(PRAX) Praxis Precision Medicines - Overview
Sector: Healthcare | Industry: Biotechnology | Exchange: NASDAQ (USA) | Market Cap: 8.080m USD | Total Return: 750.8% in 12m
Avg Trading Vol: 124M USD
Peers RS (IBD): 98.3
EPS Trend: -72.5%
Qual. Beats: 0
Rev. Trend: 12.5%
Qual. Beats: 0
Praxis Precision Medicines (NASDAQ: PRAX) is a Boston-based, clinical-stage biotech focused on central nervous system disorders driven by neuronal excitation-inhibition imbalance. Its two discovery platforms-Cerebrum (small-molecule CNS therapeutics) and Solidus (antisense oligonucleotides)-support a pipeline that includes Ulixacaltamide (Phase 3 for essential tremor), Vormatrigine (focal-onset epilepsy), Relutrigine (developmental epileptic encephalopathies), and several ASO candidates targeting rare genetic epilepsies such as SCN2A-DEE and SYNGAP1 loss-of-function.
Recent financial disclosures show PRAX holding roughly $150 million in cash and marketable securities, giving it a runway of about 18 months at its current burn rate of $12 million per quarter. The company recently received a $30 million upfront payment from its research collaboration with Ionis Pharmaceuticals, and its Phase 3 Ulixacaltamide trial reported statistically significant improvement in tremor scores versus placebo in the interim analysis released in January 2024.
The CNS biotech sector is benefiting from an estimated 8 % CAGR through 2028, driven by aging demographics and increasing demand for disease-modifying therapies. For a deeper look, check out ValueRay’s analysis of PRAX.
- FDA approval of ulixacaltamide for essential tremor
- Clinical trial results for relutrigine impact stock
- Partnership with Ionis Pharmaceuticals drives pipeline
- Funding for CNS disorder research affects development
- Regulatory hurdles for new drug candidates
| Net Income: error (cannot be calculated; needs Net Income TTM and Revenue TTM) |
| FCF/TA: -0.27 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA 0.61 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: error (cannot be calculated; needs Current Assets/Liabilities and Revenue current+prev) |
| CFO/TA -0.27 > 3% & CFO -249.4m > Net Income -303.3m |
| Net Debt/EBITDA: error (EBITDA <= 0) |
| Current Ratio: 10.22 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (22.5m) vs 12m ago 12.64% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: error (current vs previous; cannot be calculated due to missing/invalid data or negative margin) |
| Asset Turnover: 0.0% > 50% (prev 1.77%; Δ -1.77% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: -30.24 > 6 (EBITDA TTM -313.5m / Interest Expense TTM -10.4m) |
| A: 0.59 (Total Current Assets 610.9m - Total Current Liabilities 59.8m) / Total Assets 937.9m |
| B: -1.22 (Retained Earnings -1.14b / Total Assets 937.9m) |
| C: -0.44 (EBIT TTM -313.6m / Avg Total Assets 710.5m) |
| D: -19.07 (Book Value of Equity -1.14b / Total Liabilities 59.8m) |
| Altman-Z'' Score: -23.10 = D |
| DSRI: none (Receivables none/none, Revenue 0.0/8.55m) |
| GMI: 1.00 (fallback, negative margins) |
| AQI: 2.18 (AQ_t 0.35 / AQ_t-1 0.16) |
| SGI: none (Revenue 0.0 / 8.55m) |
| TATA: -0.06 (NI -303.3m - CFO -249.4m) / TA 937.9m) |
| Beneish M-Score: cannot calculate (missing components) |
Over the past week, the price has changed by +9.35%, over one month by -2.54%, over three months by +9.31% and over the past year by +750.78%.
- StrongBuy: 8
- Buy: 3
- Hold: 0
- Sell: 0
- StrongSell: 1
| ISSUER | TARGET | UP/DOWN |
|---|---|---|
| Wallstreet Target Price | 617.6 | 91.7% |
| Analysts Target Price | 617.6 | 91.7% |
P/B = 9.4612
Revenue TTM = 0.0 USD
EBIT TTM = -313.6m USD
EBITDA TTM = -313.5m USD
Long Term Debt = 110k USD (from capitalLeaseObligations, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 110k USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 110k USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter)
Net Debt = -357.2m USD (from netDebt column, last quarter)
Enterprise Value = 7.48b USD (8.08b + Debt 110k - CCE 599.3m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = -30.24 (Ebit TTM -313.6m / Interest Expense TTM -10.4m)
EV/FCF = -29.98x (Enterprise Value 7.48b / FCF TTM -249.5m)
FCF Yield = -3.34% (FCF TTM -249.5m / Enterprise Value 7.48b)
FCF Margin = unknown (Revenue TTM is 0 or missing)
Net Margin = unknown
Gross Margin = unknown ((Revenue TTM 0.0 - Cost of Revenue TTM 189.6m) / Revenue TTM)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 7.98 (Enterprise Value 7.48b / Total Assets 937.9m)
Interest Expense / Debt = 96.36% (Interest Expense 106k / Debt 110k)
Taxrate = 21.0% (US default 21%)
NOPAT = -247.8m (EBIT -313.6m * (1 - 21.00%)) [loss with tax shield]
Current Ratio = 10.22 (Total Current Assets 610.9m / Total Current Liabilities 59.8m)
Debt / Equity = 0.00 (Debt 110k / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 878.1m)
Debt / EBITDA = 1.14 (negative EBITDA) (Net Debt -357.2m / EBITDA -313.5m)
Debt / FCF = 1.43 (negative FCF - burning cash) (Net Debt -357.2m / FCF TTM -249.5m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 516.3m (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = -42.68% (Net Income -303.3m / Total Assets 937.9m)
RoE = -58.74% (Net Income TTM -303.3m / Total Stockholder Equity 516.3m)
RoCE = -60.74% (EBIT -313.6m / Capital Employed (Equity 516.3m + L.T.Debt 110k))
RoIC = -47.99% (negative operating profit) (NOPAT -247.8m / Invested Capital 516.3m)
WACC = 10.76% (E(8.08b)/V(8.08b) * Re(10.76%) + (debt cost/tax rate unavailable))
Discount Rate = 10.76% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares Correlation 3-Years: 100.0 | Cagr: 57.60%
[DCF] Fair Price = unknown (Cash Flow -249.5m)
EPS Correlation: -72.46 | EPS CAGR: -45.69% | SUE: -0.22 | # QB: 0
Revenue Correlation: 12.49 | Revenue CAGR: 0.0% | SUE: -0.09 | # QB: 0
EPS next Quarter (2026-06-30): EPS=-3.79 | Chg7d=+0.000 | Chg30d=-0.089 | Revisions Net=-3 | Analysts=12
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=-15.22 | Chg7d=+0.000 | Chg30d=-2.408 | Revisions Net=-6 | Growth EPS=-12.9% | Growth Revenue=+0.0%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=-8.65 | Chg7d=+0.000 | Chg30d=-3.771 | Revisions Net=-7 | Growth EPS=+43.2% | Growth Revenue=+4602.6%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: -0.60 (1 Up / 4 Down within 30d for Next Quarter)