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PTGX vs. RDY, QGEN, MRNA, ASND, VTRS, BBIO, VRNA, BPMC, ROIV, and GRFS

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

Protagonist Therapeutics vs. Its Competitors

Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (NYSE:RDY) and Protagonist Therapeutics (NASDAQ:PTGX) are both medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.

Dr. Reddy's Laboratories has a beta of 0.29, meaning that its stock price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Protagonist Therapeutics has a beta of 2.33, meaning that its stock price is 133% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Dr. Reddy's Laboratories currently has a consensus price target of $16.95, suggesting a potential upside of 19.20%. Protagonist Therapeutics has a consensus price target of $67.20, suggesting a potential upside of 19.85%. Given Protagonist Therapeutics' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Protagonist Therapeutics is more favorable than Dr. Reddy's Laboratories.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Protagonist Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories had 4 more articles in the media than Protagonist Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Dr. Reddy's Laboratories and 13 mentions for Protagonist Therapeutics. Protagonist Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Dr. Reddy's Laboratories' score of 0.65 indicating that Protagonist Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Protagonist Therapeutics
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Dr. Reddy's Laboratories has higher revenue and earnings than Protagonist Therapeutics. Dr. Reddy's Laboratories is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Protagonist Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories$3.81B3.12$663M$0.6621.55
Protagonist Therapeutics$434.43M8.03$275.19M$0.7080.10

Protagonist Therapeutics has a net margin of 24.88% compared to Dr. Reddy's Laboratories' net margin of 16.99%. Dr. Reddy's Laboratories' return on equity of 17.25% beat Protagonist Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories16.99% 17.25% 11.63%
Protagonist Therapeutics 24.88%8.12%7.41%

3.9% of Dr. Reddy's Laboratories shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.6% of Protagonist Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Dr. Reddy's Laboratories shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.9% of Protagonist Therapeutics shares are owned 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

Protagonist Therapeutics beats Dr. Reddy's Laboratories on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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PTGX vs. The Competition

MetricProtagonist TherapeuticsMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.49B$3.13B$5.68B$9.81B
Dividend YieldN/A2.23%4.61%4.07%
P/E Ratio80.1020.7730.6825.56
Price / Sales8.03370.75464.10116.64
Price / Cash12.5643.0338.2159.48
Price / Book5.228.608.996.13
Net Income$275.19M-$54.65M$3.25B$264.89M
7 Day Performance9.79%6.55%4.78%2.67%
1 Month Performance1.36%9.54%6.80%3.11%
1 Year Performance38.14%14.08%30.61%25.14%

Protagonist Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PTGX
Protagonist Therapeutics
2.045 of 5 stars
$56.07
+2.0%
$67.20
+19.9%
+36.7%$3.49B$434.43M80.10120Positive News
RDY
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
3.1144 of 5 stars
$13.80
-1.0%
$16.95
+22.9%
-13.3%$11.64B$334.26B20.9027,811News Coverage
Analyst Revision
QGEN
Qiagen
3.6603 of 5 stars
$50.27
+0.7%
$49.40
-1.7%
+9.4%$11.10B$1.98B126.045,765
MRNA
Moderna
4.4022 of 5 stars
$27.64
+0.1%
$45.61
+65.0%
-67.6%$10.68B$3.24B-3.675,800
ASND
Ascendis Pharma A/S
2.4195 of 5 stars
$184.15
+5.5%
$223.67
+21.5%
+37.5%$10.67B$393.54M-29.321,017
VTRS
Viatris
2.23 of 5 stars
$8.94
+1.5%
$10.40
+16.3%
-6.2%$10.34B$14.74B-2.8232,000Insider Trade
BBIO
BridgeBio Pharma
4.365 of 5 stars
$47.75
+0.8%
$61.18
+28.1%
+111.1%$8.99B$221.90M-13.53400Insider Trade
VRNA
Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share
2.365 of 5 stars
$105.47
+0.3%
$109.00
+3.3%
+285.5%$8.95B$42.28M-52.7430Positive News
Short Interest ↓
BPMC
Blueprint Medicines
N/A$129.46
flat
$130.00
+0.4%
N/A$8.36B$562.12M-52.41640
ROIV
Roivant Sciences
2.7462 of 5 stars
$11.51
+1.8%
$16.50
+43.4%
+2.8%$7.69B$29.05M-46.04860Positive News
GRFS
Grifols
3.7075 of 5 stars
$10.72
-0.6%
$10.30
-3.9%
+55.4%$7.41B$7.81B9.1623,822

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This page (NASDAQ:PTGX) was last updated on 8/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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