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Incyte (INCY) Competitors

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

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

Incyte vs. Its Competitors

AbbVie (NYSE:ABBV) and Incyte (NASDAQ:INCY) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, valuation and institutional ownership.

AbbVie has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Incyte has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

AbbVie has a net margin of 7.31% compared to Incyte's net margin of 0.48%. AbbVie's return on equity of 412.03% beat Incyte's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
AbbVie7.31% 412.03% 13.11%
Incyte 0.48%2.77%1.77%

AbbVie has higher revenue and earnings than Incyte. AbbVie 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
AbbVie$56.33B5.97$4.28B$2.3581.08
Incyte$4.24B3.16$32.62M$0.32216.34

In the previous week, AbbVie had 83 more articles in the media than Incyte. MarketBeat recorded 112 mentions for AbbVie and 29 mentions for Incyte. AbbVie's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Incyte's score of 0.17 indicating that AbbVie is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
AbbVie
69 Very Positive mention(s)
9 Positive mention(s)
16 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
3 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Incyte
12 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

AbbVie presently has a consensus target price of $211.29, suggesting a potential upside of 10.89%. Incyte has a consensus target price of $74.47, suggesting a potential upside of 7.56%. Given AbbVie's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe AbbVie is more favorable than Incyte.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
AbbVie
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
16 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.81
Incyte
1 Sell rating(s)
12 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.22

70.2% of AbbVie shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.0% of Incyte shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of AbbVie shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.8% of Incyte shares are owned by company 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.

Summary

AbbVie beats Incyte on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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INCY vs. The Competition

MetricIncyteMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$13.21B$2.91B$5.52B$9.32B
Dividend YieldN/A2.46%4.25%4.05%
P/E Ratio216.3520.3628.1519.68
Price / Sales3.16302.56437.63100.28
Price / Cash123.2842.3835.5357.53
Price / Book3.877.768.235.67
Net Income$32.62M-$55.11M$3.23B$257.51M
7 Day Performance0.74%0.95%-0.01%0.52%
1 Month Performance-2.79%8.44%5.61%8.84%
1 Year Performance8.17%-2.38%26.52%14.18%

Incyte Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
INCY
Incyte
4.6752 of 5 stars
$69.23
+1.4%
$74.47
+7.6%
+6.2%$13.21B$4.24B216.352,617Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
ABBV
AbbVie
4.8383 of 5 stars
$187.44
-1.0%
$211.29
+12.7%
+11.0%$331.09B$56.33B79.7655,000Trending News
Analyst Revision
ALNY
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
4.1481 of 5 stars
$324.13
-2.3%
$341.91
+5.5%
+21.4%$42.26B$2.25B-155.092,230News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
BIIB
Biogen
4.9072 of 5 stars
$130.13
-2.1%
$188.48
+44.8%
-42.5%$19.07B$9.68B12.857,605Trending News
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
UTHR
United Therapeutics
4.9873 of 5 stars
$290.39
-1.4%
$386.15
+33.0%
-10.4%$13.10B$2.88B11.591,305Positive News
Insider Trade
NBIX
Neurocrine Biosciences
4.4783 of 5 stars
$127.88
-1.0%
$162.00
+26.7%
-11.0%$12.66B$2.36B43.351,800Trending News
Analyst Revision
EXEL
Exelixis
4.7568 of 5 stars
$44.16
-4.3%
$43.56
-1.4%
+95.4%$12.04B$2.17B20.071,147Analyst Forecast
BMRN
BioMarin Pharmaceutical
4.9843 of 5 stars
$57.41
-0.2%
$93.61
+63.1%
-33.1%$11.01B$2.85B21.343,040Positive News
Analyst Forecast
EXAS
Exact Sciences
4.6736 of 5 stars
$52.48
-1.6%
$70.40
+34.1%
+12.6%$9.90B$2.76B-9.527,000
RGEN
Repligen
4.6647 of 5 stars
$124.43
-2.4%
$172.83
+38.9%
-3.7%$6.99B$634.44M-276.511,778Positive News
HALO
Halozyme Therapeutics
4.8399 of 5 stars
$54.22
+0.4%
$61.90
+14.2%
+7.7%$6.68B$1.02B14.42390Positive News
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:INCY) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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