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PRTA vs. MIRM, BHC, BEAM, GMTX, NAMS, VCEL, BLTE, TARS, JANX, and SDGR

Should you be buying Prothena stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Prothena include Mirum Pharmaceuticals (MIRM), Bausch Health Companies (BHC), Beam Therapeutics (BEAM), Gemini Therapeutics (GMTX), NewAmsterdam Pharma (NAMS), Vericel (VCEL), Belite Bio (BLTE), Tarsus Pharmaceuticals (TARS), Janux Therapeutics (JANX), and Schrödinger (SDGR). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Prothena vs.

Prothena (NASDAQ:PRTA) and Mirum Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:MIRM) are both medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Prothena$135.16M3.47-$147.03M-$2.30-3.79
Mirum Pharmaceuticals$336.89M6.37-$163.41M-$1.85-23.47

97.1% of Prothena shares are held by institutional investors. 9.2% of Prothena shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.9% of Mirum Pharmaceuticals 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.

Mirum Pharmaceuticals has a net margin of -31.69% compared to Prothena's net margin of -90.50%. Prothena's return on equity of -22.67% beat Mirum Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Prothena-90.50% -22.67% -19.68%
Mirum Pharmaceuticals -31.69%-41.22%-14.81%

Prothena received 480 more outperform votes than Mirum Pharmaceuticals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.86% of users gave Mirum Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote while only 70.43% of users gave Prothena an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ProthenaOutperform Votes
612
70.43%
Underperform Votes
257
29.57%
Mirum PharmaceuticalsOutperform Votes
132
75.86%
Underperform Votes
42
24.14%

In the previous week, Mirum Pharmaceuticals had 3 more articles in the media than Prothena. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Mirum Pharmaceuticals and 6 mentions for Prothena. Mirum Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 1.57 beat Prothena's score of 0.72 indicating that Mirum Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Prothena
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Mirum Pharmaceuticals
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Prothena presently has a consensus price target of $55.00, indicating a potential upside of 530.73%. Mirum Pharmaceuticals has a consensus price target of $58.20, indicating a potential upside of 34.04%. Given Prothena's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Prothena is more favorable than Mirum Pharmaceuticals.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Prothena
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Mirum Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.09

Prothena has a beta of 0.07, meaning that its stock price is 93% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mirum Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 1, meaning that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Summary

Mirum Pharmaceuticals beats Prothena on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PRTA vs. The Competition

MetricProthenaPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$495.21M$6.85B$5.54B$7.93B
Dividend YieldN/A2.96%5.09%4.23%
P/E Ratio-3.797.3222.5318.54
Price / Sales3.47241.43399.57103.29
Price / CashN/A65.8538.1834.62
Price / Book0.836.486.774.25
Net Income-$147.03M$143.41M$3.22B$248.18M
7 Day Performance-10.10%1.91%1.11%0.91%
1 Month Performance-28.17%4.28%2.50%2.58%
1 Year Performance-60.44%-3.87%15.76%4.02%

Prothena Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PRTA
Prothena
3.4234 of 5 stars
$8.72
-5.2%
$55.00
+530.7%
-59.3%$495.21M$135.16M-3.79130Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
MIRM
Mirum Pharmaceuticals
4.2422 of 5 stars
$41.31
+1.3%
$58.20
+40.9%
+68.8%$2.04B$336.89M-20.45140Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
BHC
Bausch Health Companies
4.1781 of 5 stars
$5.41
-0.6%
$7.17
+32.5%
-39.5%$2.00B$9.63B-45.0819,900Analyst Upgrade
BEAM
Beam Therapeutics
3.0729 of 5 stars
$19.80
+1.4%
$49.45
+149.8%
-8.8%$1.99B$63.52M-11.25510Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
GMTX
Gemini Therapeutics
N/A$45.42
-1.6%
N/A+73.2%$1.97BN/A-45.4230
NAMS
NewAmsterdam Pharma
3.1676 of 5 stars
$17.83
+1.8%
$43.33
+143.0%
-8.8%$1.96B$45.56M-6.864Positive News
VCEL
Vericel
2.1572 of 5 stars
$38.74
-2.5%
$60.86
+57.1%
-19.5%$1.94B$237.22M645.77300Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
BLTE
Belite Bio
2.9701 of 5 stars
$60.18
+3.3%
$96.67
+60.6%
+50.9%$1.92BN/A-54.2210News Coverage
Positive News
TARS
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals
2.0699 of 5 stars
$49.72
-0.6%
$63.67
+28.1%
+54.8%$1.91B$182.95M-13.0550Earnings Report
Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
JANX
Janux Therapeutics
3.0204 of 5 stars
$32.23
+3.8%
$95.25
+195.5%
-44.9%$1.90B$10.59M-27.5530Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
SDGR
Schrödinger
2.4635 of 5 stars
$25.75
-2.6%
$33.00
+28.2%
-1.5%$1.88B$207.54M-11.00790Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NASDAQ:PRTA) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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