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$135.43 +0.15 (+0.11%)
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NBIX vs. BIIB, INCY, UTHR, BMRN, EXEL, MDGL, HALO, EXAS, IONS, and RGEN

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

Neurocrine Biosciences vs. Its Competitors

Biogen (NASDAQ:BIIB) and Neurocrine Biosciences (NASDAQ:NBIX) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and dividends.

Biogen currently has a consensus price target of $185.74, indicating a potential upside of 33.33%. Neurocrine Biosciences has a consensus price target of $159.50, indicating a potential upside of 17.77%. Given Biogen's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Biogen is more favorable than Neurocrine Biosciences.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Biogen
0 Sell rating(s)
21 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.34
Neurocrine Biosciences
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
18 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86

Biogen has a net margin of 15.31% compared to Neurocrine Biosciences' net margin of 13.88%. Biogen's return on equity of 13.85% beat Neurocrine Biosciences' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Biogen15.31% 13.85% 8.32%
Neurocrine Biosciences 13.88%13.22%9.39%

Biogen has a beta of 0.13, indicating that its stock price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Neurocrine Biosciences has a beta of 0.25, indicating that its stock price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Biogen had 25 more articles in the media than Neurocrine Biosciences. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for Biogen and 14 mentions for Neurocrine Biosciences. Neurocrine Biosciences' average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat Biogen's score of 1.18 indicating that Neurocrine Biosciences is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Biogen
27 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Neurocrine Biosciences
13 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

87.9% of Biogen shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.6% of Neurocrine Biosciences shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Biogen shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.8% of Neurocrine Biosciences shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Biogen$9.68B2.11$1.63B$10.4613.32
Neurocrine Biosciences$2.36B5.70$341.30M$3.3840.07

Summary

Neurocrine Biosciences beats Biogen on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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NBIX vs. The Competition

MetricNeurocrine BiosciencesMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$13.43B$2.54B$5.83B$9.78B
Dividend YieldN/A1.67%4.40%4.05%
P/E Ratio40.075.4322.8124.74
Price / Sales5.70752.08473.17122.93
Price / Cash40.07179.1038.0259.36
Price / Book4.985.939.536.60
Net Income$341.30M$31.83M$3.26B$265.65M
7 Day Performance1.90%1.89%2.14%2.02%
1 Month Performance1.32%1.33%2.81%-0.32%
1 Year Performance-11.37%8.84%30.70%19.06%

Neurocrine Biosciences Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NBIX
Neurocrine Biosciences
4.8608 of 5 stars
$135.43
+0.1%
$159.50
+17.8%
-11.2%$13.43B$2.36B40.071,800News Coverage
Positive News
BIIB
Biogen
4.8451 of 5 stars
$128.00
-2.0%
$185.63
+45.0%
-31.5%$18.77B$9.68B12.247,605News Coverage
Positive News
INCY
Incyte
4.7195 of 5 stars
$79.19
+1.0%
$81.20
+2.5%
+34.9%$15.46B$4.24B18.002,617Trending News
Analyst Forecast
UTHR
United Therapeutics
4.9237 of 5 stars
$300.43
-0.4%
$379.69
+26.4%
-10.0%$13.55B$2.88B11.731,305Positive News
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
BMRN
BioMarin Pharmaceutical
4.997 of 5 stars
$56.80
-0.9%
$93.17
+64.0%
-34.9%$10.91B$2.85B16.853,040Positive News
EXEL
Exelixis
4.9267 of 5 stars
$37.41
-0.8%
$44.44
+18.8%
+49.8%$10.07B$2.17B17.991,147Trending News
Analyst Revision
MDGL
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals
3.5219 of 5 stars
$349.50
+1.1%
$430.43
+23.2%
+66.8%$7.76B$180.13M-27.2090News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
HALO
Halozyme Therapeutics
4.7017 of 5 stars
$62.92
+0.0%
$66.56
+5.8%
+16.5%$7.75B$1.02B14.40390News Coverage
Positive News
EXAS
Exact Sciences
4.9296 of 5 stars
$40.91
-0.2%
$68.14
+66.6%
-19.6%$7.75B$2.76B-7.537,000
IONS
Ionis Pharmaceuticals
4.641 of 5 stars
$40.84
-1.9%
$59.38
+45.4%
-10.2%$6.51B$944.05M-22.201,069Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
RGEN
Repligen
4.8542 of 5 stars
$111.88
+0.4%
$169.45
+51.5%
-15.7%$6.29B$673.96M-447.501,778News Coverage
Positive News

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