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Biogen (BIIB) Competitors

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$119.26 +4.09 (+3.55%)
As of 04/14/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

BIIB vs. REGN, ALNY, UTHR, INCY, BMRN, EXEL, NBIX, EXAS, HALO, and MDGL

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

Biogen vs.

Biogen (NASDAQ:BIIB) and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:REGN) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment and dividends.

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals has a net margin of 31.07% compared to Biogen's net margin of 16.87%. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of 16.32% beat Biogen's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Biogen16.87% 14.98% 8.76%
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals 31.07%16.32%12.76%

Biogen received 266 more outperform votes than Regeneron Pharmaceuticals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.41% of users gave Biogen an outperform vote while only 66.95% of users gave Regeneron Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
BiogenOutperform Votes
1816
71.41%
Underperform Votes
727
28.59%
Regeneron PharmaceuticalsOutperform Votes
1550
66.95%
Underperform Votes
765
33.05%

Biogen presently has a consensus target price of $213.15, indicating a potential upside of 78.73%. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals has a consensus target price of $964.88, indicating a potential upside of 68.96%. Given Biogen's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Biogen is more favorable than Regeneron Pharmaceuticals.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Biogen
0 Sell rating(s)
18 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.42
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.77

87.9% of Biogen shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.3% of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Biogen shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.5% of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Biogen has a beta of 0.06, suggesting that its share price is 94% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Biogen$9.68B1.80$1.63B$11.1910.66
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals$14.20B4.40$4.41B$38.2814.92

In the previous week, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals had 10 more articles in the media than Biogen. MarketBeat recorded 45 mentions for Regeneron Pharmaceuticals and 35 mentions for Biogen. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Biogen's score of 0.95 indicating that Regeneron Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Biogen
21 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
31 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
8 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals beats Biogen on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BIIB vs. The Competition

MetricBiogenBiological Products IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$17.46B$2.90B$5.35B$7.58B
Dividend YieldN/A1.91%5.11%4.33%
P/E Ratio10.6630.3721.6517.79
Price / Sales1.80438.12376.3294.47
Price / Cash6.09168.6838.1534.64
Price / Book1.043.456.443.99
Net Income$1.63B-$72.06M$3.20B$247.24M
7 Day Performance0.06%4.36%6.67%5.84%
1 Month Performance-14.47%-17.35%-6.27%-5.78%
1 Year Performance-39.82%-31.05%8.56%-1.99%

Biogen Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BIIB
Biogen
4.6979 of 5 stars
$119.26
+3.6%
$213.15
+78.7%
-39.8%$17.46B$9.68B10.668,720
REGN
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
4.8749 of 5 stars
$565.48
-1.4%
$966.88
+71.0%
-36.9%$61.51B$14.20B14.7011,900Analyst Forecast
Positive News
ALNY
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
4.5031 of 5 stars
$231.24
-1.9%
$316.25
+36.8%
+61.6%$30.04B$2.25B-106.412,000
UTHR
United Therapeutics
4.9044 of 5 stars
$287.85
-1.6%
$388.25
+34.9%
+22.2%$12.95B$2.88B12.66980Positive News
INCY
Incyte
4.8353 of 5 stars
$59.51
-1.8%
$74.88
+25.8%
+10.0%$11.46B$4.24B219.392,320
BMRN
BioMarin Pharmaceutical
4.8914 of 5 stars
$57.44
-4.7%
$94.00
+63.6%
-35.3%$10.89B$2.85B25.953,401Gap Up
EXEL
Exelixis
4.256 of 5 stars
$34.41
-0.5%
$37.59
+9.3%
+56.7%$9.58B$2.17B19.341,220Positive News
Gap Down
NBIX
Neurocrine Biosciences
4.8404 of 5 stars
$92.44
-3.4%
$163.52
+76.9%
-29.5%$9.19B$2.36B28.021,200Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
EXAS
Exact Sciences
4.2313 of 5 stars
$45.01
+5.8%
$70.26
+56.1%
-38.0%$8.30B$2.76B-8.036,400
HALO
Halozyme Therapeutics
4.3931 of 5 stars
$58.77
-1.7%
$62.78
+6.8%
+59.0%$7.23B$1.02B17.07390Positive News
MDGL
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals
4.0512 of 5 stars
$309.86
-1.4%
$378.44
+22.1%
+36.2%$6.79B$180.13M-12.2690News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
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This page (NASDAQ:BIIB) was last updated on 4/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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