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PROK vs. KRYS, AKRO, ADMA, RNA, ZLAB, MRUS, SRRK, ACLX, PTCT, and ACAD

Should you be buying ProKidney stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ProKidney include Krystal Biotech (KRYS), Akero Therapeutics (AKRO), ADMA Biologics (ADMA), Avidity Biosciences (RNA), Zai Lab (ZLAB), Merus (MRUS), Scholar Rock (SRRK), Arcellx (ACLX), PTC Therapeutics (PTCT), and ACADIA Pharmaceuticals (ACAD). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

ProKidney vs. Its Competitors

Krystal Biotech (NASDAQ:KRYS) and ProKidney (NASDAQ:PROK) are both medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.

Krystal Biotech has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ProKidney has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Krystal Biotech had 5 more articles in the media than ProKidney. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Krystal Biotech and 6 mentions for ProKidney. ProKidney's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Krystal Biotech's score of 0.73 indicating that ProKidney is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Krystal Biotech
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
ProKidney
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Krystal Biotech has a net margin of 37.17% compared to ProKidney's net margin of 0.00%. Krystal Biotech's return on equity of 14.64% beat ProKidney's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Krystal Biotech37.17% 14.64% 13.28%
ProKidney N/A N/A -15.03%

86.3% of Krystal Biotech shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.6% of ProKidney shares are held by institutional investors. 13.7% of Krystal Biotech shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 41.5% of ProKidney shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Krystal Biotech presently has a consensus price target of $211.33, indicating a potential upside of 37.90%. ProKidney has a consensus price target of $6.25, indicating a potential upside of 94.10%. Given ProKidney's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ProKidney is more favorable than Krystal Biotech.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Krystal Biotech
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
ProKidney
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40

Krystal Biotech has higher revenue and earnings than ProKidney. ProKidney is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Krystal Biotech, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Krystal Biotech$290.52M15.24$89.16M$4.1636.84
ProKidney$80K11,781.18-$61.19M-$0.60-5.37

Summary

Krystal Biotech beats ProKidney on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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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PROK vs. The Competition

MetricProKidneyMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$892.73M$2.43B$5.57B$9.42B
Dividend YieldN/A1.80%4.05%3.99%
P/E Ratio-5.379.1428.0920.08
Price / Sales11,781.18540.89403.9184.07
Price / CashN/A166.9336.1958.45
Price / Book-0.945.168.615.83
Net Income-$61.19M$30.99M$3.24B$258.27M
7 Day Performance-8.52%3.81%3.53%2.69%
1 Month Performance399.07%12.26%10.99%12.91%
1 Year Performance53.33%0.95%35.43%21.81%

ProKidney Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PROK
ProKidney
3.431 of 5 stars
$3.22
+5.6%
$6.25
+94.1%
+37.6%$892.73M$80K-5.373
KRYS
Krystal Biotech
4.9192 of 5 stars
$150.08
+1.6%
$213.75
+42.4%
-26.0%$4.34B$333.45M36.08210Analyst Forecast
AKRO
Akero Therapeutics
3.8123 of 5 stars
$53.60
+3.6%
$82.50
+53.9%
+86.5%$4.27BN/A-27.4930Positive News
ADMA
ADMA Biologics
3.8974 of 5 stars
$17.69
-1.6%
$27.67
+56.4%
+25.0%$4.22B$426.45M20.81530Positive News
RNA
Avidity Biosciences
2.5265 of 5 stars
$33.53
+5.8%
$66.35
+97.9%
-26.2%$4.04B$10.90M-11.18190Gap Up
ZLAB
Zai Lab
3.5019 of 5 stars
$35.47
+0.8%
$54.28
+53.0%
+92.7%$3.94B$398.99M-14.241,869Positive News
Gap Up
MRUS
Merus
2.1123 of 5 stars
$56.51
+2.8%
$84.64
+49.8%
+15.5%$3.91B$54.73M-13.8537Upcoming Earnings
SRRK
Scholar Rock
3.4049 of 5 stars
$41.15
+6.2%
$42.67
+3.7%
+331.6%$3.91BN/A-16.26140Analyst Revision
ACLX
Arcellx
2.5638 of 5 stars
$70.70
+3.7%
$111.23
+57.3%
+10.8%$3.90B$107.94M-23.6580News Coverage
Positive News
PTCT
PTC Therapeutics
4.3838 of 5 stars
$48.14
+0.8%
$65.00
+35.0%
+40.3%$3.82B$1.77B7.391,410Positive News
ACAD
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals
4.1892 of 5 stars
$22.55
+2.5%
$27.88
+23.6%
+27.9%$3.77B$996.28M16.46510Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:PROK) was last updated on 7/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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