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PRGO vs. CORT, JAZZ, SUPN, PCRX, NKTR, OMER, 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), Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR), Omeros (OMER), 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. Its Competitors

Corcept Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CORT) and Perrigo (NYSE:PRGO) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.

Corcept Therapeutics has a beta of 0.2, indicating that its stock price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Perrigo has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Corcept Therapeutics has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Corcept Therapeutics$716.08M10.33$141.21M$1.1362.12
Perrigo$4.37B0.74-$171.80M-$0.58-40.63

Corcept Therapeutics has a net margin of 18.51% compared to Perrigo's net margin of -1.86%. Corcept Therapeutics' return on equity of 20.10% beat Perrigo's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Corcept Therapeutics18.51% 20.10% 16.20%
Perrigo -1.86%9.09%3.96%

In the previous week, Corcept Therapeutics had 14 more articles in the media than Perrigo. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Corcept Therapeutics and 12 mentions for Perrigo. Perrigo's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Corcept Therapeutics' score of 1.14 indicating that Perrigo is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

93.6% of Corcept Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.9% of Perrigo shares are held by institutional investors. 20.8% of Corcept Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Perrigo shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Corcept Therapeutics currently has a consensus price target of $134.50, suggesting a potential upside of 91.62%. Perrigo has a consensus price target of $33.00, suggesting a potential upside of 40.04%. Given Corcept Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Corcept Therapeutics is more favorable than Perrigo.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Corcept Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Perrigo
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40

Summary

Corcept Therapeutics beats Perrigo on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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.
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PRGO vs. The Competition

MetricPerrigoMED PRODUCTS IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.24B$10.48B$5.76B$20.88B
Dividend Yield5.11%1.90%3.91%3.59%
P/E Ratio-40.6320.1830.7828.34
Price / Sales0.7428.27457.7654.38
Price / Cash4.5024.9525.2217.82
Price / Book0.743.479.364.54
Net Income-$171.80M$209.94M$3.26B$992.74M
7 Day Performance2.26%1.01%1.83%0.29%
1 Month Performance-12.56%9.97%3.69%1.13%
1 Year Performance-14.65%-11.39%28.88%11.00%

Perrigo Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PRGO
Perrigo
4.9588 of 5 stars
$23.57
+2.3%
$33.00
+40.0%
-16.7%$3.24B$4.37B-40.638,379Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
Insider Trade
CORT
Corcept Therapeutics
4.7205 of 5 stars
$71.97
-0.5%
$134.50
+86.9%
+111.2%$7.58B$675.04M63.69300Positive News
JAZZ
Jazz Pharmaceuticals
4.5073 of 5 stars
$110.75
-0.5%
$181.43
+63.8%
+6.0%$6.70B$4.09B-16.462,800
SUPN
Supernus Pharmaceuticals
2.129 of 5 stars
$40.57
-1.6%
$41.00
+1.1%
+24.4%$2.27B$661.82M35.28580Insider Trade
PCRX
Pacira BioSciences
3.4225 of 5 stars
$25.19
+0.0%
$25.75
+2.2%
+92.3%$1.13B$700.97M-9.06720
NKTR
Nektar Therapeutics
4.345 of 5 stars
$22.47
-2.6%
$88.33
+293.1%
+46.3%$278.79M$87.25M-2.55220Positive News
OMER
Omeros
4.1459 of 5 stars
$4.14
+2.0%
$18.00
+334.8%
+3.4%$255.69MN/A-1.56210Earnings Report
ASMB
Assembly Biosciences
4.0776 of 5 stars
$23.60
-1.5%
$33.00
+39.8%
+80.1%$180.26M$33.25M-4.23100Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
CPIX
Cumberland Pharmaceuticals
0.5029 of 5 stars
$2.84
-12.1%
N/A+119.3%$42.49M$42.07M-12.9180Analyst Upgrade
LLY
Eli Lilly and Company
4.9993 of 5 stars
$635.46
+1.6%
$977.65
+53.8%
-24.2%$602.25B$53.26B41.5347,000Trending News
Analyst Downgrade
High Trading Volume
JNJ
Johnson & Johnson
4.8442 of 5 stars
$173.98
+0.4%
$174.50
+0.3%
+10.6%$418.99B$90.63B18.61138,100Positive News

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This page (NYSE:PRGO) was last updated on 8/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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