PRTA vs. ELVN, ABCL, VRNA, COLL, MIRM, IRWD, INVA, SAVA, BLTE, and MNKD
Should you be buying Prothena stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Prothena include Enliven Therapeutics (ELVN), AbCellera Biologics (ABCL), Verona Pharma (VRNA), Collegium Pharmaceutical (COLL), Mirum Pharmaceuticals (MIRM), Ironwood Pharmaceuticals (IRWD), Innoviva (INVA), Cassava Sciences (SAVA), Belite Bio (BLTE), and MannKind (MNKD). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
Enliven Therapeutics (NASDAQ:ELVN) and Prothena (NASDAQ:PRTA) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and profitability.
Prothena received 596 more outperform votes than Enliven Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Enliven Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 70.67% of users gave Prothena an outperform vote.
Enliven Therapeutics has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Prothena has a beta of 0.3, indicating that its share price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Enliven Therapeutics has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Enliven Therapeutics' net margin of -193.17%. Prothena's return on equity of -28.83% beat Enliven Therapeutics' return on equity.
In the previous week, Enliven Therapeutics had 9 more articles in the media than Prothena. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Enliven Therapeutics and 5 mentions for Prothena. Prothena's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Enliven Therapeutics' score of 0.33 indicating that Enliven Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
95.1% of Enliven Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.1% of Prothena shares are held by institutional investors. 45.8% of Enliven 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Enliven Therapeutics has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Prothena. Enliven Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Prothena, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Enliven Therapeutics currently has a consensus price target of $34.00, indicating a potential upside of 47.57%. Prothena has a consensus price target of $67.00, indicating a potential upside of 197.51%. Given Enliven Therapeutics' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Prothena is more favorable than Enliven Therapeutics.
Summary
Enliven Therapeutics beats Prothena on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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