MRVI vs. MRUS, FOLD, RNA, BHC, MOR, MLTX, TGTX, ARWR, CORT, and JANX
Should you be buying Maravai LifeSciences stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Maravai LifeSciences include Merus (MRUS), Amicus Therapeutics (FOLD), Avidity Biosciences (RNA), Bausch Health Companies (BHC), MorphoSys (MOR), MoonLake Immunotherapeutics (MLTX), TG Therapeutics (TGTX), Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals (ARWR), Corcept Therapeutics (CORT), and Janux Therapeutics (JANX). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
Merus (NASDAQ:MRUS) and Maravai LifeSciences (NASDAQ:MRVI) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Merus presently has a consensus target price of $56.33, indicating a potential upside of 28.29%. Maravai LifeSciences has a consensus target price of $11.44, indicating a potential upside of 1.10%. Given Maravai LifeSciences' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Merus is more favorable than Maravai LifeSciences.
Merus received 267 more outperform votes than Maravai LifeSciences when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.44% of users gave Maravai LifeSciences an outperform vote while only 65.52% of users gave Merus an outperform vote.
Maravai LifeSciences has higher revenue and earnings than Merus. Merus is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Maravai LifeSciences, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Merus had 11 more articles in the media than Maravai LifeSciences. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Merus and 7 mentions for Maravai LifeSciences. Merus' average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Maravai LifeSciences' score of 0.60 indicating that Maravai LifeSciences is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
96.1% of Merus shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.3% of Maravai LifeSciences shares are held by institutional investors. 4.6% of Merus shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Maravai LifeSciences shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Merus has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Maravai LifeSciences has a beta of 0.03, indicating that its share price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Maravai LifeSciences has a net margin of -47.81% compared to Maravai LifeSciences' net margin of -390.36%. Merus' return on equity of -4.28% beat Maravai LifeSciences' return on equity.
Summary
Merus and Maravai LifeSciences tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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