MediciNova, Inc.

NasdaqGM:MNOV Stock Report

Market Cap: US$63.0m

MediciNova Valuation

Is MNOV undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

  • Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Price-To-Book vs Peers

  • Price-To-Book vs Industry

  • Price-To-Book vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Future Cash Flow Value

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Below Future Cash Flow Value: Insufficient data to calculate MNOV's future cash flow value for valuation analysis.

Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value: Insufficient data to calculate MNOV's future cash flow value for valuation analysis.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for MNOV?

Key metric: As MNOV barely has revenue we use its Price-To-Book Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Book ratio for MNOV. This is calculated by dividing MNOV's market cap by their current book value.
What is MNOV's PB Ratio?
PB Ratio1.5x
BookUS$39.41m
Market CapUS$63.00m

Price to Book Ratio vs Peers

How does MNOV's PB Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PB ratio for MNOV vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PBEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average1x
ELUT Elutia
1.9x-0.41%US$42.3m
ACRV Acrivon Therapeutics
0.7x-5.37%US$63.3m
PMVP PMV Pharmaceuticals
0.7x8.18%US$59.2m
TCRX TScan Therapeutics
0.6x8.00%US$59.6m
MNOV MediciNova
1.5x66.72%US$63.0m

Price-To-Book vs Peers: MNOV is expensive based on its Price-To-Book Ratio (1.5x) compared to the peer average (1x).

Historical Price to Book Ratio

Historical Price to Book Ratio compares a stock's price to the book value of it's equity over time. Higher ratios indicate that investors are willing to pay more for the stock.

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Price to Book Ratio vs Industry

How does MNOV's PB Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Biotechs Industry?

63 CompaniesPrice / BookEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
CNTN Canton Strategic Holdings
0.5xn/aUS$210.81m
ENLV Enlivex
0.08x-147.76%US$173.31m
ENGN enGene Therapeutics
0.4x8.76%US$108.52m
FRMM Forum Markets
0.5x127.69%US$76.93m
MNOV 1.5xIndustry Avg. 2.4xNo. of Companies86PB0246810+
63 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Book vs Industry: MNOV is good value based on its Price-To-Book Ratio (1.5x) compared to the US Biotechs industry average (2.3x).

Price to Book Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is MNOV's PB Ratio compared to its Fair PB Ratio? This is the expected PB Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

MNOV PB Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PB Ratio1.5x
Fair PB Ration/a

Price-To-Book vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate MNOV's Price-To-Book Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst MNOV forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$1.23
US$9.00
+631.71%
24.00%US$11.00US$6.00n/a3
Jun ’27US$1.37
US$9.00
+556.93%
24.00%US$11.00US$6.00n/a3
May ’27US$1.40
US$9.00
+542.86%
20.79%US$11.00US$6.00n/a4
Apr ’27US$1.42
US$9.00
+533.80%
20.79%US$11.00US$6.00n/a4
Mar ’27US$1.45
US$10.00
+589.66%
10.00%US$11.00US$9.00n/a2
Feb ’27US$1.72
US$10.00
+481.40%
10.00%US$11.00US$9.00n/a2
Jan ’27US$1.31
US$7.00
+434.35%
28.57%US$9.00US$5.00n/a2
Dec ’26US$1.41
US$7.00
+396.45%
28.57%US$9.00US$5.00n/a2
Nov ’26US$1.66
US$7.00
+321.69%
28.57%US$9.00US$5.00n/a2
Oct ’26US$1.25
US$7.00
+460.00%
28.57%US$9.00US$5.00n/a2
Sep ’26US$1.31
US$7.00
+434.35%
28.57%US$9.00US$5.00n/a2
Aug ’26US$1.43
US$7.00
+389.51%
28.57%US$9.00US$5.00n/a2
Jul ’26US$1.27
US$7.00
+451.18%
28.57%US$9.00US$5.00n/a2
Jun ’26US$1.39
US$8.33
+499.52%
20.40%US$10.00US$6.00US$1.373
May ’26US$1.47
US$8.33
+466.89%
20.40%US$10.00US$6.00US$1.403
Apr ’26US$1.45
US$9.50
+555.17%
5.26%US$10.00US$9.00US$1.422
Mar ’26US$1.64
US$8.33
+408.13%
20.40%US$10.00US$6.00US$1.453
Feb ’26US$1.98
US$8.33
+320.88%
20.40%US$10.00US$6.00US$1.723
Jan ’26US$2.10
US$8.33
+296.83%
20.40%US$10.00US$6.00US$1.313
Dec ’25US$2.07
US$8.00
+286.47%
25.00%US$10.00US$6.00US$1.412
Nov ’25US$1.66
US$8.00
+381.93%
25.00%US$10.00US$6.00US$1.662
Oct ’25US$2.03
US$8.00
+294.09%
25.00%US$10.00US$6.00US$1.252
Aug ’25US$1.32
US$16.00
+1,112.12%
62.50%US$26.00US$6.00US$1.432
Jul ’25US$1.44
US$16.00
+1,011.11%
62.50%US$26.00US$6.00US$1.272
Jun ’25US$1.36
US$17.00
+1,150.00%
64.71%US$28.00US$6.00US$1.392
US$9
Fair Value
86.3% undervalued intrinsic discount
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Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but analysts are not within a statistically confident range of agreement.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/06/12 22:26
End of Day Share Price 2026/06/12 00:00
Earnings2026/03/31
Annual Earnings2025/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

MediciNova, Inc. is covered by 8 analysts. 2 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Jason KolbertD. Boral Capital LLC.
Lander Egaña-GorroñoH.C. Wainwright & Co.
Elemer PirosLucid Capital Markets