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Praxis Precision Medicines (PRAX) Competitors

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$39.70 +2.35 (+6.29%)
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PRAX vs. CRNX, ALVO, SRRK, MRUS, ACAD, CPRX, MOR, PTGX, MTSR, and XENE

Should you be buying Praxis Precision Medicines stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Praxis Precision Medicines include Crinetics Pharmaceuticals (CRNX), Alvotech (ALVO), Scholar Rock (SRRK), Merus (MRUS), ACADIA Pharmaceuticals (ACAD), Catalyst Pharmaceuticals (CPRX), MorphoSys (MOR), Protagonist Therapeutics (PTGX), Metsera (MTSR), and Xenon Pharmaceuticals (XENE). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Praxis Precision Medicines vs.

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

Praxis Precision Medicines has higher revenue and earnings than Crinetics Pharmaceuticals. Crinetics 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
Crinetics Pharmaceuticals$760K3,864.66-$214.53M-$3.82-8.21
Praxis Precision Medicines$8.12M99.56-$123.28M-$10.72-3.70

98.5% of Crinetics Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.8% of Praxis Precision Medicines shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.6% of Crinetics Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Praxis Precision Medicines shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Crinetics Pharmaceuticals has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Praxis Precision Medicines' net margin of -9,409.22%. Crinetics Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of -36.12% beat Praxis Precision Medicines' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Crinetics PharmaceuticalsN/A -36.12% -31.89%
Praxis Precision Medicines -9,409.22%-54.86%-50.52%

Crinetics Pharmaceuticals received 106 more outperform votes than Praxis Precision Medicines when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.65% of users gave Praxis Precision Medicines an outperform vote while only 69.43% of users gave Crinetics Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Crinetics PharmaceuticalsOutperform Votes
159
69.43%
Underperform Votes
70
30.57%
Praxis Precision MedicinesOutperform Votes
53
74.65%
Underperform Votes
18
25.35%

In the previous week, Crinetics Pharmaceuticals had 5 more articles in the media than Praxis Precision Medicines. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Crinetics Pharmaceuticals and 10 mentions for Praxis Precision Medicines. Praxis Precision Medicines' average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Crinetics Pharmaceuticals' score of 0.99 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
Crinetics Pharmaceuticals
10 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Praxis Precision Medicines
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Crinetics Pharmaceuticals presently has a consensus target price of $73.00, suggesting a potential upside of 132.71%. Praxis Precision Medicines has a consensus target price of $116.50, suggesting a potential upside of 193.45%. Given Praxis Precision Medicines' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Praxis Precision Medicines is more favorable than Crinetics Pharmaceuticals.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Crinetics Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.92
Praxis Precision Medicines
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80

Crinetics Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.31, indicating that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Praxis Precision Medicines has a beta of 2.65, indicating that its stock price is 165% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Crinetics Pharmaceuticals beats Praxis Precision Medicines on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PRAX vs. The Competition

MetricPraxis Precision MedicinesPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$808.65M$6.55B$5.42B$8.48B
Dividend YieldN/A2.66%5.22%4.11%
P/E Ratio-3.859.1426.8320.05
Price / Sales99.56255.59393.86117.02
Price / CashN/A65.8538.2534.62
Price / Book5.016.546.874.61
Net Income-$123.28M$143.51M$3.22B$248.19M
7 Day Performance6.38%4.66%5.65%2.88%
1 Month Performance17.49%10.63%13.54%15.40%
1 Year Performance-11.80%-1.05%18.16%7.68%

Praxis Precision Medicines Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PRAX
Praxis Precision Medicines
3.2197 of 5 stars
$39.70
+6.3%
$116.50
+193.5%
-17.7%$808.65M$8.12M-3.85110
CRNX
Crinetics Pharmaceuticals
3.7084 of 5 stars
$33.32
+8.6%
$73.00
+119.1%
-39.8%$3.12B$1.04M-8.93210
ALVO
Alvotech
1.8072 of 5 stars
$10.25
+5.9%
$18.00
+75.6%
-25.4%$3.09B$489.68M-5.544High Trading Volume
SRRK
Scholar Rock
4.0519 of 5 stars
$32.46
+5.8%
$42.67
+31.4%
+141.5%$3.08B$33.19M-13.81140Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
MRUS
Merus
3.2633 of 5 stars
$42.41
+3.7%
$85.15
+100.8%
-5.8%$2.94B$36.13M-10.7437Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
ACAD
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals
3.2996 of 5 stars
$17.52
+0.5%
$24.70
+41.0%
+48.7%$2.93B$957.80M22.46510Trending News
Analyst Forecast
CPRX
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals
4.6593 of 5 stars
$23.83
+2.0%
$32.29
+35.5%
+49.4%$2.91B$534.65M20.1980Positive News
MOR
MorphoSys
N/A$18.96
flat
N/AN/A$2.86B$238.28M-5.45730
PTGX
Protagonist Therapeutics
3.3014 of 5 stars
$45.27
+5.4%
$65.44
+44.6%
+48.2%$2.80B$207.80M17.02120Analyst Forecast
MTSR
Metsera
N/A$26.38
+10.5%
$47.00
+78.2%
N/A$2.77BN/A0.0081
XENE
Xenon Pharmaceuticals
3.2784 of 5 stars
$35.85
+2.4%
$56.22
+56.8%
-22.2%$2.75B$9.43M-12.71210High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:PRAX) was last updated on 5/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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