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Purple Biotech (PPBT) Competitors

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$2.46 -0.10 (-3.91%)
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PPBT vs. EDSA, EQ, CTXR, PHIO, ME, ALLR, AYTU, LIPO, ATHA, and NEUP

Should you be buying Purple Biotech stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Purple Biotech include Edesa Biotech (EDSA), Equillium (EQ), Citius Pharmaceuticals (CTXR), Phio Pharmaceuticals (PHIO), 23andMe (ME), Allarity Therapeutics (ALLR), Aytu BioPharma (AYTU), Lipella Pharmaceuticals (LIPO), Athira Pharma (ATHA), and Neuphoria Therapeutics Inc. - Common Stock (NEUP). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Purple Biotech vs. Its Competitors

Edesa Biotech (NASDAQ:EDSA) and Purple Biotech (NASDAQ:PPBT) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

In the previous week, Edesa Biotech had 1 more articles in the media than Purple Biotech. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Edesa Biotech and 1 mentions for Purple Biotech. Purple Biotech's average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Edesa Biotech's score of 1.44 indicating that Purple Biotech is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Edesa Biotech Positive
Purple Biotech Very Positive

Edesa Biotech is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Purple Biotech, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Edesa BiotechN/AN/A-$6.17M-$1.59-1.23
Purple BiotechN/AN/A-$19.88M-$2.62-0.94

Edesa Biotech presently has a consensus target price of $21.00, suggesting a potential upside of 974.17%. Purple Biotech has a consensus target price of $33.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1,241.46%. Given Purple Biotech's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Purple Biotech is more favorable than Edesa Biotech.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Edesa Biotech
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 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

Edesa Biotech has a beta of 0.41, meaning that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Purple Biotech has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Edesa Biotech received 11 more outperform votes than Purple Biotech when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 94.44% of users gave Purple Biotech an outperform vote while only 77.78% of users gave Edesa Biotech an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Edesa BiotechOutperform Votes
28
77.78%
Underperform Votes
8
22.22%
Purple BiotechOutperform Votes
17
94.44%
Underperform Votes
1
5.56%

5.5% of Edesa Biotech shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.6% of Purple Biotech shares are held by institutional investors. 22.6% of Edesa Biotech shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Purple Biotech shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Purple Biotech's return on equity of -55.86% beat Edesa Biotech's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Edesa BiotechN/A -233.69% -124.14%
Purple Biotech N/A -55.86%-44.67%

Summary

Purple Biotech beats Edesa Biotech on 8 of the 13 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 BiotechPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.27M$6.92B$5.61B$8.62B
Dividend YieldN/A2.55%5.28%4.18%
P/E Ratio-0.288.6727.1419.96
Price / SalesN/A262.53411.83157.63
Price / CashN/A65.8538.2534.64
Price / Book0.096.597.064.69
Net Income-$19.88M$143.75M$3.23B$248.14M
7 Day Performance-5.75%3.72%2.67%2.39%
1 Month Performance9.33%11.01%8.82%6.05%
1 Year PerformanceN/A3.87%31.44%13.60%

Purple Biotech Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PPBT
Purple Biotech
2.6864 of 5 stars
$2.46
-3.9%
$33.00
+1,241.5%
N/A$3.27MN/A-0.2820Positive News
Gap Down
EDSA
Edesa Biotech
3.3611 of 5 stars
$1.96
+7.1%
$21.00
+971.4%
-58.2%$13.77MN/A-1.0520Positive News
Short Interest ↓
Gap Up
EQ
Equillium
3.1587 of 5 stars
$0.38
flat
$3.00
+689.5%
-46.9%$13.57M$30.41M-2.7140Positive News
Gap Up
CTXR
Citius Pharmaceuticals
2.4254 of 5 stars
$1.37
+61.0%
$54.50
+3,878.1%
-93.7%$13.46MN/A0.0020News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
PHIO
Phio Pharmaceuticals
3.7746 of 5 stars
$2.79
-5.7%
$14.00
+401.8%
-62.2%$13.39MN/A-0.2610Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
ME
23andMe
N/A$0.50
-35.3%
N/A-94.0%$13.36M$208.78M-0.03770Gap Down
High Trading Volume
ALLR
Allarity Therapeutics
0.5504 of 5 stars
$0.88
+4.2%
N/A-94.0%$13.29MN/A0.0010News Coverage
AYTU
Aytu BioPharma
1.4902 of 5 stars
$2.11
+5.5%
N/A-36.4%$13.02M$81.66M-1.46160Short Interest ↓
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
LIPO
Lipella Pharmaceuticals
2.3251 of 5 stars
$2.91
-2.7%
N/A-46.4%$13.00M$536.36K-0.684Positive News
ATHA
Athira Pharma
2.8752 of 5 stars
$0.33
-8.1%
$13.83
+4,079.3%
-87.4%$12.92MN/A-0.1240Gap Down
NEUP
Neuphoria Therapeutics Inc. - Common Stock
2.0257 of 5 stars
$6.82
-0.7%
$21.00
+207.9%
N/A$12.92M$15.66M0.00N/A

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This page (NASDAQ:PPBT) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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