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Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY) Competitors

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$246.58 +2.59 (+1.06%)
(As of 12/17/2024 ET)

ALNY vs. VRTX, GILD, REGN, BIIB, UTHR, NBIX, INCY, BMRN, EXAS, and EXEL

Should you be buying Alnylam Pharmaceuticals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals include Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX), Gilead Sciences (GILD), Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (REGN), Biogen (BIIB), United Therapeutics (UTHR), Neurocrine Biosciences (NBIX), Incyte (INCY), BioMarin Pharmaceutical (BMRN), Exact Sciences (EXAS), and Exelixis (EXEL). These companies are all part of the "biotechnology" industry.

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals vs.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:VRTX) and Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ALNY) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings and valuation.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals currently has a consensus price target of $505.73, suggesting a potential upside of 7.77%. Alnylam Pharmaceuticals has a consensus price target of $298.09, suggesting a potential upside of 20.89%. Given Alnylam Pharmaceuticals' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Alnylam Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than Vertex Pharmaceuticals.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
3 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
18 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.55
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
18 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71

91.0% of Vertex Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.0% of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Vertex Pharmaceuticals shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals has higher revenue and earnings than Alnylam Pharmaceuticals. Vertex Pharmaceuticals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Vertex Pharmaceuticals$10.63B11.37$3.62B-$1.99-235.80
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals$2.09B15.18-$440.24M-$2.62-94.11

In the previous week, Vertex Pharmaceuticals had 7 more articles in the media than Alnylam Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Vertex Pharmaceuticals and 15 mentions for Alnylam Pharmaceuticals. Vertex Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Alnylam Pharmaceuticals' score of 0.99 indicating that Vertex Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
17 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
10 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Vertex Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.36, indicating that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.32, indicating that its stock price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals has a net margin of -4.52% compared to Alnylam Pharmaceuticals' net margin of -15.86%. Alnylam Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of 0.00% beat Vertex Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Vertex Pharmaceuticals-4.52% -1.91% -1.43%
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals -15.86%N/A -8.38%

Vertex Pharmaceuticals received 453 more outperform votes than Alnylam Pharmaceuticals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.14% of users gave Alnylam Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote while only 75.42% of users gave Vertex Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Vertex PharmaceuticalsOutperform Votes
1586
75.42%
Underperform Votes
517
24.58%
Alnylam PharmaceuticalsOutperform Votes
1133
76.14%
Underperform Votes
355
23.86%

Summary

Vertex Pharmaceuticals beats Alnylam Pharmaceuticals on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ALNY vs. The Competition

MetricAlnylam PharmaceuticalsPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$31.80B$6.85B$5.14B$9.31B
Dividend YieldN/A3.06%4.81%4.06%
P/E Ratio-94.1110.71135.1917.53
Price / Sales15.18287.971,224.59140.21
Price / CashN/A56.6540.6537.95
Price / Book-140.105.394.884.92
Net Income-$440.24M$152.04M$118.97M$225.78M
7 Day Performance-2.98%-4.32%15.53%-1.58%
1 Month Performance6.16%2.80%15.54%6.67%
1 Year Performance32.41%17.30%34.63%22.48%

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ALNY
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
4.5509 of 5 stars
$246.58
+1.1%
$298.09
+20.9%
+33.1%$31.80B$2.09B-94.112,100Short Interest ↓
VRTX
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
4.2083 of 5 stars
$466.88
+0.7%
$505.73
+8.3%
+14.3%$120.24B$9.87B-233.035,400Analyst Forecast
Positive News
GILD
Gilead Sciences
4.5372 of 5 stars
$92.73
+0.9%
$96.43
+4.0%
+15.5%$115.57B$27.12B1,020.6718,000Insider Trade
REGN
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
4.7535 of 5 stars
$733.02
+0.2%
$1,099.90
+50.1%
-13.9%$80.55B$13.12B18.1013,450Analyst Forecast
BIIB
Biogen
4.7389 of 5 stars
$151.25
+0.8%
$245.32
+62.2%
-39.3%$22.04B$9.61B13.697,570Analyst Downgrade
UTHR
United Therapeutics
4.7106 of 5 stars
$370.95
+2.5%
$370.86
0.0%
+54.1%$16.56B$2.76B16.221,168Positive News
NBIX
Neurocrine Biosciences
4.8855 of 5 stars
$134.00
+5.8%
$165.00
+23.1%
+13.7%$13.57B$2.24B35.791,400Analyst Forecast
Positive News
INCY
Incyte
4.4745 of 5 stars
$70.38
+2.7%
$76.13
+8.2%
+11.4%$13.56B$4.08B489.642,524Analyst Forecast
BMRN
BioMarin Pharmaceutical
4.9834 of 5 stars
$66.07
+0.1%
$94.20
+42.6%
-30.8%$12.59B$2.75B39.533,401Positive News
EXAS
Exact Sciences
4.6099 of 5 stars
$60.48
-1.3%
$72.94
+20.6%
-8.4%$11.19B$2.50B-52.356,600
EXEL
Exelixis
4.5611 of 5 stars
$36.01
+2.8%
$31.47
-12.6%
+48.2%$10.28B$2.08B22.461,310Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↑

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This page (NASDAQ:ALNY) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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