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Dynavax Technologies (DVAX) Competitors

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$12.85 -0.11 (-0.85%)
(As of 12/16/2024 ET)

DVAX vs. HALO, IONS, ALKS, FOLD, GERN, LGND, MNKD, CLDX, BCRX, and NVAX

Should you be buying Dynavax Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dynavax Technologies include Halozyme Therapeutics (HALO), Ionis Pharmaceuticals (IONS), Alkermes (ALKS), Amicus Therapeutics (FOLD), Geron (GERN), Ligand Pharmaceuticals (LGND), MannKind (MNKD), Celldex Therapeutics (CLDX), BioCryst Pharmaceuticals (BCRX), and Novavax (NVAX). These companies are all part of the "biotechnology" industry.

Dynavax Technologies vs.

Dynavax Technologies (NASDAQ:DVAX) and Halozyme Therapeutics (NASDAQ:HALO) are both medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Halozyme Therapeutics has higher revenue and earnings than Dynavax Technologies. Halozyme Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dynavax Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Dynavax Technologies$260.81M6.48-$6.39M$0.1398.85
Halozyme Therapeutics$947.36M6.45$281.59M$3.0215.90

Dynavax Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $22.00, suggesting a potential upside of 71.21%. Halozyme Therapeutics has a consensus price target of $61.11, suggesting a potential upside of 27.24%. Given Dynavax Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Dynavax Technologies is more favorable than Halozyme Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Dynavax Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Halozyme Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60

In the previous week, Halozyme Therapeutics had 13 more articles in the media than Dynavax Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Halozyme Therapeutics and 2 mentions for Dynavax Technologies. Dynavax Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Halozyme Therapeutics' score of 1.17 indicating that Dynavax Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Dynavax Technologies Very Positive
Halozyme Therapeutics Positive

Halozyme Therapeutics has a net margin of 41.43% compared to Dynavax Technologies' net margin of 7.85%. Halozyme Therapeutics' return on equity of 179.82% beat Dynavax Technologies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Dynavax Technologies7.85% 3.19% 2.02%
Halozyme Therapeutics 41.43%179.82%23.56%

97.0% of Dynavax Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.8% of Halozyme Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of Dynavax Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Halozyme Therapeutics shares are held by company 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.

Halozyme Therapeutics received 50 more outperform votes than Dynavax Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.47% of users gave Halozyme Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 65.87% of users gave Dynavax Technologies an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Dynavax TechnologiesOutperform Votes
471
65.87%
Underperform Votes
244
34.13%
Halozyme TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
521
69.47%
Underperform Votes
229
30.53%

Dynavax Technologies has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Halozyme Therapeutics has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Halozyme Therapeutics beats Dynavax Technologies on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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DVAX vs. The Competition

MetricDynavax TechnologiesPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.69B$6.40B$4.99B$9.33B
Dividend YieldN/A3.06%4.87%4.02%
P/E Ratio98.8510.62103.4117.61
Price / Sales6.48299.511,291.3782.44
Price / CashN/A56.6541.6938.32
Price / Book2.675.414.854.93
Net Income-$6.39M$150.96M$117.81M$225.47M
7 Day PerformanceN/A-5.51%16.15%-0.01%
1 Month Performance5.24%0.26%19.00%5.92%
1 Year Performance-5.93%15.31%37.38%22.97%

Dynavax Technologies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DVAX
Dynavax Technologies
4.8065 of 5 stars
$12.85
-0.8%
$22.00
+71.2%
-5.9%$1.69B$260.81M98.85408Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
HALO
Halozyme Therapeutics
4.9965 of 5 stars
$49.07
+1.4%
$61.11
+24.5%
+23.1%$6.24B$829.25M16.03390Short Interest ↓
Positive News
IONS
Ionis Pharmaceuticals
4.4924 of 5 stars
$38.77
+1.7%
$60.65
+56.4%
-23.3%$6.12B$788M0.00800Short Interest ↓
Positive News
ALKS
Alkermes
4.6748 of 5 stars
$31.56
+0.3%
$35.42
+12.2%
+11.9%$5.11B$1.66B16.132,100Short Interest ↓
FOLD
Amicus Therapeutics
4.3966 of 5 stars
$9.94
+2.2%
$17.63
+77.3%
-22.2%$2.97B$399.36M0.00480
GERN
Geron
3.9243 of 5 stars
$3.96
+0.8%
$7.05
+78.0%
+69.3%$2.39B$240,000.000.00141Short Interest ↓
LGND
Ligand Pharmaceuticals
4.8918 of 5 stars
$115.85
-7.2%
$144.83
+25.0%
+81.6%$2.19B$131.31M49.7380Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
MNKD
MannKind
3.6398 of 5 stars
$6.68
-1.8%
$8.67
+29.7%
+59.1%$1.84B$198.96M97.14400News Coverage
CLDX
Celldex Therapeutics
3.0808 of 5 stars
$26.50
-1.0%
$62.25
+134.9%
-29.5%$1.76B$6.88M-10.42160Positive News
BCRX
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals
3.8977 of 5 stars
$7.68
+0.9%
$15.60
+103.1%
+20.5%$1.59B$331.41M0.00530Positive News
NVAX
Novavax
3.8975 of 5 stars
$9.15
+2.3%
$17.83
+94.9%
+70.9%$1.47B$983.71M0.001,543

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This page (NASDAQ:DVAX) was last updated on 12/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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