Free Trial

Purple Biotech (PPBT) Competitors

Purple Biotech logo
$2.51 +0.03 (+1.21%)
Closing price 04:00 PM Eastern
Extended Trading
$2.52 +0.02 (+0.60%)
As of 07:57 PM Eastern
Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more.

PPBT vs. IBIO, MTVA, ALVR, SONN, NXTC, LPTX, IMCC, SNPX, BTAI, and NERV

Should you be buying Purple Biotech stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Purple Biotech include iBio (IBIO), MetaVia (MTVA), AlloVir (ALVR), Sonnet BioTherapeutics (SONN), NextCure (NXTC), Leap Therapeutics (LPTX), IM Cannabis (IMCC), Synaptogenix (SNPX), BioXcel Therapeutics (BTAI), and Minerva Neurosciences (NERV). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Purple Biotech vs. Its Competitors

iBio (NYSE:IBIO) and Purple Biotech (NASDAQ:PPBT) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.

iBio currently has a consensus target price of $4.30, suggesting a potential upside of 487.43%. Purple Biotech has a consensus target price of $33.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1,214.74%. Given Purple Biotech's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Purple Biotech is more favorable than iBio.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
iBio
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Purple Biotech
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Purple Biotech's return on equity of -17.84% beat iBio's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
iBioN/A -73.15% -45.51%
Purple Biotech N/A -17.84%-15.44%

7.9% of iBio shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.6% of Purple Biotech shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of iBio shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Purple Biotech shares are held by company 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.

Purple Biotech has lower revenue, but higher earnings than iBio.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
iBio$375K32.25-$24.91MN/AN/A
Purple BiotechN/AN/A-$7.24M-$2.62-0.96

iBio has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Purple Biotech has a beta of 0.41, meaning that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, iBio and iBio both had 1 articles in the media. Purple Biotech's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat iBio's score of 0.00 indicating that Purple Biotech is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
iBio Neutral
Purple Biotech Very Positive

Summary

Purple Biotech beats iBio on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

Get Purple Biotech News Delivered to You Automatically

Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for PPBT and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PPBT and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Skip Chart

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.
Skip Chart

PPBT vs. The Competition

MetricPurple BiotechMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$6.41M$2.91B$5.52B$9.32B
Dividend YieldN/A2.46%4.25%4.05%
P/E Ratio-0.9620.3628.1519.68
Price / SalesN/A302.56437.63100.28
Price / CashN/A42.3835.5357.53
Price / Book0.207.768.235.67
Net Income-$7.24M-$55.11M$3.23B$257.51M
7 Day Performance1.62%0.95%-0.01%0.52%
1 Month Performance1.21%8.44%5.61%8.84%
1 Year PerformanceN/A-2.38%26.52%14.18%

Purple Biotech Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PPBT
Purple Biotech
1.9466 of 5 stars
$2.51
+1.2%
$33.00
+1,214.7%
N/A$6.41MN/A-0.9620
IBIO
iBio
1.2642 of 5 stars
$0.78
+5.9%
$4.30
+448.0%
-68.4%$12.96M$375K0.00100
MTVA
MetaVia
1.7213 of 5 stars
$0.62
-4.0%
$7.50
+1,105.6%
N/A$12.69MN/A0.008
ALVR
AlloVir
N/A$2.50
-2.3%
N/A-85.6%$12.61MN/A-0.12110High Trading Volume
SONN
Sonnet BioTherapeutics
3.7584 of 5 stars
$4.73
+20.7%
$20.00
+322.8%
+38.4%$12.41M$20K0.0010News Coverage
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
NXTC
NextCure
4.3512 of 5 stars
$0.44
+1.2%
$3.50
+693.5%
-76.2%$12.22MN/A-0.2590Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
LPTX
Leap Therapeutics
2.2265 of 5 stars
$0.28
-2.6%
$3.38
+1,089.2%
-84.6%$12.07MN/A-0.1740Positive News
IMCC
IM Cannabis
0.1668 of 5 stars
$3.30
+11.5%
N/A+11.9%$11.97M$39.44M-5.16340Gap Up
SNPX
Synaptogenix
0.3112 of 5 stars
$8.50
+5.2%
$14.00
+64.7%
+130.2%$11.82MN/A-0.844Positive News
BTAI
BioXcel Therapeutics
4.2198 of 5 stars
$1.90
-1.6%
$42.60
+2,142.1%
-90.3%$11.69M$2.27M-0.1490Positive News
Gap Up
NERV
Minerva Neurosciences
4.2127 of 5 stars
$1.64
-0.6%
$5.00
+204.9%
-46.0%$11.54MN/A2.009Gap Down

Related Companies and Tools


This page (NASDAQ:PPBT) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
From Our Partners