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Purple Biotech (PPBT) Competitors

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$2.49 +0.09 (+3.92%)
Closing price 07/3/2025 03:44 PM Eastern
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$2.41 -0.08 (-3.33%)
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PPBT vs. MTVA, TRIB, ATHA, BGXX, BCDA, EQ, SNSE, LPTX, BTAI, and XFOR

Should you be buying Purple Biotech stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Purple Biotech include MetaVia (MTVA), Trinity Biotech (TRIB), Athira Pharma (ATHA), Bright Green (BGXX), BioCardia (BCDA), Equillium (EQ), Sensei Biotherapeutics (SNSE), Leap Therapeutics (LPTX), BioXcel Therapeutics (BTAI), and X4 Pharmaceuticals (XFOR). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Purple Biotech vs. Its Competitors

MetaVia (NASDAQ:MTVA) and Purple Biotech (NASDAQ:PPBT) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

1.4% of MetaVia shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.6% of Purple Biotech shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of MetaVia shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Purple Biotech shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
MetaViaN/AN/A-$27.59MN/AN/A
Purple BiotechN/AN/A-$7.24M-$2.62-0.95

Purple Biotech's return on equity of -17.84% beat MetaVia's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
MetaViaN/A -222.13% -123.85%
Purple Biotech N/A -17.84%-15.44%

In the previous week, MetaVia had 1 more articles in the media than Purple Biotech. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for MetaVia and 0 mentions for Purple Biotech. MetaVia's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Purple Biotech'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
MetaVia Neutral
Purple Biotech Neutral

MetaVia currently has a consensus price target of $7.50, suggesting a potential upside of 1,057.59%. Purple Biotech has a consensus price target of $33.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1,223.18%. Given Purple Biotech's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Purple Biotech is more favorable than MetaVia.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
MetaVia
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Purple Biotech
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

MetaVia has a beta of 0.21, indicating that its share price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Purple Biotech has a beta of 0.41, indicating that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Purple Biotech beats MetaVia on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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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PPBT vs. The Competition

MetricPurple BiotechMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.19M$2.91B$5.53B$8.95B
Dividend YieldN/A2.42%5.38%4.09%
P/E Ratio-0.9521.5627.4020.24
Price / SalesN/A277.33417.66125.07
Price / CashN/A41.9536.6357.47
Price / Book0.107.518.085.67
Net Income-$7.24M-$55.05M$3.16B$248.47M
7 Day Performance5.28%4.59%2.81%3.29%
1 Month Performance-7.63%4.86%3.69%5.18%
1 Year PerformanceN/A5.82%35.30%21.35%

Purple Biotech Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PPBT
Purple Biotech
2.4445 of 5 stars
$2.49
+3.9%
$33.00
+1,223.2%
N/A$3.19MN/A-0.9520Gap Up
MTVA
MetaVia
1.5483 of 5 stars
$0.64
+2.1%
$7.50
+1,066.0%
N/A$12.34MN/A0.008Gap Down
TRIB
Trinity Biotech
0.4147 of 5 stars
$0.65
-0.3%
N/A-65.6%$11.77M$61.56M-0.23480Gap Up
ATHA
Athira Pharma
2.9161 of 5 stars
$0.30
+2.4%
$11.25
+3,625.2%
-87.1%$11.52MN/A-0.1540Gap Down
BGXX
Bright Green
N/AN/AN/AN/A$11.47MN/A-1.002Gap Down
BCDA
BioCardia
4.0073 of 5 stars
$1.95
-9.3%
$25.00
+1,182.1%
-29.4%$11.13M$60K-0.8440News Coverage
Positive News
Insider Trade
Gap Up
EQ
Equillium
1.8557 of 5 stars
$0.32
+1.7%
$3.00
+851.8%
-50.6%$11.07M$41.10M-0.8140Gap Up
SNSE
Sensei Biotherapeutics
4.2241 of 5 stars
$8.58
-1.2%
$90.00
+949.0%
-27.1%$10.94MN/A-0.3740Gap Down
LPTX
Leap Therapeutics
1.4503 of 5 stars
$0.30
+13.5%
$3.38
+1,036.7%
-84.3%$10.84MN/A-0.1740
BTAI
BioXcel Therapeutics
4.3275 of 5 stars
$1.81
+2.3%
$42.60
+2,253.6%
-88.7%$10.72M$2.27M-0.1390Gap Up
XFOR
X4 Pharmaceuticals
4.7256 of 5 stars
$1.90
+3.8%
$72.33
+3,707.0%
-88.4%$10.59M$2.56M0.8980News Coverage
High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:PPBT) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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