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$117.44 -5.44 (-4.43%)
(As of 11/15/2024 ET)

NBIX vs. XLRN, TECH, QGEN, MNTA, ALNY, BIIB, UTHR, INCY, BMRN, and EXEL

Should you be buying Neurocrine Biosciences stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Neurocrine Biosciences include Acceleron Pharma (XLRN), Bio-Techne (TECH), Qiagen (QGEN), Momenta Pharmaceuticals (MNTA), Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY), Biogen (BIIB), United Therapeutics (UTHR), Incyte (INCY), BioMarin Pharmaceutical (BMRN), and Exelixis (EXEL). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Neurocrine Biosciences vs.

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

In the previous week, Neurocrine Biosciences had 13 more articles in the media than Acceleron Pharma. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Neurocrine Biosciences and 0 mentions for Acceleron Pharma. Neurocrine Biosciences' average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Acceleron Pharma's score of 0.00 indicating that Neurocrine Biosciences is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Neurocrine Biosciences Positive
Acceleron Pharma Neutral

Neurocrine Biosciences has higher revenue and earnings than Acceleron Pharma. Acceleron Pharma 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
Neurocrine Biosciences$2.24B5.30$249.70M$3.7331.49
Acceleron Pharma$92.52M118.15-$166.03M-$4.21-42.46

Neurocrine Biosciences received 440 more outperform votes than Acceleron Pharma when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.39% of users gave Neurocrine Biosciences an outperform vote while only 63.12% of users gave Acceleron Pharma an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Neurocrine BiosciencesOutperform Votes
1010
77.39%
Underperform Votes
295
22.61%
Acceleron PharmaOutperform Votes
570
63.12%
Underperform Votes
333
36.88%

Neurocrine Biosciences has a net margin of 17.21% compared to Acceleron Pharma's net margin of -226.01%. Neurocrine Biosciences' return on equity of 15.68% beat Acceleron Pharma's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Neurocrine Biosciences17.21% 15.68% 11.38%
Acceleron Pharma -226.01%-32.11%-29.45%

Neurocrine Biosciences presently has a consensus target price of $163.91, suggesting a potential upside of 39.57%. Given Neurocrine Biosciences' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Neurocrine Biosciences is more favorable than Acceleron Pharma.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Neurocrine Biosciences
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
18 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83
Acceleron Pharma
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Neurocrine Biosciences has a beta of 0.35, indicating that its stock price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Acceleron Pharma has a beta of 0.13, indicating that its stock price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500.

92.6% of Neurocrine Biosciences shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.4% of Acceleron Pharma shares are held by institutional investors. 4.3% of Neurocrine Biosciences shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Acceleron Pharma shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Neurocrine Biosciences beats Acceleron Pharma on 18 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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NBIX vs. The Competition

MetricNeurocrine BiosciencesBiological Products IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$11.89B$2.91B$5.07B$8.66B
Dividend YieldN/A1.79%5.10%4.06%
P/E Ratio31.4941.61100.6017.27
Price / Sales6.30217.681,195.1369.06
Price / Cash45.54178.0141.0336.35
Price / Book4.374.096.345.87
Net Income$249.70M-$42.42M$119.64M$225.66M
7 Day Performance-6.60%-10.63%-5.13%-1.34%
1 Month Performance-0.86%-5.81%-2.72%1.15%
1 Year Performance7.80%24.19%31.10%24.02%

Neurocrine Biosciences Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NBIX
Neurocrine Biosciences
4.9632 of 5 stars
$117.44
-4.4%
$163.91
+39.6%
+8.0%$11.89B$1.89B31.491,400
XLRN
Acceleron Pharma
N/A$178.75
flat
N/AN/A$10.93B$92.52M-42.46312
TECH
Bio-Techne
4.8317 of 5 stars
$67.57
-6.9%
N/A+11.0%$10.74B$1.16B71.883,100Analyst Upgrade
High Trading Volume
QGEN
Qiagen
4.2892 of 5 stars
$41.27
-1.9%
N/A+1.6%$9.42B$1.97B105.825,967Analyst Revision
MNTA
Momenta Pharmaceuticals
N/A$52.48
flat
N/AN/A$6.25B$23.87M-24.75131
ALNY
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
4.8194 of 5 stars
$235.56
-8.7%
N/A+39.4%$30.38B$1.83B-89.912,100Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↓
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
BIIB
Biogen
4.8855 of 5 stars
$159.99
-3.0%
N/A-30.3%$23.31B$9.84B14.457,570Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
UTHR
United Therapeutics
4.5087 of 5 stars
$363.25
-6.0%
N/A+60.3%$17.24B$2.33B15.951,168Insider Selling
News Coverage
Positive News
INCY
Incyte
4.1835 of 5 stars
$75.87
-2.4%
N/A+40.5%$14.62B$3.70B541.972,524Analyst Forecast
Positive News
BMRN
BioMarin Pharmaceutical
4.9905 of 5 stars
$63.42
-3.3%
N/A-27.3%$12.09B$2.42B37.983,401Analyst Forecast
Insider Selling
News Coverage
EXEL
Exelixis
4.7676 of 5 stars
$34.45
-1.7%
N/A+64.2%$9.84B$2.08B22.081,310Short Interest ↓

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This page (NASDAQ:NBIX) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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