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PRTA vs. AUPH, SRPT, APGE, TWST, NTLA, IMCR, HROW, VERA, PAHC, and VCEL

Should you be buying Prothena stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Prothena include Aurinia Pharmaceuticals (AUPH), Sarepta Therapeutics (SRPT), Apogee Therapeutics (APGE), Twist Bioscience (TWST), Intellia Therapeutics (NTLA), Immunocore (IMCR), Harrow (HROW), Vera Therapeutics (VERA), Phibro Animal Health (PAHC), and Vericel (VCEL). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Prothena vs. Its Competitors

Aurinia Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:AUPH) and Prothena (NASDAQ:PRTA) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.

In the previous week, Aurinia Pharmaceuticals had 2 more articles in the media than Prothena. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Aurinia Pharmaceuticals and 2 mentions for Prothena. Prothena's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Aurinia Pharmaceuticals' score of 0.17 indicating that Prothena is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Aurinia Pharmaceuticals
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Prothena
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Aurinia Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Prothena has a beta of -0.11, indicating that its share price is 111% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Aurinia Pharmaceuticals has a net margin of 23.31% compared to Prothena's net margin of -2,929.30%. Aurinia Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of 20.06% beat Prothena's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Aurinia Pharmaceuticals23.31% 20.06% 13.81%
Prothena -2,929.30%-62.17%-54.43%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Aurinia Pharmaceuticals$235.13M6.35$5.75M$0.4326.40
Prothena$135.16M3.95-$122.31M-$5.64-1.76

36.8% of Aurinia Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.1% of Prothena shares are held by institutional investors. 12.2% of Aurinia Pharmaceuticals shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.2% of Prothena 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.

Aurinia Pharmaceuticals presently has a consensus price target of $13.00, indicating a potential upside of 14.54%. Prothena has a consensus price target of $19.75, indicating a potential upside of 99.09%. Given Prothena's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Prothena is more favorable than Aurinia Pharmaceuticals.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Aurinia Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Prothena
2 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20

Summary

Aurinia Pharmaceuticals beats Prothena on 12 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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PRTA vs. The Competition

MetricProthenaMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$537.76M$3.33B$6.09B$10.57B
Dividend YieldN/A2.27%5.68%4.70%
P/E Ratio-1.7622.1477.9126.71
Price / Sales3.95406.35576.77177.88
Price / CashN/A47.2037.7961.25
Price / Book1.109.9312.546.56
Net Income-$122.31M-$52.80M$3.31B$277.70M
7 Day Performance5.42%5.22%4.25%2.41%
1 Month Performance20.83%13.01%7.81%9.30%
1 Year Performance-41.16%25.18%71.37%31.22%

Prothena Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PRTA
Prothena
3.0548 of 5 stars
$9.92
-0.7%
$19.75
+99.1%
-41.0%$537.76M$135.16M-1.76130
AUPH
Aurinia Pharmaceuticals
3.1277 of 5 stars
$13.07
+0.5%
$13.00
-0.5%
+61.7%$1.71B$235.13M30.40300High Trading Volume
SRPT
Sarepta Therapeutics
4.5958 of 5 stars
$18.65
+7.0%
$39.32
+110.8%
-80.9%$1.70B$1.90B-21.441,372News Coverage
APGE
Apogee Therapeutics
2.9527 of 5 stars
$37.96
+3.9%
$97.29
+156.3%
-29.9%$1.68BN/A-9.1991Positive News
Insider Trade
TWST
Twist Bioscience
3.6988 of 5 stars
$27.81
-0.3%
$49.40
+77.6%
-27.4%$1.68B$312.97M-19.18990Analyst Forecast
NTLA
Intellia Therapeutics
4.3911 of 5 stars
$17.26
+10.7%
$27.39
+58.7%
+13.1%$1.67B$57.88M-3.68600
IMCR
Immunocore
2.5685 of 5 stars
$33.18
+1.8%
$56.89
+71.5%
+12.2%$1.64B$310.20M-82.94320Positive News
HROW
Harrow
2.9862 of 5 stars
$46.09
+3.9%
$64.67
+40.3%
-8.7%$1.64B$199.61M-184.36180Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
VERA
Vera Therapeutics
2.7299 of 5 stars
$26.11
+2.0%
$63.00
+141.3%
-25.6%$1.63BN/A-7.2940Positive News
PAHC
Phibro Animal Health
4.5773 of 5 stars
$38.40
-3.7%
$28.40
-26.0%
+81.4%$1.62B$1.30B32.542,475
VCEL
Vericel
3.3483 of 5 stars
$31.81
+0.4%
$60.40
+89.9%
-21.5%$1.60B$237.22M265.11300

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