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Praxis Precision Medicines (PRAX) Competitors

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PRAX vs. MIRM, MLTX, MTSR, PTGX, AAPG, LNTH, AKRO, APLS, ZLAB, and CRNX

Should you be buying Praxis Precision Medicines stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Praxis Precision Medicines include Mirum Pharmaceuticals (MIRM), MoonLake Immunotherapeutics (MLTX), Metsera (MTSR), Protagonist Therapeutics (PTGX), Ascentage Pharma Group International (AAPG), Lantheus (LNTH), Akero Therapeutics (AKRO), Apellis Pharmaceuticals (APLS), Zai Lab (ZLAB), and Crinetics Pharmaceuticals (CRNX). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Praxis Precision Medicines vs. Its Competitors

Mirum Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:MIRM) and Praxis Precision Medicines (NASDAQ:PRAX) are both medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, media sentiment, dividends and profitability.

Mirum Pharmaceuticals has higher revenue and earnings than Praxis Precision Medicines. Mirum Pharmaceuticals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Praxis Precision Medicines, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Mirum Pharmaceuticals$336.89M11.06-$87.94M-$1.21-61.31
Praxis Precision Medicines$8.55M99.59-$182.82M-$12.29-3.29

In the previous week, Mirum Pharmaceuticals had 5 more articles in the media than Praxis Precision Medicines. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Mirum Pharmaceuticals and 8 mentions for Praxis Precision Medicines. Praxis Precision Medicines' average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Mirum Pharmaceuticals' score of 0.48 indicating that Praxis Precision Medicines is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Mirum Pharmaceuticals
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Praxis Precision Medicines
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

67.8% of Praxis Precision Medicines shares are held by institutional investors. 22.9% of Mirum Pharmaceuticals shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Praxis Precision Medicines shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Mirum Pharmaceuticals currently has a consensus target price of $74.44, indicating a potential upside of 0.34%. Praxis Precision Medicines has a consensus target price of $85.88, indicating a potential upside of 112.30%. Given Praxis Precision Medicines' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Praxis Precision Medicines is more favorable than Mirum Pharmaceuticals.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Mirum Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.11
Praxis Precision Medicines
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.90

Mirum Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Praxis Precision Medicines has a beta of 2.61, suggesting that its stock price is 161% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Mirum Pharmaceuticals has a net margin of -13.65% compared to Praxis Precision Medicines' net margin of -2,137.48%. Mirum Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of -24.76% beat Praxis Precision Medicines' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Mirum Pharmaceuticals-13.65% -24.76% -8.50%
Praxis Precision Medicines -2,137.48%-60.07%-54.84%

Summary

Mirum Pharmaceuticals beats Praxis Precision Medicines on 9 of the 15 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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PRAX vs. The Competition

MetricPraxis Precision MedicinesMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$793.67M$3.15B$5.79B$10.18B
Dividend YieldN/A2.33%5.73%4.61%
P/E Ratio-3.2921.2474.8626.40
Price / Sales99.59464.25543.29125.95
Price / CashN/A44.4425.8129.91
Price / Book1.699.6413.256.28
Net Income-$182.82M-$53.20M$3.29B$270.38M
7 Day Performance-0.74%0.44%0.47%2.70%
1 Month Performance-14.08%4.26%4.60%5.99%
1 Year Performance-32.45%9.43%73.42%25.94%

Praxis Precision Medicines Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PRAX
Praxis Precision Medicines
2.4635 of 5 stars
$40.45
+7.3%
$85.88
+112.3%
-37.0%$793.67M$8.55M-3.29110Positive News
MIRM
Mirum Pharmaceuticals
3.3134 of 5 stars
$77.39
+1.7%
$74.13
-4.2%
+80.7%$3.82B$336.89M-63.96140Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
MLTX
MoonLake Immunotherapeutics
2.5081 of 5 stars
$61.12
+2.8%
$74.43
+21.8%
+2.9%$3.82BN/A-21.992
MTSR
Metsera
N/A$35.10
-2.1%
$59.00
+68.1%
N/A$3.77BN/A0.0081Analyst Upgrade
PTGX
Protagonist Therapeutics
2.3559 of 5 stars
$56.19
-7.2%
$67.20
+19.6%
+25.2%$3.77B$434.43M80.27120News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
AAPG
Ascentage Pharma Group International
N/A$41.04
+1.3%
N/AN/A$3.76B$134.35M0.00600Positive News
High Trading Volume
LNTH
Lantheus
4.5389 of 5 stars
$53.63
-2.0%
$91.60
+70.8%
-49.8%$3.72B$1.53B14.26700Trending News
Analyst Forecast
AKRO
Akero Therapeutics
3.8912 of 5 stars
$44.57
-0.3%
$81.14
+82.1%
+59.0%$3.58BN/A-22.2930Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
Insider Trade
APLS
Apellis Pharmaceuticals
4.2974 of 5 stars
$26.91
-4.3%
$34.12
+26.8%
-33.9%$3.55B$781.37M-14.79770
ZLAB
Zai Lab
3.0812 of 5 stars
$31.33
+1.9%
$56.35
+79.9%
+59.9%$3.44B$398.99M-15.361,869Insider Trade
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
CRNX
Crinetics Pharmaceuticals
3.6504 of 5 stars
$35.14
-1.3%
$68.86
+96.0%
-36.8%$3.35B$1.04M-8.55210Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:PRAX) was last updated on 9/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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