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PRGO vs. JAZZ, CORT, 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 Jazz Pharmaceuticals (JAZZ), Corcept Therapeutics (CORT), 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

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

In the previous week, Jazz Pharmaceuticals had 6 more articles in the media than Perrigo. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Jazz Pharmaceuticals and 13 mentions for Perrigo. Perrigo's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Jazz Pharmaceuticals' score of 1.34 indicating that Perrigo is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Perrigo
9 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Jazz Pharmaceuticals
16 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Perrigo$4.37B0.67-$171.80M-$0.58-36.83
Jazz Pharmaceuticals$4.07B1.89$560.12M-$6.73-18.80

Perrigo has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jazz Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.24, indicating that its share price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Perrigo currently has a consensus target price of $33.00, indicating a potential upside of 54.49%. Jazz Pharmaceuticals has a consensus target price of $178.67, indicating a potential upside of 41.19%. Given Perrigo's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Perrigo is more favorable than Jazz Pharmaceuticals.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Perrigo
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40
Jazz Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.88

Perrigo has a net margin of -1.86% compared to Jazz Pharmaceuticals' net margin of -9.91%. Perrigo's return on equity of 9.09% beat Jazz Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Perrigo-1.86% 9.09% 3.96%
Jazz Pharmaceuticals -9.91%5.02%1.73%

95.9% of Perrigo shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.1% of Jazz Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Perrigo shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Jazz Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Perrigo beats Jazz Pharmaceuticals on 9 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$2.99B$10.84B$5.73B$21.51B
Dividend Yield5.33%1.89%5.90%3.50%
P/E Ratio-36.8321.3875.8629.83
Price / Sales0.6729.21528.7453.44
Price / Cash4.3124.4737.1724.76
Price / Book0.673.4312.794.53
Net Income-$171.80M$212.47M$3.28B$998.53M
7 Day Performance-4.22%-1.00%0.22%1.07%
1 Month Performance-6.03%2.17%4.61%4.41%
1 Year Performance-24.28%-10.93%68.33%14.45%

Perrigo Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PRGO
Perrigo
4.8947 of 5 stars
$21.36
-1.8%
$33.00
+54.5%
-21.6%$2.99B$4.37B-36.838,379Positive News
JAZZ
Jazz Pharmaceuticals
4.5203 of 5 stars
$129.85
+0.3%
$178.67
+37.6%
+15.1%$7.86B$4.07B-19.292,800Positive News
CORT
Corcept Therapeutics
4.8329 of 5 stars
$71.23
+2.7%
$134.50
+88.8%
+82.4%$7.31B$675.04M63.04300Positive News
SUPN
Supernus Pharmaceuticals
2.5838 of 5 stars
$45.82
-0.4%
$43.00
-6.2%
+41.4%$2.58B$661.82M39.84580Insider Trade
PCRX
Pacira BioSciences
3.3713 of 5 stars
$26.74
+1.1%
$30.83
+15.3%
+104.9%$1.19B$700.97M12.60720Positive News
NKTR
Nektar Therapeutics
4.1648 of 5 stars
$44.33
+10.3%
$88.33
+99.3%
+149.4%$764.17M$98.43M-5.04220High Trading Volume
OMER
Omeros
3.9521 of 5 stars
$4.21
+1.0%
$18.00
+327.6%
+3.8%$283.79MN/A-2.00210Positive News
ASMB
Assembly Biosciences
3.4403 of 5 stars
$23.32
-2.1%
$41.33
+77.2%
+17.3%$182.71M$28.52M-4.18100Short Interest ↑
Gap Up
CPIX
Cumberland Pharmaceuticals
0.6117 of 5 stars
$3.31
flat
N/A+162.0%$49.52M$37.87M-15.0580Positive News
LLY
Eli Lilly and Company
4.9979 of 5 stars
$738.58
+1.6%
$950.17
+28.6%
-19.0%$688.27B$45.04B48.2747,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
JNJ
Johnson & Johnson
4.683 of 5 stars
$178.30
-0.1%
$176.29
-1.1%
+7.2%$429.72B$88.82B19.07138,100Trending News
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This page (NYSE:PRGO) was last updated on 9/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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