RGEN vs. EXEL, HALO, NBIX, ADPT, BIIB, QGEN, PCVX, RVMD, TECH, and IBRX
Should you be buying Repligen stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Repligen include Exelixis (EXEL), Halozyme Therapeutics (HALO), Neurocrine Biosciences (NBIX), Adaptive Biotechnologies (ADPT), Biogen (BIIB), Qiagen (QGEN), Vaxcyte (PCVX), Revolution Medicines (RVMD), Bio-Techne (TECH), and ImmunityBio (IBRX). These companies are all part of the "biological products, except diagnostic" industry.
Exelixis (NASDAQ:EXEL) and Repligen (NASDAQ:RGEN) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, risk, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Exelixis currently has a consensus price target of $26.13, indicating a potential upside of 24.94%. Repligen has a consensus price target of $197.75, indicating a potential upside of 15.01%. Given Repligen's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Exelixis is more favorable than Repligen.
Exelixis received 176 more outperform votes than Repligen when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.12% of users gave Exelixis an outperform vote while only 68.08% of users gave Repligen an outperform vote.
Exelixis has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Repligen has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Exelixis has a net margin of 11.10% compared to Exelixis' net margin of 2.44%. Repligen's return on equity of 8.85% beat Exelixis' return on equity.
In the previous week, Exelixis had 9 more articles in the media than Repligen. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Exelixis and 4 mentions for Repligen. Exelixis' average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Repligen's score of 0.76 indicating that Repligen is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
85.3% of Exelixis shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.6% of Repligen shares are held by institutional investors. 2.9% of Exelixis shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Repligen shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Exelixis has higher revenue and earnings than Repligen. Exelixis is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Repligen, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Exelixis beats Repligen on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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