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PRGO vs. CORT, JAZZ, SUPN, PCRX, OMER, ASMB, NKTR, 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), Assembly Biosciences (ASMB), Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR), 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 businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Corcept Therapeutics has a net margin of 19.33% compared to Perrigo's net margin of -4.16%. Corcept Therapeutics' return on equity of 20.40% beat Perrigo's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Corcept Therapeutics19.33% 20.40% 16.64%
Perrigo -4.16%8.93%3.87%

93.6% of Corcept Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.9% of Perrigo shares are held by institutional investors. 20.5% 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Corcept Therapeutics presently has a consensus price target of $138.25, suggesting a potential upside of 95.49%. Perrigo has a consensus price target of $33.00, suggesting a potential upside of 20.92%. Given Corcept Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly 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)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25

In the previous week, Corcept Therapeutics had 2 more articles in the media than Perrigo. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Corcept Therapeutics and 11 mentions for Perrigo. Corcept Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Perrigo's score of 0.93 indicating that Corcept Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

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$675.04M11.11$141.21M$1.1660.96
Perrigo$4.37B0.86-$171.80M-$1.31-20.83

Corcept Therapeutics has a beta of 0.16, meaning that its stock price is 84% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Perrigo has a beta of 0.45, meaning that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Corcept Therapeutics beats Perrigo on 13 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$3.75B$10.32B$5.51B$20.47B
Dividend Yield4.34%2.11%5.38%3.76%
P/E Ratio-20.8416.8926.2127.69
Price / Sales0.8626.86415.3037.00
Price / Cash5.2922.8736.4921.79
Price / Book0.863.638.004.52
Net Income-$171.80M$233.36M$3.15B$984.47M
7 Day Performance2.36%1.45%1.72%3.14%
1 Month Performance2.18%3.29%4.63%5.57%
1 Year Performance5.04%-11.86%35.87%13.91%

Perrigo Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PRGO
Perrigo
4.8577 of 5 stars
$27.29
-0.5%
$33.00
+20.9%
+4.3%$3.75B$4.37B-20.848,379News Coverage
CORT
Corcept Therapeutics
4.711 of 5 stars
$74.28
+4.1%
$138.25
+86.1%
+112.2%$7.88B$675.04M64.03300
JAZZ
Jazz Pharmaceuticals
4.9101 of 5 stars
$106.76
-0.7%
$184.00
+72.3%
+2.8%$6.46B$4.07B14.232,800Positive News
SUPN
Supernus Pharmaceuticals
2.3119 of 5 stars
$31.99
-0.9%
$36.00
+12.5%
+19.8%$1.79B$661.82M28.82580
PCRX
Pacira BioSciences
3.5186 of 5 stars
$24.74
+2.1%
$26.44
+6.9%
-18.3%$1.15B$700.97M-10.85720Positive News
OMER
Omeros
3.684 of 5 stars
$3.19
-0.6%
$18.00
+464.3%
-24.8%$186.90MN/A-1.20210Analyst Forecast
ASMB
Assembly Biosciences
3.512 of 5 stars
$17.10
-1.7%
$33.00
+93.0%
+33.9%$130.64M$28.52M-2.74100High Trading Volume
NKTR
Nektar Therapeutics
4.6101 of 5 stars
$9.54
+12.1%
$67.50
+607.5%
+34.4%$118.39M$98.43M-0.99220Analyst Revision
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
CPIX
Cumberland Pharmaceuticals
0.5344 of 5 stars
$3.93
-9.7%
N/A+133.4%$58.79M$37.87M-15.7280Gap Down
LLY
Eli Lilly and Company
4.9882 of 5 stars
$770.16
+1.0%
$1,011.79
+31.4%
-15.1%$729.91B$45.04B62.6747,000Positive News
JNJ
Johnson & Johnson
4.8511 of 5 stars
$151.33
+1.0%
$170.88
+12.9%
+6.4%$364.11B$88.82B16.83138,100Positive News

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