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$623.82 -2.21 (-0.35%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:15 PM ET)

ARGX vs. AMGN, GILD, BNTX, BIIB, MRNA, NBIX, TECH, PCVX, QGEN, and EXEL

Should you be buying argenx stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of argenx include Amgen (AMGN), Gilead Sciences (GILD), BioNTech (BNTX), Biogen (BIIB), Moderna (MRNA), Neurocrine Biosciences (NBIX), Bio-Techne (TECH), Vaxcyte (PCVX), Qiagen (QGEN), and Exelixis (EXEL). These companies are all part of the "biological products, except diagnostic" industry.

argenx vs.

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

Amgen has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, argenx has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Amgen received 903 more outperform votes than argenx when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.11% of users gave Amgen an outperform vote while only 67.12% of users gave argenx an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AmgenOutperform Votes
1546
72.11%
Underperform Votes
598
27.89%
argenxOutperform Votes
643
67.12%
Underperform Votes
315
32.88%

76.5% of Amgen shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.3% of argenx shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Amgen shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of argenx shares are owned 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.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Amgen$32.53B4.35$6.72B$7.8133.72
argenx$1.86B20.26-$295.05M-$0.88-708.89

Amgen has a net margin of 13.00% compared to argenx's net margin of -2.11%. Amgen's return on equity of 168.35% beat argenx's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Amgen13.00% 168.35% 11.18%
argenx -2.11%-1.45%-1.29%

Amgen presently has a consensus price target of $319.67, suggesting a potential upside of 21.37%. argenx has a consensus price target of $639.78, suggesting a potential upside of 2.56%. Given Amgen's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Amgen is more favorable than argenx.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Amgen
2 Sell rating(s)
12 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40
argenx
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
18 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.91

In the previous week, Amgen had 1 more articles in the media than argenx. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Amgen and 13 mentions for argenx. argenx's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Amgen's score of 0.28 indicating that argenx is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Amgen
5 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
argenx
4 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Amgen beats argenx on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ARGX vs. The Competition

MetricargenxBiological Products IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$37.66B$2.94B$5.15B$9.08B
Dividend YieldN/A1.90%5.12%4.26%
P/E Ratio-708.8946.7386.9717.20
Price / Sales20.26415.061,137.34117.12
Price / CashN/A182.1043.2337.85
Price / Book9.013.894.794.78
Net Income-$295.05M-$42.21M$120.55M$225.60M
7 Day Performance-1.39%-2.36%-1.46%-1.36%
1 Month Performance2.95%1.83%13.76%0.20%
1 Year Performance67.29%16.78%28.67%15.30%

argenx Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ARGX
argenx
3.0083 of 5 stars
$623.82
-0.4%
$639.78
+2.6%
+67.3%$37.66B$1.86B-708.891,148
AMGN
Amgen
4.4595 of 5 stars
$269.63
-0.4%
$319.68
+18.6%
-7.3%$144.94B$32.53B34.8626,700Gap Up
GILD
Gilead Sciences
4.4294 of 5 stars
$92.75
+1.0%
$96.43
+4.0%
+16.2%$115.59B$27.12B1,020.6718,000
BNTX
BioNTech
2.0337 of 5 stars
$115.76
-3.8%
$140.76
+21.6%
+7.4%$27.52B$3.04B-56.016,133
BIIB
Biogen
4.6265 of 5 stars
$151.25
+0.8%
$245.32
+62.2%
-43.2%$22.04B$9.61B13.697,570Analyst Downgrade
MRNA
Moderna
4.2694 of 5 stars
$41.63
-0.5%
$79.50
+91.0%
-58.5%$16.02B$5.06B-7.195,600
NBIX
Neurocrine Biosciences
4.8337 of 5 stars
$134.00
+5.8%
$165.00
+23.1%
+5.4%$13.57B$2.24B35.791,400Analyst Forecast
TECH
Bio-Techne
4.6302 of 5 stars
$76.51
+1.1%
$82.00
+7.2%
-5.6%$12.16B$1.17B81.073,100Positive News
PCVX
Vaxcyte
1.56 of 5 stars
$90.74
+3.4%
$147.50
+62.6%
+41.7%$11.31BN/A-19.07160Analyst Forecast
QGEN
Qiagen
3.5165 of 5 stars
$45.47
+0.2%
$51.15
+12.5%
+0.3%$10.38B$1.97B117.035,967
EXEL
Exelixis
4.4439 of 5 stars
$36.01
+2.8%
$31.47
-12.6%
+39.1%$10.28B$2.08B22.461,310Analyst Downgrade

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This page (NASDAQ:ARGX) was last updated on 12/23/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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