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Proteon Therapeutics (PRTO) Competitors

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PRTO vs. IKT, PLX, IZTC, CRTX, ZIVO, CVM, JATT, CLDI, FNCH, and ALVR

Should you be buying Proteon Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Proteon Therapeutics include Inhibikase Therapeutics (IKT), Protalix BioTherapeutics (PLX), Invizyne Technologies (IZTC), Cortexyme (CRTX), ZIVO Bioscience (ZIVO), CEL-SCI (CVM), JATT Acquisition (JATT), Calidi Biotherapeutics (CLDI), Finch Therapeutics Group (FNCH), and AlloVir (ALVR). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Proteon Therapeutics vs. Its Competitors

Inhibikase Therapeutics (NYSE:IKT) and Proteon Therapeutics (NASDAQ:PRTO) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment and risk.

Proteon Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Inhibikase Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Inhibikase TherapeuticsN/AN/A-$19.03M-$2.67-0.57
Proteon TherapeuticsN/AN/A-$20.73M-$1.15-2.66

Proteon Therapeutics' return on equity of 0.00% beat Inhibikase Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Inhibikase TherapeuticsN/A -350.63% -201.82%
Proteon Therapeutics N/A N/A -118.68%

Inhibikase Therapeutics presently has a consensus target price of $6.50, indicating a potential upside of 327.63%. Given Inhibikase Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Inhibikase Therapeutics is more favorable than Proteon Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Inhibikase Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Proteon Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Inhibikase Therapeutics has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Proteon Therapeutics has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Inhibikase Therapeutics had 1 more articles in the media than Proteon Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Inhibikase Therapeutics and 0 mentions for Proteon Therapeutics. Inhibikase Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Proteon Therapeutics' score of 0.00 indicating that Inhibikase Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Inhibikase Therapeutics Positive
Proteon Therapeutics Neutral

3.8% of Inhibikase Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.0% of Proteon Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. 7.3% of Inhibikase Therapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 45.7% of Proteon Therapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Inhibikase Therapeutics beats Proteon Therapeutics on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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PRTO vs. The Competition

MetricProteon TherapeuticsBiological Products, Except Diagnostic IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$67.87M$267.85M$5.48B$9.51B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A4.73%4.09%
P/E Ratio-2.66N/A28.6723.80
Price / SalesN/A327.48373.9066.58
Price / CashN/A22.4435.4557.96
Price / Book-51.0010.418.275.55
Net Income-$20.73M-$106.40M$3.24B$259.03M

Proteon Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PRTO
Proteon Therapeutics
N/A$3.06
-1.3%
N/A+39.0%$67.87MN/A-2.6617
IKT
Inhibikase Therapeutics
2.0854 of 5 stars
$1.70
-4.0%
$6.50
+282.4%
+10.9%$126.38MN/A-0.646News Coverage
PLX
Protalix BioTherapeutics
2.2289 of 5 stars
$1.46
-2.7%
$15.00
+927.4%
+36.2%$116.23M$59.76M-11.23200News Coverage
Gap Down
IZTC
Invizyne Technologies
N/A$9.98
+0.3%
N/AN/A$62.40MN/A0.0029Positive News
Gap Up
CRTX
Cortexyme
N/A$1.85
-0.5%
N/A+127.2%$55.78MN/A-0.6255News Coverage
ZIVO
ZIVO Bioscience
N/A$10.70
-3.2%
N/A+18.7%$40.84M$15.85K-2.1910
CVM
CEL-SCI
1.2111 of 5 stars
$7.15
-17.0%
N/A-72.6%$38.05MN/A-14.9043Positive News
Short Interest ↑
High Trading Volume
JATT
JATT Acquisition
N/A$1.64
-2.4%
N/A-62.8%$28.29MN/A0.003High Trading Volume
CLDI
Calidi Biotherapeutics
0.2029 of 5 stars
$0.63
+14.9%
N/A-64.7%$22.94MN/A0.0038Short Interest ↑
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
FNCH
Finch Therapeutics Group
N/A$12.50
-0.4%
N/A+556.3%$20.08MN/A-1.42190
ALVR
AlloVir
N/A$2.93
+6.0%
N/A-85.4%$14.75MN/A-0.14110Upcoming Earnings
High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:PRTO) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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