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$53.85 -1.09 (-1.98%)
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PRAX vs. RARE, AAPG, MRUS, ACLX, SWTX, RNA, ACAD, SRRK, VKTX, and PTGX

Should you be buying Praxis Precision Medicines stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Praxis Precision Medicines include Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical (RARE), Ascentage Pharma Group International (AAPG), Merus (MRUS), Arcellx (ACLX), SpringWorks Therapeutics (SWTX), Avidity Biosciences (RNA), ACADIA Pharmaceuticals (ACAD), Scholar Rock (SRRK), Viking Therapeutics (VKTX), and Protagonist Therapeutics (PTGX). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Praxis Precision Medicines vs. Its Competitors

Praxis Precision Medicines (NASDAQ:PRAX) and Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical (NASDAQ:RARE) are both medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk and profitability.

67.8% of Praxis Precision Medicines shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.7% of Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of Praxis Precision Medicines shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.5% of Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical had 41 more articles in the media than Praxis Precision Medicines. MarketBeat recorded 50 mentions for Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical and 9 mentions for Praxis Precision Medicines. Praxis Precision Medicines' average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical's score of 0.00 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)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical
8 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
12 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical has a net margin of -93.04% compared to Praxis Precision Medicines' net margin of -2,137.48%. Praxis Precision Medicines' return on equity of -50.42% beat Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Praxis Precision Medicines-2,137.48% -50.42% -46.74%
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical -93.04%-186.49%-36.81%

Praxis Precision Medicines currently has a consensus target price of $94.11, suggesting a potential upside of 74.77%. Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical has a consensus target price of $83.64, suggesting a potential upside of 217.91%. Given Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical is more favorable than Praxis Precision Medicines.

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
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.93

Praxis Precision Medicines has a beta of 2.6, indicating that its stock price is 160% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical has a beta of 0.26, indicating that its stock price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Praxis Precision Medicines$8.55M128.30-$182.82M-$10.72-5.02
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical$560.23M4.44-$569.18M-$5.88-4.47

Summary

Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical beats Praxis Precision Medicines on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PRAX and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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PRAX vs. The Competition

MetricPraxis Precision MedicinesMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.12B$2.96B$5.54B$9.41B
Dividend YieldN/A2.46%3.75%4.03%
P/E RatioN/A8.2821.0120.09
Price / Sales128.30303.17433.8199.01
Price / CashN/A42.5936.1658.27
Price / Book2.257.678.125.65
Net Income-$182.82M-$55.28M$3.25B$257.91M
7 Day Performance6.55%2.50%0.97%2.09%
1 Month Performance25.32%11.70%7.36%11.13%
1 Year Performance-0.41%4.89%31.31%18.40%

Praxis Precision Medicines Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PRAX
Praxis Precision Medicines
2.4592 of 5 stars
$53.85
-2.0%
$94.11
+74.8%
-0.3%$1.12B$8.55M0.00110News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
RARE
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical
4.3814 of 5 stars
$39.61
-0.8%
$87.00
+119.6%
-37.5%$3.77B$560.23M-6.741,294Trending News
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
AAPG
Ascentage Pharma Group International
N/A$42.04
-1.9%
N/AN/A$3.73B$134.35M0.00600Lockup Expiration
MRUS
Merus
1.9328 of 5 stars
$52.58
-2.3%
$84.64
+61.0%
+8.6%$3.73B$36.13M-12.8937News Coverage
Insider Trade
ACLX
Arcellx
2.5337 of 5 stars
$65.55
-2.4%
$111.23
+69.7%
+8.3%$3.70B$107.94M-21.9280Positive News
SWTX
SpringWorks Therapeutics
1.3584 of 5 stars
$46.99
flat
$52.57
+11.9%
N/A$3.54B$191.59M-13.78230News Coverage
Positive News
RNA
Avidity Biosciences
2.1866 of 5 stars
$28.80
-1.3%
$65.59
+127.7%
-24.6%$3.52B$10.90M-9.60190
ACAD
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals
3.9879 of 5 stars
$20.88
-0.3%
$27.88
+33.5%
+22.9%$3.51B$957.80M15.24510
SRRK
Scholar Rock
3.1299 of 5 stars
$35.48
-1.4%
$42.67
+20.3%
+378.9%$3.42B$33.19M-14.02140Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
VKTX
Viking Therapeutics
4.6378 of 5 stars
$27.51
-2.4%
$87.15
+216.8%
-35.7%$3.17BN/A-23.9220Upcoming Earnings
PTGX
Protagonist Therapeutics
1.444 of 5 stars
$49.87
-2.3%
$66.10
+32.5%
+57.1%$3.16B$434.43M66.49120Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:PRAX) was last updated on 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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