Mural Oncology (MURA) and Its Rivals Critical Review

Mural Oncology (NASDAQ:MURA) is one of 1,049 publicly-traded companies in the “Pharmaceutical preparations” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Mural Oncology to similar companies based on the strength of its valuation, earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Mural Oncology and its competitors revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mural Oncology	N/A	-$207.45 million	-0.43
Mural Oncology Competitors	$1.72 billion	$154.00 million	-5.60

Mural Oncology’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Mural Oncology. Mural Oncology is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Mural Oncology and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mural Oncology	N/A	-70.10%	-61.30%
Mural Oncology Competitors	-3,610.16%	-274.38%	-39.07%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

80.2% of Mural Oncology shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.3% of shares of all “Pharmaceutical preparations” companies are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Mural Oncology shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.8% of shares of all “Pharmaceutical preparations” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Mural Oncology and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mural Oncology	0	0	3	1	3.25
Mural Oncology Competitors	7622	20910	48555	1193	2.55

Mural Oncology presently has a consensus target price of $16.00, suggesting a potential upside of 307.12%. As a group, “Pharmaceutical preparations” companies have a potential upside of 71.10%. Given Mural Oncology’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Mural Oncology is more favorable than its competitors.

Summary

Mural Oncology beats its competitors on 8 of the 12 factors compared.

About Mural Oncology

Mural Oncology plc, a clinical-stage oncology company, focuses on discovering and developing immunotherapies for the treatment of patients with cancer. The company's lead product candidate includes nemvaleukin alfa for the treatment of mucosal melanoma as a monotherapy and platinum-resistant ovarian cancer in combination with pembrolizumab. It also develops nemvaleukin to treat cutaneous melanoma and advanced solid tumors. The company is also developing engineered interleukin-18 and tumor-targeted interleukin-12 programs. Mural Oncology plc was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Dublin, Ireland.