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Protalix BioTherapeutics (PLX) Competitors

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$1.70 +0.04 (+2.42%)
(As of 11/22/2024 ET)

PLX vs. ZVRA, ESPR, TERN, KRRO, MGTX, ARCT, RGNX, XERS, YMAB, and AURA

Should you be buying Protalix BioTherapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Protalix BioTherapeutics include Zevra Therapeutics (ZVRA), Esperion Therapeutics (ESPR), Terns Pharmaceuticals (TERN), Korro Bio (KRRO), MeiraGTx (MGTX), Arcturus Therapeutics (ARCT), REGENXBIO (RGNX), Xeris Biopharma (XERS), Y-mAbs Therapeutics (YMAB), and Aura Biosciences (AURA). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Protalix BioTherapeutics vs.

Protalix BioTherapeutics (NYSE:PLX) and Zevra Therapeutics (NASDAQ:ZVRA) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Protalix BioTherapeutics has a net margin of -21.03% compared to Zevra Therapeutics' net margin of -342.63%. Protalix BioTherapeutics' return on equity of -30.89% beat Zevra Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Protalix BioTherapeutics-21.03% -30.89% -11.74%
Zevra Therapeutics -342.63%-159.54%-51.50%

Zevra Therapeutics has a consensus target price of $21.00, suggesting a potential upside of 119.09%. Given Zevra Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Zevra Therapeutics is more favorable than Protalix BioTherapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Protalix BioTherapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Zevra Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.13

In the previous week, Zevra Therapeutics had 33 more articles in the media than Protalix BioTherapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Zevra Therapeutics and 1 mentions for Protalix BioTherapeutics. Zevra Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 0.19 beat Protalix BioTherapeutics' score of -0.34 indicating that Zevra Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Protalix BioTherapeutics Neutral
Zevra Therapeutics Neutral

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Protalix BioTherapeutics$65.49M1.91$8.31M-$0.13-13.04
Zevra Therapeutics$27.46M18.63-$46.05M-$1.97-4.87

Zevra Therapeutics received 23 more outperform votes than Protalix BioTherapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 100.00% of users gave Zevra Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave Protalix BioTherapeutics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Protalix BioTherapeuticsOutperform Votes
6
66.67%
Underperform Votes
3
33.33%
Zevra TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
29
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes

Protalix BioTherapeutics has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zevra Therapeutics has a beta of 1.93, suggesting that its stock price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500.

16.5% of Protalix BioTherapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.0% of Zevra Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. 6.3% of Protalix BioTherapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Zevra Therapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Zevra Therapeutics beats Protalix BioTherapeutics on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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PLX vs. The Competition

MetricProtalix BioTherapeuticsBiological Products IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$124.80M$3.04B$5.38B$20.16B
Dividend YieldN/A1.91%5.13%3.50%
P/E Ratio-13.0445.50105.9744.53
Price / Sales1.91392.401,243.8117.75
Price / Cash11.94169.3840.2921.28
Price / Book3.854.597.084.71
Net Income$8.31M-$41.63M$119.58M$986.85M
7 Day Performance21.07%2.62%2.25%3.76%
1 Month Performance66.18%-2.46%-2.33%4.65%
1 Year Performance20.21%28.25%33.91%27.69%

Protalix BioTherapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PLX
Protalix BioTherapeutics
N/A$1.70
+2.4%
N/A+20.2%$124.80M$65.49M-13.04200
ZVRA
Zevra Therapeutics
3.4837 of 5 stars
$9.13
+1.8%
$21.00
+130.0%
+115.9%$487.36M$27.46M-4.6965Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
ESPR
Esperion Therapeutics
3.9468 of 5 stars
$2.47
+2.5%
$8.17
+230.6%
+108.3%$486.69M$116.33M-3.77240Analyst Forecast
TERN
Terns Pharmaceuticals
4.339 of 5 stars
$5.71
+2.0%
$27.25
+377.2%
+58.6%$485.01M$1M-4.8440News Coverage
KRRO
Korro Bio
2.7334 of 5 stars
$50.62
+7.7%
$142.17
+180.9%
+38.1%$474.31M$14.07M0.0070Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Up
MGTX
MeiraGTx
4.3062 of 5 stars
$5.92
+1.7%
$23.50
+297.0%
+9.6%$462.65M$14.02M-4.89300
ARCT
Arcturus Therapeutics
2.4974 of 5 stars
$17.06
+5.5%
$71.40
+318.5%
-28.1%$462.16M$169.93M-7.28180
RGNX
REGENXBIO
4.4572 of 5 stars
$9.18
-4.7%
$35.27
+284.2%
-49.9%$454.78M$90.24M-1.83344Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
XERS
Xeris Biopharma
3.7797 of 5 stars
$3.04
-0.7%
$4.87
+60.1%
+77.6%$453.20M$163.91M-6.76290
YMAB
Y-mAbs Therapeutics
3.14 of 5 stars
$10.10
-4.2%
$21.38
+111.6%
+91.0%$452.38M$84.82M-18.70150
AURA
Aura Biosciences
3.5219 of 5 stars
$8.98
+2.6%
$23.00
+156.1%
+12.2%$448.55MN/A-5.0650High Trading Volume

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This page (NYSE:PLX) was last updated on 11/23/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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