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$59.40 +3.29 (+5.86%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:51 PM ET)

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

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

Exact Sciences vs.

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

Exact Sciences has a net margin of -7.95% compared to Alnylam Pharmaceuticals' net margin of -15.86%. Alnylam Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of 0.00% beat Exact Sciences' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals-15.86% N/A -8.38%
Exact Sciences -7.95%-6.17%-2.98%

In the previous week, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals had 8 more articles in the media than Exact Sciences. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Alnylam Pharmaceuticals and 4 mentions for Exact Sciences. Exact Sciences' average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Alnylam Pharmaceuticals' score of 0.62 indicating that Exact Sciences is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Exact Sciences
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals$2.09B15.11-$440.24M-$2.62-93.68
Exact Sciences$2.69B4.08-$204.15M-$1.17-50.77

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.32, indicating that its share price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Exact Sciences has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

93.0% of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.8% of Exact Sciences shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Exact Sciences 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.

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals currently has a consensus price target of $298.09, suggesting a potential upside of 21.45%. Exact Sciences has a consensus price target of $72.94, suggesting a potential upside of 22.79%. Given Exact Sciences' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Exact Sciences is more favorable than Alnylam Pharmaceuticals.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
18 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71
Exact Sciences
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.94

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals received 155 more outperform votes than Exact Sciences when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.16% of users gave Alnylam Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote while only 73.01% of users gave Exact Sciences an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Alnylam PharmaceuticalsOutperform Votes
1134
76.16%
Underperform Votes
355
23.84%
Exact SciencesOutperform Votes
979
73.01%
Underperform Votes
362
26.99%

Summary

Exact Sciences beats Alnylam Pharmaceuticals on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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EXAS vs. The Competition

MetricExact SciencesMedical laboratories IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$10.99B$2.93B$5.13B$9.07B
Dividend YieldN/A15.63%5.08%4.23%
P/E Ratio-50.7716.0289.5817.17
Price / Sales4.08284.461,116.12116.95
Price / Cash3,708.60472.1142.8237.86
Price / Book3.425.194.774.78
Net Income-$204.15M-$32.86M$120.15M$225.60M
7 Day Performance-3.02%-3.01%-1.92%-1.23%
1 Month Performance11.26%2.96%11.47%3.36%
1 Year Performance-16.84%12.37%30.54%16.60%

Exact Sciences Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EXAS
Exact Sciences
4.4914 of 5 stars
$59.40
+5.9%
$72.94
+22.8%
-11.7%$10.99B$2.69B-50.776,600
ALNY
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
4.4132 of 5 stars
$245.31
-0.1%
$298.09
+21.5%
+37.1%$31.64B$1.83B-93.682,100Analyst Upgrade
BIIB
Biogen
4.6302 of 5 stars
$150.99
+0.6%
$245.32
+62.5%
-41.0%$22.00B$9.61B13.697,570Analyst Downgrade
UTHR
United Therapeutics
4.7129 of 5 stars
$370.79
+2.5%
$370.86
+0.0%
+59.5%$16.55B$2.76B16.221,168Analyst Downgrade
Insider Trade
Positive News
NBIX
Neurocrine Biosciences
4.8286 of 5 stars
$134.40
+6.1%
$165.00
+22.8%
+12.6%$13.61B$2.24B35.791,400Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Positive News
INCY
Incyte
4.7054 of 5 stars
$70.46
+2.8%
$76.13
+8.0%
+13.3%$13.57B$4.08B489.642,524Analyst Forecast
BMRN
BioMarin Pharmaceutical
4.9845 of 5 stars
$65.89
-0.2%
$94.20
+43.0%
-29.1%$12.56B$2.75B39.533,401Positive News
EXEL
Exelixis
4.5106 of 5 stars
$36.02
+2.8%
$31.47
-12.6%
+43.4%$10.29B$2.08B22.461,310Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
RGEN
Repligen
4.101 of 5 stars
$159.52
+2.0%
$190.25
+19.3%
-19.7%$8.94B$639.92M-422.731,783Analyst Forecast
Positive News
MDGL
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals
4.2396 of 5 stars
$309.23
+1.6%
$347.33
+12.3%
+39.5%$6.74BN/A-12.1490Positive News
HALO
Halozyme Therapeutics
4.9948 of 5 stars
$48.39
+0.8%
$61.11
+26.3%
+29.1%$6.16B$947.36M15.98390Analyst Forecast
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:EXAS) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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