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PRGO vs. CORT, JAZZ, SUPN, PCRX, OMER, NKTR, ASMB, CPIX, LLY, and JNJ

Should you be buying Perrigo stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Perrigo include Corcept Therapeutics (CORT), Jazz Pharmaceuticals (JAZZ), Supernus Pharmaceuticals (SUPN), Pacira BioSciences (PCRX), Omeros (OMER), Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR), Assembly Biosciences (ASMB), Cumberland Pharmaceuticals (CPIX), Eli Lilly and Company (LLY), and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceuticals" industry.

Perrigo vs.

Perrigo (NYSE:PRGO) and Corcept Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CORT) are both mid-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.

Corcept Therapeutics has a net margin of 22.35% compared to Perrigo's net margin of -3.64%. Corcept Therapeutics' return on equity of 24.54% beat Perrigo's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Perrigo-3.64% 7.38% 3.18%
Corcept Therapeutics 22.35%24.54%20.24%

In the previous week, Corcept Therapeutics had 1 more articles in the media than Perrigo. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Corcept Therapeutics and 12 mentions for Perrigo. Corcept Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Perrigo's score of 0.99 indicating that Corcept Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Perrigo
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Corcept Therapeutics
10 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Corcept Therapeutics has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Perrigo. Perrigo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Corcept Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Perrigo$4.37B0.80-$12.70M-$1.25-20.59
Corcept Therapeutics$675.04M11.23$106.14M$1.2457.97

Perrigo received 225 more outperform votes than Corcept Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.37% of users gave Corcept Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 66.35% of users gave Perrigo an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
PerrigoOutperform Votes
771
66.35%
Underperform Votes
391
33.65%
Corcept TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
546
71.37%
Underperform Votes
219
28.63%

Perrigo presently has a consensus target price of $33.00, indicating a potential upside of 28.21%. Corcept Therapeutics has a consensus target price of $143.25, indicating a potential upside of 99.29%. Given Corcept Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Corcept Therapeutics is more favorable than Perrigo.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Perrigo
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25
Corcept Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Perrigo has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Corcept Therapeutics has a beta of 0.15, meaning that its share price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500.

95.9% of Perrigo shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.6% of Corcept Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Perrigo shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.5% of Corcept Therapeutics 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.

Summary

Corcept Therapeutics beats Perrigo on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PRGO vs. The Competition

MetricPerrigoPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.51B$6.89B$5.56B$18.97B
Dividend Yield4.60%3.05%5.11%4.02%
P/E Ratio-22.007.4422.4832.71
Price / Sales0.80242.70395.9327.84
Price / Cash4.7965.8538.1817.53
Price / Book0.736.516.774.47
Net Income-$12.70M$143.21M$3.22B$1.02B
7 Day Performance3.50%1.98%1.47%0.50%
1 Month Performance-6.99%6.89%3.99%-2.83%
1 Year Performance-21.76%-2.52%16.15%4.36%

Perrigo Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PRGO
Perrigo
4.8648 of 5 stars
$25.74
+0.5%
$33.00
+28.2%
-21.2%$3.51B$4.37B-22.008,900Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↑
CORT
Corcept Therapeutics
4.8329 of 5 stars
$70.95
-1.1%
$143.25
+101.9%
+208.2%$7.49B$675.04M56.31300Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
JAZZ
Jazz Pharmaceuticals
4.7968 of 5 stars
$112.89
+1.9%
$187.71
+66.3%
+5.6%$6.86B$4.07B15.903,200Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
SUPN
Supernus Pharmaceuticals
3.143 of 5 stars
$32.25
+0.1%
$36.00
+11.6%
+7.9%$1.80B$661.82M30.14580Upcoming Earnings
PCRX
Pacira BioSciences
1.9299 of 5 stars
$27.14
+5.5%
$26.67
-1.7%
+2.5%$1.26B$700.97M-13.37720Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
Gap Up
OMER
Omeros
3.7355 of 5 stars
$7.27
-0.5%
$22.50
+209.5%
+133.3%$422.13MN/A-3.15210
NKTR
Nektar Therapeutics
4.0876 of 5 stars
$0.76
-2.5%
$4.50
+495.4%
-45.5%$140.66M$98.43M-0.90220Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
ASMB
Assembly Biosciences
3.661 of 5 stars
$10.82
+1.1%
$33.00
+205.0%
-8.7%$82.64M$28.52M-1.61100Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
CPIX
Cumberland Pharmaceuticals
0.8711 of 5 stars
$4.77
-4.0%
N/A+201.9%$66.63M$37.87M-6.1980Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
LLY
Eli Lilly and Company
4.9193 of 5 stars
$877.25
-0.8%
$1,000.32
+14.0%
+15.1%$831.78B$45.04B74.9139,000Analyst Downgrade
JNJ
Johnson & Johnson
4.3103 of 5 stars
$155.36
+0.5%
$171.82
+10.6%
+8.1%$373.81B$89.33B23.36152,700

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