NASDAQ:PTGX Protagonist Therapeutics (PTGX) Stock Price, News & Analysis $42.01 -2.27 (-5.13%) Closing price 05/6/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$42.02 +0.01 (+0.01%) As of 05/6/2025 05:37 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Stock Analysis Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock About Protagonist Therapeutics Stock (NASDAQ:PTGX) 30 days 90 days 365 days Advanced Chart View Price History Chart DataSkip Price History Chart Get PTGX alerts:Sign Up Key Stats Today's Range$41.74▼$44.2350-Day Range$37.59▼$59.7652-Week Range$25.23▼$60.60Volume807,789 shsAverage Volume864,709 shsMarket Capitalization$2.60 billionP/E Ratio15.79Dividend YieldN/APrice Target$65.44Consensus RatingBuy Company OverviewProtagonist Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, develops peptide-based drugs for hematology and blood disorders, and inflammatory and immunomodulatory diseases. It is developing Rusfertide (PTG-300), an injectable hepcidin mimetic that completed phase 2 clinical trials for the treatment of polycythemia vera and other blood disorders; and JNJ-2113, an orally delivered investigational drug to block biological pathways that completed phase 2b clinical trials for the treatment of moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis; and PN-943, an orally delivered, gut-restricted alpha 4 beta 7 specific integrin antagonist completed a phase 2 clinical trials in patients with moderate to severe ulcerative colitis. The company has a license and collaboration agreement with Takeda to commercialize rusfertide; and JNJ Innovative Medicines to co-develop Interleukin-23 receptor antagonist compound JNJ-2113. Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc. was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in Newark, California.Read More… Protagonist Therapeutics Stock Analysis - MarketRank™See Top-Rated MarketRank™ Stocks68th Percentile Overall ScorePTGX MarketRank™: Protagonist Therapeutics scored higher than 68% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 303rd out of 916 stocks in the medical sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation. Analyst's Opinion4.5 / 5Analyst RatingBuy Consensus RatingProtagonist Therapeutics has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 7 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.Amount of Analyst CoverageProtagonist Therapeutics has been the subject of 7 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.Read more about Protagonist Therapeutics' stock forecast and price target. Earnings and Valuation1.3 / 5Proj. Earnings GrowthDecreasing Earnings GrowthEarnings for Protagonist Therapeutics are expected to decrease in the coming year, from $2.43 to ($0.64) per share.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of Protagonist Therapeutics is 15.79, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 22.04.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of Protagonist Therapeutics is 15.79, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Medical sector average P/E ratio of about 22.56.Price to Book Value per Share RatioProtagonist Therapeutics has a P/B Ratio of 7.19. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities. Short Interest1.0 / 5Short Interest LevelBearish Percentage of Shares Shorted9.88% of the float of Protagonist Therapeutics has been sold short.Short Interest Ratio / Days to CoverProtagonist Therapeutics has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.8.Change versus previous monthShort interest in Protagonist Therapeutics has recently increased by 18.26%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly. Dividend0.0 / 5Dividend StrengthN/A Dividend YieldProtagonist Therapeutics does not currently pay a dividend.Dividend GrowthProtagonist Therapeutics does not have a long track record of dividend growth. Sustainability and ESGN/AEnvironmental ScoreN/A Percentage of Shares Shorted9.88% of the float of Protagonist Therapeutics has been sold short.Short Interest Ratio / Days to CoverProtagonist Therapeutics has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.8.Change versus previous monthShort interest in Protagonist Therapeutics has recently increased by 18.26%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly. News and Social Media3.0 / 5News Sentiment1.37 News SentimentProtagonist Therapeutics has a news sentiment score of 1.37. