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Exelixis (EXEL) Competitors

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$33.29 -0.39 (-1.16%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM ET)

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

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

Exelixis vs.

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

In the previous week, Exelixis had 13 more articles in the media than Alnylam Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Exelixis and 12 mentions for Alnylam Pharmaceuticals. Exelixis' average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Alnylam Pharmaceuticals' score of 0.62 indicating that Exelixis 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
Exelixis
10 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

93.0% of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.3% of Exelixis shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Exelixis shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Exelixis has a net margin of 22.43% compared to Alnylam Pharmaceuticals' net margin of -15.86%. Exelixis' return on equity of 20.99% beat Alnylam Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals-15.86% N/A -8.38%
Exelixis 22.43%20.99%16.07%

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals received 535 more outperform votes than Exelixis when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.16% of users gave Alnylam Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote while only 68.38% of users gave Exelixis an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Alnylam PharmaceuticalsOutperform Votes
1134
76.16%
Underperform Votes
355
23.84%
ExelixisOutperform Votes
599
68.38%
Underperform Votes
277
31.62%

Exelixis has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Alnylam Pharmaceuticals. Alnylam Pharmaceuticals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Exelixis, 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
Exelixis$2.08B4.57$207.76M$1.5621.34

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals presently has a consensus target price of $298.09, suggesting a potential upside of 21.45%. Exelixis has a consensus target price of $32.44, suggesting a potential downside of 2.56%. Given Alnylam Pharmaceuticals' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Alnylam Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than Exelixis.

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
Exelixis
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.32, suggesting that its stock price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Exelixis has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Exelixis 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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EXEL vs. The Competition

MetricExelixisBiological Products IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$9.51B$2.94B$5.12B$9.07B
Dividend YieldN/A1.90%4.91%4.22%
P/E Ratio21.3446.7391.3417.19
Price / Sales4.57411.851,116.59116.80
Price / Cash46.00182.1042.6437.86
Price / Book4.463.894.794.78
Net Income$207.76M-$42.21M$120.07M$225.60M
7 Day Performance-4.97%-2.14%-1.89%-1.24%
1 Month Performance-4.43%4.21%11.45%3.36%
1 Year Performance41.78%18.40%30.61%16.58%

Exelixis Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EXEL
Exelixis
4.5106 of 5 stars
$33.29
-1.2%
$32.44
-2.6%
+43.4%$9.51B$2.08B21.341,310Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
ALNY
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
4.4132 of 5 stars
$246.53
+0.4%
$298.09
+20.9%
+37.1%$31.80B$1.83B-93.682,100Analyst Upgrade
BIIB
Biogen
4.6302 of 5 stars
$151.25
+0.8%
$245.32
+62.2%
-41.0%$22.04B$9.61B13.697,570Analyst Downgrade
UTHR
United Therapeutics
4.7129 of 5 stars
$370.95
+2.5%
$370.86
0.0%
+59.5%$16.56B$2.76B16.221,168Analyst Downgrade
Insider Trade
Positive News
NBIX
Neurocrine Biosciences
4.8286 of 5 stars
$134.00
+5.8%
$165.00
+23.1%
+12.6%$13.57B$2.24B35.791,400Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Positive News
INCY
Incyte
4.7054 of 5 stars
$70.38
+2.7%
$76.13
+8.2%
+13.3%$13.56B$4.08B489.642,524Analyst Forecast
BMRN
BioMarin Pharmaceutical
4.9845 of 5 stars
$66.07
+0.1%
$94.20
+42.6%
-29.1%$12.59B$2.75B39.533,401Positive News
EXAS
Exact Sciences
4.4914 of 5 stars
$60.48
-1.3%
$72.94
+20.6%
-11.7%$11.19B$2.50B-52.356,600
RGEN
Repligen
4.101 of 5 stars
$160.24
+2.4%
$190.25
+18.7%
-19.7%$8.98B$639.92M-422.731,783Analyst Forecast
Positive News
MDGL
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals
4.239 of 5 stars
$310.87
+2.1%
$347.33
+11.7%
+39.5%$6.78BN/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:EXEL) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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