ZYME vs. PTGX, AAPG, SRRK, MTSR, KYMR, VKTX, MOR, CRNX, ALVO, and MLTX
Should you be buying Zymeworks stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Zymeworks include Protagonist Therapeutics (PTGX), Ascentage Pharma Group International (AAPG), Scholar Rock (SRRK), Metsera (MTSR), Kymera Therapeutics (KYMR), Viking Therapeutics (VKTX), MorphoSys (MOR), Crinetics Pharmaceuticals (CRNX), Alvotech (ALVO), and MoonLake Immunotherapeutics (MLTX). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.
Zymeworks vs. Its Competitors
Zymeworks (NYSE:ZYME) and Protagonist Therapeutics (NASDAQ:PTGX) are both medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.
Zymeworks has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Protagonist Therapeutics has a beta of 2.26, meaning that its stock price is 126% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Protagonist Therapeutics had 2 more articles in the media than Zymeworks. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Protagonist Therapeutics and 3 mentions for Zymeworks. Protagonist Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Zymeworks' score of 0.53 indicating that Protagonist Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
92.9% of Zymeworks shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.6% of Protagonist Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Zymeworks shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.9% of Protagonist Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Zymeworks currently has a consensus price target of $21.00, indicating a potential upside of 63.62%. Protagonist Therapeutics has a consensus price target of $66.10, indicating a potential upside of 29.10%. Given Zymeworks' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Zymeworks is more favorable than Protagonist Therapeutics.
Protagonist Therapeutics has higher revenue and earnings than Zymeworks. Zymeworks is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Protagonist Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Protagonist Therapeutics has a net margin of 27.04% compared to Zymeworks' net margin of -182.75%. Protagonist Therapeutics' return on equity of 9.22% beat Zymeworks' return on equity.
Summary
Protagonist Therapeutics beats Zymeworks on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:ZYME) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
