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PLX vs. CMRX, EOLS, PRAX, AVDL, REPL, XNCR, NTLA, AVXL, GYRE, and RCKT

Should you be buying Protalix BioTherapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Protalix BioTherapeutics include Chimerix (CMRX), Evolus (EOLS), Praxis Precision Medicines (PRAX), Avadel Pharmaceuticals (AVDL), Replimune Group (REPL), Xencor (XNCR), Intellia Therapeutics (NTLA), Anavex Life Sciences (AVXL), Gyre Therapeutics (GYRE), and Rocket Pharmaceuticals (RCKT). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Protalix BioTherapeutics vs.

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

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Protalix BioTherapeutics$53.40M3.32$8.31M$0.0375.83
Chimerix$212K3,772.07-$82.10M-$0.99-8.61

Chimerix has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Protalix BioTherapeutics' net margin of -21.03%. Protalix BioTherapeutics' return on equity of -30.89% beat Chimerix's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Protalix BioTherapeutics-21.03% -30.89% -11.74%
Chimerix N/A -50.78%-44.94%

16.5% of Protalix BioTherapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.4% of Chimerix shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.3% of Protalix BioTherapeutics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.1% of Chimerix shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Chimerix received 384 more outperform votes than Protalix BioTherapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.00% of users gave Protalix BioTherapeutics an outperform vote while only 63.16% of users gave Chimerix an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Protalix BioTherapeuticsOutperform Votes
12
80.00%
Underperform Votes
3
20.00%
ChimerixOutperform Votes
396
63.16%
Underperform Votes
231
36.84%

In the previous week, Chimerix had 4 more articles in the media than Protalix BioTherapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Chimerix and 0 mentions for Protalix BioTherapeutics. Chimerix's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Protalix BioTherapeutics' score of 0.00 indicating that Chimerix is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Protalix BioTherapeutics Neutral
Chimerix Positive

Protalix BioTherapeutics has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chimerix has a beta of -0.17, indicating that its share price is 117% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Protalix BioTherapeutics presently has a consensus target price of $15.00, suggesting a potential upside of 559.34%. Chimerix has a consensus target price of $8.53, suggesting a potential upside of 0.10%. Given Protalix BioTherapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Protalix BioTherapeutics is more favorable than Chimerix.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Protalix BioTherapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Chimerix
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Summary

Protalix BioTherapeutics beats Chimerix on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PLX vs. The Competition

MetricProtalix BioTherapeuticsBiological Products IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$177.53M$2.70B$5.08B$17.21B
Dividend YieldN/A1.52%5.00%3.93%
P/E Ratio-17.5028.4820.5128.81
Price / Sales3.32402.18349.9723.96
Price / Cash17.80168.6838.1517.54
Price / Book4.843.286.044.00
Net Income$8.31M-$72.06M$3.19B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-10.43%-10.51%-7.80%-12.29%
1 Month Performance-2.78%-25.27%-6.84%-13.87%
1 Year Performance74.33%-37.25%0.13%-9.23%

Protalix BioTherapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PLX
Protalix BioTherapeutics
1.8394 of 5 stars
$2.28
-2.6%
$15.00
+557.9%
+74.7%$177.92M$53.40M-17.54200Positive News
High Trading Volume
CMRX
Chimerix
3.1747 of 5 stars
$8.51
+0.1%
$8.53
+0.3%
+751.0%$798.27M$212,000.00-9.0590Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
EOLS
Evolus
3.7507 of 5 stars
$12.03
-0.2%
$24.67
+105.0%
-29.6%$764.95M$266.27M-13.22170Gap Down
PRAX
Praxis Precision Medicines
2.0134 of 5 stars
$37.87
-2.0%
$123.33
+225.7%
-46.7%$763.57M$8.55M-3.68110Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
AVDL
Avadel Pharmaceuticals
3.1799 of 5 stars
$7.83
-2.2%
$19.88
+153.8%
-61.5%$756.61M$169.12M-9.9170News Coverage
REPL
Replimune Group
3.3737 of 5 stars
$9.75
-6.2%
$19.43
+99.3%
+0.3%$750.90MN/A-3.18210Gap Up
XNCR
Xencor
3.4561 of 5 stars
$10.64
-5.3%
$34.38
+223.1%
-64.3%$749.72M$110.49M-3.33280News Coverage
Gap Down
NTLA
Intellia Therapeutics
4.2607 of 5 stars
$7.11
-11.9%
$37.56
+428.2%
-75.2%$736.01M$57.88M-1.31600Gap Up
High Trading Volume
AVXL
Anavex Life Sciences
3.2215 of 5 stars
$8.58
-1.6%
$44.00
+412.8%
+73.1%$729.85MN/A-15.6040Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
GYRE
Gyre Therapeutics
0.0713 of 5 stars
$7.72
-15.3%
N/A-57.1%$722.69M$105.76M154.4040Gap Up
High Trading Volume
RCKT
Rocket Pharmaceuticals
4.6021 of 5 stars
$6.67
-12.1%
$43.00
+544.7%
-80.4%$711.22MN/A-2.43240News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
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