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PRAX vs. ALVO, APLS, SRRK, CRNX, IMVT, ACAD, VKTX, XENE, IBRX, and AMRX

Should you be buying Praxis Precision Medicines stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Praxis Precision Medicines include Alvotech (ALVO), Apellis Pharmaceuticals (APLS), Scholar Rock (SRRK), Crinetics Pharmaceuticals (CRNX), Immunovant (IMVT), ACADIA Pharmaceuticals (ACAD), Viking Therapeutics (VKTX), Xenon Pharmaceuticals (XENE), ImmunityBio (IBRX), and Amneal Pharmaceuticals (AMRX). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Praxis Precision Medicines vs.

Praxis Precision Medicines (NASDAQ:PRAX) and Alvotech (NASDAQ:ALVO) are both medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and earnings.

Praxis Precision Medicines has a beta of 2.66, indicating that its share price is 166% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alvotech has a beta of -0.05, indicating that its share price is 105% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Praxis Precision Medicines has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Alvotech. Alvotech is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Praxis Precision Medicines, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Praxis Precision Medicines$8.55M70.32-$123.28M-$10.27-2.90
Alvotech$489.68M5.12-$551.73M-$0.87-9.56

Praxis Precision Medicines presently has a consensus target price of $123.33, suggesting a potential upside of 313.45%. Alvotech has a consensus target price of $18.00, suggesting a potential upside of 116.35%. Given Praxis Precision Medicines' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Praxis Precision Medicines is more favorable than Alvotech.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Praxis Precision Medicines
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.78
Alvotech
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, Alvotech had 1 more articles in the media than Praxis Precision Medicines. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Alvotech and 7 mentions for Praxis Precision Medicines. Praxis Precision Medicines' average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Alvotech's score of -0.05 indicating that Praxis Precision Medicines is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Praxis Precision Medicines
4 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Alvotech
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Praxis Precision Medicines received 43 more outperform votes than Alvotech when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.63% of users gave Praxis Precision Medicines an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Alvotech an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Praxis Precision MedicinesOutperform Votes
50
74.63%
Underperform Votes
17
25.37%
AlvotechOutperform Votes
7
50.00%
Underperform Votes
7
50.00%

67.8% of Praxis Precision Medicines shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Praxis Precision Medicines shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Alvotech shares are held 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.

Alvotech has a net margin of -123.47% compared to Praxis Precision Medicines' net margin of -9,409.22%. Alvotech's return on equity of 0.00% beat Praxis Precision Medicines' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Praxis Precision Medicines-9,409.22% -54.86% -50.52%
Alvotech -123.47%N/A -35.87%

Summary

Praxis Precision Medicines beats Alvotech on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PRAX vs. The Competition

MetricPraxis Precision MedicinesPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$601.46M$6.27B$5.29B$7.35B
Dividend YieldN/A3.24%5.11%4.32%
P/E Ratio-2.906.6921.6917.68
Price / Sales70.32222.71373.8892.91
Price / CashN/A65.6738.1534.64
Price / Book3.775.776.353.94
Net Income-$123.28M$142.01M$3.20B$247.45M
7 Day Performance4.78%5.79%3.94%3.17%
1 Month Performance-23.38%-15.47%-10.35%-8.53%
1 Year Performance-41.26%-10.99%10.24%0.31%

Praxis Precision Medicines Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PRAX
Praxis Precision Medicines
2.9665 of 5 stars
$33.79
+13.3%
$123.33
+265.0%
-43.1%$681.31M$8.55M-3.28110Gap Down
ALVO
Alvotech
1.5444 of 5 stars
$8.32
-2.1%
$18.00
+116.3%
-34.6%$2.51B$489.68M-4.501,026Analyst Revision
Gap Down
APLS
Apellis Pharmaceuticals
4.1263 of 5 stars
$19.80
-0.9%
$45.59
+130.2%
-65.0%$2.49B$781.37M-9.75770Analyst Revision
Positive News
SRRK
Scholar Rock
3.8865 of 5 stars
$26.04
-3.2%
$42.67
+63.9%
+112.6%$2.47B$33.19M-11.08140Positive News
CRNX
Crinetics Pharmaceuticals
3.5961 of 5 stars
$26.38
-1.9%
$73.00
+176.7%
-32.0%$2.45B$1.04M-7.07210
IMVT
Immunovant
2.2129 of 5 stars
$14.39
-1.3%
$41.00
+184.9%
-51.2%$2.44BN/A-5.49120Short Interest ↑
Positive News
ACAD
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals
4.019 of 5 stars
$14.61
-5.0%
$23.93
+63.8%
-14.7%$2.44B$957.80M18.73510
VKTX
Viking Therapeutics
4.2623 of 5 stars
$21.28
-5.9%
$95.18
+347.3%
-65.3%$2.39BN/A-21.2820Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
News Coverage
Gap Down
XENE
Xenon Pharmaceuticals
2.7559 of 5 stars
$30.63
+4.2%
$57.38
+87.3%
-18.6%$2.34B$9.43M-10.86210Analyst Downgrade
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
IBRX
ImmunityBio
1.9412 of 5 stars
$2.72
-3.9%
$12.19
+348.1%
-49.6%$2.32B$14.75M-2.96590Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
AMRX
Amneal Pharmaceuticals
3.243 of 5 stars
$7.21
-2.3%
$10.80
+49.8%
+31.7%$2.23B$2.79B-10.607,600Short Interest ↑
Positive News
Gap Up
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This page (NASDAQ:PRAX) was last updated on 4/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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