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Galapagos (GLPG) Competitors

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$26.80 -1.10 (-3.94%)
(As of 11/15/2024 ET)

GLPG vs. LEGN, ELAN, VKTX, CYTK, BPMC, NUVL, LNTH, KRYS, ACLX, and ADMA

Should you be buying Galapagos stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Galapagos include Legend Biotech (LEGN), Elanco Animal Health (ELAN), Viking Therapeutics (VKTX), Cytokinetics (CYTK), Blueprint Medicines (BPMC), Nuvalent (NUVL), Lantheus (LNTH), Krystal Biotech (KRYS), Arcellx (ACLX), and ADMA Biologics (ADMA). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Galapagos vs.

Galapagos (NASDAQ:GLPG) and Legend Biotech (NASDAQ:LEGN) are both medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends and institutional ownership.

Galapagos received 386 more outperform votes than Legend Biotech when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.80% of users gave Legend Biotech an outperform vote while only 64.19% of users gave Galapagos an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
GalapagosOutperform Votes
466
64.19%
Underperform Votes
260
35.81%
Legend BiotechOutperform Votes
80
70.80%
Underperform Votes
33
29.20%

Galapagos has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Legend Biotech.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Galapagos$259.40M6.81$229.12MN/AN/A
Legend Biotech$285.14M24.42-$518.25M-$0.95-40.20

Galapagos has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Legend Biotech's net margin of -66.92%. Galapagos' return on equity of 0.00% beat Legend Biotech's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
GalapagosN/A N/A N/A
Legend Biotech -66.92%-29.69%-19.45%

Galapagos has a beta of 0.22, suggesting that its stock price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Legend Biotech has a beta of 0.11, suggesting that its stock price is 89% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Galapagos presently has a consensus price target of $30.75, suggesting a potential upside of 14.74%. Legend Biotech has a consensus price target of $81.46, suggesting a potential upside of 113.31%. Given Legend Biotech's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Legend Biotech is more favorable than Galapagos.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Galapagos
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.83
Legend Biotech
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

32.5% of Galapagos shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.9% of Legend Biotech shares are held by institutional investors. 2.9% of Galapagos shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Legend Biotech shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Legend Biotech had 28 more articles in the media than Galapagos. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Legend Biotech and 5 mentions for Galapagos. Galapagos' average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Legend Biotech's score of 0.21 indicating that Galapagos is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Galapagos
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Legend Biotech
5 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Galapagos and Legend Biotech tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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GLPG vs. The Competition

MetricGalapagosPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.77B$6.49B$5.13B$8.74B
Dividend YieldN/A8.15%5.18%4.07%
P/E RatioN/A4.8266.7313.27
Price / Sales6.81374.171,265.2981.14
Price / Cash41.1651.8140.2135.77
Price / Book0.569.636.455.92
Net Income$229.12M$154.43M$119.73M$225.73M
7 Day Performance-0.96%-9.46%-5.13%-1.34%
1 Month Performance-11.38%-7.27%-2.71%1.15%
1 Year Performance-28.55%28.13%31.08%24.02%

Galapagos Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GLPG
Galapagos
1.6033 of 5 stars
$26.80
-3.9%
$30.75
+14.7%
-27.5%$1.77B$259.40M0.001,123Short Interest ↓
LEGN
Legend Biotech
1.8575 of 5 stars
$40.04
+0.0%
N/A-39.9%$7.30B$455.99M-51.331,800Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
ELAN
Elanco Animal Health
3.5205 of 5 stars
$14.27
+1.4%
N/A+21.5%$7.05B$4.42B35.669,300Short Interest ↑
VKTX
Viking Therapeutics
4.5098 of 5 stars
$62.97
-8.0%
N/A+370.8%$7.02BN/A-67.7120
CYTK
Cytokinetics
4.0709 of 5 stars
$58.62
+1.1%
N/A+58.5%$6.90B$7.53M-10.90250Insider Selling
BPMC
Blueprint Medicines
3.0804 of 5 stars
$99.87
-1.0%
N/A+41.6%$6.34B$249.38M-47.33640Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
NUVL
Nuvalent
3.1096 of 5 stars
$94.39
-1.1%
N/A+49.7%$6.12BN/A-33.9540Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
LNTH
Lantheus
4.6074 of 5 stars
$84.08
-3.9%
N/A+12.7%$5.85B$1.30B13.99834Gap Down
High Trading Volume
KRYS
Krystal Biotech
4.7252 of 5 stars
$195.87
-1.9%
N/A+73.6%$5.63B$50.70M110.66229
ACLX
Arcellx
2.8644 of 5 stars
$106.53
+3.4%
N/A+68.4%$5.54B$110.32M-150.04130Analyst Forecast
Insider Selling
Short Interest ↓
ADMA
ADMA Biologics
3.6392 of 5 stars
$22.48
-0.6%
N/A+399.7%$5.27B$258.21M80.29530Gap Up

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This page (NASDAQ:GLPG) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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