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PCRX vs. PRGO, SUPN, NKTR, OMER, ASMB, CPIX, LLY, JNJ, ABBV, and MRK

Should you be buying Pacira BioSciences stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pacira BioSciences include Perrigo (PRGO), Supernus Pharmaceuticals (SUPN), Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR), Omeros (OMER), Assembly Biosciences (ASMB), Cumberland Pharmaceuticals (CPIX), Eli Lilly and Company (LLY), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), AbbVie (ABBV), and Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceuticals" industry.

Pacira BioSciences vs. Its Competitors

Perrigo (NYSE:PRGO) and Pacira BioSciences (NASDAQ:PCRX) are both medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and profitability.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Perrigo$4.37B0.86-$171.80M-$1.31-20.82
Pacira BioSciences$700.97M1.56-$99.56M-$2.28-10.39

Perrigo has a net margin of -4.16% compared to Pacira BioSciences' net margin of -14.78%. Pacira BioSciences' return on equity of 13.78% beat Perrigo's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Perrigo-4.16% 8.93% 3.87%
Pacira BioSciences -14.78%13.78%7.00%

95.9% of Perrigo shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.7% of Pacira BioSciences shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Perrigo shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of Pacira BioSciences shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Perrigo has a beta of 0.45, indicating that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pacira BioSciences has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Perrigo had 3 more articles in the media than Pacira BioSciences. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Perrigo and 3 mentions for Pacira BioSciences. Perrigo's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Pacira BioSciences' score of 0.25 indicating that Perrigo is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Perrigo
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Pacira BioSciences
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Perrigo currently has a consensus price target of $33.00, suggesting a potential upside of 20.97%. Pacira BioSciences has a consensus price target of $26.44, suggesting a potential upside of 11.63%. Given Perrigo's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Perrigo is more favorable than Pacira BioSciences.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Perrigo
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25
Pacira BioSciences
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

Summary

Pacira BioSciences beats Perrigo on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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PCRX vs. The Competition

MetricPacira BioSciencesMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.07B$2.96B$5.56B$9.04B
Dividend YieldN/A2.42%5.25%4.03%
P/E Ratio-10.3920.9727.1520.13
Price / Sales1.56292.39441.18127.16
Price / Cash5.3742.7337.5058.41
Price / Book1.417.748.085.60
Net Income-$99.56M-$54.96M$3.16B$248.43M
7 Day Performance2.09%6.04%3.77%5.15%
1 Month Performance-4.74%4.47%3.90%7.62%
1 Year Performance16.47%6.12%34.22%21.56%

Pacira BioSciences Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PCRX
Pacira BioSciences
3.3681 of 5 stars
$23.69
+2.2%
$26.44
+11.6%
+10.5%$1.07B$700.97M-10.39720News Coverage
PRGO
Perrigo
4.8488 of 5 stars
$26.73
+0.7%
$33.00
+23.5%
+2.7%$3.65B$4.37B-20.408,379
SUPN
Supernus Pharmaceuticals
1.8604 of 5 stars
$31.52
+1.2%
$36.00
+14.2%
+22.4%$1.74B$661.82M28.40580
NKTR
Nektar Therapeutics
4.8645 of 5 stars
$25.84
+0.3%
$84.17
+225.7%
+26.6%$319.60M$98.43M-2.69220Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
OMER
Omeros
3.2861 of 5 stars
$3.00
-6.3%
$18.00
+500.0%
-13.3%$187.50MN/A-1.13210
ASMB
Assembly Biosciences
3.786 of 5 stars
$18.12
+4.7%
$33.00
+82.1%
+35.9%$132.21M$28.52M-2.91100Trending News
High Trading Volume
CPIX
Cumberland Pharmaceuticals
0.5998 of 5 stars
$3.35
+28.8%
N/A+107.4%$38.90M$37.87M-13.4080Trending News
LLY
Eli Lilly and Company
4.9842 of 5 stars
$779.35
+0.5%
$1,011.61
+29.8%
-15.7%$734.92B$45.04B63.4147,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
JNJ
Johnson & Johnson
4.8738 of 5 stars
$152.58
+0.1%
$170.88
+12.0%
+6.1%$366.71B$88.82B16.97138,100Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
ABBV
AbbVie
4.7878 of 5 stars
$185.80
+1.9%
$211.29
+13.7%
+13.5%$322.03B$56.33B79.0655,000Trending News
Analyst Revision
MRK
Merck & Co., Inc.
4.9977 of 5 stars
$79.19
+0.1%
$109.19
+37.9%
-33.6%$198.62B$64.17B11.5375,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision

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