Mind Medicine (MindMed) (MNMD) has quietly turned into one of the more interesting brain health names this year, with the stock up roughly 66% year to date and nearly 39% over the past 3 months.
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That kind of move, including a roughly 38.7% 3 month share price return on top of a 75.1% one year total shareholder return, signals momentum building as investors warm to its brain health pipeline and clinical milestones.
If MindMed has caught your eye, it could be worth seeing what else is moving in brain health and beyond with our curated set of healthcare stocks.
But with shares still trading at a steep discount to analyst targets even after such a strong run, are investors looking at an underappreciated growth story or a market that has already priced in MindMed’s next leg higher?
MindMed trades at a rich price to book ratio of 9.5 times, well above peers, which signals the market is paying up for its future potential rather than current fundamentals.
The price to book multiple compares a company’s market value to its net assets and is often used for early stage or asset light biopharma names where earnings are not yet meaningful.
In MindMed’s case, that 9.5 times multiple stands sharply above both its peer group at 2.4 times and the broader US pharmaceuticals industry at 2.5 times. This implies investors are assigning a premium valuation multiple that reflects substantial pipeline success and future commercialization despite the company still being unprofitable and making less than 1 million dollars in revenue.
Compared with other US pharmaceuticals companies, this elevated price to book ratio makes MindMed look materially more expensive on an asset basis. This highlights how much more optimism is embedded in its share price than in the typical sector name.
See what the numbers say about this price — find out in our valuation breakdown.
Result: Price to Book of 9.5 times (OVERVALUED)
However, investors should note that clinical setbacks or delays in MM120 and MM402 trials, along with ongoing losses and negligible revenue, could quickly undermine today’s optimism.
Find out about the key risks to this Mind Medicine (MindMed) narrative.
Price to book paints MindMed as expensive, but our DCF model suggests a different story, with fair value at 21.49 dollars versus a 12.54 dollars share price, implying the stock trades about 41.6 percent below that estimate. Is the market underestimating long term brain health optionality here?
Look into how the SWS DCF model arrives at its fair value.
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