53%0.07%1.89%
1 Month PerformanceN/A4.23%4.60%6.01%
1 Year Performance-23.08%-2.81%72.95%25.26%

Minerva Neurosciences Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NERV
Minerva Neurosciences
3.7648 of 5 stars
$2.25
+3.2%
$5.00
+122.2%
-23.7%$0.00N/A1.529Short Interest ↑
ALXO
ALX Oncology
3.5391 of 5 stars
$1.11
-9.0%
$3.30
+197.3%
-52.7%$65.33MN/A-0.5040Positive News
ANL
Adlai Nortye
1.9694 of 5 stars
$1.70
-2.9%
$9.00
+429.4%
-22.9%$64.57M$5M0.00127News Coverage
Positive News
Short Interest ↓
Gap Up
CELU
Celularity
1.6939 of 5 stars
$2.11
-12.4%
$6.00
+184.4%
-21.8%$64.33M$54.22M-0.66220
GNTA
Genenta Science
2.7668 of 5 stars
$3.49
-0.3%
$25.00
+616.3%
-22.6%$64.02MN/A0.007Gap Up
MNOV
MediciNova
2.1633 of 5 stars
$1.26
-2.3%
$7.00
+455.6%
-31.9%$63.27M$134.60K-5.0410
GANX
Gain Therapeutics
2.9308 of 5 stars
$1.75
-0.6%
$8.00
+357.1%
+11.9%$63.27M$50K-2.7820Positive News
Gap Up
ABVC
ABVC BioPharma
0.6861 of 5 stars
$2.72
+2.6%
N/A+313.5%$62.39M$510K-16.0030
IMMX
Immix Biopharma
3.0898 of 5 stars
$2.17
+0.9%
$7.00
+222.6%
+12.4%$61.99MN/A-2.829News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
HOWL
Werewolf Therapeutics
4.0065 of 5 stars
$1.33
-1.5%
$8.00
+501.5%
-38.9%$61.73M$1.88M-0.8140
BTAI
BioXcel Therapeutics
3.9554 of 5 stars
$4.23
+11.6%
$39.75
+839.7%
-70.9%$60.67M$2.27M-0.3390Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑

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This page (NASDAQ:NERV) was last updated on 9/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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