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BCRX vs. RGEN, HALO, IONS, MDGL, ALKS, LGND, FOLD, CLDX, DVAX, and INVA

Should you be buying BioCryst Pharmaceuticals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BioCryst Pharmaceuticals include Repligen (RGEN), Halozyme Therapeutics (HALO), Ionis Pharmaceuticals (IONS), Madrigal Pharmaceuticals (MDGL), Alkermes (ALKS), Ligand Pharmaceuticals (LGND), Amicus Therapeutics (FOLD), Celldex Therapeutics (CLDX), Dynavax Technologies (DVAX), and Innoviva (INVA). These companies are all part of the "biotechnology" industry.

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals vs. Its Competitors

Repligen (NASDAQ:RGEN) and BioCryst Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:BCRX) are both medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, dividends, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Repligen currently has a consensus target price of $170.75, suggesting a potential upside of 44.58%. BioCryst Pharmaceuticals has a consensus target price of $16.70, suggesting a potential upside of 91.51%. Given BioCryst Pharmaceuticals' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe BioCryst Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than Repligen.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Repligen
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.69
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.90

Repligen has a net margin of -3.93% compared to BioCryst Pharmaceuticals' net margin of -10.62%. Repligen's return on equity of 4.53% beat BioCryst Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Repligen-3.93% 4.53% 3.17%
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals -10.62%N/A -11.06%

97.6% of Repligen shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.9% of BioCryst Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Repligen shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.8% of BioCryst Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Repligen$634.44M10.46-$25.51M-$0.45-262.44
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals$450.71M4.05-$88.88M-$0.26-33.54

In the previous week, Repligen had 5 more articles in the media than BioCryst Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Repligen and 4 mentions for BioCryst Pharmaceuticals. Repligen's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat BioCryst Pharmaceuticals' score of 0.71 indicating that Repligen is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Repligen
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Repligen has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BioCryst Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Repligen beats BioCryst Pharmaceuticals on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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BCRX vs. The Competition

MetricBioCryst PharmaceuticalsMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.87B$2.44B$5.61B$9.30B
Dividend YieldN/A1.79%4.23%4.03%
P/E Ratio-33.549.1428.5219.58
Price / Sales4.05679.35426.1793.37
Price / CashN/A164.3436.0257.93
Price / Book-3.794.608.135.54
Net Income-$88.88M$30.99M$3.24B$257.73M
7 Day Performance-3.75%-1.81%0.20%-0.08%
1 Month Performance-15.26%5.73%5.98%8.09%
1 Year Performance14.29%-7.03%26.15%13.02%

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BCRX
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals
4.1873 of 5 stars
$8.72
-2.7%
$16.70
+91.5%
+21.4%$1.87B$450.71M-33.54530
RGEN
Repligen
4.6899 of 5 stars
$124.43
-2.4%
$172.83
+38.9%
-3.7%$6.99B$634.44M-276.511,778Positive News
HALO
Halozyme Therapeutics
4.9624 of 5 stars
$54.22
+0.4%
$61.90
+14.2%
+7.7%$6.68B$1.02B14.42390Positive News
IONS
Ionis Pharmaceuticals
4.5231 of 5 stars
$41.78
-2.8%
$58.25
+39.4%
-11.7%$6.65B$705M-13.971,069
MDGL
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals
4.314 of 5 stars
$289.17
-3.2%
$420.63
+45.5%
+11.1%$6.42B$180.13M-16.0290Positive News
ALKS
Alkermes
4.8356 of 5 stars
$29.23
+1.3%
$40.00
+36.8%
+23.4%$4.82B$1.56B13.991,800News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
LGND
Ligand Pharmaceuticals
4.0468 of 5 stars
$113.76
-0.7%
$146.14
+28.5%
+28.6%$2.19B$167.13M-15.9880
FOLD
Amicus Therapeutics
4.0822 of 5 stars
$6.05
-0.8%
$16.22
+168.1%
-44.4%$1.86B$528.29M-67.21480
CLDX
Celldex Therapeutics
2.4737 of 5 stars
$20.94
-4.8%
$50.11
+139.3%
-42.2%$1.39B$7.56M-7.76150News Coverage
Positive News
DVAX
Dynavax Technologies
4.4421 of 5 stars
$10.30
+0.3%
$24.00
+133.0%
-1.1%$1.24B$277.25M-19.81350
INVA
Innoviva
4.0532 of 5 stars
$18.91
-1.6%
$55.00
+190.9%
+18.5%$1.19B$369.84M-18.72100News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision

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This page (NASDAQ:BCRX) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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