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Prothena (PRTA) Competitors

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$14.40 +0.35 (+2.49%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

PRTA vs. AKBA, URGN, PBYI, MRNS, DVAX, BHC, EWTX, MRUS, XENE, and HCM

Should you be buying Prothena stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Prothena include Akebia Therapeutics (AKBA), UroGen Pharma (URGN), Puma Biotechnology (PBYI), Marinus Pharmaceuticals (MRNS), Dynavax Technologies (DVAX), Bausch Health Companies (BHC), Edgewise Therapeutics (EWTX), Merus (MRUS), Xenon Pharmaceuticals (XENE), and HUTCHMED (HCM). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.

Prothena vs.

Akebia Therapeutics (NASDAQ:AKBA) and Prothena (NASDAQ:PRTA) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, dividends and valuation.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Akebia Therapeutics$194.62M2.01-$51.92M-$0.23-7.78
Prothena$91.37M8.48-$147.03M-$2.48-5.81

Prothena received 191 more outperform votes than Akebia Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.43% of users gave Prothena an outperform vote while only 64.09% of users gave Akebia Therapeutics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Akebia TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
414
64.09%
Underperform Votes
232
35.91%
ProthenaOutperform Votes
605
70.43%
Underperform Votes
254
29.57%

Akebia Therapeutics currently has a consensus price target of $5.75, suggesting a potential upside of 221.23%. Prothena has a consensus price target of $61.86, suggesting a potential upside of 329.56%. Given Prothena's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Prothena is more favorable than Akebia Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Akebia Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Prothena
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71

33.9% of Akebia Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.1% of Prothena shares are held by institutional investors. 4.1% of Akebia Therapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 28.2% of Prothena shares are held by company 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.

In the previous week, Prothena had 14 more articles in the media than Akebia Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Prothena and 3 mentions for Akebia Therapeutics. Prothena's average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat Akebia Therapeutics' score of 0.15 indicating that Prothena is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Akebia Therapeutics has a net margin of -27.07% compared to Prothena's net margin of -98.86%. Akebia Therapeutics' return on equity of 0.00% beat Prothena's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Akebia Therapeutics-27.07% N/A -20.57%
Prothena -98.86%-24.19%-20.59%

Akebia Therapeutics has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Prothena has a beta of 0.16, suggesting that its share price is 84% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Prothena beats Akebia Therapeutics on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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PRTA vs. The Competition

MetricProthenaPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$756.01M$6.48B$5.05B$8.87B
Dividend YieldN/A8.12%4.97%4.06%
P/E Ratio-5.815.5697.3414.18
Price / Sales8.48348.141,218.4289.42
Price / CashN/A22.1533.5132.79
Price / Book1.457.885.805.12
Net Income-$147.03M$153.61M$119.07M$225.99M
7 Day Performance-10.56%-2.00%-1.83%-1.32%
1 Month Performance-12.73%-7.47%-3.64%0.60%
1 Year Performance-55.43%31.80%31.62%26.23%

Prothena Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PRTA
Prothena
1.6434 of 5 stars
$14.40
+2.5%
$61.86
+329.6%
-57.8%$756.01M$91.37M-5.81173Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
AKBA
Akebia Therapeutics
4.0169 of 5 stars
$1.79
-1.6%
$5.75
+221.2%
+75.5%$390.54M$194.62M-7.78167
URGN
UroGen Pharma
3.78 of 5 stars
$11.45
+2.6%
$48.38
+322.5%
-7.9%$261.74M$82.71M0.00200
PBYI
Puma Biotechnology
4.4141 of 5 stars
$2.84
+3.6%
$7.00
+146.5%
-27.0%$134.50M$235.60M5.92185Analyst Forecast
Positive News
MRNS
Marinus Pharmaceuticals
4.4364 of 5 stars
$0.31
flat
$4.79
+1,448.8%
-95.0%$16.97M$30.99M0.00110Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
DVAX
Dynavax Technologies
4.6419 of 5 stars
$12.17
+1.3%
$22.00
+80.8%
-11.0%$1.58B$260.81M93.62408
BHC
Bausch Health Companies
3.4347 of 5 stars
$8.20
+0.1%
$7.75
-5.4%
+16.3%$3.01B$8.76B-17.0720,270Positive News
EWTX
Edgewise Therapeutics
1.7269 of 5 stars
$31.95
+1.4%
$38.40
+20.2%
+396.9%$2.98BN/A0.0060
MRUS
Merus
1.8993 of 5 stars
$42.93
-1.3%
$86.70
+102.0%
+76.7%$2.98B$43.95M0.0037Analyst Forecast
XENE
Xenon Pharmaceuticals
3.4913 of 5 stars
$39.34
+1.3%
$57.45
+46.0%
+35.2%$2.96B$9.43M0.00251Analyst Revision
HCM
HUTCHMED
1.1549 of 5 stars
$17.96
+7.2%
$20.55
+14.4%
-3.1%$2.92B$838M0.001,988Analyst Downgrade
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This page (NASDAQ:PRTA) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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