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

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

Myriad Genetics vs.

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

Amicus Therapeutics has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Myriad Genetics has a beta of 1.87, indicating that its stock price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Amicus Therapeutics received 55 more outperform votes than Myriad Genetics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.98% of users gave Amicus Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 52.82% of users gave Myriad Genetics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Amicus TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
532
72.98%
Underperform Votes
197
27.02%
Myriad GeneticsOutperform Votes
477
52.82%
Underperform Votes
426
47.18%

Amicus Therapeutics has a net margin of -10.62% compared to Myriad Genetics' net margin of -14.09%. Amicus Therapeutics' return on equity of 12.44% beat Myriad Genetics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Amicus Therapeutics-10.62% 12.44% 2.60%
Myriad Genetics -14.09%-4.51%-3.07%

99.0% of Myriad Genetics shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Amicus Therapeutics 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Myriad Genetics had 5 more articles in the media than Amicus Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Myriad Genetics and 10 mentions for Amicus Therapeutics. Amicus Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Myriad Genetics' score of 0.25 indicating that Amicus Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Amicus Therapeutics
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Myriad Genetics
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Amicus Therapeutics presently has a consensus target price of $16.75, suggesting a potential upside of 142.75%. Myriad Genetics has a consensus target price of $20.89, suggesting a potential upside of 160.83%. Given Myriad Genetics' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Myriad Genetics is more favorable than Amicus Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Amicus Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.78
Myriad Genetics
3 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.19

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Amicus Therapeutics$528.30M4.01-$151.58M-$0.18-38.33
Myriad Genetics$837.60M0.87-$263.30M-$1.41-5.68

Summary

Amicus Therapeutics beats Myriad Genetics on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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MYGN vs. The Competition

MetricMyriad GeneticsDiagnostic substances IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$731.39M$2.32B$5.33B$7.57B
Dividend YieldN/A0.78%5.11%4.33%
P/E Ratio-6.166.1121.7317.81
Price / Sales0.8747.32379.1494.58
Price / CashN/A15.7538.1534.64
Price / Book0.842.956.464.00
Net Income-$263.30M-$65.73M$3.20B$247.23M
7 Day Performance3.62%9.11%6.54%7.26%
1 Month Performance-20.46%-14.92%-8.55%-6.26%
1 Year Performance-58.22%-18.74%10.33%-0.18%

Myriad Genetics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MYGN
Myriad Genetics
3.823 of 5 stars
$8.01
-0.9%
$20.89
+160.8%
-58.7%$731.39M$837.60M-6.162,700Gap Down
FOLD
Amicus Therapeutics
4.0285 of 5 stars
$7.15
-4.7%
$16.75
+134.3%
-37.1%$2.20B$528.30M-39.72480Positive News
Gap Down
LGND
Ligand Pharmaceuticals
4.3435 of 5 stars
$99.41
-0.2%
$147.00
+47.9%
+31.0%$1.91B$167.13M39.6180Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
DVAX
Dynavax Technologies
4.3787 of 5 stars
$12.49
-1.3%
$21.50
+72.1%
-3.4%$1.55B$277.25M69.39350Positive News
Gap Down
MNKD
MannKind
2.2584 of 5 stars
$4.69
-1.1%
$9.21
+96.5%
+11.6%$1.43B$285.50M67.00400
BCRX
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals
4.1287 of 5 stars
$6.79
-0.6%
$15.57
+129.3%
+47.6%$1.42B$450.71M-11.13530Gap Down
INVA
Innoviva
4.3495 of 5 stars
$17.51
-1.2%
$55.00
+214.1%
+22.9%$1.10B$358.71M25.38100Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
Positive News
NVAX
Novavax
3.6164 of 5 stars
$6.54
+4.8%
$18.00
+175.2%
+49.8%$1.05B$682.16M-2.891,990
CLDX
Celldex Therapeutics
2.3254 of 5 stars
$15.73
-0.3%
$54.33
+245.4%
-54.7%$1.04B$7.02M-6.12150Positive News
OPK
OPKO Health
4.1159 of 5 stars
$1.53
-1.3%
$2.75
+79.7%
+15.4%$1.03B$713.14M-8.053,930Options Volume
GERN
Geron
3.7691 of 5 stars
$1.41
+2.2%
$5.75
+307.8%
-63.7%$898.04M$76.99M-4.4170Short Interest ↑
Gap Down
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This page (NASDAQ:MYGN) was last updated on 4/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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