Analyzing MeiraGTx (NASDAQ:MGTX) and LadRx (OTCMKTS:CYTR)

MeiraGTx (NASDAQ:MGTX) and LadRx (OTCMKTS:CYTR) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, profitability, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares MeiraGTx and LadRx”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
MeiraGTx	$8.12 million	32.15	-$84.03 million	($1.17)	-3.47
LadRx	N/A	N/A	-$6.70 million	($0.15)	-0.61

LadRx has lower revenue, but higher earnings than MeiraGTx. MeiraGTx is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LadRx, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations for MeiraGTx and LadRx, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MeiraGTx	0	0	2	0	3.00
LadRx	0	0	0	0	N/A

MeiraGTx currently has a consensus price target of $22.50, indicating a potential upside of 454.19%. Given MeiraGTx’s higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe MeiraGTx is more favorable than LadRx.

Volatility and Risk

MeiraGTx has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LadRx has a beta of 1.96, meaning that its share price is 96% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

67.5% of MeiraGTx shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of LadRx shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.4% of MeiraGTx shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.8% of LadRx shares are owned 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.

Profitability

This table compares MeiraGTx and LadRx’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MeiraGTx	-1,146.81%	-152.82%	-56.41%
LadRx	N/A	-67.61%	-45.39%

Summary

LadRx beats MeiraGTx on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About MeiraGTx

MeiraGTx Holdings plc, a clinical stage gene therapy company, focusing on developing treatments for patients with serious diseases. The company develops various therapies for ocular diseases, including inherited retinal diseases and large degenerative ocular diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, and xerostomia. Its programs in clinical development include Phase I/II clinical stage programs in achromatopsia, X-linked retinitis pigmentosa, and RPE65-deficiency; Phase I clinical trials for radiation-induced xerostomia; and Parkinson's program that has completed a Phase II trial. It has a research collaboration agreement with Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for the research, development, and commercialization of gene therapies for the treatment of inherited retinal disease. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is based in New York, New York.

About LadRx

LadRx Corporation, a biopharmaceutical company, engages in the discovery and development of therapeutics to treat patients with cancer. The company's advanced drug conjugate, aldoxorubicin that is in late-stage clinical trials is a version of anti-cancer drug doxorubicin. Its pre-clinical therapeutics comprise linker activated drug releases 7, 8, 9, and 10 targeted against cancer The company was formerly known as CytRx Corporation and changed its name to LadRx Corporation in September 2022. LadRx Corporation was incorporated in 1985 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.