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$146.47 -0.92 (-0.62%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:45 PM ET)

BIIB vs. REGN, ALNY, UTHR, INCY, NBIX, BMRN, EXAS, EXEL, RGEN, 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), Neurocrine Biosciences (NBIX), BioMarin Pharmaceutical (BMRN), Exact Sciences (EXAS), Exelixis (EXEL), Repligen (RGEN), 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 superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends and analyst recommendations.

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$9.61B2.22$1.16B$11.0713.23
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals$13.85B5.57$3.95B$40.4117.37

Biogen received 267 more outperform votes than Regeneron Pharmaceuticals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.76% of users gave Biogen an outperform vote while only 66.99% of users gave Regeneron Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
BiogenOutperform Votes
1807
71.76%
Underperform Votes
711
28.24%
Regeneron PharmaceuticalsOutperform Votes
1540
66.99%
Underperform Votes
759
33.01%

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals has a net margin of 33.61% compared to Biogen's net margin of 16.81%. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of 16.88% beat Biogen's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Biogen16.81% 14.98% 8.59%
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals 33.61%16.88%13.23%

Biogen has a beta of -0.08, indicating that its stock price is 108% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.08, indicating that its stock price is 92% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals had 11 more articles in the media than Biogen. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Regeneron Pharmaceuticals and 17 mentions for Biogen. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Biogen's score of 0.11 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
3 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
8 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
11 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Biogen currently has a consensus target price of $242.68, suggesting a potential upside of 65.69%. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals has a consensus target price of $1,052.90, suggesting a potential upside of 50.02%. Given Biogen's higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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)
16 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.45
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.70

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$21.34B$2.94B$5.14B$9.08B
Dividend YieldN/A1.90%5.09%4.23%
P/E Ratio13.2345.9489.7417.16
Price / Sales2.22415.011,117.09117.04
Price / Cash8.54182.1043.1037.86
Price / Book1.433.894.784.78
Net Income$1.16B-$42.21M$120.31M$225.60M
7 Day Performance-2.37%-2.15%-1.92%-1.23%
1 Month Performance-7.24%1.73%13.65%0.46%
1 Year Performance-43.22%16.36%28.34%15.24%

Biogen Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BIIB
Biogen
4.6286 of 5 stars
$146.47
-0.6%
$242.68
+65.7%
-42.3%$21.34B$9.61B13.237,570Analyst Downgrade
High Trading Volume
REGN
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
4.6619 of 5 stars
$736.21
+0.7%
$1,099.90
+49.4%
-16.6%$80.90B$13.12B18.1013,450Analyst Forecast
ALNY
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
4.4122 of 5 stars
$245.34
0.0%
$298.09
+21.5%
+35.5%$31.64B$1.83B-93.682,100Analyst Upgrade
UTHR
United Therapeutics
4.7048 of 5 stars
$368.83
+1.9%
$370.86
+0.5%
+64.7%$16.47B$2.76B16.221,168Analyst Downgrade
Insider Trade
Positive News
INCY
Incyte
4.7049 of 5 stars
$69.95
+2.0%
$76.13
+8.8%
+11.6%$13.48B$4.08B489.642,524Analyst Forecast
NBIX
Neurocrine Biosciences
4.8286 of 5 stars
$132.88
+4.9%
$165.00
+24.2%
+11.8%$13.45B$2.24B35.791,400Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Positive News
BMRN
BioMarin Pharmaceutical
4.9845 of 5 stars
$66.66
+1.0%
$94.20
+41.3%
-31.0%$12.70B$2.75B39.533,401Positive News
EXAS
Exact Sciences
4.4883 of 5 stars
$60.87
-0.6%
$72.94
+19.8%
-16.8%$11.27B$2.50B-52.356,600
EXEL
Exelixis
4.5006 of 5 stars
$35.81
+2.2%
$31.47
-12.1%
+41.8%$10.23B$2.08B22.461,310Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
RGEN
Repligen
4.1003 of 5 stars
$158.15
+1.1%
$190.25
+20.3%
-20.7%$8.86B$639.92M-422.731,783Analyst Forecast
Positive News
MDGL
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals
4.2319 of 5 stars
$308.14
+1.2%
$347.33
+12.7%
+38.7%$6.72BN/A-12.1490Positive News

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