Prime Medicine, Inc. (PRME)
NASDAQ:PRME
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Rating:50Neutral
Price Target:
$4.00
▲(4.99% Upside)
Action:ReiteratedDate:04/16/26
The score is held back primarily by weak financial performance—large losses, significant cash burn, and a sharp increase in debt. Offsetting this are improving near-term technicals and positive corporate developments, including pipeline progress and stated runway into 2027, while valuation remains difficult to support with a negative P/E and no dividend.
Positive Factors
Proprietary Platform
Prime Medicine’s proprietary prime editing technology provides a differentiated platform for precise DNA correction. This technical moat supports durable R&D leverage across multiple indications, enabling reuse of core IP and know-how to lower marginal development cost and speed program initiation.
Negative Factors
Large Persistent Losses
Sustained large operating losses and heavy negative free cash flow reflect a research-stage cost structure far above current revenues. Continued high burn raises structural financing risk, can dilute shareholders, and forces repeated capital raises unless costs fall or non-dilutive revenue grows.
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Positive Factors
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Proprietary Platform
Prime Medicine’s proprietary prime editing technology provides a differentiated platform for precise DNA correction. This technical moat supports durable R&D leverage across multiple indications, enabling reuse of core IP and know-how to lower marginal development cost and speed program initiation.
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Prime Medicine, Inc. (PRME) vs. SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY)
Market Cap
$626.52M
Dividend YieldN/A
Average Volume (3M)2.23M
Price to Earnings (P/E)―
Beta (1Y)2.89
Revenue Growth55.28%
EPS Growth19.04%
CountryUS
Employees214
SectorHealthcare
Sector Strength45
IndustryBiotechnology
Share Statistics
EPS (TTM)-1.39
Shares Outstanding180,552,190
10 Day Avg. Volume1,827,493
30 Day Avg. Volume2,225,888
Financial Highlights & Ratios
PEG Ratio0.14
Price to Book (P/B)4.27
Price to Sales (P/S)111.44
P/FCF Ratio-3.09
Enterprise Value/Market Cap1.09
Enterprise Value/Revenue146.79
Enterprise Value/Gross Profit-252.85
Enterprise Value/Ebitda-3.47
Forecast
1Y Price Target
$5.50Price Target Upside44.36% Upside
Rating ConsensusStrong Buy
Number of Analyst Covering5
EPS Forecast (FY)-0.93
Revenue Forecast (FY)$20.60M
Prime Medicine, Inc. Business Overview & Revenue Model
Company Description
Prime Medicine, Inc., a biotechnology company, delivers genetic therapies to address diseases by deploying gene editing technology. It offers Prime Editors with a Prime Editor protein, comprising a fusion between a Cas protein and a reverse transc...
How the Company Makes Money
Prime Medicine makes money primarily through collaboration and licensing-related revenue (e.g., upfront payments, research funding, milestone payments, and potential royalties) from partnerships that use or support its prime editing platform and/o...
Prime Medicine, Inc. Financial Statement Overview
Summary
Income Statement
14
Very Negative
Balance Sheet
38
Negative
Cash Flow
22
Negative
| Breakdown | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Income Statement | |||||
| Total Revenue | 4.63M | 2.98M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Gross Profit | -2.69M | 2.98M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| EBITDA | -195.76M | -196.34M | -186.64M | -114.32M | -83.91M |
| Net Income | -201.14M | -195.88M | -198.13M | -121.82M | -165.37M |
Balance Sheet | |||||
| Total Assets | 342.73M | 297.51M | 193.85M | 360.31M | 301.86M |
| Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments | 177.68M | 190.44M | 121.67M | 293.92M | 269.62M |
| Total Debt | 116.43M | 40.79M | 13.63M | 28.75M | 10.41M |
| Total Liabilities | 221.87M | 144.36M | 60.78M | 44.04M | 62.30M |
| Stockholders Equity | 120.87M | 153.15M | 133.07M | 316.27M | 239.56M |
Cash Flow | |||||
| Free Cash Flow | -167.09M | -130.16M | -174.14M | -147.92M | -38.23M |
| Operating Cash Flow | -162.56M | -122.86M | -165.41M | -131.83M | -34.08M |
| Investing Cash Flow | -108.76M | 68.46M | 18.71M | -47.10M | -73.63M |
| Financing Cash Flow | 151.51M | 195.88M | 655.00K | 181.49M | 269.28M |
Prime Medicine, Inc. Technical Analysis
Positive
3.81
Price Trends
3.66
Positive
3.76
Positive
4.08
Negative
Market Momentum
<0.01
Negative
56.15
Neutral
81.64
Negative
Evaluating momentum and price trends is crucial in stock analysis to make informed investment decisions. For PRME, the sentiment is Positive. The current price of 3.81 is above the 20-day moving average (MA) of 3.52, above the 50-day MA of 3.66, and below the 200-day MA of 4.08, indicating a neutral trend. The MACD of <0.01 indicates Negative momentum. The RSI at 56.15 is Neutral, neither overbought nor oversold. The STOCH value of 81.64 is Negative, not indicating any strong overbought or oversold conditions. Overall, these indicators collectively point to a Positive sentiment for PRME.
Prime Medicine, Inc. Risk Analysis
Prime Medicine, Inc. disclosed 80 risk factors in its most recent earnings report. Prime Medicine, Inc. reported the most risks in the "Tech & Innovation" category.
Finance & Corporate - Financial and accounting risks. Risks related to the execution of corporate activity and strategy
Latest Risks Added 0 New Risks
Prime Medicine, Inc. Peers Comparison
UnderperformOutperform
Sector (51)
Name | Overall Rating | Market Cap | P/E Ratio | ROE | Dividend Yield | Revenue Growth | EPS Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
59 Neutral | $1.91B | -15.78 | -56.64% | ― | 17.28% | 5.36% | |
52 Neutral | $2.48B | -6.61 | -43.17% | ― | 53.45% | 32.76% | |
51 Neutral | $7.86B | -0.30 | -43.30% | 2.27% | 22.53% | -2.21% | |
51 Neutral | $1.49B | -10.08 | -39.69% | ― | -67.98% | -2353.85% | |
50 Neutral | $626.52M | -2.80 | -178.61% | ― | 55.28% | 19.04% | |
50 Neutral | $506.65M | -8.67 | -36.48% | ― | ― | ― | |
44 Neutral | $910.02M | -4.38 | -141.99% | ― | ― | 16.65% |
* Healthcare Sector Average
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Prime Medicine, Inc. Corporate Events
Business Operations and StrategyExecutive/Board Changes
Prime Medicine Appoints Svetlana Makhni as New CFO
Positive
Apr 16, 2026
On April 7, 2026, Prime Medicine’s board appointed Svetlana Makhni, a veteran biotechnology and healthcare finance executive with more than two decades of investment banking and CFO experience, as Chief Financial Officer and principal financ...
Business Operations and StrategyFinancial Disclosures
Prime Medicine Reports 2025 Results, Advances Gene Editing Pipeline
Positive
Mar 3, 2026
On March 3, 2026, Prime Medicine reported full-year 2025 financial results and outlined progress across its Prime Editing pipeline, highlighting liver-focused in vivo gene editing programs for Wilson disease and Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, wit...
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