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Ionis Pharmaceuticals (IONS) Competitors

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$38.76
+0.37 (+0.96%)
(As of 11/1/2024 ET)

IONS vs. JAZZ, BHVN, RARE, PRGO, BHC, UTHR, BMRN, EXAS, INCY, and NBIX

Should you be buying Ionis Pharmaceuticals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ionis Pharmaceuticals include Jazz Pharmaceuticals (JAZZ), Biohaven (BHVN), Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical (RARE), Perrigo (PRGO), Bausch Health Companies (BHC), United Therapeutics (UTHR), BioMarin Pharmaceutical (BMRN), Exact Sciences (EXAS), Incyte (INCY), and Neurocrine Biosciences (NBIX). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Ionis Pharmaceuticals vs.

Jazz Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:JAZZ) and Ionis Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:IONS) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, profitability and media sentiment.

Jazz Pharmaceuticals has a net margin of 10.10% compared to Ionis Pharmaceuticals' net margin of -44.90%. Jazz Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of 28.65% beat Ionis Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Jazz Pharmaceuticals10.10% 28.65% 9.29%
Ionis Pharmaceuticals -44.90%-115.66%-12.83%

Jazz Pharmaceuticals received 425 more outperform votes than Ionis Pharmaceuticals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.62% of users gave Jazz Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote while only 60.21% of users gave Ionis Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Jazz PharmaceuticalsOutperform Votes
1115
80.62%
Underperform Votes
268
19.38%
Ionis PharmaceuticalsOutperform Votes
690
60.21%
Underperform Votes
456
39.79%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Jazz Pharmaceuticals$3.83B1.78$414.83M$5.8218.98
Ionis Pharmaceuticals$788M7.19-$366.29M-$2.52-15.38

89.1% of Jazz Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.9% of Ionis Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. 4.2% of Jazz Pharmaceuticals shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Ionis Pharmaceuticals shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Jazz Pharmaceuticals presently has a consensus price target of $173.43, suggesting a potential upside of 57.02%. Ionis Pharmaceuticals has a consensus price target of $60.28, suggesting a potential upside of 55.52%. Given Jazz Pharmaceuticals' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Jazz Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than Ionis Pharmaceuticals.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Jazz Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.79
Ionis Pharmaceuticals
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.65

In the previous week, Jazz Pharmaceuticals had 2 more articles in the media than Ionis Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Jazz Pharmaceuticals and 7 mentions for Ionis Pharmaceuticals. Jazz Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Ionis Pharmaceuticals' score of 0.69 indicating that Jazz Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Jazz Pharmaceuticals
4 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Ionis Pharmaceuticals
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Jazz Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ionis Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.38, suggesting that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Jazz Pharmaceuticals beats Ionis Pharmaceuticals on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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IONS vs. The Competition

MetricIonis PharmaceuticalsPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$5.67B$7.02B$5.40B$8.53B
Dividend YieldN/A7.96%5.13%4.14%
P/E Ratio-15.389.74115.4815.20
Price / Sales7.19381.431,483.2092.69
Price / CashN/A47.3339.6534.06
Price / Book14.365.324.665.02
Net Income-$366.29M$153.56M$119.06M$225.46M
7 Day Performance-1.10%0.12%0.80%0.37%
1 Month Performance-1.57%15.23%5.66%3.57%
1 Year Performance-11.37%41.16%36.76%29.43%

Ionis Pharmaceuticals Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IONS
Ionis Pharmaceuticals
4.2376 of 5 stars
$38.76
+1.0%
$60.28
+55.5%
-14.4%$5.67B$788M-15.38800Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
JAZZ
Jazz Pharmaceuticals
4.7869 of 5 stars
$109.55
+1.4%
$173.43
+58.3%
-13.3%$6.76B$3.83B18.822,800Upcoming Earnings
BHVN
Biohaven
2.6476 of 5 stars
$52.84
+0.9%
$61.92
+17.2%
+72.5%$4.67B$462.51M-5.77239
RARE
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical
4.1907 of 5 stars
$53.82
-1.8%
$85.08
+58.1%
+41.5%$4.47B$481.30M-7.371,276Upcoming Earnings
PRGO
Perrigo
4.9062 of 5 stars
$25.09
+0.0%
$37.00
+47.5%
-6.9%$3.42B$4.43B-27.279,140Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
BHC
Bausch Health Companies
3.925 of 5 stars
$8.04
-1.0%
$7.33
-8.8%
+38.1%$2.90B$9.20B-6.2820,270Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
News Coverage
UTHR
United Therapeutics
4.5029 of 5 stars
$348.65
-0.4%
$361.33
+3.6%
+66.9%$15.46B$2.62B16.021,168Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Insider Selling
News Coverage
Positive News
BMRN
BioMarin Pharmaceutical
4.9752 of 5 stars
$69.73
-0.9%
$96.40
+38.2%
-20.7%$13.24B$2.59B52.433,401Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
EXAS
Exact Sciences
4.2461 of 5 stars
$69.11
-1.6%
$78.38
+13.4%
+9.9%$13.04B$2.50B-71.996,600Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
INCY
Incyte
4.1272 of 5 stars
$65.07
-0.3%
$73.42
+12.8%
+40.0%$12.53B$3.70B180.752,524Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
NBIX
Neurocrine Biosciences
4.9511 of 5 stars
$116.08
+0.5%
$163.91
+41.2%
+9.6%$11.72B$1.89B35.071,400Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:IONS) was last updated on 11/2/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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