VRTX vs. AMGN, REGN, GILD, AGN, ALXN, BIIB, ALNY, RPRX, BGNE, and NBIX
Should you be buying Vertex Pharmaceuticals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vertex Pharmaceuticals include Amgen (AMGN), Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (REGN), Gilead Sciences (GILD), Allergan (AGN), Alexion Pharmaceuticals (ALXN), Biogen (BIIB), Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY), Royalty Pharma (RPRX), BeiGene (BGNE), and Neurocrine Biosciences (NBIX).
Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) and Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:VRTX) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.
In the previous week, Vertex Pharmaceuticals had 6 more articles in the media than Amgen. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Vertex Pharmaceuticals and 24 mentions for Amgen. Amgen's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Vertex Pharmaceuticals' score of 0.58 indicating that Vertex Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Amgen has higher revenue and earnings than Vertex Pharmaceuticals. Vertex Pharmaceuticals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amgen, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals has a net margin of 39.46% compared to Vertex Pharmaceuticals' net margin of 12.74%. Vertex Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of 156.21% beat Amgen's return on equity.
Amgen has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vertex Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.39, indicating that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.
76.5% of Amgen shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.0% of Vertex Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Amgen shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Vertex Pharmaceuticals shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals received 29 more outperform votes than Amgen when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.66% of users gave Vertex Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote while only 72.41% of users gave Amgen an outperform vote.
Amgen currently has a consensus target price of $305.65, indicating a potential downside of 0.07%. Vertex Pharmaceuticals has a consensus target price of $438.62, indicating a potential downside of 3.67%. Given Vertex Pharmaceuticals' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Amgen is more favorable than Vertex Pharmaceuticals.
Summary
Vertex Pharmaceuticals beats Amgen on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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