ProKidney (PROK) Competitors

$2.81
+0.20 (+7.66%)
(As of 05/10/2024 ET)

PROK vs. ALEC, VALN, ALLO, HUMA, VYGR, CCCC, EDIT, TSHA, ADPT, and ITOS

Should you be buying ProKidney stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ProKidney include Alector (ALEC), Valneva (VALN), Allogene Therapeutics (ALLO), Humacyte (HUMA), Voyager Therapeutics (VYGR), C4 Therapeutics (CCCC), Editas Medicine (EDIT), Taysha Gene Therapies (TSHA), Adaptive Biotechnologies (ADPT), and iTeos Therapeutics (ITOS). These companies are all part of the "biological products, except diagnostic" industry.

ProKidney vs.

Alector (NASDAQ:ALEC) and ProKidney (NASDAQ:PROK) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking and earnings.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Alector$97.06M5.21-$130.39M-$1.38-3.80
ProKidneyN/AN/A-$35.47M-$0.57-4.93

Alector received 140 more outperform votes than ProKidney when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave ProKidney an outperform vote while only 60.58% of users gave Alector an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AlectorOutperform Votes
146
60.58%
Underperform Votes
95
39.42%
ProKidneyOutperform Votes
6
66.67%
Underperform Votes
3
33.33%

ProKidney has a net margin of 0.00% compared to ProKidney's net margin of -125.11%. Alector's return on equity of 0.00% beat ProKidney's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Alector-125.11% -71.80% -18.28%
ProKidney N/A N/A -7.66%

Alector presently has a consensus target price of $14.00, indicating a potential upside of 166.67%. ProKidney has a consensus target price of $9.50, indicating a potential upside of 238.08%. Given Alector's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe ProKidney is more favorable than Alector.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Alector
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57
ProKidney
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

Alector has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ProKidney has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Alector had 7 more articles in the media than ProKidney. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Alector and 7 mentions for ProKidney. Alector's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat ProKidney's score of 0.41 indicating that ProKidney is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Alector
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
ProKidney
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

85.8% of Alector shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.6% of ProKidney shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.0% of Alector shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 45.0% of ProKidney shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

ProKidney beats Alector on 9 of the 17 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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PROK vs. The Competition

MetricProKidneyBiological Products IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$644.46M$2.82B$5.11B$7.80B
Dividend YieldN/A2.23%38.15%3.92%
P/E Ratio-4.9317.59126.9017.18
Price / SalesN/A310.012,412.1876.70
Price / CashN/A160.7148.8335.50
Price / Book-0.584.505.334.38
Net Income-$35.47M-$45.68M$106.58M$217.46M
7 Day Performance27.73%-1.81%-0.89%-0.14%
1 Month Performance60.57%-3.41%-1.39%0.05%
1 Year Performance-69.15%5.10%4.69%9.69%

ProKidney Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ALEC
Alector
3.4463 of 5 stars
$5.30
-0.4%
$14.86
+180.3%
-28.7%$510.87M$97.06M-3.42244Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
VALN
Valneva
1.3535 of 5 stars
$7.50
flat
$21.67
+188.9%
-40.8%$522.30M$165.52M-4.75676Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
ALLO
Allogene Therapeutics
1.5598 of 5 stars
$2.91
-3.3%
$13.50
+363.9%
-55.3%$496.80M$90,000.00-1.39232Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
HUMA
Humacyte
2.4452 of 5 stars
$4.61
+1.5%
$8.00
+73.5%
+10.7%$548.96M$1.57M-4.31183Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
VYGR
Voyager Therapeutics
3.9994 of 5 stars
$8.77
-1.9%
$19.33
+120.4%
-14.6%$477M$250.01M2.84162Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
CCCC
C4 Therapeutics
0.9387 of 5 stars
$6.79
+1.2%
$10.25
+51.0%
+82.8%$467.22M$20.76M-2.54145Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
EDIT
Editas Medicine
3.3123 of 5 stars
$5.68
+0.4%
$15.00
+164.1%
-44.4%$467.12M$78.12M-2.77265Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
TSHA
Taysha Gene Therapies
2.1037 of 5 stars
$2.48
-5.3%
$6.88
+177.2%
+230.0%$463.81M$15.45M-3.7052Gap Up
ADPT
Adaptive Biotechnologies
3.8362 of 5 stars
$3.11
-3.4%
$6.80
+118.6%
-48.5%$458.32M$170.28M-1.99709Earnings Report
Short Interest ↑
ITOS
iTeos Therapeutics
1.6149 of 5 stars
$12.31
-0.8%
$30.33
+146.4%
+24.0%$442.79M$12.60M-3.91157News Coverage
Gap Up

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This page (NASDAQ:PROK) was last updated on 5/12/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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