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Investment Highlights

0 Cash is significant % of market cap
Net D/ENet Debt/Equity. Debt net of cash. Negative indicates net cash. Equity is taken as the Market Capitalization is -83%
Weak multi-year price returns
2Y Excs Rtn is -133%, 3Y Excs Rtn is -133%
Not profitable at operating income level
Op Inc LTMOperating Income, Last Twelve Months is -249 Mil, Op Mgn LTMOperating Margin = Operating Income / Revenue Reflects profitability before taxes and before impact of capital structure (interest payments). is -2408%
1   Weak revenue growth
Rev Chg LTMRevenue Change % Last Twelve Months (LTM) is -95%, Rev Chg QQuarterly Revenue Change % is -97%
2   Not cash flow generative
CFO/Rev LTMCash Flow from Operations / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is -1863%, FCF/Rev LTMFree Cash Flow / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is -1865%
3   Valuation getting more expensive
P/S 6M Chg %Price/Sales change over 6 months. Declining P/S indicates valuation has become less expensive. is 473%
4   Yield minus risk free rate is negative
ERPEquity Risk Premium (ERP) = Total Yield - Risk Free Rate, Reflects the premium above risk free assets offered by the investment. is -74%
0 Cash is significant % of market cap
Net D/ENet Debt/Equity. Debt net of cash. Negative indicates net cash. Equity is taken as the Market Capitalization is -83%
1 Weak multi-year price returns
2Y Excs Rtn is -133%, 3Y Excs Rtn is -133%
2 Not profitable at operating income level
Op Inc LTMOperating Income, Last Twelve Months is -249 Mil, Op Mgn LTMOperating Margin = Operating Income / Revenue Reflects profitability before taxes and before impact of capital structure (interest payments). is -2408%
3 Weak revenue growth
Rev Chg LTMRevenue Change % Last Twelve Months (LTM) is -95%, Rev Chg QQuarterly Revenue Change % is -97%
4 Not cash flow generative
CFO/Rev LTMCash Flow from Operations / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is -1863%, FCF/Rev LTMFree Cash Flow / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is -1865%
5 Valuation getting more expensive
P/S 6M Chg %Price/Sales change over 6 months. Declining P/S indicates valuation has become less expensive. is 473%
6 Yield minus risk free rate is negative
ERPEquity Risk Premium (ERP) = Total Yield - Risk Free Rate, Reflects the premium above risk free assets offered by the investment. is -74%

Market Valuation

 9/18/252024202320222021
Share Price CYE$8.06$13.85$36.34$60.25$49.40
Market Cap CYE ($ Mil)433.8745.41,950.42,950.92,304.3
Total Debt ($ Mil)9.810.811.86.512.3
Total Cash ($ Mil)371.4471.4618.8710.4579.1
Enterprise Value ($ Mil)72.2756.21,962.22,957.42,316.6
Valuation Ratios     
P/S TTM42.05.521.252.910.9
P/EBIT TTM-1.7-4.8-10.1-21.730.4
P/E TTM-1.4-6.1-13.2-24.432.6
Sector Ratios     
P/S TTM (Sector)3.83.64.14.57.3
P/EBIT TTM (Sector)-1.6-1.3-1.4-1.3-2.9
P/E TTM (Sector)-1.8-1.5-1.5-1.3-2.9
 9/18/2520242023
Share Price CYE$8.06$13.85$36.34
Market Cap CYE ($ Mil)433.8745.41,950.4
Total Debt ($ Mil)9.810.811.8
Total Cash ($ Mil)371.4471.4618.8
Enterprise Value ($ Mil)72.2756.21,962.2
Valuation Ratios   
P/S TTM42.05.521.2
P/EBIT TTM-1.7-4.8-10.1
P/E TTM-1.4-6.1-13.2
Sector Ratios   
P/S TTM (Sector)3.83.64.1
P/EBIT TTM (Sector)-1.6-1.3-1.4
P/E TTM (Sector)-1.8-1.5-1.5

Business Description

Prothena Corporation plc, a late-stage clinical company, focuses on discovery and development of novel therapies for life-threatening diseases in the United States. The company is involved in developing Birtamimab, an investigational humanized antibody that is in Phase III clinical trial for the treatment of AL amyloidosis; Prasinezumab, a humanized monoclonal antibody, which is in Phase IIb clinical trial for the treatment of Parkinson's disease; PRX004 that completed Phase I clinical trial for the treatment of Transthyretin amyloidosis; and PRX005, which is in Phase I clinical trial for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. Its discovery and preclinical programs include PRX012 for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease; and dual Aß-Tau vaccine for the treatment and prevention of Alzheimer's disease. Show more

Price Returns Compared

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 202020212022202320242025Total [1]
Returns
PRTA Return-24%311%22%-40%-62%-42%-48%
Peers Return11%18%23%15%2%8%103%
S&P 500 Return16%27%-19%24%23%12%104%

[1] Cumulative total returns since the beginning of 2020
[2] Peers: VRTX, ABBV, AMGN, GILD, REGN. See PRTA Returns vs. Peers.
[3] 2025 data is for the year up to 9/17/2025 (YTD)

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Financials

PRTAVRTXABBVAMGNGILDREGNMedian
NameProthena Vertex P.AbbVie Amgen Gilead S.Regenero. 
Mkt Price8.06387.15220.81274.71112.26585.50247.76
Mkt Cap0.499.4390.4147.8139.861.5119.6
Rev LTM1011,41958,32834,91728,86214,21421,538
Op Inc LTM-249-19913,6958,19210,7973,8416,016
FCF LTM-1933,50018,23910,6059,3693,5566,463
FCF 3Y Avg-1411,98420,2738,5908,3973,2485,823
CFO LTM-1933,84619,28312,0139,8684,7447,306
CFO 3Y Avg-1402,32421,1549,7538,9494,5186,733

