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$59.25 +0.84 (+1.44%)
Closing price 04/24/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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HALO vs. BIIB, UTHR, BMRN, INCY, NBIX, EXEL, EXAS, RGEN, MDGL, and IONS

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

Halozyme Therapeutics vs.

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

Biogen received 1290 more outperform votes than Halozyme Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.41% of users gave Biogen an outperform vote while only 69.47% of users gave Halozyme Therapeutics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Halozyme TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
528
69.47%
Underperform Votes
232
30.53%
BiogenOutperform Votes
1818
71.41%
Underperform Votes
728
28.59%

97.8% of Halozyme Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.9% of Biogen shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.9% of Halozyme Therapeutics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Biogen shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Biogen had 7 more articles in the media than Halozyme Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Biogen and 23 mentions for Halozyme Therapeutics. Halozyme Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Biogen's score of 0.91 indicating that Halozyme Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Halozyme Therapeutics
13 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Biogen
16 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Halozyme Therapeutics$1.02B7.21$281.59M$3.4317.27
Biogen$9.68B1.81$1.63B$11.1910.68

Halozyme Therapeutics currently has a consensus target price of $62.89, indicating a potential upside of 6.14%. Biogen has a consensus target price of $211.37, indicating a potential upside of 76.86%. Given Biogen's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Biogen is more favorable than Halozyme Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Halozyme Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
Biogen
0 Sell rating(s)
18 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.42

Halozyme Therapeutics has a net margin of 43.74% compared to Biogen's net margin of 16.87%. Halozyme Therapeutics' return on equity of 157.78% beat Biogen's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Halozyme Therapeutics43.74% 157.78% 25.34%
Biogen 16.87%14.98%8.76%

Halozyme Therapeutics has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Biogen has a beta of 0.06, indicating that its stock price is 94% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Halozyme Therapeutics beats Biogen on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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HALO vs. The Competition

MetricHalozyme TherapeuticsBiological Products IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$7.32B$2.93B$5.41B$7.70B
Dividend YieldN/A1.91%5.44%4.33%
P/E Ratio17.2730.4322.1818.31
Price / Sales7.21478.52397.31107.04
Price / Cash12.35168.6838.2034.62
Price / Book20.083.786.834.25
Net Income$281.59M-$72.06M$3.20B$247.51M
7 Day Performance0.78%11.17%5.77%6.86%
1 Month Performance-8.62%-4.87%-4.32%-2.95%
1 Year Performance54.06%-18.74%17.88%5.17%

Halozyme Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HALO
Halozyme Therapeutics
4.4083 of 5 stars
$59.25
+1.4%
$62.89
+6.1%
+51.5%$7.32B$1.02B17.27390News Coverage
BIIB
Biogen
4.767 of 5 stars
$116.49
-1.8%
$213.15
+83.0%
-40.8%$17.05B$9.68B10.418,720Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
UTHR
United Therapeutics
4.9313 of 5 stars
$284.25
-0.2%
$395.67
+39.2%
+25.1%$12.77B$2.88B12.48980Upcoming Earnings
Insider Trade
Positive News
BMRN
BioMarin Pharmaceutical
4.8932 of 5 stars
$58.65
-0.9%
$94.00
+60.3%
-31.2%$11.19B$2.85B26.663,080Upcoming Earnings
INCY
Incyte
4.8462 of 5 stars
$56.80
-2.4%
$74.69
+31.5%
+14.0%$10.99B$4.24B210.382,320Upcoming Earnings
NBIX
Neurocrine Biosciences
4.8243 of 5 stars
$100.68
-0.7%
$161.86
+60.8%
-23.9%$9.96B$2.36B30.601,200Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
EXEL
Exelixis
4.3066 of 5 stars
$35.59
-1.7%
$37.59
+5.6%
+56.9%$9.96B$2.17B20.111,220Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
EXAS
Exact Sciences
4.2766 of 5 stars
$43.10
+3.7%
$69.25
+60.7%
-27.9%$8.01B$2.76B-7.746,400Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
RGEN
Repligen
4.5559 of 5 stars
$131.64
+1.3%
$176.82
+34.3%
-13.5%$7.39B$634.44M-258.122,020Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
MDGL
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals
4.4875 of 5 stars
$295.02
-2.2%
$378.44
+28.3%
+56.3%$6.51B$180.13M-11.7690Analyst Forecast
Positive News
IONS
Ionis Pharmaceuticals
3.9772 of 5 stars
$28.51
+0.4%
$56.72
+99.0%
-30.3%$4.53B$705.14M-9.38800Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NASDAQ:HALO) was last updated on 4/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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