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PRME vs. XENE, MOR, VKTX, CGON, HCM, OGN, RARE, KNSA, GMTX, and ALVO

Should you be buying Prime Medicine stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Prime Medicine include Xenon Pharmaceuticals (XENE), MorphoSys (MOR), Viking Therapeutics (VKTX), CG Oncology (CGON), HUTCHMED (HCM), Organon & Co. (OGN), Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical (RARE), Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International (KNSA), Gemini Therapeutics (GMTX), and Alvotech (ALVO). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Prime Medicine vs. Its Competitors

Prime Medicine (NASDAQ:PRME) and Xenon Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:XENE) are both pharmaceutical products companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk and dividends.

70.4% of Prime Medicine shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Xenon Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.7% of Prime Medicine shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of Xenon Pharmaceuticals shares are owned 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.

Prime Medicine has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Xenon Pharmaceuticals. Xenon Pharmaceuticals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Prime Medicine, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Prime Medicine$2.98M240.24-$195.88M-$1.56-3.41
Xenon Pharmaceuticals$9.43M319.40-$234.33M-$3.55-11.00

In the previous week, Xenon Pharmaceuticals had 1 more articles in the media than Prime Medicine. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Xenon Pharmaceuticals and 4 mentions for Prime Medicine. Xenon Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Prime Medicine's score of 0.29 indicating that Xenon Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Prime Medicine
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Xenon Pharmaceuticals
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Prime Medicine has a beta of 2.39, indicating that its share price is 139% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Xenon Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Xenon Pharmaceuticals has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Prime Medicine's net margin of -4,016.83%. Xenon Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of -38.50% beat Prime Medicine's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Prime Medicine-4,016.83% -156.16% -64.41%
Xenon Pharmaceuticals N/A -38.50%-36.47%

Xenon Pharmaceuticals has a consensus price target of $53.30, suggesting a potential upside of 36.46%. Given Xenon Pharmaceuticals' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Xenon Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than Prime Medicine.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Prime Medicine
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Xenon Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Xenon Pharmaceuticals beats Prime Medicine on 11 of the 16 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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PRME vs. The Competition

MetricPrime MedicineBiological Products, Except Diagnostic Substances IndustryManufacturing SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$715.91M$284.00M$2.52B$10.42B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A2.51%4.69%
P/E Ratio-3.41N/A26.6526.39
Price / Sales240.24240.24101.30125.20
Price / CashN/AN/A47.3130.68
Price / Book4.552.8336.316.40
Net Income-$195.88M-$111.70M$12.55M$276.69M
7 Day Performance6.61%20.02%-0.51%-0.28%
1 Month PerformanceN/A-11.96%3.11%6.69%
1 Year PerformanceN/A181.31%71.95%27.61%

Prime Medicine Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PRME
Prime Medicine
0.3333 of 5 stars
$5.32
+3.9%
N/AN/A$689.02M$2.98M0.00N/A
XENE
Xenon Pharmaceuticals
2.486 of 5 stars
$37.31
-0.1%
$53.30
+42.9%
-1.7%$2.88B$9.43M-10.51210Positive News
MOR
MorphoSys
N/A$18.96
flat
N/AN/A$2.86B$238.28M-5.45730
VKTX
Viking Therapeutics
4.2075 of 5 stars
$24.97
-4.9%
$90.38
+262.0%
-58.5%$2.81BN/A-16.3220Analyst Forecast
CGON
CG Oncology
2.4926 of 5 stars
$36.70
-0.9%
$56.00
+52.6%
-0.9%$2.80B$1.14M-20.7361Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
HCM
HUTCHMED
2.9335 of 5 stars
$15.99
-4.0%
$20.88
+30.6%
-17.9%$2.79B$630.20M0.001,811
OGN
Organon & Co.
4.6291 of 5 stars
$10.57
0.0%
$17.33
+64.1%
-46.8%$2.75B$6.40B3.934,000Positive News
RARE
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical
4.3148 of 5 stars
$28.40
-3.6%
$81.50
+187.0%
-46.6%$2.74B$560.23M-5.141,294Positive News
KNSA
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International
2.8389 of 5 stars
$36.33
+0.7%
$41.17
+13.3%
+46.0%$2.69B$423.24M908.48220Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
GMTX
Gemini Therapeutics
N/A$61.50
+1.2%
N/A+30.9%$2.66BN/A-61.5030News Coverage
ALVO
Alvotech
3.7068 of 5 stars
$8.70
+8.6%
$14.00
+60.9%
-29.9%$2.62B$491.98M37.831,032High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:PRME) was last updated on 9/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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