Growth & Margins

PRTAVRTXABBVAMGNGILDREGNMedian
NameProthena Vertex P.AbbVie Amgen Gilead S.Regenero. 
Rev Chg LTM-95.2%10.5%6.1%12.9%3.8%5.4%5.7%
Rev Chg 3Y Avg40.7%11.0%0.6%10.0%1.6%0.3%5.8%
Rev Chg Q-96.7%12.1%6.6%9.4%1.8%3.6%5.1%
QoQ Delta Rev Chg LTM-92.5%2.9%1.7%2.3%0.4%0.9%1.3%
Op Mgn LTM-2,407.9%-1.7%23.5%23.5%37.4%27.0%23.5%
Op Mgn 3Y Avg-916.8%26.5%27.2%26.4%39.2%30.1%26.8%
QoQ Delta Op Mgn LTM-2,307.4%2.0%1.0%1.6%-0.0%-0.2%0.5%
CFO/Rev LTM-1,863.1%33.7%33.1%34.4%34.2%33.4%33.5%
CFO/Rev 3Y Avg-710.5%22.5%37.5%32.0%31.9%33.6%31.9%
FCF/Rev LTM-1,864.8%30.6%31.3%30.4%32.5%25.0%30.5%
FCF/Rev 3Y Avg-712.1%19.2%36.0%28.2%30.0%24.1%26.1%

Valuation

PRTAVRTXABBVAMGNGILDREGNMedian
NameProthena Vertex P.AbbVie Amgen Gilead S.Regenero. 
Mkt Cap0.499.4390.4147.8139.861.5119.6
P/S42.08.76.74.24.84.35.8
P/EBIT-1.722.666.314.317.012.515.7
P/E-1.427.3103.722.322.113.822.2
P/CFO-2.325.820.212.314.213.013.6
Total Yield-69.8%3.7%3.9%7.8%7.3%7.5%5.6%
Dividend Yield0.0%0.0%2.9%3.4%2.8%0.3%1.6%
FCF Yield 3Y Avg-23.9%2.1%7.3%6.2%8.0%4.4%5.3%
D/E0.00.00.20.40.20.00.1
Net D/E-0.8-0.00.20.30.1-0.10.0

Returns

PRTAVRTXABBVAMGNGILDREGNMedian
NameProthena Vertex P.AbbVie Amgen Gilead S.Regenero. 
1M Rtn-5.5%-0.7%6.9%-6.1%-4.2%2.0%-2.4%
3M Rtn40.2%-13.7%20.1%-4.4%4.7%14.2%9.4%
6M Rtn-37.4%-24.5%5.9%-11.5%5.9%-12.7%-12.1%
12M Rtn-63.3%-19.6%18.2%-14.7%39.2%-48.7%-17.1%
3Y Rtn-72.6%33.6%71.6%30.8%90.5%-17.2%32.2%
1M Excs Rtn-7.9%-3.0%4.5%-8.5%-6.5%-0.3%-4.8%
3M Excs Rtn31.1%-22.7%9.8%-14.8%-5.7%4.9%-0.4%
6M Excs Rtn-54.7%-42.0%-12.4%-29.9%-14.3%-29.2%-29.6%
12M Excs Rtn-80.9%-37.6%0.4%-31.9%22.3%-66.3%-34.7%
3Y Excs Rtn-133.4%-28.7%13.2%-33.4%25.2%-77.8%-31.0%

Financials

Price Behavior

Short Interest

Short Interest: As Of Date8292025
Short Interest: Shares Quantity4,055,435
Short Interest: % Change Since 8152025-3.1%
Average Daily Volume1,041,258
Days-to-Cover Short Interest3.89
Basic Shares Quantity53,827,000
Short % of Basic Shares7.5%

Earnings Returns History

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 Forward Returns
Earnings Date1D Returns5D Returns21D Returns
8/4/20251.3%10.5%20.9%
5/8/20254.6%-5.4%-26.1%
2/20/20252.0%-0.8%-15.0%
11/12/2024-0.7%-19.1%-20.4%
8/8/20244.4%6.0%3.7%
5/8/2024-4.5%-2.8%-8.3%
2/15/2024-1.8%-4.6%-12.0%
11/2/20237.4%-6.3%0.9%
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SUMMARY STATS   
# Positive10910
# Negative141514
Median Positive4.4%4.7%14.2%
Median Negative-4.3%-4.6%-16.0%
Max Positive12.0%51.0%93.8%
Max Negative-8.3%-19.1%-26.1%

SEC Filings

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Report DateFiling DateFiling
6302025804202510-Q 6/30/2025
3312025508202510-Q 3/31/2025
12312024227202510-K 12/31/2024
93020241112202410-Q 9/30/2024
6302024808202410-Q 6/30/2024
3312024508202410-Q 3/31/2024
12312023222202410-K 12/31/2023
93020231102202310-Q 9/30/2023
6302023803202310-Q 6/30/2023
3312023504202310-Q 3/31/2023
12312022228202310-K 12/31/2022
93020221103202210-Q 9/30/2022
6302022808202210-Q 6/30/2022
3312022505202210-Q 3/31/2022
12312021225202210-K 12/31/2021
93020211104202110-Q 9/30/2021

Insider Activity

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 OwnerTitleFiling DateActionPriceSharesTransacted
Value
Value of
Held Shares
Form
0EcoR1 Capital, LLC5062025Sell8.363,317,93827,744,92969,123,978Form