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MYGN vs. IONS, FOLD, LGND, BCRX, DVAX, GERN, CLDX, MNKD, NVAX, and INVA

Should you be buying Myriad Genetics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Myriad Genetics include Ionis Pharmaceuticals (IONS), Amicus Therapeutics (FOLD), Ligand Pharmaceuticals (LGND), BioCryst Pharmaceuticals (BCRX), Dynavax Technologies (DVAX), Geron (GERN), Celldex Therapeutics (CLDX), MannKind (MNKD), Novavax (NVAX), and Innoviva (INVA). These companies are all part of the "biotechnology" industry.

Myriad Genetics vs.

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

In the previous week, Ionis Pharmaceuticals had 24 more articles in the media than Myriad Genetics. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Ionis Pharmaceuticals and 6 mentions for Myriad Genetics. Myriad Genetics' average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Ionis Pharmaceuticals' score of 0.25 indicating that Myriad Genetics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Ionis Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.34, meaning that its stock price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Myriad Genetics has a beta of 1.88, meaning that its stock price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Ionis Pharmaceuticals currently has a consensus target price of $60.00, suggesting a potential upside of 85.60%. Myriad Genetics has a consensus target price of $22.54, suggesting a potential upside of 58.82%. Given Ionis Pharmaceuticals' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Ionis Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than Myriad Genetics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ionis Pharmaceuticals
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.70
Myriad Genetics
3 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.07

Ionis Pharmaceuticals received 227 more outperform votes than Myriad Genetics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.36% of users gave Ionis Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote while only 52.97% of users gave Myriad Genetics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Ionis PharmaceuticalsOutperform Votes
699
60.36%
Underperform Votes
459
39.64%
Myriad GeneticsOutperform Votes
472
52.97%
Underperform Votes
419
47.03%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ionis Pharmaceuticals$705.14M7.29-$366.29M-$3.04-10.63
Myriad Genetics$823.60M1.57-$263.30M-$1.30-10.92

Myriad Genetics has a net margin of -14.09% compared to Ionis Pharmaceuticals' net margin of -64.25%. Myriad Genetics' return on equity of -4.51% beat Ionis Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ionis Pharmaceuticals-64.25% -100.05% -15.70%
Myriad Genetics -14.09%-4.51%-3.07%

93.9% of Ionis Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.0% of Myriad Genetics shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of Ionis Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Myriad Genetics shares are owned by company 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.

Summary

Ionis Pharmaceuticals beats Myriad Genetics on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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MYGN vs. The Competition

MetricMyriad GeneticsDiagnostic substances IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.29B$2.60B$5.84B$9.13B
Dividend YieldN/A0.75%4.75%3.86%
P/E Ratio-10.925.5526.8119.21
Price / Sales1.5759.81428.4069.50
Price / CashN/A15.7538.0134.83
Price / Book1.493.287.644.62
Net Income-$263.30M-$65.73M$3.19B$246.06M
7 Day Performance-2.53%-4.01%-2.13%-2.63%
1 Month Performance11.21%-8.51%-1.11%-2.57%
1 Year Performance-37.54%-21.19%15.71%12.71%

Myriad Genetics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MYGN
Myriad Genetics
3.9372 of 5 stars
$14.19
-5.3%
$22.54
+58.8%
-38.6%$1.29B$823.60M-10.922,700Analyst Downgrade
IONS
Ionis Pharmaceuticals
4.4172 of 5 stars
$31.04
+2.3%
$60.65
+95.4%
-26.5%$4.90B$788M-12.72800Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
FOLD
Amicus Therapeutics
4.1796 of 5 stars
$9.77
+1.3%
$16.88
+72.7%
-31.4%$2.92B$399.36M-28.74480Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
LGND
Ligand Pharmaceuticals
4.0554 of 5 stars
$120.00
+5.3%
$147.00
+22.5%
+63.9%$2.27B$131.31M47.8180Positive News
BCRX
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals
3.9161 of 5 stars
$9.05
+2.6%
$15.50
+71.3%
+58.2%$1.87B$331.41M-14.84530Upcoming Earnings
High Trading Volume
DVAX
Dynavax Technologies
4.2605 of 5 stars
$12.82
+1.0%
$21.50
+67.7%
+7.2%$1.69B$232.28M98.62350Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Gap Up
GERN
Geron
3.0163 of 5 stars
$2.56
-8.2%
$7.25
+183.2%
+30.7%$1.55B$240,000.00-8.0070Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
CLDX
Celldex Therapeutics
1.183 of 5 stars
$22.70
-1.6%
$60.22
+165.3%
-40.0%$1.51B$6.88M-8.83150
MNKD
MannKind
2.6798 of 5 stars
$5.42
-2.3%
$9.21
+70.0%
+60.6%$1.49B$198.96M77.43400Upcoming Earnings
NVAX
Novavax
4.0639 of 5 stars
$8.19
+0.1%
$17.83
+117.7%
+63.7%$1.31B$983.71M-3.621,543Analyst Revision
News Coverage
INVA
Innoviva
3.1261 of 5 stars
$18.08
-0.8%
N/A+16.8%$1.13B$310.46M26.20100Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:MYGN) was last updated on 2/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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