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$2.64 -0.27 (-9.28%)
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PRME vs. BCRX, NVAX, IMCR, MESO, BLUE, VIR, ADPT, PSTX, IMTX, and LENZ

Should you be buying Prime Medicine stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Prime Medicine include BioCryst Pharmaceuticals (BCRX), Novavax (NVAX), Immunocore (IMCR), Mesoblast (MESO), bluebird bio (BLUE), Vir Biotechnology (VIR), Adaptive Biotechnologies (ADPT), Poseida Therapeutics (PSTX), Immatics (IMTX), and LENZ Therapeutics (LENZ). These companies are all part of the "biological products, except diagnostic" industry.

Prime Medicine vs.

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:BCRX) and Prime Medicine (NYSE:PRME) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations and profitability.

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 1.79, indicating that its share price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Prime Medicine has a beta of 1.88, indicating that its share price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500.

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals presently has a consensus price target of $15.60, indicating a potential upside of 111.67%. Prime Medicine has a consensus price target of $12.67, indicating a potential upside of 369.14%. Given Prime Medicine's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Prime Medicine is more favorable than BioCryst Pharmaceuticals.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
Prime Medicine
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

85.9% of BioCryst Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.4% of Prime Medicine shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.8% of BioCryst Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.5% of Prime Medicine shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, BioCryst Pharmaceuticals had 1 more articles in the media than Prime Medicine. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for BioCryst Pharmaceuticals and 2 mentions for Prime Medicine. BioCryst Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Prime Medicine's score of 0.77 indicating that BioCryst Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Prime Medicine
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Prime Medicine has a net margin of 0.00% compared to BioCryst Pharmaceuticals' net margin of -30.01%. BioCryst Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of 0.00% beat Prime Medicine's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals-30.01% N/A -24.06%
Prime Medicine N/A -107.87%-74.97%

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals received 461 more outperform votes than Prime Medicine when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.75% of users gave Prime Medicine an outperform vote while only 66.53% of users gave BioCryst Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
BioCryst PharmaceuticalsOutperform Votes
483
66.53%
Underperform Votes
243
33.47%
Prime MedicineOutperform Votes
22
68.75%
Underperform Votes
10
31.25%

Prime Medicine has lower revenue, but higher earnings than BioCryst Pharmaceuticals. BioCryst Pharmaceuticals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Prime Medicine, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals$412.58M3.70-$226.54M-$0.61-12.08
Prime Medicine$800K442.67-$198.13M-$2.05-1.32

Summary

Prime Medicine beats BioCryst Pharmaceuticals on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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PRME vs. The Competition

MetricPrime MedicineBiological Products IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$354.14M$2.94B$5.10B$19.48B
Dividend YieldN/A1.85%4.83%3.51%
P/E Ratio-1.3246.72133.9443.10
Price / Sales442.67411.221,156.9017.54
Price / CashN/A182.1340.5621.73
Price / Book1.973.834.845.40
Net Income-$198.13M-$42.03M$118.62M$987.88M
7 Day Performance-14.56%-5.11%13.62%-3.32%
1 Month Performance-15.09%5.78%13.91%-0.39%
1 Year Performance-69.70%19.69%33.64%15.14%

Prime Medicine Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PRME
Prime Medicine
3.6622 of 5 stars
$2.64
-9.3%
$12.67
+379.8%
-67.0%$346.27M$800,000.00-1.29234
BCRX
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals
3.8332 of 5 stars
$7.36
-2.3%
$15.60
+112.0%
+21.0%$1.52B$412.58M-12.34530Positive News
NVAX
Novavax
3.8999 of 5 stars
$9.21
+1.1%
$17.83
+93.6%
+66.7%$1.48B$847.25M-4.031,543
IMCR
Immunocore
2.625 of 5 stars
$29.05
+0.5%
$65.64
+125.9%
-54.2%$1.45B$296.31M-30.43497Short Interest ↓
MESO
Mesoblast
1.1492 of 5 stars
$12.18
+3.6%
$11.50
-5.6%
+484.6%$1.39B$5.90M0.0080News Coverage
Gap Up
BLUE
bluebird bio
2.5787 of 5 stars
$6.66
+5.0%
$49.14
+637.9%
-86.3%$1.29B$53.12M-3.39323Gap Up
VIR
Vir Biotechnology
2.2464 of 5 stars
$7.62
+2.3%
$36.40
+377.7%
-26.2%$1.05B$86.18M-1.90587
ADPT
Adaptive Biotechnologies
3.584 of 5 stars
$6.64
+5.4%
$6.50
-2.1%
+33.9%$979.93M$170.28M-4.70709Analyst Forecast
PSTX
Poseida Therapeutics
3.7061 of 5 stars
$9.52
+0.1%
$9.50
-0.2%
+193.2%$930.77M$64.70M-15.10260
IMTX
Immatics
1.5472 of 5 stars
$7.29
+1.1%
$16.67
+128.6%
-26.8%$870.11M$115.50M-10.92260Short Interest ↑
LENZ
LENZ Therapeutics
0.6245 of 5 stars
$31.22
+0.8%
$35.40
+13.4%
N/A$858.58MN/A0.00N/APositive News

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This page (NYSE:PRME) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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