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PASG vs. MNOV, GNTA, IMA, ARTV, QNTM, ATRA, STRO, ASRT, PYXS, and INCR

Should you be buying Passage Bio stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Passage Bio include MediciNova (MNOV), Genenta Science (GNTA), Ikena Oncology (IMA), Artiva Biotherapeutics (ARTV), Quantum Biopharma (QNTM), Atara Biotherapeutics (ATRA), Sutro Biopharma (STRO), Assertio (ASRT), Pyxis Oncology (PYXS), and InterCure (INCR). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Passage Bio vs. Its Competitors

MediciNova (NASDAQ:MNOV) and Passage Bio (NASDAQ:PASG) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, risk and profitability.

In the previous week, Passage Bio had 6 more articles in the media than MediciNova. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Passage Bio and 1 mentions for MediciNova. Passage Bio's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat MediciNova's score of 0.93 indicating that Passage Bio is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
MediciNova Positive
Passage Bio Positive

MediciNova presently has a consensus target price of $7.00, suggesting a potential upside of 451.18%. Passage Bio has a consensus target price of $140.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2,094.36%. Given Passage Bio's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Passage Bio is more favorable than MediciNova.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
MediciNova
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.50
Passage Bio
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

9.9% of MediciNova shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.5% of Passage Bio shares are held by institutional investors. 13.6% of MediciNova shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.0% of Passage Bio shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

MediciNova has a beta of 0.35, meaning that its stock price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Passage Bio has a beta of 1.81, meaning that its stock price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500.

MediciNova's return on equity of -20.77% beat Passage Bio's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
MediciNovaN/A -20.77% -19.68%
Passage Bio N/A -94.40%-56.82%

MediciNova has higher revenue and earnings than Passage Bio. MediciNova is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Passage Bio, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
MediciNova$1MN/A-$11.04M-$0.23-5.52
Passage BioN/AN/A-$64.77M-$20.40-0.31

Summary

MediciNova beats Passage Bio on 8 of the 15 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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PASG vs. The Competition

MetricPassage BioMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$17.50M$3.03B$5.54B$9.82B
Dividend YieldN/A2.27%4.62%4.12%
P/E Ratio-0.3520.6730.0926.02
Price / SalesN/A362.11461.38112.87
Price / CashN/A42.0537.7558.93
Price / Book0.327.638.506.06
Net Income-$64.77M-$54.65M$3.26B$265.11M
7 Day Performance12.82%5.41%4.21%3.38%
1 Month Performance-6.04%7.14%4.67%2.28%
1 Year Performance-57.44%31.27%35.23%29.67%

Passage Bio Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PASG
Passage Bio
3.9442 of 5 stars
$6.38
+13.7%
$140.00
+2,094.4%
-59.3%$17.50MN/A-0.35130News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
MNOV
MediciNova
2.5573 of 5 stars
$1.35
-5.6%
$7.00
+418.5%
+12.4%$70.14M$1M-5.8710Gap Down
GNTA
Genenta Science
2.7723 of 5 stars
$3.77
-1.4%
$25.00
+564.0%
-28.9%$69.87MN/A0.007
IMA
Ikena Oncology
3.3849 of 5 stars
$16.60
-3.9%
$35.50
+113.9%
-29.6%$69.46M$9.16M-2.1670Gap Down
ARTV
Artiva Biotherapeutics
2.5237 of 5 stars
$3.01
+6.4%
$17.80
+491.4%
-76.2%$68.95M$250K0.0081Analyst Revision
QNTM
Quantum Biopharma
N/A$27.80
+17.3%
N/AN/A$68.91MN/A-1.74N/A
ATRA
Atara Biotherapeutics
4.2841 of 5 stars
$11.32
-2.0%
$20.00
+76.7%
+51.2%$68.85M$128.94M-3.04330Positive News
Earnings Report
STRO
Sutro Biopharma
3.9359 of 5 stars
$0.83
+2.1%
$6.11
+639.2%
-76.0%$68.41M$62.04M-0.28240Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
ASRT
Assertio
2.1636 of 5 stars
$0.72
+1.1%
$2.63
+264.5%
-26.8%$68.24M$124.96M-2.2520News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
PYXS
Pyxis Oncology
2.4774 of 5 stars
$1.10
flat
$9.00
+718.2%
-69.2%$68.14MN/A-0.6960Gap Down
INCR
InterCure
0.6736 of 5 stars
$1.50
+4.2%
N/A-15.9%$65.62M$238.85M0.00350Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up

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This page (NASDAQ:PASG) was last updated on 8/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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