PCRX vs. PRGO, SUPN, OMER, NKTR, ASMB, CPIX, LLY, JNJ, ABBV, and MRK
Should you be buying Pacira BioSciences stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pacira BioSciences include Perrigo (PRGO), Supernus Pharmaceuticals (SUPN), Omeros (OMER), Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR), Assembly Biosciences (ASMB), Cumberland Pharmaceuticals (CPIX), Eli Lilly and Company (LLY), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), AbbVie (ABBV), and Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceuticals" industry.
Pacira BioSciences vs.
Pacira BioSciences (NASDAQ:PCRX) and Perrigo (NYSE:PRGO) are both medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
99.7% of Pacira BioSciences shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.9% of Perrigo shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.4% of Pacira BioSciences shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Perrigo shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Pacira BioSciences has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Perrigo has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Pacira BioSciences presently has a consensus price target of $24.50, indicating a potential upside of 9.57%. Perrigo has a consensus price target of $35.00, indicating a potential upside of 46.66%. Given Perrigo's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Perrigo is more favorable than Pacira BioSciences.
Perrigo has a net margin of -3.64% compared to Pacira BioSciences' net margin of -13.07%. Pacira BioSciences' return on equity of 13.42% beat Perrigo's return on equity.
In the previous week, Pacira BioSciences had 19 more articles in the media than Perrigo. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Pacira BioSciences and 12 mentions for Perrigo. Pacira BioSciences' average media sentiment score of 0.21 beat Perrigo's score of 0.07 indicating that Pacira BioSciences is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Pacira BioSciences received 55 more outperform votes than Perrigo when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.55% of users gave Pacira BioSciences an outperform vote while only 66.38% of users gave Perrigo an outperform vote.
Pacira BioSciences has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Perrigo. Perrigo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pacira BioSciences, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Pacira BioSciences beats Perrigo on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:PCRX) was last updated on 1/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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