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PRLD vs. ACIU, TARA, DMAC, IKT, PBYI, TNGX, DERM, OGI, LYEL, and SCPH

Should you be buying Prelude Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Prelude Therapeutics include AC Immune (ACIU), Protara Therapeutics (TARA), DiaMedica Therapeutics (DMAC), Inhibikase Therapeutics (IKT), Puma Biotechnology (PBYI), Tango Therapeutics (TNGX), Journey Medical (DERM), Organigram (OGI), Lyell Immunopharma (LYEL), and scPharmaceuticals (SCPH). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Prelude Therapeutics vs.

Prelude Therapeutics (NASDAQ:PRLD) and AC Immune (NASDAQ:ACIU) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends and community ranking.

AC Immune received 229 more outperform votes than Prelude Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.65% of users gave AC Immune an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Prelude Therapeutics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Prelude TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
31
50.00%
Underperform Votes
31
50.00%
AC ImmuneOutperform Votes
260
62.65%
Underperform Votes
155
37.35%

79.7% of Prelude Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.4% of AC Immune shares are owned by institutional investors. 62.8% of Prelude Therapeutics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of AC Immune shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

AC Immune's return on equity of -28.26% beat Prelude Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Prelude TherapeuticsN/A -66.89% -55.59%
AC Immune N/A -28.26%-18.98%

Prelude Therapeutics presently has a consensus price target of $4.00, suggesting a potential upside of 393.83%. AC Immune has a consensus price target of $12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 710.81%. Given AC Immune's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe AC Immune is more favorable than Prelude Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Prelude Therapeutics
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
AC Immune
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Prelude Therapeutics has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AC Immune has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, AC Immune had 9 more articles in the media than Prelude Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for AC Immune and 0 mentions for Prelude Therapeutics. AC Immune's average media sentiment score of 1.57 beat Prelude Therapeutics' score of 0.00 indicating that AC Immune is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Prelude Therapeutics Neutral
AC Immune Very Positive

AC Immune has higher revenue and earnings than Prelude Therapeutics. AC Immune is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Prelude Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Prelude Therapeutics$7M6.53-$121.83M-$1.69-0.48
AC Immune$27.31M5.44-$60.41M-$0.58-2.55

Summary

AC Immune beats Prelude Therapeutics on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PRLD vs. The Competition

MetricPrelude TherapeuticsPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$45.73M$6.45B$5.31B$7.34B
Dividend YieldN/A3.21%5.45%4.34%
P/E Ratio-0.466.9221.9417.82
Price / Sales6.53231.01380.6697.73
Price / CashN/A65.6738.2534.64
Price / Book0.195.936.453.98
Net Income-$121.83M$143.22M$3.22B$247.81M
7 Day Performance16.71%1.15%0.74%0.28%
1 Month Performance13.99%-13.22%-9.66%-7.60%
1 Year Performance-78.23%-8.51%11.81%1.49%

Prelude Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PRLD
Prelude Therapeutics
1.8126 of 5 stars
$0.81
+5.2%
$4.00
+393.8%
-78.2%$45.73M$7M-0.46120Gap Up
ACIU
AC Immune
2.5072 of 5 stars
$1.52
-2.6%
$12.00
+689.5%
-37.3%$152.62M$27.31M-3.30140Positive News
TARA
Protara Therapeutics
1.9184 of 5 stars
$4.14
+5.9%
$22.50
+443.5%
+47.7%$152.22MN/A-1.4730Positive News
Gap Up
DMAC
DiaMedica Therapeutics
1.3536 of 5 stars
$3.54
+2.0%
$8.00
+126.0%
+48.1%$151.71MN/A-6.3220Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Gap Up
IKT
Inhibikase Therapeutics
1.0348 of 5 stars
$2.00
-3.4%
$6.50
+225.0%
-7.1%$148.68M$260,000.00-0.756
PBYI
Puma Biotechnology
3.528 of 5 stars
$2.93
+3.9%
$7.00
+138.9%
-42.9%$145.36M$230.47M6.10200
TNGX
Tango Therapeutics
1.9159 of 5 stars
$1.34
-5.0%
$12.33
+820.4%
-82.4%$144.87M$42.07M-1.1490Gap Up
DERM
Journey Medical
2.408 of 5 stars
$6.21
+3.0%
$9.88
+59.0%
+79.6%$143.48M$56.13M-6.6190Short Interest ↑
Positive News
OGI
Organigram
0.6457 of 5 stars
$1.04
+1.0%
N/A-43.4%$131.31M$166.12M-2.74860Positive News
LYEL
Lyell Immunopharma
3.1971 of 5 stars
$0.44
+1.4%
$1.00
+124.9%
-80.6%$131.26M$61,000.00-0.56270Gap Down
SCPH
scPharmaceuticals
3.7824 of 5 stars
$2.58
+11.2%
$14.00
+442.6%
-43.6%$129.73M$36.33M-1.3630Short Interest ↓
Gap Up

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This page (NASDAQ:PRLD) was last updated on 4/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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