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NUVB vs. LNTH, APLS, MLTX, PTGX, MIRM, MENS, MTSR, BHC, KYMR, and SRRK

Should you be buying Nuvation Bio stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nuvation Bio include Lantheus (LNTH), Apellis Pharmaceuticals (APLS), MoonLake Immunotherapeutics (MLTX), Protagonist Therapeutics (PTGX), Mirum Pharmaceuticals (MIRM), Jyong Biotech (MENS), Metsera (MTSR), Bausch Health Cos (BHC), Kymera Therapeutics (KYMR), and Scholar Rock (SRRK). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Nuvation Bio vs. Its Competitors

Nuvation Bio (NYSE:NUVB) and Lantheus (NASDAQ:LNTH) are both medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Nuvation Bio$7.87M129.51-$567.94M-$0.63-4.73
Lantheus$1.53B2.47$312.44M$3.7614.80

Lantheus has a net margin of 17.82% compared to Nuvation Bio's net margin of -1,413.43%. Lantheus' return on equity of 34.06% beat Nuvation Bio's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Nuvation Bio-1,413.43% -46.14% -36.04%
Lantheus 17.82%34.06%19.10%

Nuvation Bio presently has a consensus price target of $7.33, suggesting a potential upside of 146.25%. Lantheus has a consensus price target of $105.50, suggesting a potential upside of 89.54%. Given Nuvation Bio's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Nuvation Bio is more favorable than Lantheus.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Nuvation Bio
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.17
Lantheus
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71

61.7% of Nuvation Bio shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.1% of Lantheus shares are held by institutional investors. 29.9% of Nuvation Bio shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Lantheus shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Lantheus had 33 more articles in the media than Nuvation Bio. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Lantheus and 2 mentions for Nuvation Bio. Nuvation Bio's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Lantheus' score of 0.69 indicating that Nuvation Bio is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Nuvation Bio
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Lantheus
15 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Nuvation Bio has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lantheus has a beta of 0.14, indicating that its share price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Lantheus beats Nuvation Bio on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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NUVB vs. The Competition

MetricNuvation BioMED IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$985.75M$3.07B$5.73B$21.16B
Dividend YieldN/A2.27%3.95%3.54%
P/E Ratio-4.7320.5230.3328.99
Price / Sales129.51392.09463.5454.57
Price / CashN/A44.2437.7223.61
Price / Book2.738.139.775.33
Net Income-$567.94M-$54.08M$3.27B$995.89M
7 Day Performance10.91%4.92%3.95%2.56%
1 Month Performance19.36%3.64%3.81%2.81%
1 Year Performance-4.86%8.20%31.26%11.06%

Nuvation Bio Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NUVB
Nuvation Bio
2.1095 of 5 stars
$2.98
+3.4%
$7.33
+146.3%
+0.0%$985.75M$7.87M-4.7360Positive News
LNTH
Lantheus
4.7582 of 5 stars
$55.97
+3.3%
$105.50
+88.5%
-47.6%$3.68B$1.52B14.89700News Coverage
Analyst Revision
APLS
Apellis Pharmaceuticals
4.2248 of 5 stars
$27.35
-1.4%
$34.12
+24.7%
-31.4%$3.50B$781.37M0.00770
MLTX
MoonLake Immunotherapeutics
2.0377 of 5 stars
$53.73
-1.2%
$74.43
+38.5%
+9.8%$3.49BN/A0.002
PTGX
Protagonist Therapeutics
1.9135 of 5 stars
$56.21
+0.2%
$67.20
+19.6%
+36.5%$3.49B$434.43M80.10120Positive News
MIRM
Mirum Pharmaceuticals
3.6026 of 5 stars
$66.68
-1.8%
$74.13
+11.2%
+74.6%$3.41B$336.89M0.00140News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
MENS
Jyong Biotech
N/A$41.50
-7.2%
N/AN/A$3.40BN/A0.0031
MTSR
Metsera
N/A$32.39
+4.0%
$55.00
+69.8%
N/A$3.27BN/A0.0081News Coverage
Positive News
BHC
Bausch Health Cos
4.5517 of 5 stars
$8.02
-3.8%
$9.00
+12.2%
+24.4%$3.09B$9.63B30.8520,700Analyst Revision
KYMR
Kymera Therapeutics
2.9848 of 5 stars
$43.62
+2.3%
$59.11
+35.5%
-12.5%$3.05B$47.07M0.00170
SRRK
Scholar Rock
4.5534 of 5 stars
$31.52
+0.4%
$45.14
+43.2%
+259.5%$3.02B$33.19M-10.83140Positive News

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