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PTCT vs. VTRS, ASND, RDY, QGEN, BBIO, MRNA, ELAN, VRNA, ROIV, and RVMD

Should you be buying PTC Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PTC Therapeutics include Viatris (VTRS), Ascendis Pharma A/S (ASND), Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (RDY), Qiagen (QGEN), BridgeBio Pharma (BBIO), Moderna (MRNA), Elanco Animal Health (ELAN), Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share (VRNA), Roivant Sciences (ROIV), and Revolution Medicines (RVMD). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

PTC Therapeutics vs. Its Competitors

PTC Therapeutics (NASDAQ:PTCT) and Viatris (NASDAQ:VTRS) are both medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.

PTC Therapeutics currently has a consensus price target of $69.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.95%. Viatris has a consensus price target of $10.40, suggesting a potential upside of 4.42%. Given PTC Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe PTC Therapeutics is more favorable than Viatris.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
PTC Therapeutics
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.53
Viatris
2 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.80

In the previous week, PTC Therapeutics had 16 more articles in the media than Viatris. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for PTC Therapeutics and 3 mentions for Viatris. PTC Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Viatris' score of 0.30 indicating that PTC Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
PTC Therapeutics
10 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Viatris
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

PTC Therapeutics has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Viatris has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

79.9% of Viatris shares are held by institutional investors. 5.5% of PTC Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Viatris shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

PTC Therapeutics has a net margin of 35.65% compared to Viatris' net margin of -24.57%. Viatris' return on equity of 16.54% beat PTC Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
PTC Therapeutics35.65% -106.31% 30.61%
Viatris -24.57%16.54%7.06%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
PTC Therapeutics$806.78M6.02-$363.30M$6.978.76
Viatris$14.12B0.82-$634.20M-$2.90-3.43

Summary

PTC Therapeutics beats Viatris 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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PTCT vs. The Competition

MetricPTC TherapeuticsMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$4.84B$3.20B$5.86B$10.14B
Dividend YieldN/A2.30%5.68%4.60%
P/E Ratio8.7621.1774.8625.97
Price / Sales6.02438.17517.12182.33
Price / CashN/A46.6837.5660.44
Price / Book-4.299.6112.156.29
Net Income-$363.30M-$53.29M$3.29B$270.96M
7 Day Performance6.69%0.13%0.73%3.87%
1 Month Performance26.82%5.61%4.82%4.87%
1 Year Performance79.73%10.49%60.58%26.12%

PTC Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PTCT
PTC Therapeutics
3.668 of 5 stars
$61.09
+0.2%
$69.00
+12.9%
+86.8%$4.84B$806.78M8.761,410News Coverage
Positive News
Insider Trade
VTRS
Viatris
1.4446 of 5 stars
$10.55
+1.3%
$10.40
-1.4%
-15.2%$12.30B$14.12B-3.6432,000
ASND
Ascendis Pharma A/S
3.2008 of 5 stars
$194.27
+0.2%
$243.36
+25.3%
+71.8%$11.89B$393.54M-37.651,017Positive News
RDY
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
2.477 of 5 stars
$14.20
-0.1%
$16.95
+19.4%
-8.7%$11.85B$3.81B21.5127,811Positive News
QGEN
Qiagen
4.4749 of 5 stars
$46.53
+0.9%
$49.69
+6.8%
+2.2%$10.34B$2.04B27.495,765
BBIO
BridgeBio Pharma
4.4494 of 5 stars
$51.76
-1.5%
$62.18
+20.1%
+90.0%$9.89B$235.81M-12.66400Analyst Forecast
MRNA
Moderna
4.47 of 5 stars
$24.09
-1.6%
$42.88
+78.0%
-66.3%$9.37B$3.06B-3.205,800Trending News
ELAN
Elanco Animal Health
2.6241 of 5 stars
$18.38
-0.4%
$17.33
-5.7%
+28.7%$9.13B$4.48B21.379,000High Trading Volume
VRNA
Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share
2.1815 of 5 stars
$105.91
+0.0%
$109.00
+2.9%
+254.9%$8.67B$221.67M-106.9830Positive News
ROIV
Roivant Sciences
3.1685 of 5 stars
$11.93
-0.1%
$16.50
+38.3%
+16.2%$8.15B$29.05M-17.04860News Coverage
Positive News
Options Volume
RVMD
Revolution Medicines
4.3009 of 5 stars
$37.97
-0.9%
$69.92
+84.2%
+10.9%$7.10BN/A-8.44250Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision

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This page (NASDAQ:PTCT) was last updated on 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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