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PTCT vs. VTRS, ASND, RDY, QGEN, BBIO, MRNA, ELAN, VRNA, ROIV, and RVMD

Should you be buying PTC Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PTC Therapeutics include Viatris (VTRS), Ascendis Pharma A/S (ASND), Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (RDY), Qiagen (QGEN), BridgeBio Pharma (BBIO), Moderna (MRNA), Elanco Animal Health (ELAN), Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share (VRNA), Roivant Sciences (ROIV), and Revolution Medicines (RVMD). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

PTC Therapeutics vs. Its Competitors

Viatris (NASDAQ:VTRS) and PTC Therapeutics (NASDAQ:PTCT) are both medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation and risk.

Viatris has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PTC Therapeutics has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.

PTC Therapeutics has a net margin of 35.65% compared to Viatris' net margin of -24.57%. Viatris' return on equity of 16.54% beat PTC Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Viatris-24.57% 16.54% 7.06%
PTC Therapeutics 35.65%-106.31%30.61%

In the previous week, PTC Therapeutics had 14 more articles in the media than Viatris. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for PTC Therapeutics and 3 mentions for Viatris. Viatris' average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat PTC Therapeutics' score of 0.92 indicating that Viatris is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Viatris
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
PTC Therapeutics
9 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

79.9% of Viatris shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Viatris shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.5% of PTC Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Viatris presently has a consensus price target of $10.40, indicating a potential upside of 4.42%. PTC Therapeutics has a consensus price target of $69.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.95%. Given PTC Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe PTC Therapeutics is more favorable than Viatris.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Viatris
2 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.80
PTC Therapeutics
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.53

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Viatris$14.74B0.79-$634.20M-$2.90-3.43
PTC Therapeutics$806.78M6.02-$363.30M$6.978.76

Summary

PTC Therapeutics beats Viatris on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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PTCT vs. The Competition

MetricPTC TherapeuticsMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$4.84B$3.20B$5.87B$10.14B
Dividend YieldN/A2.30%5.68%4.59%
P/E Ratio8.7621.1774.5225.93
Price / Sales6.02480.02549.78198.13
Price / CashN/A46.6837.5660.44
Price / Book-4.299.6112.166.29
Net Income-$363.30M-$53.29M$3.28B$270.77M
7 Day Performance6.69%0.28%0.87%3.88%
1 Month Performance26.82%5.73%4.96%4.88%
1 Year Performance79.73%10.52%60.74%26.01%

PTC Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PTCT
PTC Therapeutics
3.6467 of 5 stars
$61.09
+0.2%
$69.00
+12.9%
+86.8%$4.84B$806.78M8.761,410Insider Trade
VTRS
Viatris
1.7016 of 5 stars
$10.55
+1.3%
$10.40
-1.4%
-15.2%$12.30B$14.12B-3.6432,000Positive News
ASND
Ascendis Pharma A/S
3.1889 of 5 stars
$194.27
+0.2%
$243.36
+25.3%
+71.8%$11.89B$393.54M-37.651,017Positive News
RDY
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
2.4795 of 5 stars
$14.20
-0.1%
$16.95
+19.4%
-8.7%$11.85B$3.81B21.5127,811Positive News
QGEN
Qiagen
4.4709 of 5 stars
$46.53
+0.9%
$49.69
+6.8%
+2.2%$10.34B$2.04B27.495,765Positive News
BBIO
BridgeBio Pharma
4.4549 of 5 stars
$51.76
-1.5%
$62.18
+20.1%
+90.0%$9.89B$235.81M-12.66400Positive News
Analyst Forecast
MRNA
Moderna
4.4918 of 5 stars
$24.09
-1.6%
$42.88
+78.0%
-66.3%$9.37B$3.06B-3.205,800Trending News
ELAN
Elanco Animal Health
2.6198 of 5 stars
$18.38
-0.4%
$17.33
-5.7%
+28.7%$9.13B$4.48B21.379,000High Trading Volume
VRNA
Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share
2.1575 of 5 stars
$105.91
+0.0%
$109.00
+2.9%
+254.9%$8.67B$221.67M-106.9830Positive News
ROIV
Roivant Sciences
2.9616 of 5 stars
$11.93
-0.1%
$16.50
+38.3%
+16.2%$8.15B$29.05M-17.04860News Coverage
Positive News
Options Volume
RVMD
Revolution Medicines
4.2231 of 5 stars
$37.97
-0.9%
$69.92
+84.2%
+10.9%$7.10BN/A-8.44250Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision

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