Free Trial

Protalix BioTherapeutics (PLX) Competitors

$1.10
+0.01 (+0.92%)
(As of 09/17/2024 ET)

PLX vs. URGN, AKBA, KYTX, EPIX, GLUE, ACIU, TCRX, LYEL, ALIM, and RZLT

Should you be buying Protalix BioTherapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Protalix BioTherapeutics include UroGen Pharma (URGN), Akebia Therapeutics (AKBA), Kyverna Therapeutics (KYTX), ESSA Pharma (EPIX), Monte Rosa Therapeutics (GLUE), AC Immune (ACIU), TScan Therapeutics (TCRX), Lyell Immunopharma (LYEL), Alimera Sciences (ALIM), and Rezolute (RZLT). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Protalix BioTherapeutics vs.

Protalix BioTherapeutics (NYSE:PLX) and UroGen Pharma (NASDAQ:URGN) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Protalix BioTherapeutics has a net margin of -38.62% compared to UroGen Pharma's net margin of -133.61%. UroGen Pharma's return on equity of 0.00% beat Protalix BioTherapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Protalix BioTherapeutics-38.62% -45.15% -16.63%
UroGen Pharma -133.61%N/A -53.18%

Protalix BioTherapeutics presently has a consensus target price of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 809.09%. UroGen Pharma has a consensus target price of $48.38, indicating a potential upside of 276.75%. Given Protalix BioTherapeutics' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Protalix BioTherapeutics is more favorable than UroGen Pharma.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Protalix BioTherapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
UroGen Pharma
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

16.5% of Protalix BioTherapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.3% of UroGen Pharma shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.0% of Protalix BioTherapeutics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of UroGen Pharma shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Protalix BioTherapeutics has higher earnings, but lower revenue than UroGen Pharma. UroGen Pharma is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Protalix BioTherapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Protalix BioTherapeutics$65.49M1.24$8.31M$0.0427.50
UroGen Pharma$85.01M3.54-$102.24M-$3.40-3.78

In the previous week, UroGen Pharma had 5 more articles in the media than Protalix BioTherapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for UroGen Pharma and 1 mentions for Protalix BioTherapeutics. UroGen Pharma's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Protalix BioTherapeutics' score of 0.00 indicating that UroGen Pharma is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Protalix BioTherapeutics
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
UroGen Pharma
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

UroGen Pharma received 355 more outperform votes than Protalix BioTherapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.62% of users gave UroGen Pharma an outperform vote while only 62.50% of users gave Protalix BioTherapeutics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Protalix BioTherapeuticsOutperform Votes
5
62.50%
Underperform Votes
3
37.50%
UroGen PharmaOutperform Votes
360
73.62%
Underperform Votes
129
26.38%

Protalix BioTherapeutics has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UroGen Pharma has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

UroGen Pharma beats Protalix BioTherapeutics on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PLX and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Skip Chart

Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Skip Chart

PLX vs. The Competition

MetricProtalix BioTherapeuticsBiological Products IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$80.89M$3.07B$5.51B$19.00B
Dividend YieldN/A1.96%4.34%3.54%
P/E Ratio27.5028.30144.1726.18
Price / Sales1.24245.951,690.1415.63
Price / Cash7.77148.4036.8419.86
Price / Book2.343.884.835.09
Net Income$8.31M-$45.56M$115.08M$981.59M
7 Day Performance5.77%0.87%4.03%3.59%
1 Month Performance13.26%17.13%9.54%3.77%
1 Year PerformanceN/A15.02%29.08%15.99%

Protalix BioTherapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
URGN
UroGen Pharma
4.4183 of 5 stars
4.42 / 5 stars
$13.04
-5.6%
$48.38
+271.0%
-19.3%$305.84M$85.01M-3.84200Positive News
AKBA
Akebia Therapeutics
3.7085 of 5 stars
3.71 / 5 stars
$1.45
+0.7%
$5.75
+296.6%
+8.7%$303.91M$174.50M-6.30430Positive News
Gap Up
KYTX
Kyverna Therapeutics
1.8928 of 5 stars
1.89 / 5 stars
$7.04
+0.7%
$34.40
+388.6%
N/A$303.53M$7.03M0.0096Short Interest ↓
Gap Up
EPIX
ESSA Pharma
2.5695 of 5 stars
2.57 / 5 stars
$6.81
-3.5%
$16.50
+142.3%
+155.5%$302.11MN/A-10.8150Gap Down
GLUE
Monte Rosa Therapeutics
1.9654 of 5 stars
1.97 / 5 stars
$5.96
-4.2%
$13.75
+130.7%
-1.5%$301.05M$5.76M-2.3790Short Interest ↑
ACIU
AC Immune
2.8285 of 5 stars
2.83 / 5 stars
$3.01
-1.6%
$12.00
+298.7%
+14.6%$297.69M$15.49M-4.36140Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
TCRX
TScan Therapeutics
3.0348 of 5 stars
3.03 / 5 stars
$5.55
-2.5%
$12.00
+116.2%
+88.6%$293.39M$12.20M-4.34100Positive News
LYEL
Lyell Immunopharma
2.7926 of 5 stars
2.79 / 5 stars
$1.15
-0.4%
$3.50
+205.7%
-17.8%$291.91M$54,000.00-1.27270Gap Up
ALIM
Alimera Sciences
3.2915 of 5 stars
3.29 / 5 stars
$5.56
+0.5%
$8.00
+43.9%
N/A$291.28M$99.68M-3.54150Short Interest ↓
RZLT
Rezolute
3.6664 of 5 stars
3.67 / 5 stars
$5.26
+2.3%
$10.75
+104.4%
+221.9%$291.19MN/A-4.6140

Related Companies and Tools


This page (NYSE:PLX) was last updated on 9/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
From Our Partners