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PRAX vs. PTGX, AAPG, SRRK, MTSR, KYMR, VKTX, MOR, CRNX, ALVO, and MLTX

Should you be buying Praxis Precision Medicines stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Praxis Precision Medicines include Protagonist Therapeutics (PTGX), Ascentage Pharma Group International (AAPG), Scholar Rock (SRRK), Metsera (MTSR), Kymera Therapeutics (KYMR), Viking Therapeutics (VKTX), MorphoSys (MOR), Crinetics Pharmaceuticals (CRNX), Alvotech (ALVO), and MoonLake Immunotherapeutics (MLTX). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Praxis Precision Medicines vs. Its Competitors

Praxis Precision Medicines (NASDAQ:PRAX) and Protagonist Therapeutics (NASDAQ:PTGX) are both medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Praxis Precision Medicines presently has a consensus target price of $92.11, indicating a potential upside of 98.86%. Protagonist Therapeutics has a consensus target price of $66.10, indicating a potential upside of 30.40%. Given Praxis Precision Medicines' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Praxis Precision Medicines is more favorable than Protagonist Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Praxis Precision Medicines
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.78
Protagonist Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Praxis Precision Medicines$8.55M110.36-$182.82M-$10.72-4.32
Protagonist Therapeutics$434.43M7.23$275.19M$0.7567.59

67.8% of Praxis Precision Medicines shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.6% of Protagonist Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Praxis Precision Medicines shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.9% of Protagonist Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Protagonist Therapeutics had 2 more articles in the media than Praxis Precision Medicines. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Protagonist Therapeutics and 3 mentions for Praxis Precision Medicines. Praxis Precision Medicines' average media sentiment score of 1.61 beat Protagonist Therapeutics' score of 0.43 indicating that Praxis Precision Medicines is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Praxis Precision Medicines
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Protagonist Therapeutics
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Protagonist Therapeutics has a net margin of 27.04% compared to Praxis Precision Medicines' net margin of -2,137.48%. Protagonist Therapeutics' return on equity of 9.22% beat Praxis Precision Medicines' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Praxis Precision Medicines-2,137.48% -50.42% -46.74%
Protagonist Therapeutics 27.04%9.22%8.31%

Praxis Precision Medicines has a beta of 2.6, meaning that its share price is 160% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Protagonist Therapeutics has a beta of 2.26, meaning that its share price is 126% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Protagonist Therapeutics beats Praxis Precision Medicines on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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PRAX vs. The Competition

MetricPraxis Precision MedicinesMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$879.33M$2.88B$5.54B$8.87B
Dividend YieldN/A2.64%5.39%4.10%
P/E Ratio-4.3221.3126.1719.90
Price / Sales110.36278.47414.67113.66
Price / CashN/A41.4736.1356.90
Price / Book1.947.518.055.38
Net Income-$182.82M-$55.05M$3.15B$248.50M
7 Day Performance6.90%2.45%1.85%2.97%
1 Month Performance16.32%7.33%4.81%6.02%
1 Year Performance17.95%5.38%34.86%20.39%

Praxis Precision Medicines Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PRAX
Praxis Precision Medicines
3.2572 of 5 stars
$46.32
+7.3%
$92.11
+98.9%
+4.8%$879.33M$8.55M-4.32110News Coverage
Positive News
PTGX
Protagonist Therapeutics
1.8705 of 5 stars
$53.36
+0.0%
$66.10
+23.9%
+42.6%$3.31B$434.43M71.15120News Coverage
AAPG
Ascentage Pharma Group International
N/A$37.15
-0.6%
N/AN/A$3.26B$134.35M0.00600Positive News
SRRK
Scholar Rock
3.6242 of 5 stars
$33.28
-2.2%
$42.67
+28.2%
+315.3%$3.23B$33.19M-13.15140
MTSR
Metsera
N/A$29.00
-2.0%
$55.00
+89.7%
N/A$3.11BN/A0.0081Gap Down
KYMR
Kymera Therapeutics
3.1183 of 5 stars
$46.29
+0.9%
$59.82
+29.2%
+43.6%$2.99B$47.07M-14.93170Positive News
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
VKTX
Viking Therapeutics
4.1658 of 5 stars
$24.86
-4.4%
$87.15
+250.6%
-51.8%$2.92BN/A-21.6220
MOR
MorphoSys
N/A$18.96
flat
N/AN/A$2.86B$238.28M-5.45730
CRNX
Crinetics Pharmaceuticals
3.5845 of 5 stars
$29.91
-0.8%
$74.56
+149.3%
-38.3%$2.82B$1.04M-7.83210
ALVO
Alvotech
3.354 of 5 stars
$9.13
-2.4%
$18.00
+97.2%
-26.6%$2.82B$491.98M24.681,032
MLTX
MoonLake Immunotherapeutics
2.2666 of 5 stars
$44.87
+3.1%
$78.71
+75.4%
+11.5%$2.78BN/A-19.512Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:PRAX) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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