MREO vs. LXRX, AMRN, MRSN, BMEA, RVNC, CRBP, ESPR, NATR, PEPG, and ADCT
Should you be buying Mereo BioPharma Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mereo BioPharma Group include Lexicon Pharmaceuticals (LXRX), Amarin (AMRN), Mersana Therapeutics (MRSN), Biomea Fusion (BMEA), Revance Therapeutics (RVNC), Corbus Pharmaceuticals (CRBP), Esperion Therapeutics (ESPR), Nature's Sunshine Products (NATR), PepGen (PEPG), and ADC Therapeutics (ADCT). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:LXRX) and Mereo BioPharma Group (NASDAQ:MREO) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends and earnings.
74.7% of Lexicon Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.8% of Mereo BioPharma Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.8% of Lexicon Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of Mereo BioPharma Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals presently has a consensus price target of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 179.33%. Mereo BioPharma Group has a consensus price target of $6.50, indicating a potential upside of 114.52%. Given Mereo BioPharma Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Lexicon Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than Mereo BioPharma Group.
Mereo BioPharma Group has higher revenue and earnings than Lexicon Pharmaceuticals.
Mereo BioPharma Group has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Mereo BioPharma Group's net margin of -8,311.12%. Lexicon Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of 0.00% beat Mereo BioPharma Group's return on equity.
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals received 433 more outperform votes than Mereo BioPharma Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.11% of users gave Mereo BioPharma Group an outperform vote while only 64.58% of users gave Lexicon Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote.
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mereo BioPharma Group has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Lexicon Pharmaceuticals had 7 more articles in the media than Mereo BioPharma Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Lexicon Pharmaceuticals and 1 mentions for Mereo BioPharma Group. Lexicon Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Mereo BioPharma Group's score of 0.62 indicating that Mereo BioPharma Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Mereo BioPharma Group beats Lexicon Pharmaceuticals on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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