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PCRX vs. PRGO, SUPN, NKTR, OMER, 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), Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR), Omeros (OMER), 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. Its Competitors

Perrigo (NYSE:PRGO) and Pacira BioSciences (NASDAQ:PCRX) are both medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.

Pacira BioSciences has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Perrigo$4.37B0.75-$171.80M-$0.58-41.08
Pacira BioSciences$705.85M1.62-$99.56M-$2.78-9.14

Perrigo has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pacira BioSciences has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Perrigo presently has a consensus price target of $33.00, indicating a potential upside of 38.51%. Pacira BioSciences has a consensus price target of $30.83, indicating a potential upside of 21.32%. Given Perrigo's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Perrigo is more favorable than Pacira BioSciences.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Perrigo
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40
Pacira BioSciences
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71

Perrigo has a net margin of -1.86% compared to Pacira BioSciences' net margin of -18.08%. Pacira BioSciences' return on equity of 13.29% beat Perrigo's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Perrigo-1.86% 9.09% 3.96%
Pacira BioSciences -18.08%13.29%6.61%

95.9% of Perrigo shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.7% of Pacira BioSciences shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Perrigo shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of Pacira BioSciences shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Perrigo had 13 more articles in the media than Pacira BioSciences. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Perrigo and 4 mentions for Pacira BioSciences. Pacira BioSciences' average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat Perrigo's score of 1.36 indicating that Pacira BioSciences is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Perrigo
11 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Pacira BioSciences
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Summary

Pacira BioSciences beats Perrigo on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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PCRX vs. The Competition

MetricPacira BioSciencesMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.14B$3.06B$5.76B$9.75B
Dividend YieldN/A2.24%4.40%4.10%
P/E Ratio-9.1621.0030.8325.91
Price / Sales1.62392.25469.77121.46
Price / Cash5.9943.2325.7828.79
Price / Book1.519.739.466.03
Net Income-$99.56M-$54.08M$3.27B$265.29M
7 Day Performance2.11%3.12%2.37%2.86%
1 Month Performance12.71%4.57%3.88%1.23%
1 Year Performance79.11%10.22%30.52%19.11%

Pacira BioSciences Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PCRX
Pacira BioSciences
3.363 of 5 stars
$25.42
-1.6%
$30.83
+21.3%
+82.1%$1.14B$705.85M-9.16720News Coverage
Positive News
PRGO
Perrigo
4.9782 of 5 stars
$23.05
+1.5%
$33.00
+43.2%
-16.3%$3.12B$4.37B-39.738,379News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
SUPN
Supernus Pharmaceuticals
2.2701 of 5 stars
$42.99
+0.7%
$41.00
-4.6%
+28.3%$2.39B$665.13M37.38580News Coverage
NKTR
Nektar Therapeutics
4.2971 of 5 stars
$27.43
+0.6%
$88.33
+222.0%
+33.5%$518.45M$98.43M-3.12220
OMER
Omeros
4.1795 of 5 stars
$4.22
-4.3%
$18.00
+326.5%
+3.8%$272.37MN/A-2.00210Gap Up
ASMB
Assembly Biosciences
4.1765 of 5 stars
$25.76
+1.3%
$38.67
+50.1%
+84.3%$195.18M$28.52M-4.62100Positive News
CPIX
Cumberland Pharmaceuticals
0.344 of 5 stars
$3.07
-1.9%
N/A+138.4%$46.83M$37.87M-13.9580Analyst Downgrade
LLY
Eli Lilly and Company
4.9992 of 5 stars
$698.89
-0.3%
$950.17
+36.0%
-25.4%$663.68B$45.04B45.6847,000Trending News
Analyst Upgrade
JNJ
Johnson & Johnson
4.8743 of 5 stars
$176.26
-0.2%
$174.50
-1.0%
+9.1%$425.41B$88.82B18.85138,100Trending News
Options Volume
ABBV
AbbVie
4.7591 of 5 stars
$206.23
-0.2%
$214.95
+4.2%
+6.4%$365.13B$56.33B98.2155,000Trending News
MRK
Merck & Co., Inc.
4.9977 of 5 stars
$84.21
flat
$107.44
+27.6%
-25.2%$210.34B$64.17B12.9875,000Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:PCRX) was last updated on 8/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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