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PROK vs. PTGX, SRRK, HCM, APLS, MOR, IMVT, KYMR, CRNX, CPRX, and RARE

Should you be buying ProKidney stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ProKidney include Protagonist Therapeutics (PTGX), Scholar Rock (SRRK), HUTCHMED (HCM), Apellis Pharmaceuticals (APLS), MorphoSys (MOR), Immunovant (IMVT), Kymera Therapeutics (KYMR), Crinetics Pharmaceuticals (CRNX), Catalyst Pharmaceuticals (CPRX), and Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical (RARE). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

ProKidney vs. Its Competitors

ProKidney (NASDAQ:PROK) 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 profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and earnings.

Protagonist Therapeutics has higher revenue and earnings than ProKidney. ProKidney 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
ProKidney$80K8,543.18-$61.19M-$0.60-3.89
Protagonist Therapeutics$209.18M16.70$275.19M$0.7080.23

In the previous week, Protagonist Therapeutics had 9 more articles in the media than ProKidney. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Protagonist Therapeutics and 10 mentions for ProKidney. Protagonist Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat ProKidney's score of 0.65 indicating that Protagonist Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
ProKidney
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Protagonist Therapeutics
5 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

ProKidney presently has a consensus target price of $6.25, suggesting a potential upside of 167.67%. Protagonist Therapeutics has a consensus target price of $67.20, suggesting a potential upside of 19.66%. Given ProKidney's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe ProKidney is more favorable than Protagonist Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
ProKidney
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40
Protagonist Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Protagonist Therapeutics has a net margin of 24.88% compared to ProKidney's net margin of 0.00%. Protagonist Therapeutics' return on equity of 8.12% beat ProKidney's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
ProKidneyN/A N/A -15.03%
Protagonist Therapeutics 24.88%8.12%7.41%

ProKidney has a beta of 1.76, suggesting that its stock price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Protagonist Therapeutics has a beta of 2.33, suggesting that its stock price is 133% more volatile than the S&P 500.

51.6% of ProKidney shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.6% of Protagonist Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. 41.5% of ProKidney shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.9% of Protagonist Therapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Protagonist Therapeutics beats ProKidney on 14 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$683.45M$2.47B$5.61B$9.81B
Dividend YieldN/A1.81%4.64%4.14%
P/E Ratio-3.8921.9230.2025.55
Price / Sales8,543.18717.96462.19105.95
Price / CashN/A186.7137.7258.50
Price / Book-0.684.518.486.05
Net Income-$61.19M$31.61M$3.26B$265.02M
7 Day Performance-18.92%2.42%3.14%2.39%
1 Month Performance-48.57%3.82%5.64%3.50%
1 Year Performance2.86%6.91%42.56%25.82%

ProKidney Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PROK
ProKidney
3.3612 of 5 stars
$2.34
+4.2%
$6.25
+167.7%
+7.7%$683.45M$80K-3.893Earnings Report
Upcoming Earnings
PTGX
Protagonist Therapeutics
1.8908 of 5 stars
$53.82
-0.1%
$66.10
+22.8%
+34.3%$3.34B$434.43M71.76120Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
SRRK
Scholar Rock
4.497 of 5 stars
$34.62
-6.4%
$44.14
+27.5%
+239.7%$3.29B$33.19M-13.68140News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
HCM
HUTCHMED
3.1653 of 5 stars
$17.92
-0.4%
$28.00
+56.3%
-24.4%$3.13B$630.20M0.001,811Positive News
APLS
Apellis Pharmaceuticals
4.647 of 5 stars
$23.73
-1.9%
$36.83
+55.2%
-33.9%$3.00B$781.37M-13.04770
MOR
MorphoSys
N/A$18.96
flat
N/AN/A$2.86B$238.28M-5.45730Positive News
IMVT
Immunovant
2.2419 of 5 stars
$15.96
-3.3%
$36.40
+128.1%
-48.7%$2.73BN/A-5.82120Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
KYMR
Kymera Therapeutics
3.0747 of 5 stars
$41.35
-3.8%
$59.11
+43.0%
-6.2%$2.69B$47.07M-13.34170News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
CRNX
Crinetics Pharmaceuticals
3.3951 of 5 stars
$28.53
-2.4%
$69.50
+143.6%
-42.5%$2.67B$1.04M-7.47210Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
CPRX
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals
4.8792 of 5 stars
$21.79
-1.9%
$32.83
+50.7%
+5.4%$2.66B$491.73M13.8880
RARE
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical
4.4287 of 5 stars
$28.05
-3.0%
$82.17
+192.9%
-44.8%$2.65B$560.23M-4.771,294Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:PROK) was last updated on 8/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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