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BioMarin Pharmaceutical (BMRN) Competitors

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$59.67 +2.85 (+5.02%)
As of 04/14/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

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

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

BioMarin Pharmaceutical vs.

BioMarin Pharmaceutical (NASDAQ:BMRN) and Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ALNY) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation and risk.

BioMarin Pharmaceutical presently has a consensus price target of $94.00, suggesting a potential upside of 57.53%. Alnylam Pharmaceuticals has a consensus price target of $315.58, suggesting a potential upside of 31.49%. Given BioMarin Pharmaceutical's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe BioMarin Pharmaceutical is more favorable than Alnylam Pharmaceuticals.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
BioMarin Pharmaceutical
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
21 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.77

98.7% of BioMarin Pharmaceutical shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.0% of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of BioMarin Pharmaceutical shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals had 15 more articles in the media than BioMarin Pharmaceutical. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Alnylam Pharmaceuticals and 10 mentions for BioMarin Pharmaceutical. BioMarin Pharmaceutical's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Alnylam Pharmaceuticals' score of 0.84 indicating that BioMarin Pharmaceutical is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
BioMarin Pharmaceutical
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
14 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

BioMarin Pharmaceutical received 416 more outperform votes than Alnylam Pharmaceuticals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.31% of users gave Alnylam Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote while only 74.59% of users gave BioMarin Pharmaceutical an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
BioMarin PharmaceuticalOutperform Votes
1579
74.59%
Underperform Votes
538
25.41%
Alnylam PharmaceuticalsOutperform Votes
1163
76.31%
Underperform Votes
361
23.69%

BioMarin Pharmaceutical has a beta of 0.3, meaning that its share price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.3, meaning that its share price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BioMarin Pharmaceutical$2.85B3.99$167.65M$2.2027.12
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals$2.25B13.89-$278.16M-$2.17-110.60

BioMarin Pharmaceutical has a net margin of 14.96% compared to Alnylam Pharmaceuticals' net margin of -12.37%. BioMarin Pharmaceutical's return on equity of 9.91% beat Alnylam Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
BioMarin Pharmaceutical14.96% 9.91% 7.65%
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals -12.37%N/A -6.83%

Summary

BioMarin Pharmaceutical beats Alnylam Pharmaceuticals on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BMRN vs. The Competition

MetricBioMarin PharmaceuticalPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$11.38B$6.35B$5.35B$7.58B
Dividend YieldN/A3.23%5.11%4.33%
P/E Ratio27.126.7721.7517.78
Price / Sales3.99228.59380.5194.51
Price / Cash21.1765.6738.1534.64
Price / Book2.015.886.433.99
Net Income$167.65M$141.32M$3.20B$247.24M
7 Day Performance6.76%8.48%9.08%8.29%
1 Month Performance-14.07%-12.84%-6.04%-5.37%
1 Year Performance-34.79%-12.40%10.66%-0.24%

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BMRN
BioMarin Pharmaceutical
4.8914 of 5 stars
$59.67
+5.0%
$94.00
+57.5%
-35.3%$11.38B$2.85B27.123,401Gap Up
ALNY
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
4.5031 of 5 stars
$232.95
-1.2%
$316.25
+35.8%
+61.6%$30.67B$2.25B-107.352,000
BIIB
Biogen
4.6979 of 5 stars
$119.19
-3.1%
$213.33
+79.0%
-39.8%$17.45B$9.68B10.658,720
UTHR
United Therapeutics
4.9044 of 5 stars
$291.72
-0.3%
$388.25
+33.1%
+22.2%$13.10B$2.88B12.81980Positive News
INCY
Incyte
4.8353 of 5 stars
$60.29
-0.5%
$74.88
+24.2%
+10.0%$11.67B$4.24B223.302,320
EXEL
Exelixis
4.256 of 5 stars
$34.84
+0.8%
$37.59
+7.9%
+56.7%$9.75B$2.17B19.681,220Positive News
Gap Down
NBIX
Neurocrine Biosciences
4.8404 of 5 stars
$93.25
-2.5%
$163.52
+75.4%
-29.5%$9.30B$2.36B28.341,200Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
EXAS
Exact Sciences
4.2313 of 5 stars
$43.83
+3.0%
$70.26
+60.3%
-38.0%$8.14B$2.76B-7.876,400High Trading Volume
HALO
Halozyme Therapeutics
4.3931 of 5 stars
$59.35
-0.7%
$62.78
+5.8%
+59.0%$7.33B$1.02B17.30390Positive News
MDGL
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals
4.0512 of 5 stars
$310.52
-1.2%
$378.44
+21.9%
+36.2%$6.94B$180.13M-12.3890News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
RGEN
Repligen
4.7469 of 5 stars
$116.11
+3.7%
$178.64
+53.9%
-25.8%$6.52B$634.44M-227.672,020Gap Up
High Trading Volume
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This page (NASDAQ:BMRN) was last updated on 4/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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