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Purple Biotech (PPBT) Competitors

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PPBT vs. IMNN, NERV, BCTX, BGXX, CLRB, AFMD, ABP, LSB, TLPH, and PHXM

Should you be buying Purple Biotech stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Purple Biotech include Imunon (IMNN), Minerva Neurosciences (NERV), BriaCell Therapeutics (BCTX), Bright Green (BGXX), Cellectar Biosciences (CLRB), Affimed (AFMD), Abpro (ABP), Lakeshore Biopharma (LSB), Talphera (TLPH), and PHAXIAM Therapeutics (PHXM). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Purple Biotech vs.

Imunon (NASDAQ:IMNN) and Purple Biotech (NASDAQ:PPBT) 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.

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

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
ImunonN/A -230.05% -128.98%
Purple Biotech N/A -55.86%-44.67%

Imunon has a beta of 1.75, indicating that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Purple Biotech has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Imunon$500K14.74-$19.51M-$1.36-0.31
Purple BiotechN/AN/A-$19.88M-$5.25-0.47

Imunon received 8 more outperform votes than Purple Biotech when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 94.44% of users gave Purple Biotech an outperform vote while only 92.59% of users gave Imunon an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ImunonOutperform Votes
25
92.59%
Underperform Votes
2
7.41%
Purple BiotechOutperform Votes
17
94.44%
Underperform Votes
1
5.56%

Imunon presently has a consensus price target of $15.50, indicating a potential upside of 3,590.48%. Purple Biotech has a consensus price target of $33.00, indicating a potential upside of 1,246.94%. Given Imunon's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Imunon is more favorable than Purple Biotech.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Imunon
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Purple Biotech
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, Imunon had 10 more articles in the media than Purple Biotech. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Imunon and 3 mentions for Purple Biotech. Purple Biotech's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Imunon's score of 0.31 indicating that Purple Biotech is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Imunon
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Purple Biotech
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

4.5% of Imunon shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.6% of Purple Biotech shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.0% of Imunon shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Purple Biotech 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.

Summary

Imunon beats Purple Biotech on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PPBT vs. The Competition

MetricPurple BiotechPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.26M$6.49B$5.33B$8.43B
Dividend YieldN/A2.64%5.21%4.11%
P/E Ratio-0.289.1226.8519.75
Price / SalesN/A256.15388.74118.67
Price / CashN/A65.8538.2534.62
Price / Book0.096.436.764.50
Net Income-$19.88M$144.21M$3.23B$248.32M
7 Day Performance6.75%2.25%1.71%0.48%
1 Month Performance-14.93%4.39%11.16%13.08%
1 Year PerformanceN/A-2.71%17.17%7.36%

Purple Biotech Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PPBT
Purple Biotech
2.0472 of 5 stars
$2.45
+3.4%
$33.00
+1,246.9%
N/A$3.26MN/A-0.2820News Coverage
Earnings Report
Gap Up
IMNN
Imunon
1.5756 of 5 stars
$0.82
+2.0%
$21.50
+2,535.1%
-72.3%$11.93M$500,000.00-0.4330News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
NERV
Minerva Neurosciences
2.9324 of 5 stars
$1.66
+2.9%
$5.00
+201.9%
-41.1%$11.58MN/A-3.769News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
BCTX
BriaCell Therapeutics
1.3105 of 5 stars
$3.12
+0.3%
$32.00
+925.6%
-84.5%$11.57MN/A-0.238
BGXX
Bright Green
N/AN/AN/AN/A$11.47MN/A-1.002News Coverage
Gap Down
CLRB
Cellectar Biosciences
2.3061 of 5 stars
$0.26
+6.8%
$12.50
+4,633.1%
-92.3%$11.40MN/A-0.1510Analyst Forecast
AFMD
Affimed
4.3862 of 5 stars
$0.69
+1.2%
$13.50
+1,848.1%
-96.5%$11.16M$877,000.000.00200Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
ABP
Abpro
N/A$0.21
+4.9%
$4.00
+1,806.6%
N/A$10.96M$183,000.000.0015Earnings Report
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
LSB
Lakeshore Biopharma
0.7068 of 5 stars
$1.16
+1.8%
N/AN/A$10.80M$672.27M0.00773Positive News
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
TLPH
Talphera
2.8182 of 5 stars
$0.52
-3.4%
$5.00
+858.8%
-51.8%$10.69M$281,000.00-0.7619Gap Down
PHXM
PHAXIAM Therapeutics
N/A$3.10
flat
N/AN/A$10.58M$32.66M0.0049

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This page (NASDAQ:PPBT) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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