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PRME vs. VCEL, BEAM, BLTE, IDYA, HRMY, IRON, CNTA, APGE, ADPT, and SRPT

Should you be buying Prime Medicine stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Prime Medicine include Vericel (VCEL), Beam Therapeutics (BEAM), Belite Bio (BLTE), IDEAYA Biosciences (IDYA), Harmony Biosciences (HRMY), Disc Medicine (IRON), Centessa Pharmaceuticals (CNTA), Apogee Therapeutics (APGE), Adaptive Biotechnologies (ADPT), and Sarepta Therapeutics (SRPT). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Prime Medicine vs. Its Competitors

Vericel (NASDAQ:VCEL) and Prime Medicine (NYSE:PRME) are both medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Vericel has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Prime Medicine has a beta of 2.33, suggesting that its stock price is 133% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Vericel presently has a consensus target price of $61.14, suggesting a potential upside of 52.33%. Prime Medicine has a consensus target price of $10.08, suggesting a potential upside of 112.06%. Given Prime Medicine's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Prime Medicine is more favorable than Vericel.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Vericel
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Prime Medicine
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

Vericel has a net margin of 1.25% compared to Prime Medicine's net margin of 0.00%. Vericel's return on equity of 1.09% beat Prime Medicine's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Vericel1.25% 1.09% 0.73%
Prime Medicine N/A -107.87%-74.97%

Vericel has higher revenue and earnings than Prime Medicine. Prime Medicine is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vericel, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Vericel$238.54M8.47$10.36M$0.031,337.93
Prime Medicine$3.85M166.28-$198.13M-$1.61-2.95

70.4% of Prime Medicine shares are held by institutional investors. 5.2% of Vericel shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.9% of Prime Medicine shares are held by company 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.

In the previous week, Prime Medicine had 1 more articles in the media than Vericel. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Prime Medicine and 3 mentions for Vericel. Vericel's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Prime Medicine's score of 0.92 indicating that Vericel is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Vericel
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Prime Medicine
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Vericel beats Prime Medicine on 10 of the 17 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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PRME vs. The Competition

MetricPrime MedicineBiological Products IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$632.79M$226.89M$5.53B$20.66B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A5.06%3.71%
P/E Ratio-2.30N/A28.5827.84
Price / Sales166.28296.18371.5855.57
Price / CashN/A22.4424.7217.94
Price / Book3.477.098.264.60
Net Income-$198.13M-$100.37M$3.19B$989.58M
7 Day Performance25.13%10.39%5.16%1.12%
1 Month Performance225.68%11.08%9.11%5.43%
1 Year Performance-16.73%12.25%30.07%10.55%

Prime Medicine Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PRME
Prime Medicine
3.9005 of 5 stars
$4.76
+9.3%
$10.08
+112.1%
-23.8%$632.79M$3.85M-2.30234
VCEL
Vericel
3.7775 of 5 stars
$39.41
-5.6%
$61.14
+55.1%
-17.7%$1.98B$237.22M1,314.10300News Coverage
Positive News
BEAM
Beam Therapeutics
2.1087 of 5 stars
$19.18
-4.1%
$48.75
+154.2%
-21.3%$1.93B$63.52M-4.16510
BLTE
Belite Bio
2.0184 of 5 stars
$58.63
-1.4%
$96.67
+64.9%
+28.6%$1.87BN/A-43.1110
IDYA
IDEAYA Biosciences
3.602 of 5 stars
$21.16
-4.3%
$53.42
+152.4%
-43.8%$1.85B$7M-5.8980
HRMY
Harmony Biosciences
4.8555 of 5 stars
$32.24
+0.2%
$53.63
+66.3%
+0.7%$1.85B$714.73M12.31200Positive News
IRON
Disc Medicine
3.229 of 5 stars
$53.38
-2.5%
$96.70
+81.2%
+20.6%$1.85BN/A-13.6230Insider Trade
CNTA
Centessa Pharmaceuticals
3.2435 of 5 stars
$13.62
-3.2%
$27.89
+104.8%
+46.3%$1.82B$15M-7.52200
APGE
Apogee Therapeutics
3.1013 of 5 stars
$39.24
-17.3%
$99.00
+152.3%
-20.6%$1.81BN/A-10.9091High Trading Volume
ADPT
Adaptive Biotechnologies
2.871 of 5 stars
$11.74
-0.5%
$10.57
-10.0%
+195.5%$1.78B$178.96M-12.23790
SRPT
Sarepta Therapeutics
4.7035 of 5 stars
$17.32
-5.0%
$60.88
+251.5%
-88.1%$1.70B$1.90B-6.441,372Trending News
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This page (NYSE:PRME) was last updated on 7/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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