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.69 average news sentiment score of Medical companies.News Coverage This WeekMarketBeat has tracked 12 news articles for Protagonist Therapeutics this week, compared to 5 articles on an average week. Company Ownership2.5 / 5Insider TradingSelling Shares Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, Protagonist Therapeutics insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $3,665,786.00 in company stock.Percentage Held by InsidersOnly 5.40% of the stock of Protagonist Therapeutics is held by insiders.Percentage Held by Institutions98.63% of the stock of Protagonist Therapeutics is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.Read more about Protagonist Therapeutics' insider trading history. Receive PTGX Stock News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for Protagonist Therapeutics and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address PTGX Stock News HeadlinesProtagonist Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:PTGX) CFO Asif Ali Sells 1,756 SharesApril 24, 2025 | insidertrades.comProtagonist Therapeutics: Protagonist Reports First Quarter 2025 Financial Results and Provides Corporate UpdateMay 6 at 8:34 PM | finanznachrichten.deMost traders are panicking. We’re cashing inMost traders are panicking right now. Bitcoin’s dropping. Altcoins are bleeding. The stock market’s a mess. The news is screaming fear. But while most traders watch their portfolios tank…May 7, 2025 | Crypto Swap Profits (Ad)Protagonist Therapeutics Inc PTGXMay 3, 2025 | morningstar.comBrokerages Set Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:PTGX) Price Target at $65.44April 30, 2025 | americanbankingnews.comProtagonist Therapeutics Stock Short Interest Report | NASDAQ:PTGX | BenzingaApril 20, 2025 | benzinga.comProtagonist announces data from subgroup analysis in ICONIC-LEAD studyApril 10, 2025 | markets.businessinsider.com1JNJ, PTGX : Johnson & Johnson, Protagonist Tout Positive Results For Psoriasis...April 10, 2025 | benzinga.comSee More Headlines PTGX Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions How have PTGX shares performed this year? Protagonist Therapeutics' stock was trading at $38.60 at the beginning of the year. Since then, PTGX shares have increased by 8.8% and is now trading at $42.01. View the best growth stocks for 2025 here. How were Protagonist Therapeutics' earnings last quarter? Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:PTGX) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May, 6th. The company reported ($0.19) earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of ($0.50) by $0.31. Protagonist Therapeutics had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 34.68% and a net margin of 52.76%. When did Protagonist Therapeutics IPO? Protagonist Therapeutics (PTGX) raised $70 million in an initial public offering on Thursday, August 11th 2016. The company issued 5,800,000 shares at a price of $11.00-$13.00 per share. Leerink Partners, Barclays and BMO Capital Markets served as the underwriters for the IPO. Who are Protagonist Therapeutics' major shareholders? Top institutional shareholders of Protagonist Therapeutics include Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.61%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (0.57%), Burney Co. (0.33%) and Moody Aldrich Partners LLC (0.27%). Insiders that own company stock include Dinesh V Ph D Patel, Suneel Gupta, Arturo Md Molina, Asif Ali and William D Waddill. View institutional ownership trends. How do I buy shares of Protagonist Therapeutics? Shares of PTGX stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services. What other stocks do shareholders of Protagonist Therapeutics own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Protagonist Therapeutics investors own include Voyager Therapeutics (VYGR), American Water Works (AWK), The RMR Group (RMR), Waste Connections (WCN), DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH), iShares Micro-Cap ETF (IWC) and AUO (AUOTY). Company Calendar Today5/06/2025Last Earnings5/06/2025Next Earnings (Estimated)5/06/2025Fiscal Year End12/31/2025Get Stock AlertsIndustry, Sector and Symbol Stock ExchangeNASDAQ SectorMedical Industry Pharmaceutical preparations Sub-IndustryPharmaceutical Products Current SymbolNASDAQ:PTGX CIK1377121 Webwww.protagonist-inc.com Phone(510) 474-0170FaxN/AEmployees120Year FoundedN/APrice Target and Rating Average Stock Price Target$65.44 High Stock Price Target$80.00 Low Stock Price Target$38.00 Potential Upside/Downside+55.8%Consensus RatingBuy Rating Score (0-4)3.00 Research Coverage9 Analysts Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$4.20 Trailing P/E Ratio15.79 Forward P/E Ratio17.29 P/E GrowthN/ANet Income$-78,960,000.00 Net Margins52.76% Pretax Margin53.45% Return on Equity34.68% Return on Assets30.98% Debt Debt-to-Equity RatioN/A Current Ratio10.69 Quick Ratio10.70 Sales & Book Value Annual Sales$434.43 million Price / Sales5.99 Cash FlowN/A Price / Cash FlowN/A Book Value$5.84 per share Price / Book7.19Miscellaneous Outstanding Shares61,957,000Free Float56,380,000Market Cap$2.60 billion OptionableOptionable Beta2.65 Social Links Elon Musk's Next MoveExplore Elon Musk’s boldest ventures yet—from AI and autonomy to space colonization—and find out how investors can ride the next wave of innovation.Get This Free Report This page (NASDAQ:PTGX) was last updated on 5/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our Partners3..2..1.. 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