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PRLD vs. PRQR, TLSA, ACTU, EPRX, ENTA, TSVT, SCPH, MGNX, CGEN, and ALEC

Should you be buying Prelude Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Prelude Therapeutics include ProQR Therapeutics (PRQR), Tiziana Life Sciences (TLSA), Actuate Therapeutics (ACTU), Eupraxia Pharmaceuticals (EPRX), Enanta Pharmaceuticals (ENTA), 2seventy bio (TSVT), scPharmaceuticals (SCPH), MacroGenics (MGNX), Compugen (CGEN), and Alector (ALEC). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Prelude Therapeutics vs.

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

Prelude Therapeutics presently has a consensus price target of $4.00, suggesting a potential upside of 465.85%. ProQR Therapeutics has a consensus price target of $9.17, suggesting a potential upside of 426.82%. Given Prelude Therapeutics' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Prelude Therapeutics is more favorable than ProQR 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
ProQR Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.17

ProQR Therapeutics received 304 more outperform votes than Prelude Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.85% of users gave ProQR Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 49.18% of users gave Prelude Therapeutics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Prelude TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
30
49.18%
Underperform Votes
31
50.82%
ProQR TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
334
61.85%
Underperform Votes
206
38.15%

Prelude Therapeutics has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ProQR Therapeutics has a beta of 0.24, meaning that its stock price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Prelude Therapeutics has a net margin of 0.00% compared to ProQR Therapeutics' net margin of -134.31%. Prelude Therapeutics' return on equity of -66.89% beat ProQR Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Prelude TherapeuticsN/A -66.89% -55.59%
ProQR Therapeutics -134.31%-71.58%-19.70%

79.7% of Prelude Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.7% of ProQR Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. 62.8% of Prelude Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of ProQR Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, ProQR Therapeutics had 2 more articles in the media than Prelude Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for ProQR Therapeutics and 8 mentions for Prelude Therapeutics. ProQR Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Prelude Therapeutics' score of 0.75 indicating that ProQR Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Prelude Therapeutics
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
ProQR Therapeutics
0 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

ProQR Therapeutics has higher revenue and earnings than Prelude Therapeutics. ProQR Therapeutics 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$3M12.97-$121.83M-$1.78-0.40
ProQR Therapeutics$17.88M7.95-$30.43M-$0.32-5.44

Summary

ProQR Therapeutics beats Prelude Therapeutics on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PRLD vs. The Competition

MetricPrelude TherapeuticsPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$38.90M$6.92B$5.61B$7.93B
Dividend YieldN/A2.72%4.89%4.05%
P/E Ratio-0.406.1123.5218.73
Price / Sales12.97223.52371.97119.64
Price / CashN/A65.6738.0534.64
Price / Book0.166.616.844.19
Net Income-$121.83M$139.99M$3.19B$246.99M
7 Day Performance-0.73%-2.46%5.28%-2.84%
1 Month Performance-25.59%-9.02%-1.08%-10.76%
1 Year Performance-84.70%-5.12%12.28%0.49%

Prelude Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PRLD
Prelude Therapeutics
3.1521 of 5 stars
$0.71
+1.5%
$4.00
+465.9%
-83.0%$38.90M$3M-0.40120Earnings Report
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
PRQR
ProQR Therapeutics
2.6381 of 5 stars
$1.81
-5.2%
$9.17
+406.4%
-9.8%$147.84M$17.88M-5.66180Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
Positive News
TLSA
Tiziana Life Sciences
1.3663 of 5 stars
$1.40
-17.2%
N/A+191.8%$147.55MN/A0.008Short Interest ↓
High Trading Volume
ACTU
Actuate Therapeutics
N/A$7.34
+5.6%
N/AN/A$143.37MN/A0.0010
EPRX
Eupraxia Pharmaceuticals
2.6786 of 5 stars
$3.99
-4.2%
$10.50
+163.5%
N/A$142.09MN/A-5.5429Gap Down
ENTA
Enanta Pharmaceuticals
4.4291 of 5 stars
$6.66
-7.8%
$17.25
+159.2%
-50.0%$141.97M$66.59M-1.34160Short Interest ↓
TSVT
2seventy bio
3.086 of 5 stars
$2.71
+1.7%
$7.20
+166.2%
+4.7%$140.32M$45.62M-1.46440Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
SCPH
scPharmaceuticals
3.6224 of 5 stars
$2.77
-5.6%
$15.00
+442.5%
-43.7%$139.36M$30.28M-1.4730High Trading Volume
MGNX
MacroGenics
4.1268 of 5 stars
$2.21
-2.9%
$7.63
+245.8%
-86.5%$139.02M$139.77M-1.40430News Coverage
CGEN
Compugen
1.6954 of 5 stars
$1.56
-6.3%
$4.00
+157.2%
-40.0%$138.76M$27.86M77.7570
ALEC
Alector
3.5724 of 5 stars
$1.38
-4.5%
$3.50
+154.5%
-74.4%$136.24M$100.56M-0.81270
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This page (NASDAQ:PRLD) was last updated on 3/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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