PTCT vs. MRVI, GLPG, NAMS, GERN, KROS, AMPH, RNA, SDGR, AGIO, and SNDX
Should you be buying PTC Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PTC Therapeutics include Maravai LifeSciences (MRVI), Galapagos (GLPG), NewAmsterdam Pharma (NAMS), Geron (GERN), Keros Therapeutics (KROS), Amphastar Pharmaceuticals (AMPH), Avidity Biosciences (RNA), Schrödinger (SDGR), Agios Pharmaceuticals (AGIO), and Syndax Pharmaceuticals (SNDX). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
PTC Therapeutics (NASDAQ:PTCT) and Maravai LifeSciences (NASDAQ:MRVI) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and earnings.
PTC Therapeutics presently has a consensus price target of $33.53, indicating a potential upside of 31.81%. Maravai LifeSciences has a consensus price target of $11.56, indicating a potential upside of 53.46%. Given Maravai LifeSciences' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Maravai LifeSciences is more favorable than PTC Therapeutics.
Maravai LifeSciences has a net margin of -41.19% compared to PTC Therapeutics' net margin of -66.82%. PTC Therapeutics' return on equity of 0.00% beat Maravai LifeSciences' return on equity.
PTC Therapeutics received 482 more outperform votes than Maravai LifeSciences when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.06% of users gave Maravai LifeSciences an outperform vote while only 62.10% of users gave PTC Therapeutics an outperform vote.
50.3% of Maravai LifeSciences shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.3% of PTC Therapeutics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Maravai LifeSciences shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
PTC Therapeutics has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Maravai LifeSciences has a beta of 0.01, meaning that its stock price is 99% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Maravai LifeSciences has lower revenue, but higher earnings than PTC Therapeutics. Maravai LifeSciences is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PTC Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, PTC Therapeutics had 11 more articles in the media than Maravai LifeSciences. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for PTC Therapeutics and 2 mentions for Maravai LifeSciences. Maravai LifeSciences' average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat PTC Therapeutics' score of 0.81 indicating that Maravai LifeSciences is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Maravai LifeSciences beats PTC Therapeutics on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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