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Neurocrine Biosciences (NBIX) Competitors

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$143.26 +1.34 (+0.94%)
As of 01/17/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

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

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

Neurocrine Biosciences vs.

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

Neurocrine Biosciences has higher revenue and earnings than Alnylam Pharmaceuticals. Alnylam Pharmaceuticals 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
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals$1.83B17.37-$440.24M-$2.62-94.00
Neurocrine Biosciences$1.89B7.69$249.70M$3.7338.41

In the previous week, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals had 19 more articles in the media than Neurocrine Biosciences. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Alnylam Pharmaceuticals and 11 mentions for Neurocrine Biosciences. Neurocrine Biosciences' average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Alnylam Pharmaceuticals' score of 0.70 indicating that Neurocrine Biosciences is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
10 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Neurocrine Biosciences
4 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

93.0% of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.6% of Neurocrine Biosciences shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Neurocrine Biosciences shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals presently has a consensus target price of $298.61, suggesting a potential upside of 21.25%. Neurocrine Biosciences has a consensus target price of $164.81, suggesting a potential upside of 15.04%. Given Alnylam Pharmaceuticals' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Alnylam Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than Neurocrine Biosciences.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
19 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.72
Neurocrine Biosciences
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals received 122 more outperform votes than Neurocrine Biosciences when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.44% of users gave Neurocrine Biosciences an outperform vote while only 76.17% of users gave Alnylam Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Alnylam PharmaceuticalsOutperform Votes
1138
76.17%
Underperform Votes
356
23.83%
Neurocrine BiosciencesOutperform Votes
1016
77.44%
Underperform Votes
296
22.56%

Neurocrine Biosciences has a net margin of 17.21% compared to Alnylam Pharmaceuticals' net margin of -15.86%. Neurocrine Biosciences' return on equity of 15.68% beat Alnylam Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals-15.86% N/A -8.38%
Neurocrine Biosciences 17.21%15.68%11.38%

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.34, indicating that its share price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Neurocrine Biosciences has a beta of 0.33, indicating that its share price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Neurocrine Biosciences beats Alnylam Pharmaceuticals on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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NBIX vs. The Competition

MetricNeurocrine BiosciencesBiological Products IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$14.51B$2.96B$5.36B$9.13B
Dividend YieldN/A1.94%5.13%4.03%
P/E Ratio38.4145.5689.4717.33
Price / Sales7.69384.461,261.53136.12
Price / Cash54.63192.9043.7535.97
Price / Book6.313.975.324.80
Net Income$249.70M-$41.02M$122.60M$224.91M
7 Day Performance1.67%7.15%0.69%1.77%
1 Month Performance4.81%5.53%1.55%2.22%
1 Year Performance4.48%4.90%27.25%20.67%

Neurocrine Biosciences Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NBIX
Neurocrine Biosciences
4.8842 of 5 stars
$143.26
+0.9%
$164.81
+15.0%
+4.5%$14.27B$1.89B38.411,400Insider Trade
News Coverage
ALNY
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
4.3797 of 5 stars
$258.04
+8.4%
$298.61
+15.7%
+30.6%$33.28B$2.09B-98.492,100Analyst Revision
News Coverage
BIIB
Biogen
4.7146 of 5 stars
$149.46
+0.4%
$230.00
+53.9%
-42.7%$21.78B$9.61B13.508,720Short Interest ↑
UTHR
United Therapeutics
4.9234 of 5 stars
$363.80
-0.3%
$378.36
+4.0%
+61.5%$16.24B$2.76B15.98980Analyst Upgrade
Insider Trade
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
INCY
Incyte
4.7449 of 5 stars
$72.44
+2.7%
$76.29
+5.3%
+17.0%$13.96B$4.08B517.472,524Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
BMRN
BioMarin Pharmaceutical
4.9993 of 5 stars
$66.68
-1.0%
$94.20
+41.3%
-34.1%$12.71B$2.75B39.933,401Options Volume
News Coverage
EXAS
Exact Sciences
4.764 of 5 stars
$57.53
+1.8%
$72.94
+26.8%
-19.2%$10.65B$2.69B-49.176,600News Coverage
Gap Up
EXEL
Exelixis
4.538 of 5 stars
$35.24
-2.2%
$33.75
-4.2%
+60.6%$10.06B$2.08B22.591,310Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
RGEN
Repligen
3.7388 of 5 stars
$157.28
+1.6%
$185.20
+17.8%
-6.0%$8.81B$639.92M-425.072,020
HALO
Halozyme Therapeutics
4.5952 of 5 stars
$54.06
+2.4%
$60.89
+12.6%
+52.1%$6.88B$947.36M17.90390Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
MDGL
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals
4.557 of 5 stars
$299.41
-11.7%
$350.83
+17.2%
+22.4%$6.53B$76.81M-11.9490Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
High Trading Volume

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