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GILD vs. AMGN, VRTX, REGN, ALNY, BIIB, UTHR, INCY, BMRN, EXEL, and NBIX

Should you be buying Gilead Sciences stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gilead Sciences include Amgen (AMGN), Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX), Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (REGN), Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY), Biogen (BIIB), United Therapeutics (UTHR), Incyte (INCY), BioMarin Pharmaceutical (BMRN), Exelixis (EXEL), and Neurocrine Biosciences (NBIX). These companies are all part of the "biotechnology" industry.

Gilead Sciences vs.

Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) and Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ:GILD) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, community ranking and earnings.

In the previous week, Amgen had 41 more articles in the media than Gilead Sciences. MarketBeat recorded 75 mentions for Amgen and 34 mentions for Gilead Sciences. Gilead Sciences' average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Amgen's score of 0.97 indicating that Gilead Sciences is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Amgen
46 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
11 Neutral mention(s)
11 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Gilead Sciences
27 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

76.5% of Amgen shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.7% of Gilead Sciences shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Amgen shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Gilead Sciences shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Amgen has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gilead Sciences has a beta of 0.32, indicating that its stock price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Amgen has a net margin of 12.24% compared to Gilead Sciences' net margin of 1.67%. Amgen's return on equity of 176.32% beat Gilead Sciences' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Amgen12.24% 176.32% 11.71%
Gilead Sciences 1.67%31.63%10.38%

Amgen pays an annual dividend of $9.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Gilead Sciences pays an annual dividend of $3.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Amgen pays out 126.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Gilead Sciences pays out 854.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Amgen has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Amgen is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Amgen$33.42B4.73$4.09B$7.5538.93
Gilead Sciences$28.75B4.61$480M$0.37287.84

Amgen currently has a consensus price target of $314.91, suggesting a potential upside of 7.14%. Gilead Sciences has a consensus price target of $105.12, suggesting a potential downside of 1.30%. Given Amgen's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Amgen is more favorable than Gilead Sciences.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Amgen
2 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.48
Gilead Sciences
0 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.72

Gilead Sciences received 929 more outperform votes than Amgen when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.87% of users gave Gilead Sciences an outperform vote while only 71.83% of users gave Amgen an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AmgenOutperform Votes
1553
71.83%
Underperform Votes
609
28.17%
Gilead SciencesOutperform Votes
2482
76.87%
Underperform Votes
747
23.13%

Summary

Amgen beats Gilead Sciences on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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GILD vs. The Competition

MetricGilead SciencesBiological Products IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$132.61B$2.90B$5.35B$7.58B
Dividend Yield3.12%1.91%5.11%4.33%
P/E Ratio287.8430.3721.7117.78
Price / Sales4.61438.19381.2594.51
Price / Cash12.66168.6838.1534.64
Price / Book6.903.456.443.99
Net Income$480M-$72.06M$3.20B$247.24M
7 Day Performance3.21%8.60%9.07%8.29%
1 Month Performance-4.43%-17.45%-6.04%-5.37%
1 Year Performance57.20%-29.74%10.79%-0.24%

Gilead Sciences Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GILD
Gilead Sciences
4.5343 of 5 stars
$106.50
+2.8%
$105.12
-1.3%
+56.5%$132.61B$28.75B287.8417,000Positive News
AMGN
Amgen
4.265 of 5 stars
$291.75
-0.9%
$314.04
+7.6%
+10.0%$157.30B$33.42B38.7828,000Analyst Forecast
VRTX
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
4.1048 of 5 stars
$478.54
+0.8%
$509.17
+6.4%
+25.0%$123.08B$11.02B-217.876,100Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
Positive News
REGN
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
4.8742 of 5 stars
$574.76
+0.2%
$966.88
+68.2%
-36.9%$63.24B$14.20B15.1111,900Analyst Forecast
Positive News
ALNY
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
4.5031 of 5 stars
$235.81
+0.0%
$316.25
+34.1%
+61.6%$30.41B$2.25B-107.742,000
BIIB
Biogen
4.7008 of 5 stars
$120.16
-2.3%
$213.33
+77.5%
-39.8%$17.62B$9.68B10.768,720
UTHR
United Therapeutics
4.9044 of 5 stars
$291.12
-0.5%
$388.25
+33.4%
+22.2%$13.05B$2.88B12.76980Positive News
INCY
Incyte
4.8347 of 5 stars
$60.68
+0.2%
$74.88
+23.4%
+10.0%$11.78B$4.24B225.452,320
BMRN
BioMarin Pharmaceutical
4.8914 of 5 stars
$59.12
-1.9%
$94.00
+59.0%
-35.3%$11.26B$2.85B26.843,401Gap Up
EXEL
Exelixis
4.2527 of 5 stars
$34.80
+0.7%
$37.59
+8.0%
+56.7%$9.73B$2.17B19.641,220Positive News
Gap Down
NBIX
Neurocrine Biosciences
4.8404 of 5 stars
$92.42
-3.4%
$163.52
+76.9%
-29.5%$9.21B$2.36B28.071,200Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
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