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ARGX vs. SNY, GSK, TAK, BNTX, ONC, TEVA, SMMT, GMAB, ITCI, and VTRS

Should you be buying argenx stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of argenx include Sanofi (SNY), GSK (GSK), Takeda Pharmaceutical (TAK), BioNTech (BNTX), Beigene (ONC), Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA), Summit Therapeutics (SMMT), Genmab A/S (GMAB), Intra-Cellular Therapies (ITCI), and Viatris (VTRS). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

argenx vs.

Sanofi (NASDAQ:SNY) and argenx (NASDAQ:ARGX) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.

Sanofi has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, argenx has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Sanofi currently has a consensus price target of $60.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.17%. argenx has a consensus price target of $658.39, suggesting a potential upside of 2.16%. Given Sanofi's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Sanofi is more favorable than argenx.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Sanofi
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.25
argenx
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
18 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86

14.0% of Sanofi shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.3% of argenx shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Sanofi shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of argenx shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Sanofi had 13 more articles in the media than argenx. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Sanofi and 10 mentions for argenx. argenx's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Sanofi's score of 1.02 indicating that argenx is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Sanofi
12 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
argenx
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Sanofi has a net margin of 12.77% compared to argenx's net margin of -2.11%. Sanofi's return on equity of 25.61% beat argenx's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Sanofi12.77% 25.61% 14.72%
argenx -2.11%-1.45%-1.29%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Sanofi$44.46B3.11$6.02B$2.4921.87
argenx$1.27B30.87-$295.05M-$0.88-732.36

argenx received 597 more outperform votes than Sanofi when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.19% of users gave argenx an outperform vote while only 60.98% of users gave Sanofi an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
SanofiOutperform Votes
50
60.98%
Underperform Votes
32
39.02%
argenxOutperform Votes
647
67.19%
Underperform Votes
316
32.81%

Summary

Sanofi beats argenx on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ARGX vs. The Competition

MetricargenxBiological Products IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$39.16B$3.12B$5.84B$9.14B
Dividend YieldN/A1.56%4.76%3.85%
P/E Ratio-732.3613.1718.2614.95
Price / Sales30.87269.91434.4770.76
Price / CashN/A177.4438.4235.17
Price / Book9.313.687.644.65
Net Income-$295.05M-$71.72M$3.18B$245.69M
7 Day Performance0.79%-2.46%-1.95%-2.68%
1 Month Performance0.73%-0.25%-0.23%-2.16%
1 Year Performance58.74%-12.31%16.69%12.90%

argenx Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ARGX
argenx
2.5004 of 5 stars
$644.48
-0.5%
$658.39
+2.2%
+61.1%$39.34B$1.27B-732.361,148News Coverage
Positive News
SNY
Sanofi
4.1036 of 5 stars
$54.50
+0.9%
$60.00
+10.1%
+13.6%$138.31B$44.46B21.8986,088Analyst Revision
GSK
GSK
3.2601 of 5 stars
$36.20
-1.0%
$43.25
+19.5%
-12.7%$75.02B$40.10B22.7670,200Gap Down
TAK
Takeda Pharmaceutical
2.335 of 5 stars
$13.54
-0.6%
N/A-4.4%$43.07B$28.20B33.8449,281Positive News
BNTX
BioNTech
2.4325 of 5 stars
$119.83
-2.4%
$142.72
+19.1%
+29.4%$28.73B$4.13B-57.066,133Positive News
ONC
Beigene
N/A$230.86
+2.4%
N/AN/A$22.56B$2.46B-28.0210,600Insider Trade
News Coverage
Gap Up
TEVA
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries
2.8895 of 5 stars
$16.24
-2.4%
$23.57
+45.2%
+28.8%$18.39B$16.54B-11.2037,851
SMMT
Summit Therapeutics
2.3117 of 5 stars
$21.37
-2.1%
$33.57
+57.1%
+438.2%$15.76B$700,000.00-76.32110Gap Up
GMAB
Genmab A/S
4.5905 of 5 stars
$21.30
+1.8%
$42.17
+98.0%
-22.8%$14.10B$2.39B20.682,204
ITCI
Intra-Cellular Therapies
3.8866 of 5 stars
$127.82
-0.2%
$103.62
-18.9%
+75.5%$13.59B$464.37M-146.92560Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
VTRS
Viatris
2.0155 of 5 stars
$10.80
flat
$13.67
+26.5%
-15.2%$12.89B$15.43B-14.5938,000News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:ARGX) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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