BGNE vs. TAK, ALNY, TEVA, GMAB, RPRX, BMRN, VTRS, UTHR, SRPT, and RDY
Should you be buying BeiGene stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BeiGene include Takeda Pharmaceutical (TAK), Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY), Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA), Genmab A/S (GMAB), Royalty Pharma (RPRX), BioMarin Pharmaceutical (BMRN), Viatris (VTRS), United Therapeutics (UTHR), Sarepta Therapeutics (SRPT), and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (RDY). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
Takeda Pharmaceutical (NYSE:TAK) and BeiGene (NASDAQ:BGNE) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
In the previous week, BeiGene had 2 more articles in the media than Takeda Pharmaceutical. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for BeiGene and 6 mentions for Takeda Pharmaceutical. Takeda Pharmaceutical's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat BeiGene's score of 0.27 indicating that BeiGene is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Takeda Pharmaceutical has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BeiGene has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.
9.2% of Takeda Pharmaceutical shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.6% of BeiGene shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Takeda Pharmaceutical shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.4% of BeiGene shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Takeda Pharmaceutical has a net margin of 6.18% compared to Takeda Pharmaceutical's net margin of -28.39%. BeiGene's return on equity of 9.92% beat Takeda Pharmaceutical's return on equity.
Takeda Pharmaceutical has higher revenue and earnings than BeiGene. BeiGene is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Takeda Pharmaceutical, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Takeda Pharmaceutical presently has a consensus price target of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.87%. BeiGene has a consensus price target of $251.93, suggesting a potential upside of 69.25%. Given Takeda Pharmaceutical's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe BeiGene is more favorable than Takeda Pharmaceutical.
BeiGene received 440 more outperform votes than Takeda Pharmaceutical when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.14% of users gave BeiGene an outperform vote while only 56.82% of users gave Takeda Pharmaceutical an outperform vote.
Summary
BeiGene beats Takeda Pharmaceutical on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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