PRGO vs. CORT, SUPN, JAZZ, PCRX, ALKS, ALPN, INSM, NUVL, CRNX, and SMMT
Should you be buying Perrigo stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Perrigo include Corcept Therapeutics (CORT), Supernus Pharmaceuticals (SUPN), Jazz Pharmaceuticals (JAZZ), Pacira BioSciences (PCRX), Alkermes (ALKS), Alpine Immune Sciences (ALPN), Insmed (INSM), Nuvalent (NUVL), Crinetics Pharmaceuticals (CRNX), and Summit Therapeutics (SMMT). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
Perrigo (NYSE:PRGO) and Corcept Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CORT) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk and analyst recommendations.
95.9% of Perrigo shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.6% of Corcept Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Perrigo shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 20.5% of Corcept Therapeutics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Perrigo presently has a consensus price target of $40.67, suggesting a potential upside of 30.72%. Corcept Therapeutics has a consensus price target of $40.10, suggesting a potential upside of 57.87%. Given Corcept Therapeutics' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Corcept Therapeutics is more favorable than Perrigo.
Perrigo received 238 more outperform votes than Corcept Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.62% of users gave Corcept Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 66.73% of users gave Perrigo an outperform vote.
Corcept Therapeutics has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
In the previous week, Corcept Therapeutics had 2 more articles in the media than Perrigo. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Corcept Therapeutics and 24 mentions for Perrigo. Corcept Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Perrigo's score of 0.48 indicating that Corcept Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Corcept Therapeutics has a net margin of 22.38% compared to Perrigo's net margin of -0.27%. Corcept Therapeutics' return on equity of 24.19% beat Perrigo's return on equity.
Perrigo has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Corcept Therapeutics has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Corcept Therapeutics beats Perrigo on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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