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$605.92 +9.18 (+1.54%)
(As of 11/22/2024 ET)

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

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

argenx vs.

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

83.7% of Gilead Sciences shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.3% of argenx shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Gilead Sciences shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of argenx shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Gilead Sciences has a beta of 0.17, meaning that its stock price is 83% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, argenx has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Gilead Sciences had 27 more articles in the media than argenx. MarketBeat recorded 48 mentions for Gilead Sciences and 21 mentions for argenx. Gilead Sciences' average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat argenx's score of 0.63 indicating that Gilead Sciences is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Gilead Sciences
29 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
argenx
7 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Gilead Sciences has a net margin of 0.45% compared to argenx's net margin of -2.11%. Gilead Sciences' return on equity of 29.00% beat argenx's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Gilead Sciences0.45% 29.00% 9.83%
argenx -2.11%-1.45%-1.29%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Gilead Sciences$28.30B3.97$5.67B$0.091,002.11
argenx$1.86B19.49-$295.05M-$0.88-688.55

Gilead Sciences currently has a consensus target price of $95.41, suggesting a potential upside of 5.79%. argenx has a consensus target price of $630.42, suggesting a potential upside of 4.04%. Given Gilead Sciences' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Gilead Sciences is more favorable than argenx.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Gilead Sciences
0 Sell rating(s)
12 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.65
argenx
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
19 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.91

Gilead Sciences received 1826 more outperform votes than argenx when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.90% of users gave Gilead Sciences an outperform vote while only 67.05% of users gave argenx an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Gilead SciencesOutperform Votes
2467
76.90%
Underperform Votes
741
23.10%
argenxOutperform Votes
641
67.05%
Underperform Votes
315
32.95%

Summary

Gilead Sciences beats argenx on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ARGX vs. The Competition

MetricargenxBiological Products IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$36.23B$3.04B$5.38B$8.84B
Dividend YieldN/A1.91%5.11%4.09%
P/E Ratio-688.5545.50105.9717.81
Price / Sales19.49392.401,247.60162.50
Price / CashN/A169.3840.2336.29
Price / Book8.754.597.076.50
Net Income-$295.05M-$41.63M$119.40M$226.10M
7 Day Performance7.39%2.46%2.16%3.98%
1 Month Performance6.58%-3.49%-3.12%3.79%
1 Year Performance23.15%28.32%33.73%29.31%

argenx Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ARGX
argenx
2.7629 of 5 stars
$605.92
+1.5%
$630.42
+4.0%
+23.2%$36.23B$1.86B-688.551,148Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
GILD
Gilead Sciences
4.6009 of 5 stars
$89.84
+1.4%
$95.41
+6.2%
+19.1%$111.96B$27.12B997.3318,000Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
BNTX
BioNTech
2.634 of 5 stars
$108.20
+5.9%
$138.79
+28.3%
+15.5%$25.94B$4.13B-51.526,133Analyst Forecast
BIIB
Biogen
4.8657 of 5 stars
$158.43
+1.6%
$257.20
+62.3%
-31.7%$23.09B$9.84B14.097,570Analyst Forecast
MRNA
Moderna
4.5706 of 5 stars
$38.40
+4.0%
$84.00
+118.7%
-47.4%$14.78B$6.85B-6.355,600Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
NBIX
Neurocrine Biosciences
4.9714 of 5 stars
$125.00
+1.4%
$163.91
+31.1%
+13.2%$12.66B$1.89B33.631,400Positive News
TECH
Bio-Techne
4.8614 of 5 stars
$71.19
+3.6%
$81.78
+14.9%
+12.1%$11.31B$1.16B75.553,100
PCVX
Vaxcyte
3.3258 of 5 stars
$88.39
+2.8%
$147.50
+66.9%
+80.7%$11.02BN/A0.00160Positive News
High Trading Volume
EXEL
Exelixis
4.7968 of 5 stars
$34.83
+0.5%
$31.44
-9.7%
+65.6%$9.95B$1.83B22.331,310Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
QGEN
Qiagen
4.2795 of 5 stars
$42.33
+0.6%
$50.88
+20.2%
+2.1%$9.66B$1.97B108.385,967
RVMD
Revolution Medicines
2.8269 of 5 stars
$56.78
-0.5%
$61.00
+7.4%
+164.7%$9.55B$11.58M0.00443

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This page (NASDAQ:ARGX) was last updated on 11/23/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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