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PTGX vs. SMMT, RDY, ASND, VTRS, QGEN, BBIO, ROIV, VRNA, ELAN, and MRNA

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

Protagonist Therapeutics vs. Its Competitors

Protagonist Therapeutics (NASDAQ:PTGX) and Summit Therapeutics (NASDAQ:SMMT) are both medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, media sentiment and valuation.

Protagonist Therapeutics has higher revenue and earnings than Summit Therapeutics. Summit Therapeutics 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
Protagonist Therapeutics$434.43M8.39$275.19M$0.7083.73
Summit TherapeuticsN/AN/A-$221.32M-$1.01-18.43

Protagonist Therapeutics has a beta of 2.22, meaning that its stock price is 122% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Summit Therapeutics has a beta of -1.02, meaning that its stock price is 202% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Protagonist Therapeutics presently has a consensus target price of $67.73, indicating a potential upside of 15.55%. Summit Therapeutics has a consensus target price of $33.79, indicating a potential upside of 81.47%. Given Summit Therapeutics' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Summit Therapeutics is more favorable than Protagonist Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Protagonist Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.09
Summit Therapeutics
3 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.65

Protagonist Therapeutics has a net margin of 24.88% compared to Summit Therapeutics' net margin of 0.00%. Protagonist Therapeutics' return on equity of 8.12% beat Summit Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Protagonist Therapeutics24.88% 8.12% 7.41%
Summit Therapeutics N/A -208.64%-181.28%

In the previous week, Summit Therapeutics had 2 more articles in the media than Protagonist Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Summit Therapeutics and 26 mentions for Protagonist Therapeutics. Protagonist Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Summit Therapeutics' score of 0.86 indicating that Protagonist Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Protagonist Therapeutics
10 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Summit Therapeutics
10 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

98.6% of Protagonist Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.6% of Summit Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. 4.9% of Protagonist Therapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 84.9% of Summit Therapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Protagonist Therapeutics beats Summit Therapeutics on 12 of the 16 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$3.65B$3.11B$5.75B$10.27B
Dividend YieldN/A2.32%5.73%4.60%
P/E Ratio83.8521.4175.1826.37
Price / Sales8.39240.50457.0688.69
Price / Cash13.0344.4425.8129.91
Price / Book5.179.6113.256.28
Net Income$275.19M-$53.20M$3.29B$270.67M
7 Day Performance4.31%0.18%0.72%2.79%
1 Month Performance4.53%4.02%4.58%6.01%
1 Year Performance24.65%9.21%73.44%26.05%

Protagonist Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PTGX
Protagonist Therapeutics
2.379 of 5 stars
$58.94
+0.1%
$67.73
+14.9%
+25.2%$3.67B$434.43M84.23120News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
SMMT
Summit Therapeutics
3.0865 of 5 stars
$18.94
+1.8%
$33.79
+78.4%
-40.7%$14.07BN/A-18.75110
RDY
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
2.2911 of 5 stars
$14.65
-0.5%
$16.95
+15.7%
-8.9%$12.23B$3.81B22.2027,811News Coverage
Positive News
ASND
Ascendis Pharma A/S
3.1839 of 5 stars
$195.58
-1.1%
$244.36
+24.9%
+64.0%$11.97B$490.75M-37.901,017Positive News
VTRS
Viatris
1.5976 of 5 stars
$9.96
-2.1%
$10.40
+4.4%
-14.6%$11.61B$14.74B-3.4332,000
QGEN
Qiagen
4.443 of 5 stars
$45.30
-1.7%
$49.69
+9.7%
+0.5%$10.07B$1.98B26.765,765
BBIO
BridgeBio Pharma
4.4423 of 5 stars
$51.21
-2.6%
$63.94
+24.9%
+95.6%$9.79B$221.90M-12.52400Analyst Forecast
ROIV
Roivant Sciences
3.1479 of 5 stars
$14.08
-2.3%
$17.67
+25.5%
+17.9%$9.61B$29.05M-20.11860Positive News
VRNA
Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share
2.3109 of 5 stars
$106.43
+0.0%
$109.00
+2.4%
+257.4%$9.21B$42.28M-107.5030Positive News
ELAN
Elanco Animal Health
2.6297 of 5 stars
$18.52
-1.4%
$17.33
-6.4%
+28.0%$9.20B$4.44B21.539,000Positive News
MRNA
Moderna
4.5369 of 5 stars
$23.51
-7.4%
$42.88
+82.4%
-65.6%$9.15B$3.24B-3.125,800High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:PTGX) was last updated on 9/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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