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Proteon Therapeutics (PRTO) Competitors

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

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

Proteon Therapeutics vs. Its Competitors

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

23.0% of Proteon Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.5% of Protalix BioTherapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. 45.7% of Proteon Therapeutics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.5% of Protalix BioTherapeutics shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Proteon Therapeutics has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Protalix BioTherapeutics has a beta of -0.21, meaning that its share price is 121% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Protalix BioTherapeutics had 9 more articles in the media than Proteon Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Protalix BioTherapeutics and 0 mentions for Proteon Therapeutics. Protalix BioTherapeutics' average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Proteon Therapeutics' score of 0.00 indicating that Protalix BioTherapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Proteon Therapeutics Neutral
Protalix BioTherapeutics Neutral

Protalix BioTherapeutics has a consensus target price of $15.00, suggesting a potential upside of 803.61%. Given Protalix BioTherapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Protalix BioTherapeutics is more favorable than Proteon Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Proteon Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Protalix BioTherapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Proteon Therapeutics has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Protalix BioTherapeutics' net margin of -21.03%. Proteon Therapeutics' return on equity of 0.00% beat Protalix BioTherapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Proteon TherapeuticsN/A N/A -118.68%
Protalix BioTherapeutics -21.03%-30.89%-11.74%

Protalix BioTherapeutics has higher revenue and earnings than Proteon Therapeutics. Proteon Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Protalix BioTherapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Proteon TherapeuticsN/AN/A-$20.73M-$1.15-2.70
Protalix BioTherapeutics$61.95M2.14$8.31M$0.0723.71

Summary

Protalix BioTherapeutics beats Proteon Therapeutics on 9 of the 15 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$68.76M$283.21M$5.83B$9.73B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A3.84%4.09%
P/E Ratio-2.70N/A31.1625.99
Price / SalesN/A479.90474.86122.97
Price / CashN/A22.4437.1558.38
Price / Book-51.6710.449.116.38
Net Income-$20.73M-$115.81M$3.26B$265.56M

Proteon Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PRTO
Proteon Therapeutics
N/A$3.10
+2.3%
N/A+37.7%$68.76MN/A-2.7017
PLX
Protalix BioTherapeutics
3.0621 of 5 stars
$1.64
+1.9%
$15.00
+814.6%
+62.9%$130.56M$59.76M-12.62200News Coverage
Analyst Revision
IKT
Inhibikase Therapeutics
1.7616 of 5 stars
$1.75
+15.9%
$6.50
+271.4%
+15.9%$130.10MN/A-0.666
ZIVO
ZIVO Bioscience
0.2804 of 5 stars
$18.01
+11.1%
N/A+102.4%$68.74M$15.85K-3.6910News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
IZTC
Invizyne Technologies
N/A$9.84
-1.7%
N/AN/A$61.52MN/A0.0029News Coverage
Gap Down
CRTX
Cortexyme
N/A$1.60
-3.0%
N/A+154.7%$58.79MN/A-0.5455
CVM
CEL-SCI
1.438 of 5 stars
$7.63
+8.5%
N/A-73.1%$52.51MN/A-15.9043
JATT
JATT Acquisition
N/A$1.41
-0.7%
N/A-50.7%$24.32MN/A0.003Gap Up
High Trading Volume
FNCH
Finch Therapeutics Group
N/A$12.25
+0.1%
N/A+22.1%$19.67MN/A-1.39190
CLDI
Calidi Biotherapeutics
0.7917 of 5 stars
$5.29
+5.0%
N/A-90.6%$16.01MN/A0.0038News Coverage
ALVR
AlloVir
N/A$2.67
-1.5%
N/A-85.5%$13.47MN/A-0.13110

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This page (NASDAQ:PRTO) was last updated on 8/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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