Critical Comparison: Mural Oncology (MURA) and Its Peers

Mural Oncology (NASDAQ:MURA) is one of 1,048 publicly-traded companies in the “Pharmaceutical preparations” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Mural Oncology to similar companies based on the strength of its risk, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability and earnings.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

80.2% of Mural Oncology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.3% of shares of all “Pharmaceutical preparations” companies are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Mural Oncology shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.8% of shares of all “Pharmaceutical preparations” companies are owned 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.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Mural Oncology and its peers top-line 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	$8.91 billion	$154.05 million	-5.65

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings for Mural Oncology and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mural Oncology	0	0	3	1	3.25
Mural Oncology Competitors	7597	20872	48484	1190	2.55

Mural Oncology currently has a consensus target price of $16.00, suggesting a potential upside of 377.61%. As a group, “Pharmaceutical preparations” companies have a potential upside of 70.35%. Given Mural Oncology’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Mural Oncology is more favorable than its peers.

Profitability

This table compares Mural Oncology and its peers’ 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%	-274.40%	-33.57%

Summary

Mural Oncology beats its peers 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.