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Purple Biotech (PPBT) Competitors

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$3.11
-0.10 (-3.12%)
(As of 11/1/2024 ET)

PPBT vs. HCWB, CARA, GOVX, NERV, TLPH, MTEX, TENX, KZIA, AWH, and AIM

Should you be buying Purple Biotech stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Purple Biotech include HCW Biologics (HCWB), Cara Therapeutics (CARA), GeoVax Labs (GOVX), Minerva Neurosciences (NERV), Talphera (TLPH), Mannatech (MTEX), Tenax Therapeutics (TENX), Kazia Therapeutics (KZIA), Aspira Women's Health (AWH), and AIM ImmunoTech (AIM). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Purple Biotech vs.

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

Purple Biotech has a net margin of 0.00% compared to HCW Biologics' net margin of -978.03%. Purple Biotech's return on equity of -59.58% beat HCW Biologics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
HCW Biologics-978.03% -385.90% -126.44%
Purple Biotech N/A -59.58%-48.06%

Purple Biotech has lower revenue, but higher earnings than HCW Biologics. HCW Biologics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Purple Biotech, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
HCW Biologics$2.84M5.73-$24.99M-$1.04-0.41
Purple BiotechN/AN/A-$19.88M-$13.00-0.24

Purple Biotech has a consensus price target of $200.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6,330.87%. Given Purple Biotech's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Purple Biotech is more favorable than HCW Biologics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
HCW Biologics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A
Purple Biotech
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

3.0% of HCW Biologics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.6% of Purple Biotech shares are owned by institutional investors. 49.9% of HCW Biologics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Purple Biotech shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Purple Biotech received 10 more outperform votes than HCW Biologics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave HCW Biologics an outperform vote while only 94.12% of users gave Purple Biotech an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
HCW BiologicsOutperform Votes
6
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes
Purple BiotechOutperform Votes
16
94.12%
Underperform Votes
1
5.88%

In the previous week, HCW Biologics' average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Purple Biotech's score of -0.77 indicating that HCW Biologics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
HCW Biologics Positive
Purple Biotech Negative

HCW Biologics has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Purple Biotech has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Purple Biotech beats HCW Biologics on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PPBT vs. The Competition

MetricPurple BiotechPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$4.14M$7.02B$5.33B$8.52B
Dividend YieldN/A7.92%5.07%4.13%
P/E Ratio-0.2412.35128.4016.13
Price / SalesN/A396.051,491.7792.21
Price / CashN/A47.4339.5634.18
Price / Book0.115.604.765.07
Net Income-$19.88M$153.56M$118.92M$225.46M
7 Day Performance-24.15%-1.46%-0.39%0.07%
1 Month Performance-46.01%15.32%6.06%3.93%
1 Year PerformanceN/A43.07%38.23%32.51%

Purple Biotech Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PPBT
Purple Biotech
2.3588 of 5 stars
$3.11
-3.1%
$200.00
+6,330.9%
N/A$4.14MN/A-0.2420
HCWB
HCW Biologics
1.1279 of 5 stars
$0.45
+3.7%
N/A-73.0%$16.91M$2.84M-0.4340Short Interest ↓
Positive News
Gap Up
CARA
Cara Therapeutics
4.1414 of 5 stars
$0.31
-1.1%
$2.32
+655.7%
-75.5%$16.84M$20.97M-0.1555News Coverage
GOVX
GeoVax Labs
3.748 of 5 stars
$1.97
0.0%
$12.67
+543.2%
-74.9%$16.52M$80,000.000.0017Positive News
NERV
Minerva Neurosciences
4.0849 of 5 stars
$2.35
-1.7%
$5.00
+112.8%
-47.6%$16.43MN/A-0.539Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
TLPH
Talphera
2.4389 of 5 stars
$0.93
-0.9%
$4.50
+383.9%
N/A$15.80M$650,000.00-1.4519Gap Down
MTEX
Mannatech
0.8825 of 5 stars
$8.12
-0.6%
N/A-9.5%$15.27M$131.96M-12.89250Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
TENX
Tenax Therapeutics
3.205 of 5 stars
$4.42
+0.7%
$170.67
+3,761.2%
-69.7%$15.07MN/A0.009News Coverage
KZIA
Kazia Therapeutics
2.2759 of 5 stars
$5.62
+4.1%
$20.00
+255.9%
+35.7%$14.84M$20,000.000.0012Gap Down
AWH
Aspira Women's Health
1.2045 of 5 stars
$0.92
+2.0%
$4.40
+379.3%
-80.8%$14.74M$9.15M-0.63110Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
AIM
AIM ImmunoTech
1.3285 of 5 stars
$0.25
-3.4%
$3.00
+1,094.7%
-43.7%$14.73M$200,000.00-0.4420

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This page (NASDAQ:PPBT) was last updated on 11/2/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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