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Galapagos (GLPG) Competitors

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$27.12 +0.21 (+0.78%)
(As of 12/17/2024 ET)

GLPG vs. LNTH, LEGN, NUVL, BPMC, ELAN, CYTK, TGTX, VKTX, BBIO, and CRNX

Should you be buying Galapagos stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Galapagos include Lantheus (LNTH), Legend Biotech (LEGN), Nuvalent (NUVL), Blueprint Medicines (BPMC), Elanco Animal Health (ELAN), Cytokinetics (CYTK), TG Therapeutics (TGTX), Viking Therapeutics (VKTX), BridgeBio Pharma (BBIO), and Crinetics Pharmaceuticals (CRNX). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Galapagos vs.

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

Lantheus presently has a consensus price target of $130.00, indicating a potential upside of 40.30%. Galapagos has a consensus price target of $30.75, indicating a potential upside of 13.38%. Given Lantheus' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Lantheus is more favorable than Galapagos.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Lantheus
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86
Galapagos
2 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.71

In the previous week, Galapagos had 5 more articles in the media than Lantheus. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Galapagos and 4 mentions for Lantheus. Lantheus' average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat Galapagos' score of 0.56 indicating that Lantheus is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Lantheus
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Galapagos
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Galapagos received 128 more outperform votes than Lantheus when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.76% of users gave Lantheus an outperform vote while only 64.10% of users gave Galapagos an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
LantheusOutperform Votes
338
65.76%
Underperform Votes
176
34.24%
GalapagosOutperform Votes
466
64.10%
Underperform Votes
261
35.90%

99.1% of Lantheus shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.5% of Galapagos shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Lantheus shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Galapagos shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Lantheus has a net margin of 28.57% compared to Galapagos' net margin of 0.00%. Lantheus' return on equity of 44.29% beat Galapagos' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Lantheus28.57% 44.29% 23.52%
Galapagos N/A N/A N/A

Lantheus has higher revenue and earnings than Galapagos.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Lantheus$1.50B4.30$326.66M$6.0115.42
Galapagos$260.09M6.87$229.12MN/AN/A

Lantheus has a beta of 0.45, meaning that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Galapagos has a beta of 0.23, meaning that its share price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Lantheus beats Galapagos on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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GLPG vs. The Competition

MetricGalapagosPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.79B$6.87B$5.18B$9.31B
Dividend YieldN/A3.06%4.78%4.06%
P/E RatioN/A10.80127.8817.55
Price / Sales6.87286.451,262.65139.48
Price / Cash41.9356.6541.1037.95
Price / Book0.595.394.894.92
Net Income$229.12M$152.04M$119.61M$225.78M
7 Day Performance-0.33%-5.54%14.55%-1.47%
1 Month Performance1.19%0.33%17.43%5.36%
1 Year Performance-31.60%16.04%35.33%22.71%

Galapagos Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GLPG
Galapagos
0.74 of 5 stars
$27.12
+0.8%
$30.75
+13.4%
-31.6%$1.79B$260.09M0.001,123
LNTH
Lantheus
4.4014 of 5 stars
$94.27
+1.3%
$130.00
+37.9%
+21.9%$6.55B$1.50B15.42834Positive News
LEGN
Legend Biotech
1.6722 of 5 stars
$33.83
-3.7%
$81.54
+141.0%
-43.4%$6.18B$520.18M-36.971,800
NUVL
Nuvalent
2.3399 of 5 stars
$86.65
-0.2%
$112.60
+29.9%
+9.7%$6.16BN/A-25.0340Positive News
BPMC
Blueprint Medicines
2.9172 of 5 stars
$95.39
+2.4%
$122.11
+28.0%
+9.7%$6.06B$249.38M-44.17640Insider Trade
Short Interest ↑
ELAN
Elanco Animal Health
4.2802 of 5 stars
$12.09
-0.1%
$16.75
+38.5%
-10.5%$5.98B$4.45B30.259,300
CYTK
Cytokinetics
3.9849 of 5 stars
$49.17
+1.1%
$83.93
+70.7%
+32.5%$5.80B$3.22M-9.04250
TGTX
TG Therapeutics
3.8084 of 5 stars
$34.78
+8.6%
$40.67
+16.9%
+81.7%$5.41B$233.66M-320.17290Positive News
VKTX
Viking Therapeutics
4.2772 of 5 stars
$48.07
+2.2%
$106.75
+122.1%
+147.1%$5.36BN/A-51.5620
BBIO
BridgeBio Pharma
4.7325 of 5 stars
$27.86
+1.3%
$47.69
+71.2%
-29.3%$5.27B$217.77M-11.63400Analyst Forecast
CRNX
Crinetics Pharmaceuticals
4.2142 of 5 stars
$54.10
+0.8%
$70.82
+30.9%
+60.7%$5.02B$1.04M-14.39210Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:GLPG) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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