Reviewing Mural Oncology (MURA) and The Competition

Mural Oncology (NASDAQ:MURA) is one of 1,047 public companies in the “Pharmaceutical preparations” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Mural Oncology to related businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.

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	-3,620.42%	-274.38%	-33.56%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

80.2% of Mural Oncology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.4% of shares of all “Pharmaceutical preparations” companies are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Mural Oncology shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.8% of shares of all “Pharmaceutical preparations” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

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

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mural Oncology	0	0	3	1	3.25
Mural Oncology Competitors	7584	20843	48443	1189	2.55

Mural Oncology presently has a consensus target price of $16.00, suggesting a potential upside of 374.78%. As a group, “Pharmaceutical preparations” companies have a potential upside of 74.18%. Given Mural Oncology’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Mural Oncology is more favorable than its competitors.

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mural Oncology	N/A	-$207.45 million	-0.37
Mural Oncology Competitors	$2.55 billion	$151.16 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.

Summary

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

Mural Oncology Company Profile

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.