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Praxis Precision Medicines (PRAX) Competitors

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$45.85 +1.34 (+3.01%)
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PRAX vs. PTGX, CPRX, CRNX, MTSR, VKTX, MOR, SRRK, KYMR, MLTX, and IMVT

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

Praxis Precision Medicines vs.

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

Praxis Precision Medicines currently has a consensus target price of $109.90, suggesting a potential upside of 139.69%. Protagonist Therapeutics has a consensus target price of $65.44, suggesting a potential upside of 16.10%. Given Praxis Precision Medicines' higher probable upside, 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)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
Protagonist Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Protagonist Therapeutics received 239 more outperform votes than Praxis Precision Medicines when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.00% of users gave Praxis Precision Medicines an outperform vote while only 61.55% of users gave Protagonist Therapeutics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Praxis Precision MedicinesOutperform Votes
54
75.00%
Underperform Votes
18
25.00%
Protagonist TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
293
61.55%
Underperform Votes
183
38.45%

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 stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Protagonist Therapeutics has a net margin of 52.76% compared to Praxis Precision Medicines' net margin of -9,409.22%. Protagonist Therapeutics' return on equity of 34.68% beat Praxis Precision Medicines' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Praxis Precision Medicines-9,409.22% -54.86% -50.52%
Protagonist Therapeutics 52.76%34.68%30.98%

Praxis Precision Medicines has a beta of 2.6, indicating that its share price is 160% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Protagonist Therapeutics has a beta of 2.25, indicating that its share price is 125% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Protagonist Therapeutics had 1 more articles in the media than Praxis Precision Medicines. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Protagonist Therapeutics and 6 mentions for Praxis Precision Medicines. Protagonist Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Praxis Precision Medicines' score of 0.32 indicating that Protagonist Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

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$8.12M114.99-$123.28M-$10.72-4.28
Protagonist Therapeutics$207.80M16.81-$78.96M$0.7575.16

Summary

Protagonist Therapeutics beats Praxis Precision Medicines on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PRAX vs. The Competition

MetricPraxis Precision MedicinesPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$933.92M$6.83B$5.57B$8.66B
Dividend YieldN/A2.50%5.27%4.19%
P/E Ratio-4.458.7927.2020.17
Price / Sales114.99263.51412.92161.90
Price / CashN/A65.8538.2534.64
Price / Book5.796.677.114.72
Net Income-$123.28M$143.49M$3.23B$247.80M
7 Day Performance11.29%6.34%4.61%3.36%
1 Month Performance19.56%15.43%13.35%9.71%
1 Year Performance13.04%6.87%31.75%14.41%

Praxis Precision Medicines Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PRAX
Praxis Precision Medicines
2.7638 of 5 stars
$45.85
+3.0%
$109.90
+139.7%
+9.8%$933.92M$8.12M-4.45110Positive News
PTGX
Protagonist Therapeutics
2.2858 of 5 stars
$50.15
+5.6%
$65.44
+30.5%
+60.0%$3.11B$207.80M18.85120Analyst Upgrade
CPRX
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals
4.6496 of 5 stars
$24.90
-0.2%
$32.29
+29.7%
+65.4%$3.04B$534.65M21.1080
CRNX
Crinetics Pharmaceuticals
3.6137 of 5 stars
$31.88
+4.5%
$74.56
+133.9%
-27.8%$2.98B$760,000.00-8.55210Positive News
Analyst Revision
MTSR
Metsera
N/A$28.12
+5.2%
$47.00
+67.1%
N/A$2.95BN/A0.0081Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
VKTX
Viking Therapeutics
4.5586 of 5 stars
$26.12
-2.5%
$87.15
+233.7%
-50.8%$2.93BN/A-26.1220Options Volume
MOR
MorphoSys
N/A$18.96
flat
N/AN/A$2.86B$238.28M-5.45730
SRRK
Scholar Rock
4.1221 of 5 stars
$29.76
+2.6%
$42.67
+43.4%
+258.3%$2.83B$33.19M-12.66140
KYMR
Kymera Therapeutics
2.0229 of 5 stars
$43.13
+45.5%
$55.69
+29.1%
+43.1%$2.81B$58.89M-18.43170High Trading Volume
MLTX
MoonLake Immunotherapeutics
2.1072 of 5 stars
$41.16
+5.5%
$78.71
+91.2%
+11.9%$2.63BN/A-31.912Analyst Revision
IMVT
Immunovant
1.4327 of 5 stars
$15.41
+3.8%
$38.33
+148.8%
-35.3%$2.62BN/A-5.88120Positive News
Analyst Revision

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This page (NASDAQ:PRAX) was last updated on 6/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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