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Incyte (INCY) Competitors

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$71.93 -0.54 (-0.75%)
As of 01/17/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

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

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

Incyte vs.

Incyte (NASDAQ:INCY) and Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ALNY) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends and earnings.

97.0% of Incyte shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.0% of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.6% of Incyte shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Incyte received 85 more outperform votes than Alnylam Pharmaceuticals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.17% of users gave Alnylam Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote while only 72.62% of users gave Incyte an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
IncyteOutperform Votes
1223
72.62%
Underperform Votes
461
27.38%
Alnylam PharmaceuticalsOutperform Votes
1138
76.17%
Underperform Votes
356
23.83%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Incyte$3.70B3.75$597.60M$0.14513.82
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals$1.83B17.37-$440.24M-$2.62-94.00

In the previous week, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals had 3 more articles in the media than Incyte. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Alnylam Pharmaceuticals and 17 mentions for Incyte. Incyte's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Alnylam Pharmaceuticals' score of 0.76 indicating that Incyte is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Incyte
8 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Incyte has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.34, indicating that its share price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Incyte has a net margin of 0.80% compared to Alnylam Pharmaceuticals' net margin of -15.86%. Alnylam Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of 0.00% beat Incyte's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Incyte0.80% -0.63% -0.45%
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals -15.86%N/A -8.38%

Incyte currently has a consensus target price of $76.29, suggesting a potential upside of 6.07%. Alnylam Pharmaceuticals has a consensus target price of $298.61, suggesting a potential upside of 21.25%. Given Alnylam Pharmaceuticals' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Alnylam Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than Incyte.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Incyte
1 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.35
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
19 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.72

Summary

Incyte beats Alnylam Pharmaceuticals on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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INCY vs. The Competition

MetricIncyteCommercial physical research IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$13.86B$4.14B$5.21B$9.14B
Dividend YieldN/A1.82%5.13%4.02%
P/E Ratio513.8252.2789.1817.36
Price / Sales3.7544.711,240.0477.11
Price / Cash28.9723.2643.7535.97
Price / Book3.113.335.314.79
Net Income$597.60M$139.50M$122.54M$225.00M
7 Day Performance-0.61%-0.36%0.59%2.62%
1 Month Performance4.49%-3.53%2.55%3.81%
1 Year Performance16.98%18.90%25.29%20.10%

Incyte Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
INCY
Incyte
4.7782 of 5 stars
$71.93
-0.7%
$76.29
+6.1%
+17.0%$13.86B$3.70B513.822,524Short Interest ↓
ALNY
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
4.4417 of 5 stars
$261.49
+9.9%
$298.61
+14.2%
+33.8%$33.73B$2.09B-99.812,100Analyst Revision
BIIB
Biogen
4.7142 of 5 stars
$149.49
+0.5%
$230.00
+53.9%
-43.8%$21.78B$9.61B13.508,720
UTHR
United Therapeutics
4.92 of 5 stars
$365.50
+0.1%
$378.36
+3.5%
+64.8%$16.32B$2.76B16.05980Positive News
NBIX
Neurocrine Biosciences
4.9048 of 5 stars
$142.68
+1.3%
$164.81
+15.5%
+4.3%$14.45B$2.24B38.251,200Insider Trade
BMRN
BioMarin Pharmaceutical
4.9986 of 5 stars
$66.97
-0.6%
$94.20
+40.7%
-33.3%$12.76B$2.75B40.103,401Options Volume
EXAS
Exact Sciences
4.797 of 5 stars
$57.82
+2.3%
$72.94
+26.1%
-21.4%$10.70B$2.69B-49.426,600
EXEL
Exelixis
4.6009 of 5 stars
$35.35
-1.9%
$33.75
-4.5%
+61.0%$10.10B$2.08B22.661,310Analyst Revision
RGEN
Repligen
3.7251 of 5 stars
$158.35
+2.3%
$185.20
+17.0%
-9.8%$8.87B$639.92M-427.962,020
HALO
Halozyme Therapeutics
4.6444 of 5 stars
$54.38
+3.0%
$60.89
+12.0%
+60.5%$6.92B$947.36M18.01390Short Interest ↑
MDGL
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals
4.5411 of 5 stars
$299.25
-11.7%
$350.83
+17.2%
+29.7%$6.53B$76.81M-11.9390Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:INCY) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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